FACULTY OF ART
Important Information: Special Considerations
Criticism & Curatorial Practice
CRCP 2B02 Museums, Galleries & Alternative Spaces
Drawing & Painting
DRPT 2B02 Abstract Painting
DRPT 2B07 Figurative Drawing
DRPT 2B13 Contemporary Issues: Art Today (DRPT)
DRPT 2B35 Watercolour
DRPT 2B39 Painting & Digital Imaging I
DRPT 2C03 Painting Studio
DRPT 3B06 Representation From Memory and Desire
DRPT 3B22 Contemporary Collage Methodologies
DRPT 3B23 The Convincing Picture: Critical Views on Painting
DRPT 4B03 Advanced Painting Workshop (cancelled 2011-05-09)
First-Year Art
GART 1B04 Colour Explorations
GART 1B05 Form & Structure
GART 1B06 Time Based Media
GART 1B51 Nature & Culture: Contemporary Painting
GART 1C00 Drawing
Integrated Media
INTM 2B02 Film Introduction
INTM 2B03 Body as Material: Performance by Artists
INTM 2B11 Animation: Origins & Techniques
INTM 2B21 Online Art & Website Design
Interdisciplinary
INTR 3B90 Special Topic in Art: Gibraltar Point: A Living Labratory
Photography
PHOT 2B01 Photography: Light & Studio
PHOT 2B03 Introductory Photography: Black & White
PHOT 2B05 Introductory Photography: Colour
PHOT 2B07 Introductory Photography: Digital
PHOT 3B19 Professional Practices & Applications
Printmaking
PRNT 2B01 Screenprinting
PRNT 2B05 Papermaking
PRNT 2B18 Printmaking for Painters
PRNT 2B20 Book Arts: Bookbinding
PRNT 2B21 Digital Printmaking Studio
PRNT 2B22 Non-Toxic Printmaking
PRNT 2B26 Nano-publishing: Independent Publications
PRNT 2B27 From Letterpress to Contemporary
Sculpture/Installation
SCIN 2B19 Life Study for Sculpture I
Instructors updated 2011-03-28
CRCP 2B02
Museums, Galleries & Alternative Spaces
0.5 Credit | Studio/Seminar
Duration 2: May 16 – June 30, Wednesday & Friday, 11:30 – 14:30
Instructor: Gerwurtz, Michelle (updated 2011-04-01)
Prerequisite: 3.0 credits of first-year studio and 1.0 credit of first-year Liberal Studies (including the Writing course with a passing grade of 60%).
Antirequisite: CRCP 3B01
Note: Required for Criticism & Curatorial Practice majors.
This intermediate-level seminar serves as an introduction to the history and practice of museums and art galleries from the perspective of the artist, the public, the curator and museum staff. Students look at the development of permanent collections, exhibition programs and "alternative" spaces. Students become familiar with contemporary practices in organizational structures and display techniques, as well as, current curatorial issues in representation, intention and public education.
DRPT 2B02
Abstract Painting
0.5 Credit | Studio
Duration 1: May 16 - June 3, Wednesday & Friday, 08:30-14:30
Instructor: Stuart, Beth
Prerequisite: 3.0 credits of first-year studio and 1.0 credit of first-year Liberal Studies (including the Writing course with a passing grade of 60%).
Note: This course has a materials fee.
This course introduces students to expressive and experiential nature of abstract painting. Students develop their own painting vocabulary and an understanding of abstract form through a series of projects that emphasize the meaning of colour, gesture, form and compositional design that belie the flatness of picture plane.
DRPT 2B07
Figurative Drawing
0.5 Credit | Studio
Duration 1: May 16 - June 3, Tuesday & Thursday, 11:30-17:30
Instructor: Sawtell, Scott
Prerequisite: 3.0 credits of first-year studio and 1.0 credit of first-year Liberal Studies (including the Writing course with a passing grade of 60%).
Note: This course has a materials fee.
This course focuses on drawing from human figure. In a range of structured exercises varying from short gestures to sustained poses, the principles of composition, proportion and volume are explored through line and tone and the modelling of light and shadow. Anatomy and portraiture are introduced, as well as techniques such as measuring and reference point, hatching and contour drawing.
DRPT 2B13
Contemporary Issues: Art Today (DRPT)
0.5 Credit | Studio/Seminar
Duration 2: May 16 - June 30, Tuesday & Thursday, 18:30-21:30
Instructor: Dhaliwal, Sarindar
Prerequisite: 3.0 credits of first-year studio and 1.0 credit of first-year Liberal Studies (including the Writing course with a passing grade of 60%).
