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Advanced Workshop for Painting and Drawing — PAI4302.01

Fall 2015
Instructor: Josh Blackwell
Days & Time: TBA
Credits: 4
This course is for experienced student artists with a firm commitment to serious work in the studio. Students will work primarily on self-directed projects in an effort to refine individual concerns and subject matter. Students will present work regularly for critique in class as well as for individual studio meetings with the instructor. Development of a strong work ethic will
Visual Arts

Advanced Workshop for Painting and Drawing: The Contemporary Idiom — PAI4216.01

Fall 2019
Instructor: J Blackwell
Credits: 4
This course is for experienced student artists with a firm commitment to serious work in the studio. Students will work primarily on self-directed projects in an effort to refine individual concerns and subject matter. Students will present work regularly for critique in class as well as for individual studio meetings with the instructor. Development of a strong work ethic will
Visual Arts

Advanced Workshop for Painting and Drawing: The Contemporary Idiom — PAI4216.01

Fall 2018
Instructor: Josh Blackwell
Credits: 4
This course is for experienced student artists with a firm commitment to serious work in the studio. Students will work primarily on self-directed projects in an effort to refine individual concerns and subject matter. Students will present work regularly for critique in class as well as for individual studio meetings with the instructor. Development of a strong work ethic will
Visual Arts

Advanced Workshop for Painting and Drawing: The Contemporary Idiom — PAI4216.01

Spring 2021
Instructor: J Blackwell
Credits: 4
This course is for experienced student artists with a firm commitment to serious work in the studio. Students will work primarily on self-directed projects in an effort to refine individual concerns and subject matter. Students will present work regularly for critique in class as well as for individual studio meetings with the instructor. Development of a strong work ethic will
Visual Arts

Advanced Workshop for Painting and Drawing: The Contemporary Idiom — PAI4216.01

Fall 2017
Instructor: Josh Blackwell
Credits: 4
This course is for experienced student artists with a firm commitment to serious work in the studio. Students will work primarily on self-directed projects in an effort to refine individual concerns and subject matter. Students will present work regularly for critique in class as well as for individual studio meetings with the instructor. Development of a strong work ethic will
Visual Arts

Advanced Workshop for Painting and Drawing: the Contemporary Idiom — PAI4216.01

Spring 2024
Instructor: J Blackwell
Credits: 4
This course is for experienced student artists with a firm commitment to serious work in the studio. Students will work primarily on self-directed projects in an effort to refine individual concerns and subject matter. Students will present work regularly for critique in class as well as for individual studio meetings with the instructor. Development of a strong work ethic will
Visual Arts

Advanced Workshop in Painting and Drawing — PAI4420.01

Spring 2025
Instructor: Beverly Acha
Credits: 4
This course is for experienced student artists making work in painting and drawing who have a firm commitment to serious work in the studio. In this course students will primarily work on self-directed projects in an effort to develop and refine individual concerns and subject matter. Overall, the development of a strong work ethic will be crucial; a high level of 
Visual Arts

Advanced Workshop in Photographic Practice — PHO4250.02

Spring 2016
Instructor:
Credits: 2
This course meets the second seven weeks of the term and supports advanced students who are working primarily with photography as they pursue self-directed projects. Regular group discussion will challenge, complicate, clarify and deepen students understanding of their work in progress as they resolve its production both formally and conceptually. We will examine specific
Visual Arts

Adventures in Max — MCO2122.01

Spring 2017
Instructor: Nicholas Brooke
Credits: 2
This course will look at the peculiarly versatile program of Max/MSP/Jitter, a high-level programming platform for sound and visuals. Our focus will be on the sonic capabilities of the program, though we will dip occasional into visuals, video, and sensing technologies. Students will develop independent research, and projects based on their interests and abilities, and must
Music Visual Arts

