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Field Research of Closed Cells - Part 1 — SCU2119.01

Spring 2014
Instructor: John Umphlett; Guy Snover
Credits: 2
This class will push the envelope of closed membrane structure design. A membrane is more than an impermeable skin; it can selectively filter particles, chemicals, light, sound, and smell. A balloon has an expandable latex surface easily manipulated by air and water pressure. However, a rigid fabric material that has a less forgiving response to pressure forced on its walls
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Field Research of Closed Cells - Part 2 — SCU4119.01

Spring 2014
Instructor: John Umphlett; Guy Snover
Credits: 2
This class will be fabricating a large inflatable structure (ultimate synthesis of the first seven weeks). The first two classes will be dedicated to critical discussions on form, membrane properties, and the final showing environment. The chosen form will be digitized and the 3D model will be used to leverage logistics of the large form and patterning. The digital model will
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Film Adaptations of French Literature — FRE4492.01

Spring 2020
Instructor: Noëlle Rouxel-Cubberly
Credits: 4
Since the very beginnings of cinema, French literature and film have reciprocally inspired one another. From the Surrealists to the New French Extremity movement, many directors have brought French literary works onto the screen. This course will offer students the opportunity to analyze literature and their film adaptations in terms of intermediality and intertextuality.
Cultural Studies and Languages Visual Arts

Film Titles — CSL2005.01

Fall 2024
Instructor: Noëlle Rouxel-Cubberly
Credits: 2
Film openings both credit all the film "makers" and set the tone for what will follow. Unlike the cover of a book, they immerse the viewer in a multi-sensory experience designed to engage and prepare. Explored as palimpsests, these opening titles will be examined as examples of paratexts, as well as entry points into the films they introduce and the cultures they reflect.
Cultural Studies and Languages Visual Arts

Film/Video History: Insiders vs. Outsiders: The Position of the Filmmaker in Postcolonial and Ethnographic Film and Video — FV4217.01

Fall 2018
Instructor: Chelsea Knight
Credits: 4
This course examines various filmmaking strategies around the representation of social conflict and post-colonialism. In particular, it examines the ethics around how we look out into the world as film and video makers from a given position and a given time: either as placed within a community or outside of it. The course
Visual Arts

Films by Photographers — PHO2151.01

Fall 2018
Instructor: Jonathan Kline
Credits: 2
We will be looking at a wide range of films made by internationally recognized photographers from the mid-20th century to the present moment. The Populi site for this class will provide weekly essays about the photographer and also a small pdf gallery of 15-20 photographs for you to look through before our weekly film screenings. I have also identified books on reserve in
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Films by Photographers — PHO2151.01

Fall 2015
Instructor: Jonathan Kline
Days & Time: TBA
Credits: 2
This class explores the rich area between still and moving pictures from the perspective of noted photographers who have gone on to create films. Whether working in a documentary, narrative, or experimental mode, we will be screening a wide range of 20th and 21st century practitioners from Ruth Orkin to Anton Corbijn. Each week students will research still photographs by each
Visual Arts

Financing Social Value-Oriented Enterprise — APA2251.02

Spring 2018
Instructor: Charles Crowell
Credits: 2
The aim of this 7-week course is to provide students with the knowledge and skillsets necessary for acquiring financing for start-ups and existing entrepreneurial firms. Beginning with Title III of the JOBS Act (2012), the environment for financing organizations, including arts and culture and socially-responsible initiatives, was broadly liberalized. In the context of that new
CAPA Visual Arts

Finding Form: Dance — DAN4319.01

Spring 2022
Instructor: Dana Reitz
Credits: 4
Looking at forms found in nature, architecture, music, drama, literature, etc., we search for examples to help formulate ideas and structures for movement-based creation. When making new artwork, we are constantly balancing and integrating the need for exploratory freedom and the desire for structural integrity. How do we use spontaneous impulse to help find form, and how do we
Dance Drama Visual Arts

Finding Form: Dance — DAN4319.01

Spring 2023
Instructor: Dana Reitz
Credits: 4
Looking at forms found in nature, architecture, music, drama, literature, etc., we search for examples to help formulate ideas and structures for movement-based creation. When making new artwork, we are constantly balancing and integrating the need for exploratory freedom and the desire for structural integrity. How do we use spontaneous impulse to help find form, and how do we
Dance Drama Visual Arts

Fine Art Digital Printing — PHO4220.01

Spring 2025
Instructor: Eddy Aldana
Credits: 2
This class explores how to make fine art black and white and color inkjet prints from digital files. Students will learn how to edit digital media with Adobe Photoshop and Lightroom by using non-destructive workflows to preserve the integrity of their files. The course will emphasize developing technical proficiency along with making meaningful decisions on when, why, and how
Visual Arts