Antirequisite: CRCP 2B01, INTM 2B22, PHOT 2B12, PRNT 2B25, SCIN 2B09
Conditions: Required course for second year Drawing & Painting majors.
This introductory studio-seminar course exposes students to some of the issues, theories, conceptual and formal strategies that inform contemporary art practice. This specific offering concentrates on drawing and painting with reference to other media. Each weekly seminar explores current ideas and discourses through some of the following: presentations of artists' works, analysis of assigned readings, and students' presentation of their own projects.
DRPT 2B35
Watercolour
0.5 Credit | Studio
Duration 4: June 6 - June 30, Tuesday & Thursday, 08:30-14:30
Instructor: Waldburger, Natalie
Prerequisite: 3.0 credits of first-year studio and 1.0 credit of first-year Liberal Studies (including the Writing course with a passing grade of 60%).
Note: This course has a materials fee.
The luminous transparency and fluid viscosity characteristic of watercolour are explored in this intensive medium-based workshop. Watercolour painting materials, processes and techniques are experienced as a means of expression. Students learn to handle masses of colour and gain control of this classic medium in a variety of applications.
DRPT 2B39
Painting & Digital Imaging I
0.5 Credit | Studio
Duration 4: June 6 - June 30, Wednesday & Friday, 11:30-17:30
Instructor: Blanchard, Philippe
Prerequisite: 3.0 credits of first-year studio and 1.0 credit of first-year Liberal Studies (including the Writing course with a passing grade of 60%).
Note: This course has a materials fee.
The capacity to manipulate and synthesize images digitally from a vast number of sources allows artists increased latitude in generating ideas for paintings. In this studio/lab-based course, students use the computers, digital cameras and scanners to gather images and create compositions for their paintings. Through a combination of painting and digital experiments, students explore a range of possibilities for expanding the painter's vocabulary.
DRPT 2C03
Painting Studio
1 Credit | Studio
Duration 2: May 16 - June 30, Wednesday & Friday, 08:30-14:30
Instructor: Sawtell, Scott (updated 2011-04-07)
Prerequisite: 3.0 credits of first-year studio and 1.0 credit of first-year Liberal Studies (including the Writing course with a passing grade of 60%).
Note: This course has a materials fee.
Conditions: Required course for second year Drawing & Painting majors.
Contemporary practices are introduced in a series of paintings that sequentially identify and build technical and critical vocabulary. Basic skills are defined and developed through projects that relate materials and techniques to concept development and presentation. Multiple acrylic painting systems are explored through a variety of subjects. Students learn to build and prepare a range of painting supports. Safe and healthy procedures are introduced.
DRPT 3B06
Representation From Memory and Desire
0.5 Credit | Studio
Duration 4: June 6 - June 30, Tuesday & Thursday, 11:30-17:30
Instructor: Harrison, Spencer (updated 2011-06-09)
Prerequisite: 8.0 credits, including all first-year requirements (5.0 credits) and at least 0.5 credit second-year Liberal Studies.
Note: This course has a materials fee.
Artists' images and ideas develop from personal experience, dreams and fantasies, as well as from sources such as popular culture and mass media. To represent these visually, various materials and approaches are explored, leading to the creation of drawing or painting series of particular themes and narratives. Studio exercises and independent projects are complemented by discussions, slide and video presentations, talks by visiting artists and gallery visits.
DRPT 3B22
Contemporary Collage Methodologies
0.5 Credit | Studio
Duration 1: May 16 - June 3, Wednesday & Friday, 11:30-17:30
Instructor: Harrison, Spencer
Prerequisite: 8.0 credits, including all first-year requirements (5.0 credits), at least 0.5 credit second-year Liberal Studies and either DRPT 2C03 Painting Studio or any other year two DRPT studio course.
Note: This course has a materials fee.
This course examines the implications of collage methodologies in the context of contemporary painting. Drawing upon the historical practices of Cubism, Dada and Constructivism, students do research and produce conceptually-based projects that reference post-modern architecture, electronic music, literary criticism, and cinematography. Also, this course promotes students' understanding of the concepts of appropriation, deconstruction, hybridization, as well as interdisciplinary approaches to painting.
