Intro Architect Design: Analog

In nurturing architecture’s foundational principles of visual, material and conceptual experimentation, this course lays the foundation for subsequent studios, lifelong learning and curiosity for architectural design processes. It probes the material, organizational and spatial qualities of the ground, a shared horizontal territory inhabited by plants, people and buildings--one that is as much cultural as it is natural. Through iterative and analog processes, students integrate drawing and making to construct and reconstruct lines in the ground.

The Book:Theory & Practice I

Investigates the structure of the book as a form and examines the formal, symbolic, and linguistic nature of the Latin alphabet. The course explores traditional and non-traditional typography using manual typesetting and letterpress printing, including some digital applications. Core studio materials are provided. Students are responsible for the purchase of additional supplies required for individual projects. Enrollment limited to 12. Instructor permission required.

Projects in Installation I

This course introduces students to different installation strategies (e.g., working with multiples, found objects, light and site-specificity, among others). Coursework includes a series of projects, critiques, readings and short writing assignments. Students may require additional supplies and are responsible for purchasing them directly. Enrollment limited to 12. Prerequisite: ARS 172 or equivalent. Instructor permission required.

Sculpture I

The human figure and other natural forms. Work in modeling and plaster casting. Core studio materials are provided. Students are responsible for the purchase of additional supplies required for individual projects. Enrollment limited to 15. Prerequisite: ARS 163, ARS 172 or equivalent. Instructor permission required.

Painting Ideas

In this course, students take a materialist approach to painting. With a focus on oil and water-based pigments, students explore mixed-media and experimental painting methods, and learn varied traditions of color theory and surface techniques through prompt-based assignments. This class includes working with sites and collections on campus--like the Botanic Garden, Smith Archives, or Design Thinking--to practice idea generation and consider ways to incorporate different themes and visual resources into our studio practice. Prerequisite: ARS 163. Enrollment limited to 18.

Painting I

Various spatial and pictorial concepts are investigated through the oil medium. Core studio materials are provided. Students are responsible for the purchase of additional supplies required for individual projects. Prerequisite: ARS 163 or equivalent. Enrollment limited to 18. Instructor permission required.

Video&Time-BasedDigitalMedia

This course builds working knowledge of multimedia digital artwork through experience with a variety of software, focusing on video and time-based media. Core studio materials are provided. Students are responsible for the purchase of additional supplies required for individual projects. Enrollment limited to 14. No prerequisites. Instructor permission required.

T-Drawing Social Justice

This 7-week studio intensive engages topics of social justice as central to the discussion and visual inquiry. Through studio work, artist research, class excursions, and short readings, students use drawing as an expansive medium to conceptualize and relate their ideas. This course is experimental in nature and has no defined emphasis on traditional drawing techniques, instead the course takes an expanded/interdisciplinary media approach to drawing, to explore how critical questions of social justice can be developed into impactful artworks.

T-Drawing Social Justice

This 7-week studio intensive engages topics of social justice as central to the discussion and visual inquiry. Through studio work, artist research, class excursions, and short readings, students use drawing as an expansive medium to conceptualize and relate their ideas. This course is experimental in nature and has no defined emphasis on traditional drawing techniques, instead the course takes an expanded/interdisciplinary media approach to drawing, to explore how critical questions of social justice can be developed into impactful artworks.

T-Decolonizing Camera

Throughout this 7-week course, students work towards developing an understanding of decolonization as it pertains to the camera and photographic processes. They spend time with texts that engage the camera and its role in the creation and upholding of systems pertaining to race and power. The readings are supplemented by rigorous experimentation with alternative photographic processes, including, but not limited to cameraless processes such as cyanotypes, solar prints, and anthotypes.
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