Fine Art Digital Printing — PHO4220.01

Fall 2023
Instructor: Carly Rudzinski
Credits: 2
This class explores how to make fine art black and white and color inkjet prints from digital files. Students will learn how to edit digital media with Adobe Photoshop and Lightroom by using non-destructive workflows to preserve the integrity of their files. The course will emphasize developing technical proficiency along with making meaningful decisions on when, why, and how
Visual Arts

Food and Politics: A Food Citizens Methodology Workshop — APA4160.01

Spring 2026
Instructor: Yoko Inoue
Days & Time: WE 10:00am-11:50am & WE 2:10pm-4:00pm
Credits: 4

This class will investigate various pedagogical approaches to food studies by examining curriculums, topics and discourses being taught at some academic institutions. More importantly, we will put focus on researching art collectives, contemporary civic engagement practices, and other non-institutional models developed by creative

Advancement of Public Action Education Visual Arts

Form and Process — PAI2107.02

Fall 2021
Instructor: Carly Rudzinski
Credits: 4
This course introduces a variety of materials, techniques and approaches to painting with oils. Emphasis is placed on developing and understanding of color, form and space as well as individual research and conceptual concerns. The daily experience of seeing, along with the history of art, provides a base from which investigations are made. Formal, poetic, and social
Visual Arts

Form and Process: Introduction to Painting — PAI2107.01

Spring 2024
Instructor: Carly Rudzinski
Credits: 4
This course introduces a variety of materials, techniques and approaches to working with oil paint. Emphasis is placed on developing and understanding of color, form and space as well as individual research and conceptual concerns. The daily experience of seeing, along with examples from art history and contemporary art, provide a base from which investigations are made. Formal
Visual Arts

Form and Process: Introduction to Painting — PAI2107.01

Spring 2022
Instructor: Ann Pibal
Credits: 4
This course introduces a variety of materials, techniques and approaches to working with oil paint. Emphasis is placed on developing and understanding of color, form and space as well as individual research and conceptual concerns. The daily experience of seeing, along with examples from art history, provide a base from which investigations are made. Formal, poetic, and social
Visual Arts

Form and Process: Introduction to Painting — PAI2107.01

Fall 2023
Instructor: Ann Pibal
Credits: 4
This course introduces a variety of materials, techniques and approaches to working with oil paint. Emphasis is placed on developing and understanding of color, form and space as well as individual research and conceptual concerns. The daily experience of seeing, along with examples from art history and contemporary art, provide a base from which investigations are made. Formal
Visual Arts

Form and Process: Introduction to Painting — PAI2107.01

Spring 2023
Instructor: Ann Pibal
Credits: 4
This course introduces a variety of materials, techniques and approaches to working with oil paint. Emphasis is placed on developing and understanding of color, form and space as well as individual research and conceptual concerns. The daily experience of seeing, along with examples from art history and contemporary art, provide a base from which investigations are made. Formal
Visual Arts

Form and Process: Introduction to Painting — PAI2107.01

Spring 2025
Instructor: Ann Pibal
Credits: 4
This course introduces a variety of materials, techniques and approaches to working with oil paint. Emphasis is placed on developing and understanding of color, form and space as well as individual research and conceptual concerns. The daily experience of seeing, along with examples from art history and contemporary art, provide a base from which investigations are made. Formal
Visual Arts

Form and Process: Introduction to Painting — PAI2107.01

Fall 2025
Instructor: Ann Pibal
Days & Time: WE 8:30am-12:10pm
Credits: 4

This course introduces a variety of materials, techniques and approaches to working with oil paint. Emphasis is placed on developing and understanding of color, form and space as well as individual research and conceptual concerns. The daily experience of seeing, along with examples from art history and contemporary art, provide a base from which investigations are made.

Painting

Form and Process: Introduction to Painting — PAI2107.01

Fall 2024
Instructor: Ann Pibal
Credits: 4
This course introduces a variety of materials, techniques and approaches to working with oil paint. Emphasis is placed on developing and understanding of color, form and space as well as individual research and conceptual concerns. The daily experience of seeing, along with examples from art history and contemporary art, provide a base from which investigations are made. Formal
Visual Arts

Form and Process: Investigations in Painting — PAI2107.01

Fall 2013
Instructor: Ann Pibal
Days & Time: TBA
Credits: 4
This course introduces a variety of materials, techniques and approaches to painting. Emphasis is placed on developing and understanding of color, form and space as well as individual research and conceptual concerns. The daily experience of seeing, along with the history of art, provides a base from which investigations are made. Formal, poetic, and social implications within
Visual Arts

Form and Process: Investigations in Painting — PAI2107.01

Spring 2020
Instructor: Ann Pibal
Credits: 4
This course introduces a variety of materials, techniques and approaches to painting with oils. Emphasis is placed on developing and understanding of color, form and space as well as individual research and conceptual concerns. The daily experience of seeing, along with the history of art, provides a base from which investigations are made. Formal, poetic, and social
Visual Arts