Art

Major

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Requirements for the Art Major (44 credits)

All majors are expected to attend Art Department functions and events, including guest lectures, gallery talks, exhibition receptions, workshops, and meetings.

Majors are also expected to become actively engaged in the department’s exhibition program. The spaces include the Korn Gallery, the Student Gallery, Dean’s cases, art department corridors, and other campus locations.

A portfolio exemption may be petitioned for a required course, but, if granted, must be replaced by an intermediate or upper-level course in the same medium.

• ART 2 / Two-Dimensional Design

Updated Requirements for the Major in Art (44 credits)

• ART 2/ Two-dimensional Design
• ART 21/ Drawing I
• ART 23/ Painting I

At least one sculpture course:

• ART 3/ Three-dimensional Design
• ART 28/ Sculpture I

At least one photography or printmaking course:

• ART 33/ Photography I
• ART 34/ Photography II
• ART 25/ Printmaking: Serigraphy
• ART 126/ Printmaking: Lithography
• ART 129/ Printmaking: Relief
• ART 130/ Printmaking: Intaglio

At least one digital course:

• ART 35/ Digital imaging
• ART 36/ Digital Animation
• ART 37/ Digital Video

At least one of the following:

• ARTHST 4/ western Art I: Ancient and Medieval
• ARTHST 5/ Western Art II: Pre-Modern-Modern

• ARTHST 106/ Early 20th Century Art
• ART 136/ Artist Writes
• ART 145/ Semester on Contemporary Art (for 4-8 credits)

At least two of the following:

• ART 140/ Selected Studio Projects
• ART 141/ Advanced Studio Projects
• OR: intermediate and upper level studio courses

Minor

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Requirements for the Minor (20 credits)

Students must complete five courses (20 credits) in studio art, at least 16 credits of which must be at the intermediate or upper level.

Faculty

Faculty

• Professor: Michael Peglau
• Associate Professor: Raymond Stein (chair)
• Assistant Professor: Lee Arnold, William Mutter (adjunct), Claire Sherman, Rebecca Soderholm
• Lecturer: Jason Karolak (adjunct), Ahni Kruger (adjunct)

Courses

Courses Offered

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ART 310 - Formerly 136 - Artist Writes (2)

Studio art majors will create and maintain their own artist's blog in which they will publish an artist statement, work portfolio, and respond to art exhibitions and art criticism. Students will write about their own practice as well as curate and publish an art journal connected to their developing identity as an artist.

Fulfills: WM

Studio Art Courses

ART 104 - Formerly 2 - Two-Dimensional Design (4)

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 108 - Formerly 3 - Three-Dimensional Design (4)

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 130 - Formerly 3A - Photography I (4)

An introduction to using digital SLR cameras, image editing tools and ink-jet printing to produce photographs that are challenging in both content and form. Students make photographs in response to assignments which address the major visual mechanisms fundamental to photography. Through lectures and ongoing group critiques, students gain confidence in evaluating photographs and understanding issues in the medium. Students must provide a camera and budget for printing costs and other supplies
Offered every semester
Fulfills: BA

ART 106 - Formerly 21 - Drawing I (4)

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 202 - Formerly 23 - Painting I (4)

An exploration of traditional and modern techniques of oil painting and their underlying theories of light, color, space, and expression.
Prerequisite: ART 104 - Formerly 2 - , 21, 22, or permission of instructor Offered annually.

ART 256 - Formerly 25 - Printmaking: Serigraphy (4)

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 104 - Formerly 2 - , 21, or permission of instructor Offering to be determined.

ART 112 - Formerly 27 - Ceramic Sculpture I (4)

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 208 - Formerly 28 - Sculpture I (4)

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 108 - Formerly 3 - or permission of instructor Offered annually.
Fulfills: BA

ART 130 - Formerly 33 - Photography I (4)

An introduction to using digital SLR cameras, image editing tools and ink-jet printing to produce photographs that are challenging in both content and form. Students make photographs in response to assignments which address the major visual mechanisms fundamental to photography. Through lectures and ongoing group critiques, students gain confidence in evaluating photographs and understanding issues in the medium. Students must provide a camera and budget for printing costs and other supplies.
Offered every semester.
Fulfills: BA

ART 230 - Formerly 34 - Photography II (4)

This course utilizes essential elements in both traditional and digital photographic methods to expand knowledge and practice in the medium. Students expose and process black & white film, produce fine silver prints in the darkroom, build an alternative camera, respond to intermediate-level shooting assignments, and, conversely, gain a deeper understanding of digital capture and editing through firsthand experience with the roots of the medium. Includes museum and gallery visits. Students provide a camera or may rent one from Drew.
Offered annually.
Fulfills: BA

ART 120 - Formerly 35 - Digital Imaging (4)

This course introduces the 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 and spring semesters.
Fulfills: BA

ART 320 - Formerly 36 - Digital Animation (4)

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 new media. Class critiques will create connections between traditional and digital art.
Prerequisite: (ART 120 - Formerly 35 - or ART 220 - Formerly 37 - ) Offered fall semester.
Fulfills: BA, Q

ART 220 - Formerly 37 - Digital Video (4)

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 filmmaking.
Offered spring semester.
Fulfills: BA

ART 270 - Formerly 39 - Special Topics in Studio Art (2-4)

A studio topic or process not covered by regular offerings.
May be repeated for credit as topic changes. Signature of instructor required for registration. Offering to be determined.

