IMPORTANT DATES
FACULTY OF ART
Drawing & Painting
DRPT 2B02 Abstract Painting
DRPT 2B03 Drawing Workshop
DRPT 2B08 Camera Art: Combining Media
DRPT 2B13 Contemporary Issues: Art Today (DRPT)
DRPT 2B39 Painting and Digital Imaging
DRPT 2C03 Painting Studio
DRPT 3B04 Intermediate Drawing: Figurative
General Art
GART 1B04 Colour & Composition
GART 1B05 Form and Structure (not offered; see instructions under course description section)
GART 1B06 Time-Based Media
GART 1B14 Nature and Culture
GART 1B16 Art & Design in the Social Sphere (not offered)
GART 1C00 Drawing (not offered; see instructions under course description section)
Photography
PHOT 2B03 Introductory Photography: Basic
PHOT 2B05 Colour I
PHOT 2B07 Digital Imaging I
PHOT 3B19 Professional Practices & Applications
Printmaking
PRNT 2B01 Introduction to Screenprinting
PRNT 2B18 Printmaking for Painters
PRNT 2B20 Book Arts: Bookbinding
PRNT 2B22 Non-Toxic Printmaking
PRNT 2B26 Nano-Publishing: Independent Publication
PRNT 2B27 From Letterpress to Contemporary Typography (New course updated as of March 29, 2007)
Course Descriptions
DRPT 2B02
Abstract Painting
0.5 credit | Studio
Duration: 1 May 14 to June 1, Tuesday and Thursday, 9 am to 4 pm
Instructor: Mark Bell
Prerequisite: 3.0 credits of first-year studio and 1.0 credit of Liberal Studies
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 2B03
Drawing Workshop
0.5 credit | Studio
Duration 1: May 14 to June 1, Wednesday and Friday, 9 am to 4 pm
Instructor: Mark Bell
Prerequisite: 3.0 credits of first-year studio and 1.0 credit of Liberal Studies
Drawing is essential to visual communication as both a preparatory tool and as a distinct medium of expression. Building on the drawing techniques and the principles of perspective and composition acquired in GART 1C00, and through formal exercises utilizing a range of media, techniques and subject matter, various approaches to drawing are explored, including investigative, observational and experimental practices. This course is appropriate for both Art and Design students and requires minimal drawing experience.
DRPT 2B08
Camera Art: Combining Media
0.5 credit | Studio
Duration 1: May 14 to June 1, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, 9 am to 12:30 pm
Instructor: Barbara Astman
Prerequisite: 3.0 credits of first-year studio and 1.0 credit of Liberal Studies
Conditions: Basic darkroom experience is required.
An array of issues arises for artists using cameras as tools for creative expression when applied to drawing and painting practices. Through a series of workshops, slide presentations and concept development exercises, the relationship of drawing and painting to contemporary photographic practice is examined and explored.
DRPT 2B13
Contemporary Issues: Art Today (DRPT)
0.5 credit | Studio-Seminar
Duration 2: May 14 to June 22, Wednesday, Friday 9 am to 12:30 pm
Instructor: Suzanne Nacha
Prerequisite: 3.0 credits of first-year studio and 1.0 credit of Liberal Studies
Note: Must be completed at the 200-level by all 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’ presentations of their own projects.
DRPT 2B39
Painting and Digital Imaging
0.5 credit | Studio
Duration 4: June 4 to June 22, Tuesday and Thursday, 9 am to 4 pm
Instructors: Suzanne Nacha
Prerequisite: 3.0 credits of first-year studio and 1.0 credit of Liberal Studies
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
1.0 credit | Studio
Duration 2: May 14 to June 22, Tuesday, Thursday, 9 am to 4 pm
Instructor: Stephan Ibbot
Prerequisite: 3.0 credits of first-year studio and 1.0 credit of Liberal Studies
Note: Must be completed at the 200 level by all 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 3B04
Intermediate Drawing: Figurative
0.5 credit | Studio
Duration 4: June 4 to June 22, Wednesday and Friday, 9 am – 4 pm
Instructor: TBA
Note: A materials fee is applied to this course.
This course focuses on depiction and interpretation of the human figure through drawing. Building upon essential drawing techniques and anatomical studies, detailed technical instruction is provided in contour drawing, hatching and tonal rendering, using a variety of drawing media on a range of supports.
GART 1B04
Colour & Composition
0.5 credit | Studio
Duration 2: May 14 to June 22, Tuesday and Thursday, 6 pm to 9:30 pm
Instructor: David Griffin
Note: Formerly FOUN 1B04.
Note: Equivalent to GDES 1B24 Colour and Two-dimensional Design (please refer to listing below).
