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Studio Art Courses

  • ART 2 / Two-Dimensional Design (4) - view
    An introduction to the visual elements that constitute the basic issues of two-dimensional design. Primary goals are the development of technical and critical skills as they apply to painting, drawing, and graphic traditions. Investigates aspects of color, line, form, texture, and space through workshops and outside assignments. The foundation course for the intermediate- and upper-level studio courses. Offered every semester. Fulfills: BA
  • ART 3 / Three-Dimensional Design (4) - view
    An introduction to the technical and conceptual basis for the organization and development of three-dimensional structures. Examines the function of space, volume, mass, plane, and line. Explores sculptural issues through the solution of design problems. Uses a variety of materials for physical and expressive qualities. Extensive out-of-class assignments supplement studio practice. Emphasizes the development of critical skills as they apply to visual aesthetic issues. Offered fall semester. Fulfills: BA
  • ART 21 / Drawing I (4) - view
    An introduction to drawing as a way of making images, as a basis for work in other media, and as a process of discovery. Studio activities are grounded in observation and use various wet and dry media. Line, shape, and value are emphasized as basic components for exploring fundamental issues of composition, the structuring of form, the description of space and light, and as a means of individual expression. Offered every semester. Fulfills: BA
  • ART 23 / Painting I (4) - view
    An exploration of traditional and modern techniques of oil painting and their underlying theories of light, color, space, and expression. Prerequisite: ART 2, 21, 22, or permission of instructor. Offered annually. Fulfills: BA
  • ART 25 / Printmaking: Serigraphy (4) - view
    A study of techniques and concepts behind the silk-screen process as an art form. Explores a variety of negative and positive stencil-making methods. Covers registration procedures for multicolor printing and the making of editions. Emphasizes the exploration of the visual language. Discussions are conducted regularly. Museum and gallery visits. Prerequisite: ART 2, 21, or 22, or permission of instructor. Offering to be determined.
  • ART 27 / Ceramic Sculpture I (4) - view
    An introduction to the creative possibilities of ceramics emphasizing diverse approaches to clay as a sculptural material. Exploration of handbuilding techniques, glazing and firing, mold making and casting, as well as ceramic tile mosaic and mixed media, to consider issues of form, content, surface, scale, color, and process. Class discussions establish connections between clay investigations and fundamental questions from contemporary and art history. Offered annually. Fulfills: BA
  • ART 28 / Sculpture I (4) - view
    An investigation of materials and processes, and conceptual and aesthetic concerns of sculpture. Students learn basic properties of various sculptural materials and consider the relationship between materials and ideas. Introduction to additive and subtractive processes, casting, assemblage, and mixed media serves as a vehicle for formal and expressive exploration, as well as consideration of fundamental sculptural issues, including space, time, scale, reference, content, and context. Studio activities are informed by intensive examination of contemporary and historic three-dimensional art through discussion and field trips. Prerequisite: ART 3 or permission of instructor. Offered annually.
  • ART 33 / Digital Photography (4) - view
    An introduction to the digital camera as a tool for recording images and as a vehicle for creative expression. In this class students will learn a variety of image- manipulation techniques using the computer. Topics covered will include the basic principles of photography, as well as the ubiquity of the digital image and its use in online and print media. Encourages development of a portfolio of creative work Offered spring semester.
  • ART 34 / Photography (4) - view
    An exploration of the visual world using the camera as an aesthetic medium. Focuses on intensive seeing, pictorial organization, fine printing, and reading of the photograph. Studies the work of selected 20th-century photographers through literature and gallery viewing. Students must furnish an adjustable 35mm SLR camera and bear the cost of film, paper, and other supplies. Offered annually. Fulfills: BA
  • ART 35 / Digital Imaging (4) - view
    This course introduces computer as a fine arts tool, and provides an overview of digital arts concepts and terminology. Students will solve design problems using a variety of computer software applications. Critical awareness of new media in a historical context is encouraged through lectures, discussion and critiques. Offered fall semester. Fulfills: BA
  • ART 36 / Digital Animation (4) - view
    An investigation of time, form and motion through the use of digital animation techniques. Students will explore the impact of the moving image on the history of art, with special emphasis on the new media. Class critiques will create connections between traditional and digital art. Prerequisite: Art 35 or permission of the instructor. Offered spring semester in alternate years. Fulfills: BA
  • ART 37 / Digital Video (4) - view
    Introduces digital video as a creative tool and offers a technical understanding of the video camera and non-linear editing. Students will learn to manipulate time, space and sound to create sequential, narrative and experimental works. Projects explore both formal and conceptual issues integral to the history of video and film-making. Prerequisite: Art 35 or permission of the instructor. Prerequisite: Art 35 or permission of the instructor. Offered spring semester in alternate years.
  • ART 39 / Special Topics in Studio Art (2-4) - view
    A studio topic or process not covered by regular offerings. Amount of credit established at time of registration. May be repeated for credit as topic changes. Signature of instructor required for registration. Offering to be determined.
  • ART 122 / Drawing II (4) - view
    For students familiar with the basic techniques and media of drawing. Intermediate problems in drawing using the human figure and observation as a subject and a point of departure. Focus on the fundamental importance of drawing as the shared language of all the visual arts. Prerequisite: ART 21 or ART 22 or permission of instructor. Offered spring semester in odd-numbered years.
  • ART 123 / Painting II (4) - view
    An intermediate treatment of the media, techniques, and concepts of painting. Students are expected to pursue extensively particular problems of painting both inside and outside of class and with close critical involvement of the instructor. Encourages a critical awareness of contemporary painting. Includes museum and gallery visits. Prerequisite: ART 23 or permission of instructor. Offered spring semester.
  • ART 126 / Printmaking: Lithography (4) - view
    An introduction to stone and/or plate lithography by way of examining the chemistry of the planographic process and its visual outcome. Emphasizes control of the image-making process. Develops students' pictorial language through discussions and museum and gallery visits. Prerequisite: ART 2, 21, or 22 or permission of instructor. Offering to be determined.
  • ART 128 / Sculpture II (4) - view
    Advanced sculptural investigations. Students further develop and expand individual sculptural vocabularies, work toward generating projects and investigating processes that support the expression of their ideas. Signature of instructor required for registration. Prerequisite: ART 28. Offered annually.
  • ART 129 / Printmaking: Relief (4) - view
    The technical and expressive potentialities of wood and linoleum cutting, collography, and monoprinting. Color and combined media processes are emphasized. Development of individual pictorial language follows a period of technical introduction and experimentation. Critiques as well as gallery and museum visits supplement the creative process. Prerequisite: ART 2, 21, or 22, or permission of instructor. Offered spring semester in even-numbered years.
  • ART 130 / Printmaking: Intaglio (4) - view
    Traditional and contemporary modes of intaglio plate-making processes are covered, as well as the development of imagery and expression appropriate to the media. Engraving, drypoint, various etching methods, embossing, and color printing processes are explored. Critiques are conducted regularly throughout the semester. Museum and gallery visits. Prerequisite: ART 2, 21, or 22, or permission of instructor. Offered spring semester in odd-numbered years.
  • ART 131 / Drawing III (4) - view
    A continuation at an advanced level of ART 122/Drawing II. May be repeated for credit. Signature of instructor required for registration. Prerequisite: ART 122. Offered spring semester in odd-numbered years.
  • ART 133 / Painting III (4) - view
    A concentration on advanced painting problems. Students are expected to have an established direction in painting, which they pursue intensively both inside and outside of class and in close critical discussions with the instructor. A critical awareness of contemporary painting is expected, as are visits to museums and galleries. May be repeated for credit. Signature of instructor required for registration. Prerequisite: ART 122. Offered annually.
  • ART 134 / Special Topics in Photography (4) - view
    Varying topics. Application of special techniques in subject, camera, film, and/or printing. Course may be repeated. Prerequisite: ART 34. Offering to be determined.
  • ART 140 / Selected Studio Projects (4) - view
    An intensive studio practice designed for art majors working toward senior exhibition. Provides a basic framework to aid independent investigation, stressing the development of individual ideas and expression. Course may be repeated. Open only to senior art majors and minors Signature of instructor required for registration. Offered fall semester.
  • ART 141 / Advanced Studio Projects (4) - view
    A continuation of ART 140 with even greater emphasis upon building a body of work that clearly reflects the individual's sensibility and ideas, culminating in a senior thesis exhibition in late April or early May in the Korn Gallery. Weekly critiques are conducted by the instructor and visiting artists. Signature of instructor required for registration. Prerequisite: ART 140. Offered spring semester.

