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Contemporary Ceramics Processes — CER2209.02

Instructor: joshuaprimmer@bennington.edu
Credits: 2
Contemporary Ceramics Processes is a foundational overview of the techniques and materials common to a modern ceramics studio. Methodologies and medium explored will be (but not be limited to) wheel throwing, mold making and slip casting, slab building, extrusion, 3D printing, material science, electric and gas kiln firing, and mixed media. Each mode or material will be

Costume Design for Multimedia — DRA2246.02

Instructor: Charles Schoonmaker
Credits: 2
Costume is a consideration that must be addressed for virtually every human-based character in any medium. This class will focus on how to approach costume design in the context of a project you are working on, such as a film, video, or animation. We will explore design options based on character, period, style, and storyline. Class presentations may be drawn, illustrated, or

cover-up ; sublimate situation c-u;ss — SCU4228.01

Instructor: John Umphlett
Days & Time: TU 8:30am-12:10pm
Credits: 4

How do I begin? What's happening already…we are the studio.
This course is designed to bring together creative minds who feel the need to take the next steps into understanding how to create an idea three dimensionally. How do I take an abstract idea and begin to translate it

cover-up ; sublimate situation c-u;ss — SCU4228.01

Instructor: John Umphlett
Days & Time: TU 8:30am-12:10pm
Credits: 4

 How do I begin? What's happening already…we are the studio.
This course is designed to bring together creative minds who feel the need to take the next steps into understanding how to create an idea three dimensionally. How do I take an abstract idea and begin to

Creating with Javascript — DA2134.02

Instructor: Anna Kroll
Credits: 2
This course is an introduction to programming interactive and graphic experiences for the web browser. Using the Javascript library p5.js, we will get to know the basics of writing script and learn how to use them to implement dynamic sites and web applications. Together we will learn to break down interaction into logical steps, how to articulate those steps using the

Creative Economies — APA2167.02

Instructor: Caroline Woolard, MFA Teaching Fellow
Credits: 2
This course is designed for students of all disciplines who are interested in connecting their discrete creations (a poem, a drawing, an artwork, a product, an event) to larger systems, organizations, and possible art worlds. In this course, we will examine the ways in which every aspect of your production and distribution process — from sourcing materials to organizing your

Creative lighting — PHO4373.01

Instructor: Luiza Folegatti
Days & Time: TU 10:30am-12:20pm
Credits: 2

In this 2-credit course, students will engage with different lighting techniques for photography, learn how to analyze light on-location, and apply lighting strategies to convey emotional and narrative meaning in their images. This class combines demonstrations and regular in-class and independent

Creative Podcasting — MSR2125.01

Instructor: Senem Pirler
Credits: 2
In this course, we will explore the creative possibilities of the podcast medium and push the edges of verbal storytelling. We will investigate the forms of audio journalism and poetic soundscapes. We will use creative voice processing techniques working with electronics to transform the human voice. There will be an emphasis on production and experiential learning through

Creative Strategies for Artists — APA2165.01

Instructor: Aaron Landsman
Credits: 2
This course examines production methods and career strategies for emerging artists, especially those working across genres. Specifically, we will focus on fundraising via donations, grants, commissions, day jobs and other sources; strategic planning, especially when looking at socially-engaged practice; written and verbal communications; working with venues; promotion and press

Critical Response in Painting — PAI4309.01

Instructor: andrew spence
Days & Time: TBA
Credits: 4
In order to make successful work, artists must know when to follow their instincts, take risks or try new approaches toward developing ideas. Self-confidence and the ability to be critical of one's own work are the tools that come with experience. This course is intended to offer students feedback on their work as it develops. Their work is addressed within the context of

Critical Texts in Recent Art — VA4154.01

Instructor: James Voorhies
Days & Time: TBA
Credits: 4
This course is a reading seminar of important texts on art and culture by critics, theorists and artists from late modernism through postmodernism to the present moment. It will include close readings and discussions of essays from 1960 to 2013 to consider the changing conditions under which art is conceived, produced, distributed and experienced. A departure point for the

Cultural Studies: Learning Culture Through Ikebana — MOD2148.01

Instructor: ikuko yoshida
Days & Time: TBA
Credits: 1
This is the first of a two-module series that discusses the importance of approaching a different culture from its own perspective. The series, which includes Cultural Studies: Amanda Knox in Translation (MOD2138), will help students experience the process of cross-cultural understanding. The capacity to sense, let alone experience, another's point of view seems critical in

Cup Lending Library — CER4108.01

Instructor: Aysha Peltz
Credits: 4
All art is a form of communication. The ceramic cup is unusual in that it communicates, perhaps best, through touch. The Cup Lending Library is designed to facilitate this kind of communication on our campus. In this course, students will curate and make cups for a Cup Lending Library to be permanently installed in Crossett Library. The Cup Lending Library will act as an

CUPS: Mold Making and Slip Casting — CER2208.01

Instructor: Yoko Inoue
Days & Time: WE 2:10pm-5:50pm
Credits: 4

This is an introductory course of basic mold making and slip casting techniques for producing components to create a series of functional ware. This course focuses on the development of design concepts through exploration of slip casting methods, application of alteration and assemblage techniques and experimentation of prototype

CUPS: Mold Making and Slip Casting — CER2208.01

Instructor: Yoko Inoue
Days & Time: WE 2:10pm-5:50pm
Credits: 4

This is an introductory course of basic mold making and slip casting techniques for producing components to create a series of functional ware. This course focuses on the development of design concepts through exploration of slip casting methods, application of alteration and assemblage techniques and experimentation of prototype

CUPS: Mold Making and Slip Casting — CER2208.01

Instructor: Yoko Inoue
Credits: 4
This is an introductory course of basic mold making and slip casting techniques for producing systemic components to create a series of functional ware. This course focuses on the development of design concepts through exploration of slip casting methods, application of alteration and assemblage techniques and experimentation of prototype makings to produce ceramic multiples

CUPS: Mold Making and Slip Casting Production Lab — CER2127.01

Instructor: Yoko Inoue
Days & Time: TBA
Credits: 2

This lab class is structured for students who are registered for CER2208 CUPS: Slip Casting and Mold Making to achieve production goals. The two-hour mandatory lab will be guided by the faculty so that students can receive technical guidance and adequate support to establish their studio production practices and expand their

CUPS: Mold Making and Slip Casting Production Lab — CER2127.01

Instructor: Yoko Inoue
Days & Time: TBA
Credits: 2

This lab class is structured for students who are registered for CER 2208: CUPS: Slip Casting and Mold Making to achieve production goals. The two-hour mandatory lab will be guided by the faculty so that students can receive technical guidance and adequate support to establish their studio production practices and expand their

Curator, Artist, Impresario: Modes of Exhibition Making — VA2244.01

Instructor: Anne Thompson
Credits: 4
This introductory class traces the historical evolution of contemporary curatorial practice. We start with the early tradition of curators as experts and custodians of collections. Building on that foundation, we examine the twentieth-century emergence of the curator as a visionary impresario and producer of global exhibitions. Throughout, we consider how artists since the

Curator, Artist, Impresario: Modes of Exhibition Making — VA2244.01

Instructor: Anne Thompson
Credits: 4
This introductory class traces the historical evolution of contemporary curatorial practice. We start with the early tradition of curators as experts and custodians of collections. Building on that foundation, we examine the twentieth-century emergence of the curator as a visionary impresario and producer of global exhibitions. Throughout, we consider how artists since the