Aesthetics — PHI2253.01

Spring 2017
Instructor: Karen Gover
Credits: 4
Why do we care about art? Why and how do artworks move us? What, if anything, do artworks mean, and how do we know? This course takes up these and other questions relating to the philosophy of art and artworks. This course will look at the philosophical tradition of aesthetics, including Plato, Aristotle, Kant, and Hegel, up to the present day. We will also look at the role of
Society Culture and Thought Visual Arts

After Super Flat — VA2207.01

Spring 2019
Instructor: Yoko Inoue
Credits: 4
Manga or Japanese comic book and Anime images have become integrated into the global contemporary art context. While investigating the social codes that can be found in the various genres of manga and trends within the cultural specificities of Japan from 1945 to today, this course explores the influences of Manga/Anime on fine art and contemporary art making. This is a
Visual Arts

After Superflat — VA2207.01

Spring 2025
Instructor: Yoko Inoue
Credits: 4
Manga or Japanese comic book and Anime images have become integrated into the global contemporary art context. While investigating the social codes that can be found in the various genres of manga and trends within the cultural specificities of Japan from 1945 to today, this course explores the influences of Manga/Anime on Fine Art and contemporary context of art making. This
Visual Arts

After Superflat Directed Project: Nuclear War — VA4407.01

Spring 2025
Instructor: Yoko Inoue
Credits: 4
Conducted through research that focuses on the development of Japanese subcultures in the Post World War II period, this course poses various critical inquiries about the effects of nuclear bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki on contemporary global consumer society and the production of art. We will also bring into focus the trauma revisited up on us by the more recent nuclear
CAPA Visual Arts

After Superflat Directed Project: Nuclear War — VA4407.01

Spring 2026
Instructor: Yoko Inoue
Days & Time: FR 10:30AM-12:20PM & FR 2:10PM-4:00PM
Credits: 4

Conducted through research that focuses on the development of Japanese subcultures in the Post World War II period, this course poses various critical inquiries about the effects of nuclear bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki on contemporary global consumer society, visual culture and the production of art. We will also bring into

Visual Arts

All About Medium Format Film — PHO4249.01

Spring 2026
Instructor: Eddy Aldana
Days & Time: TU 2:10pm-4:00pm
Credits: 2

This 2-credit course will explore the use of medium format film, its purpose, benefits and drawbacks, and the appeal of photographing with a significantly larger film than 35mm. Students will learn about the history of medium format film, the versatility of its sizes that varies from camera to camera and how to enhance their photographic

Photography

All About Medium Format Film — PHO4249.01

Fall 2024
Instructor: Eddy Aldana
Credits: 2
This 2-credit course will explore the use of medium format film, its purpose, benefits and drawbacks, and the appeal of photographing with a significantly larger film than 35mm. Students will learn about the history of medium format film, the versatility of its sizes that varies from camera to camera and how to enhance their photographic practice with its use. Most of the
Visual Arts

Aluminum and Stainless Steel Fabrication — SCU4103.02

Fall 2019
Instructor: John Umphlett
Credits: 2
In this course we will focus on cutting and welding non-ferrous metals. CNC assisted plasma cutting will pair with the more traditional methods of shaping the material The fabrication processes will begin through brazing methods (acetylene and oxygen) for connecting non-similar metals then we will advance to learning the skills involved in using the GTAW welders for non-ferrous
Visual Arts

Aluminum Casting — SCU4104.01

Fall 2017
Instructor: John Umphlett
Credits: 2
This course is designed to introduce students to all processes involved in casting selected or designed objects in Aluminum. Students will observe class demonstrations and then apply the techniques to their own individual plans directed at a final aluminum pour of their objects. Processes involved and used include but not limited to: Developing part molds with sand, wax
Visual Arts

Amplified Realities / Maxwell Render for Rhino — VA2111.02

Spring 2018
Instructor: Michael Stradley
Credits: 2
Amplified Realities is a foundation course in Maxwell Render for Rhino, with some coverage of Adobe Photoshop. Maxwell Render is a professional software platform used by artists, designers, architects, and animators for the creation of images, films and animations from 3D models. Students in this class will learn how to specifically tailor 3D-models for rendering, set-up
Visual Arts