Other Courses

  • ART 150 / Independent Study in Art (1-4) - view
    Under special circumstances, an advanced student majoring in either studio or art history may plan, in conference with the instructor and with approval of the department, a closely supervised independent project in studio art, art criticism, museology, or art history, not otherwise provided in the courses of instruction. Written proposal and paper required. Amount of credit established at time of registration. Course may be repeated. Open only to upper-level art majors. Signature of instructor required for registration. Offered annually.

Off-Campus Program

  • ART 145 / Semester on Contemporary Art (4-8) - view
    Two days each week are spent in New York City visiting artists, curators, gallery directors, and critics. Regular viewing of gallery and museum exhibitions and private collections. Weekly seminar on campus concerning contemporary art historical and critical background and discussion of current developments. An ongoing journal of art criticism and course project. Amount of credit established at time of registration. Formal application is required of all students. Prerequisite: Two art courses, preferably one in 20th-century art, or permission of instructor. Offered fall semester.

DREW OFF-CAMPUS PROGRAMS

  • ART 115 / Traditions & Techniques of West African Arts (4) - view
    Students are introduced to the production, from start to finish, of works in clay, metal and fiber by Bamana, Dogon, and Tuareg artists. During daily visits to villages, students learn about production techniques in the areas of pot-making; wax-modeling; brass, gold, and aluminum casting; black-smithing; gold-leafing; strip loom weaving; ikat and wax resist dyeing; and basketry. Students develop their study of Malian arts and artistic techniques through readings, group discussions and research. The role of arts in daily life and the varieties of aesthetic expression are explored. Students also come to know the artists and their relationships to their communities.