DRPT 3B23
The Convincing Picture: Critical Views on Painting
0.5 Credit | Studio/Seminar
Duration 1: May 16 - June 3, Tuesday & Thursday, 11:30-17:30
Instructor: Smith, Pete
Prerequisite: 8.0 credits, including all first-year requirements (5.0 credits), at least 0.5 credit second-year Liberal Studies and DRPT 2B13 Contemporary Issues: Art Today.
Note: Third year Drawing & Painting majors must complete at least one of DRPT 3B11, DRPT 3B23, DRPT 3B24, DRPT 3B25.
This course will examine some of the critiques levelled against paintings' relevance and offers a means of responding in both written and visual forms to these debates. The role of painting in contemporary visual culture and the expanding virtual realm are amongst the topics to be considered. As a studio seminar, students will read critical texts, participate in seminar presentations, write essays and make artwork responding to post-modern speculations on the validity of painting.
DRPT 4B03 (cancelled 2011-05-09)
Advanced Painting Workshop
0.5 Credit | Studio
Duration 1: May 16 - June 3, Tuesday & Thursday, 11:30-17:30
Instructor: Harrison, Spencer
Prerequisite: 13.0 credits, including all first-year and second-year requirements (10.0 credits) and a minimum 0.5 credit year three DRPT painting course - DRPT 3B01, DRPT 3B14, DRPT 3B16, DRPT 3B20, DRPT 3C02, DRPT 3C08, DRPT 3C11, DRPT 3C12 or DRPT 3C14.
Note: This course has a materials fee.
Both representational and abstract painters employ symbols, historical and iconographic content to create meaning in their work. Issues central to the production of meaning in painting today are explored in this course. Students are directed in the generation of series of works that explore their own ideas while advancing their technical expertise.
GART 1B04
Colour Explorations
0.5 Credit | Studio
Duration 2: May 16 - June 30, Tuesday & Thursday, 18:30-21:30
Instructor: Porter, Mary
This course introduces students to the historical and contemporary fundamentals of art making by studying the interdependency of colour and visual elements across a broad range of media, from painting and photography to digital tools. Building upon conceptual and visual aspects of two-dimensional design, students investigate the relationships between ideas, forms, and shapes through the exploration of pictorial and virtual spaces, with attention to colour. Instruction and assignments that are germane to contemporary art practices will focus on composition and the contextual application of colour as a mode of expression.
GART 1B05
Form and Structure
0.5 Credit | Studio
GART 1B05 will not be offered in the Summer 2011 semester. Faculty of Art students may substitute the first-year Design course GDES 1B25 (see course description) for GART 1B05.
GART 1B06
Time Based Media
0.5 Credit | Studio
Duration 1: May 16 - June 3, Tuesday & Thursday, 11:30-17:30
Instructor: Husain, Oliver
Students will engage the principles, vocabulary, and concepts of time-based and digital media. While examining the transition from analog to digital (with an emphasis on media literacy), students gain knowledge of the creative opportunities that current and emerging technologies provide. Students acquire experience through projects in video, performance, audio and the creative use of electronics. Students develop understanding of the basic methods, tools, and techniques of time-based media within the context of contemporary art practice.
GART 1B51
Nature & Culture: Contemporary Painting
0.5 Credit | Studio
Duration 4: June 6 - June 30, Tuesday & Thursday, 08:30-14:30
Instructor: Correira, Pedro
Prerequisite: Students must have completed a minimum of 1.0 credit of First-year studio curriculum.
Antirequisite: GART 1B14 Nature and Culture.
The intersection of human activity and natural phenomena provides a zone of contention under investigation in contemporary art today.
This course directs students’ investigations into how artists interpret, intervene, manipulate, and explore the collision of the material/natural world and present day culture through painting. Students complete assignments in the research and production of art that explores contemporary attitudes to this subject.
GART 1C00
Drawing
1.0 Credit | Studio
GART 1C00 will not be offered in the Summer 2011 semester. Faculty of Art students may substitute the first-year Design courses GDES 1B00 and either GDES 1B11 or GDES 1B14 (see course description) for GART 1C00.
INTM 2B02
Film Introduction
0.5 Credit | Studio
Duration 1: May 16 - June 3, Wednesday & Friday, 08:30-14:30
Instructor: Mead, Wrik
Prerequisite: 3.0 credits of first-year studio and 1.0 credit of first-year Liberal Studies (including the Writing course with a passing grade of 60%).
Anti-requisite:INTM 3B34 Film for Artists
Note: This course has a materials fee.
From a collective shoot using basic film cameras, students initiate individual media projects including short films or videos, screen/space installations and hybrid media works. Students are introduced to creative and technical dimensions of filmmaking processes including : basic camera, light meters, lighting setups and concept development for script and screen. Lectures, screenings and discussion provide an introduction to film history, theory and practice.