ART 206 - Formerly 122 - Drawing II (4)

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 106 - Formerly 21 - or or permission of instructor Offered spring semester in odd-numbered years.

ART 302 - Formerly 123 - Painting II (4)

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 202 - Formerly 23 - or permission of instructor Offered spring semester.

ART 254 - Formerly 126 - Printmaking: Lithography (4)

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 104 - Formerly 2 - , 21, or 22 or permission of instructor Offering to be determined.

ART 212 - Formerly 127 - Ceramic Sculpture II (4)

Students develop more advanced and individualized approaches to clay. Emphasis on greater student independence and ambition in terms of confronting technical challenges and developing a personal direction.
Prerequisite: ART 112 - Formerly 27 - Offered annually.

ART 308 - Formerly 128 - Sculpture II (4)

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 208 - Formerly 28 - Offered annually.

ART 250 - Formerly 129 - Printmaking: Relief (4)

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 104 - Formerly 2 - , 21, or 22, or permission of instructor Offered spring semester in even-numbered years.

ART 252 - Formerly 130 - Printmaking: Intaglio (4)

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 104 - Formerly 2 - , 21, or 22, or permission of instructor Offered spring semester in odd-numbered years.

ART 306 - Formerly 131 - Drawing III (4)

A continuation at an advanced level of ART 122/Drawing II.
May be repeated for credit. Signature of instructor required for registration. Prerequisite: ART 206 - Formerly 122 - Offered spring semester in odd-numbered years.

ART 352 - Formerly 133 - Painting III (4)

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 206 - Formerly 122 - Offered annually.

ART 330 - Formerly 134 - Photography III (4)

This course allows for continued exploration of photography as an art medium for students working with either film or digital processes. Personal exploration of a subject or photographic approach is supported by ongoing critique and contextual instruction in photographic practices, advanced techniques, and the study of formal and conceptual issues within the medium. Students must provide a film or digital SLR camera and budget for film, printing costs and other supplies.
Course may be repeated. Prerequisite: ART 230 - Formerly 34 - . Offering to be determined.

ART 400 - Formerly 140 - Selected Studio Projects (4)

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.
[CAP] Capstone Course may be repeated. Open only to senior art majors and minors Signature of instructor required for registration. Offered fall semester.
Fulfills: WM

ART 402 - Formerly 141 - Advanced Studio Projects (4)

A continuation of ART 400 - Formerly 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.
[CAP] Capstone Signature of instructor required for registration. Prerequisite: ART 400 - Formerly 140 - Offered spring semester.

Other Courses

ART 300 - Formerly 150 - Independent Study in Art (1-4)

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.
Course may be repeated. Open only to upper-level art majors. Signature of instructor required for registration. Offered annually.

Off-Campus Program

ART 385 - Formerly 145 - Semester on Contemporary Art (4-8)

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.
Formal application is required of all students. Prerequisite: Two art courses, preferably one in 20th-century art, or permission of instructor Offered fall semester.

Exchange Courses

Through Drew’s cooperative programs with the College of St. Elizabeth and Fairleigh Dickinson University-Madison, students may take courses in art education, in commercial art, and in communications. Faculty advisers furnish details. Students register for exchange courses through the Registrar’s Office at Drew.

Internships

Internships

Advanced students may take internships yielding professional job experience in studio, museum, or gallery work or in other art-related fields. Internships may be available in the surrounding area and in New York City with, for example, the Whitney Museum of American Art, the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Museum of Modern Art, the Cooper-Hewitt Museum, Sotheby’s auction house, major galleries, or with corporate consultants, contemporary artists, architects, and graphic designers. Course credit for such work must be earned under the academic internship program (see INTR 50).

AP Exams

Advanced Placement (AP) examinations

Students who receive a score of 4 or 5 on the general (studio) art examination may present the AP portfolio to the department, which evaluates it for credit and exemption on an individual basis. See pages 15-16 for further information about AP credits.

Off Campus

Off-Campus Programs

New York Semester on Contemporary Art

New York, the center of the contemporary art world, is home to more than 100,000 artists, 1,000 galleries, and 10 major art museums. It is the vital location for the Drew Semester on Contemporary Art, directed by a Drew faculty member and offered in the fall semester. Students in this eight-credit program spend two days each week in New York visiting artists, critics, and arts professionals, and viewing art in museums and galleries, plus attending a seminar on campus. There are many opportunities for dialogue with leading figures in New York ‘s contemporary art world. To complete a full academic course load for the semester, students may do an internship in New York or take additional courses on campus.