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 2007 summer semester; instead of GART 1B05 you must take the First –Year Design course, GDES 1B25 (please refer to listing below). Faculty of Art First-Year students must enroll and be successful in this course to receive 0.5 credit GART 1B05 equivalency
GART 1B06
Time-Based Media
0.5 credit | Studio
Duration 1: May 14 to June 1, Tuesday and Thursday, 9 am to 4:00 pm
Instructor: Sheila Pye
Note: Formerly FOUN 1B06.
In this course, 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 an understanding of the basic methods, tools, and techniques of time-based media within the context of contemporary art practice.
GART 1B14
Nature and Culture
0.5 credit | Studio
Duration 5: June 25 to August 3, Tuesday and Thursday, 9 am to 12:30 pm
Instructor: Pedro Correia
Conditions: This course requires a minimum prerequisite of 1.0 credits of First-Year studio curriculum.
Note: This course will be taught through the Drawing & Painting medium.
Formerly FOUN 1B14.
Nature is thought to be the creative physical power operating in our material world. Currently, we understand that nature, not humanity, is the immediate cause of all the world’s phenomena. This course directs students’ investigations into how contemporary artists interpret, intervene, manipulate and explore the collision of the material/natural world and present-day culture. Students complete assignments in the research and production of art that explores contemporary attitudes to nature and on the effects that nature and culture have on each other.
GART 1B16
Art & Design in the Social Sphere
0.5 credit | Studio
GART1B16 will not be offered in the 2007 summer semester.
GART 1C00
Drawing
1.0 credit | Studio
GART 1C00 will not be offered in the 2007 summer semester: instead of GART 1C00 you must take the First –Year Design courses, GDES 1B00 and GDES 1B13 (please refer to listings below). Faculty of Art First-Year students must enroll and be successful in both these courses to receive 1.0 credit GART 1C00 equivalency.
PRNT 2B01
Introduction to Screenprinting
0.5 credit | Studio
Duration 4: June 4 to June 22, Tuesday and Thursday, 9 am to 4 pm
Instructor: Shannon Gerard
Prerequisite: 3.0 credits of first-year studio and 1.0 credit of Liberal Studies
Screenprinting is a modern and flexible stencil technique providing the student with many printmaking possibilities. This introductory studio course covers basic hand stencil techniques and photographic screen processes. Applications for both art and design are considered. Direct and immediate, screen-printing lends itself to simple or complex imagery involving rich colour relationships. Examples of artists’ works are presented and discussed. Students are encouraged to complete their projects in open studio time.
PRNT 2B18
Printmaking for Painters
0.5 credit | Studio
Duration 1: May 14 to June 1, Tuesday and Thursday, 9 am to 4 pm
Instructor: Elizabeth D'Agostino
Prerequisite: 3.0 credits of first-year studio and 1.0 credit of Liberal Studies
This course explores the flexibility of traditional and contemporary methods of creating print-based work through adaptation of technical skills from painting. Students may use a variety of methods to create monoprints including screenprinting, lithography, intaglio and relief. Hands-on studio work is supplemented with individual and group critiques. Students are encouraged to complete their projects in open studio time.
PRNT 2B20
Book Arts: Bookbinding
0.5 credit | Studio
Duration 2: May 14 to June 22, Tuesday and Thursday, 6 pm to 9:30 pm
Instructor: Beth Howe
Prerequisite: 3.0 credits of first-year studio and 1.0 credit of Liberal Studies
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 2B22
Non-Toxic Printmaking
0.5 credit | Studio
Duration 4: June 4 to June 22, Monday and Wednesday, 9 am to 4 pm
Instructor: TBA
Prerequisite: 3.0 credits of first-year studio and 1.0 credit of Liberal Studies
This course introduces students 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 also to explore screenprinting on textiles and work on larger wall murals, as well as the editions of works on paper. Students are encouraged to complete their projects work in open studio time.
PRNT 2B26
Nano-publishing: Independent Publications
0.5 credit | Studio
Duration 2: May 14 to June 22, Monday and Wednesday, 6 pm to 9:30 pm
Instructor: Shannon Gerard
Prerequisite: 3.0 credits of first-year studio and 1.0 credit of Liberal Studies
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 1: May 14 to June 1, Monday and Wednesday, 9 am to 4 pm
Instructor: Beth Howe
Prerequisite: 3.0 credits of first-year studio and 1.0 credit of Liberal Studies
Note: Design students wishing to take this course should fill out an override form in the Faculty of Art office; a number of spaces will be reserved for you for a period of 1 week from the opening of registration during the summer semester.
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.
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