INTM 2B03
Body as Material: Performance by Artists
0.5 Credit | Studio
Duration 4: June 6 - June 30, Wednesday & Friday, 11:30-17:30
Instructor: L'Hirondelle, Cheryl
Prerequisite: 3.0 credits of first-year studio and 1.0 credit of first-year Liberal Studies (including the Writing course with a passing grade of 60%).
Note: This course is the prerequisite for INTM 3B28 Performance Studio.
Note: This course has a materials fee.
This studio course explores performance art histories, concepts and practices by introducing students to an extensive range of live art activities. Through projects and assignments, students develop an understanding of the significance of the artist’s body as a material for, and site of, art-making. Issues around areas such as writing and narrative, integrating media and the relationship between artist and audience and will be considered.
INTM 2B11
Animation: Origins & Techniques
0.5 Credit | Studio
Duration 1: May 16 - June 3, Tuesday & Thursday, 8:30-14:30
Instructor: Caines, Cliff
Prerequisite: 3.0 credits of first-year studio and 1.0 credit of first-year Liberal Studies (including the Writing course with a passing grade of 60%).
This course will combine a historical and contemporary survey of animation from the perspective of animation as an art, a technological practice, and an object of theoretical investigation. From zoetropes and magic lanterns to digital animation and 3D rendering, students will investigate the history of animation through a sequence of studio projects, short written assignments and seminars.
INTM 2B21
Online Art & Website Design
0.5 Credit | Studio
Duration 2: May 16 - June 30, Wednesday & Friday, 08:30-11:30
Instructor: Tapper, Evan
Prerequisite: 3.0 credits of first-year studio and 1.0 credit of first-year Liberal Studies (including the Writing course with a passing grade of 60%).
Conditions: Basic computer knowledge required.
This course examines the web as an artistic medium through a review of artists' on-line projects and the creation of websites by students. Techniques covered include image preparation, HTML authoring, navigation and Flash animation. The social implications of the web's underlying structures will be considered.
INTR 3B90
Special Topics: Gibraltar Point: A Living Laboratory
0.5 Credit / Studio
Duration 1: May 16 - June 3, Tuesday & Thursday, 08:30-14:30
Instructor: Cooper, Tara
Prerequisite: 8.0 credits, including all first-year requirements (5.0 credits), at least 0.5 credit second-year Liberal Studies and Contemporary Issues: Art Today (CRCP 2B01, DRPT 2B13, INTM 2B22, PHOT 2B12, PRNT 2B25, SCIN 2B09) or GDES 2B03 Think Tank I: Awareness.
Note: This course has an accommodation fee for the residency at Gibraltar Point.
Using Toronto Island as a living laboratory, students work in collaboration to produce site-specific artworks or design solutions. During the first part of the course, students conduct research in support of their projects through readings and day trips to the island. The second part of the course focuses on production. During this eight day incubation period, students and faculty live and work on the island residing at Artscape’s Gibraltar Point. Evening programming supplements the day’s activities through the coordination of meals, screenings, lectures, readings and discussions. As the residency concludes, students participate in group critiques where material documentation of their work is presented. This interdisciplinary initiative embraces collaborative and community building methodologies within studio production.
PHOT 2B01
Photography: Light and Studio
0.5 Credit | Studio
Duration 4: June 6 - June 30, Tuesday & Thursday, 08:30-14:30
Instructor: Cumming, Robyn (updated 2011-03-29)
Prerequisite: 3.0 credits of first-year studio and 1.0 credit of first-year Liberal Studies (including the Writing course with a passing grade of 60%).
Note: This course has a materials fee.
This course introduces students to the basics of lighting for studio and location photography. The principles of lighting, including temperature, sources and lighting styles, are also covered. Students explore issues relating to lighting through a range of studio and location exercises.
PHOT 2B03
Introductory Photography: Black & White
0.5 Credit | Studio
Duration 4: June 6 - June 30, Monday & Wednesday, 11:30-17:30
Instructor: Lawoti, Surendra
Prerequisite: 3.0 credits of first-year studio and 1.0 credit of first-year Liberal Studies (including the Writing course with a passing grade of 60%).
Antirequisite: PHOT 2C02 Contemporary Photography Studio
Note: This course has a materials fee.
Conditions: Required for year two Photography majors.
This course offers an introduction to the technical and visual tools of photography, including camera functions, film exposure and black-and-white darkroom procedures. In class demonstration, lecture and critiques support hands-on practice.
PHOT 2B05
Introductory Photography: Colour
0.5 Credit | Studio
Duration 1: May 16 - June 3, Thursday & Friday, 08:30-14:30
Instructor: Jones, John
Prerequisite: 3.0 credits of first-year studio and 1.0 credit of first-year Liberal Studies (including the Writing course with a passing grade of 60%).
Antirequisite: PHOT 2C02 Contemporary Photography Studio
Note: It is recommended that students take PHOT 2B03 Introductory Photography: Black & White at the same time or prior to taking PHOT 2B05.
Note: This course has a materials fee.
Conditions: Required for year two Photography majors.
This studio-based course explores the creative use of colour in contemporary photography. Students are introduced to both analog and digital methodologies. Areas covered are colour light theory, image formation in film and digital, exposure and colour balance fundamentals, proper selection of colour and transparency films, chemical colour printing, digital colour capture, digital device calibration and printing from digital files. Hands-on practice is supplemented by presentations, lectures and critiques of student work. Aesthetic issues and trends are discussed.
PHOT 2B07
Introductory Photography: Digital
0.5 Credit | Studio
Duration 2: May 16 - June 30, Tuesday & Thursday, 18:30-21:30
Instructor: Lawoti, Surendra
Prerequisite: 3.0 credits of first-year studio and 1.0 credit of first-year Liberal Studies (including the Writing course with a passing grade of 60%).
Antirequisite: PHOT 2C02 Contemporary Photography Studio
Note: This course has a materials fee.
Conditions: Required for year two Photography majors.
Students are introduced to digital imaging as it relates to photographic practice. This course provides a basic overview of digital photography technology including Adobe Photoshop tools, scanning and printing. Hands-on practice is supplemented by demonstrations, lectures and presentations. Basic computer literacy is required; access to a digital camera is not.
PHOT 3B19
Professional Practices and Applications
0.5 Credit | Studio
Duration 1: May 16 - June 3, Tuesday & Wednesday, 08:30-14:30
Instructor: Jones, John
Prerequisite: 8.0 credits, including all first-year requirements (5.0 credits) and at least 0.5 credit second-year Liberal Studies.
Note: This course has a materials fee.
In this course, students will be introduced to the fundamentals of applied business practice, portfolio preparation and self promotion through practical assignments, critiques and skill building demonstrations. This course provides an excellent opportunity to build your portfolio with images that explore the creative potential of editorial, advertising and portfolio photography.
PRNT 2B01
Screenprinting
0.5 Credit | Studio
Duration 4: June 6 - June 30, Wednesday & Friday, 08:30-14:30
Instructor: Gerard, Shannon
Prerequisite: 3.0 credits of first-year studio and 1.0 credit of first-year Liberal Studies (including the Writing course with a passing grade of 60%).
Note: This course has a materials fee.
Screenprinting is a modern and flexible stencil technique providing students with a variety of image making possibilities. This studio course covers basic hand stencil techniques and photographic screen processes using water base inks. Class demonstrations, discussions, individual and group critiques, and directed projects are integral to this course.
PRNT 2B05
Papermaking
0.5 Credit | Studio
Duration 1: May 16 - June 3, Tuesday & Thursday, 11:30-17:30
Instructor: Cook, Emily
Prerequisite: 3.0 credits of first-year studio and 1.0 credit of first-year Liberal Studies (including the Writing course with a passing grade of 60%).
Note: This course has a materials fee.
This course explores the creative possibilities of working with handmade paper. Techniques practiced include sheet forming, pulp painting, colour and fibre exploration, as well as research into the diverse characteristics of assorted paper pulps. Additional focus is placed on the study of European and Asian papermaking practices, as well as contemporary applications for paper art. Students are encouraged to complete project work in open studio time immediately following the class.
PRNT 2B18
Printmaking for Painters
0.5 Credit | Studio
Duration 1: May 16 - June 3, Wednesday & Friday, 08:30-14:30
Instructor: Cook, Emily
Prerequisite: 3.0 credits of first-year studio and 1.0 credit of first-year Liberal Studies (including the Writing course with a passing grade of 60%).
Note: This course has a materials fee.
This course explores the flexibility of traditional and contemporary methods of creating print-based work through the adaptation of technical skills from painting. Students will explore a variety of printmaking techniques such as serigraphy, collagraphy, relief and intaglio to create monoprints, mixed media works or multiples on paper. Hands-on studio work is supplemented by group and individual critiques.
PRNT 2B20
Book Arts: Bookbinding
0.5 Credit | Studio
Duration 4: June 6 - June 30, Wednesdays & Fridays, 11:30-17:30
Instructor: Beatty, Reg
Prerequisite: 3.0 credits of first-year studio and 1.0 credit of first-year Liberal Studies (including the Writing course with a passing grade of 60%).
Note: This course has a materials fee.
This course explores the traditional and contemporary concepts of the book as an art object and information vehicle. It introduces students to alternative book structures and bookbinding methods, including sewing, case binding and the construction of boxes, slip cases and book containers. Students produce several working book models and an independent project.
PRNT 2B21
Digital Printmaking Studio
0.5 Credit | Studio
Duration 4: June 6 - June 30, Tuesday & Thursday, 08:30-14:30
Instructor: Nurse, Lauren
Prerequisite: 3.0 credits of first-year studio and 1.0 credit of first-year Liberal Studies (including the Writing course with a passing grade of 60%).
Note: This course has a materials fee.
This course allows students to explore Photoshop techniques in printmaking; digital input (scanners, cameras, Internet) and digital image generation as they relate to both traditional (the use of computers to prepare negatives for photo techniques) and digital art print processes. The potential for rapid colour proofing, facile compositional changes and the use of collage, montage, cropping and overlays reinforce the emphasis on the use of computers to generate original art prints rather than its use as a reproduction tool.
PRNT 2B22
Non-Toxic Printmaking
0.5 Credit | Studio
Duration 1: May 16 - June 3, Wednesday & Friday, 08:30-14:30
Instructor: Nurse, Lauren
Prerequisite: 3.0 credits of first-year studio and 1.0 credit of first-year Liberal Studies (including the Writing course with a passing grade of 60%).
Note: This course has a materials fee.
This course offers a sustainable approach to printmaking. Students are introduced to a range of print media which are water-based, non-toxic and, in some cases, portable enough to be set up in a private studio. Students work with water-based relief printing, and learn how to make their own brush-on inks in the Japanese Print tradition, as well as learn about roll-on inks. Students work with water-based mono-printing, which allows painterly images to be layered and multiplied as prints. This course allows students to explore screenprinting on textiles and work on larger scaled work.
PRNT 2B26
Nano-publishing: Independent Publications
0.5 Credit | Studio
Duration 1: May 16 - June 3, Tuesday & Thursday, 08:30-14:30
Instructor: Gerard, Shannon
Prerequisite: 3.0 credits of first-year studio and 1.0 credit of first-year Liberal Studies (including the Writing course with a passing grade of 60%).
Note: This course has a materials fee.
The nature and strategies of publishing will be examined in this hands-on course. Art and design students will develop and produce printed material for distribution by using a variety of traditional and contemporary studio techniques ranging from letterpress, silkscreen, fine digital printing, and book arts. Students’ publications will match materials, printing techniques, and presentation solutions with concept and content.
PRNT 2B27
From Letterpress to Contemporary Typography
0.5 Credit | Studio
Duration 4: June 6 - June 30, Tuesday & Thursday, 11:30-17:30
Instructor: Judd, Alison
Prerequisite: 3.0 credits of first-year studio and 1.0 credit of first-year Liberal Studies (including the Writing course with a passing grade of 60%).
Note: This course has a materials fee.
This course will bring art and design students together to explore applications of letterpress printing in contemporary typography. Both contemporary typography and desktop publishing have their roots in the tradition of letterpress. This tradition is introduced to students by utilizing methods of handset lead and wood type, linotype, foil-stamping, hand-cut wood, linoleum blocks, and photographic polymer plates. Moreover, contemporary design platforms provide a forum for interpreting the relationship between typography, language and meaning.
SCIN 2B19
Life Study for Sculpture I
0.5 Credit | Studio
Duration 1: May 16 - June 3, Tuesday & Thursday, 08:30-14:30
Instructor: Pellettier, David
Prerequisite: 3.0 credits of first-year studio and 1.0 credit of first-year Liberal Studies (including the Writing course with a passing grade of 60%).
Note: This course has a materials fee.
Using the model as subject, this Studio course introduces the fundamental techniques of clay modeling and observation. Students will begin to develop the skills to sculpt the basic structures and proportions of the head and figure through a series of demonstrations, exercises and two-to-three-week studies from the model. Issues related to the figure in sculpture and installation practice will be introduced.
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