Printmaking

Expanded Print: New Media and Imaging

Course No. PRI276/376/476  Credits: 3

This intermediate/advanced studio course offers an exploration in printmaking, considering the digital matrix for computer aided and hand pulled prints through processes redefined in the digital age, scrutinizing decisions for information in and information out, and the relationship to those decisions. Students will be challenged to work in the territory of digital media in relationship to and combination with traditional print medium. Students have the opportunity to create files for output which are hand drawn, digitally generated, of a photographic nature, or a combination of all three. Topics include; transfer methods, digital production of plates, color management for a wide-format digital printer, photolithography and exploration of media choices to project ideas. Technical and critical discussion in this course will be informed by the presentation of processes that have been developed over the past few decades, and how these developments relate and affect print culture today. Note: Open Elective. Encouraged for Third/Fourth year students as an elective studio. Required for Third Year Print Majors . 3 credits.

Hybrid Approaches to Drg & Ptg: Digital Media

Course No. VAT327.1  Credits: 3
Faculty Kristen Baumliér-Faber

Emphasis is on integrating digital processes into studio practice and production. The class deals with a spectrum of digital applications in a studio practice including straight forward digital output, using digital as a means of producing source material as well as actually integrating digital processes into the production of work. Through slide presentations, viewing actual work, discussions and readings, students will be introduced to the place of the digital in contemporary studio practice. In studio production, students will use varied media and subjects, both traditional and non-traditional, to further develop their analytical and expressive means in their creative practice. Students are encouraged to draw from many disciplines incorporating them in the projects presented to the class for group critiques. Open to all Students Ð required of Print and Drawing Juniors. 3 credits.

Image & Form I

Course No. VAT200.2  Credits: 3
Faculty Sarah Kabot | Tommy White | William Lorton

Image/Form promotes a general understanding how images work and are developed, which is a fundamental aspect of the Visual Arts. The course introduces the students to the various means by which images can be rendered, such as by drawing, painting, carving, embroidering, etching, etc., as well as by digital means, by appropriation, and by the use of ready-mades. The students are also introduced to the diverse ways in which images and forms can be manipulated, or manifested conceptually and materially by exploring the inter-relation between 2 and 3 dimensions, as well as in time-based media by the use of collage or assemblage. In doing this, we introduce them to the concept that an imageÕs "form," consisting of its physical and spatial qualities, as well as the technical qualities of their chosen mode of production, is part of its content. By these means they are introduced to practical and semiotic nature of images and their production in the context of the contemporary by means of assignments, readings, discussions, and studio critiques. Open as elective to all majors. This course is required for all sophomore students in VATe. Offered fall. 3 credits.

Intro Printmkg: Image Construct I: Line & Seq.

Course No. PRI200.1  Credits: 3
Faculty Maggie Denk-Leigh

Printmaking grows out of an experimental approach to image construction closely aligned to both the kinetic practice of drawing and the mechanical possibilities inherent in the crafting of a matrix for reproduction. Students participating in this course will interrogate what defines a "print," using line and sequence as the visual language allowing introspection and clarification of ideological concepts. Course exploration includes intaglio and relief processes, an introduction to the history of the field, printing of a matrix supporting discoveries of the limited edition and narrative aspects of multiple impressions. The body of work students produce in this course will be informed by the history of printmaking, the critical dialogue surrounding contemporary art and print media in particular, and should reveal students' development of skill and sensitivity to the printed impression quality visually articulating the individual's aesthetic voice. Note: Open to all students as an introductory level course. Encouraged for Second and Third year students with a drawing emphasis as an Elective Studio. Required for Second Year Print Majors. Offered fall. 3 credits.

Intro Printmkg: Image Construct'n II: Color/Form

Course No. PRI201.1  Credits: 3
Faculty Barbara Chira | Jerry Birchfield

Drawing is what connects all of the art and design fields together; it is the oldest of all arts. Using printmaking to expand drawing practices will be the challenge of this course. From mark making to multiple layered prints, this course will challenge image building to address form and color generating multiple and unique impressions. This lithography and experimental studio enables the student to develop a body of work while meeting the technical and conceptual challenges of the lithographic process. Students build matrices through drawing, painting, stencils, toner transfers and digital files, on stone, aluminum plates and polyester pates. This allows the student to work with a variety of process that can be intertwined to create multiply possibilities. Notes: Open to all students as an introductory level course. Encouraged for Second and Third year students with a drawing emphasis as an Elective Studio. Required for Second Year Print Majors. Offered spring. 3 credits.

Pho/VAT: Installation & The Constructed Object

Course No. VAT326.1  Credits: 3
Faculty Barry Underwood

This course is a special topic course designed to cover the design, construction and lighting of installations, stage sets, and performance spaces. Students will investigate contemporary applications and approaches to subjects specifically composed for the camera, and document installations that exist outside of the studio environment, with an emphasis on the genre's relationship to historical and contemporary theatre. Workshops include traditional camera formats, digital cameras, advanced studio lighting, basic electricity and carpentry, with an emphasis on scenery design. Students will plan and create small-scale models of stage designs; scale up these designs, and document their design. This course will be of special interest to students working in both installation and industrial design. Open to all students. 3 credits.

Propaganda: Media, Dissemination, Technique

Course No. PRI240/340/440  Credits: 3
Faculty Maggie Denk-Leigh

From punk bands to political rallies, different techniques have been used to create attention- grabbing graphics. Through a variety of projects in this course, students will explore a range of techniques including approaches to screen-printing from simple stencil making methods; direct drawing on the screens; to a variety of ways to use photo emulsion, including the integration of digital imaging software. The emphasis of this class is the development of rich personal imagery and the relationship of form working with content to effectively communicate ideas. This course is for students from all levels and majors. Notes: Open Elective. Encouraged for Third/Fourth year students as an Elective Studio. Required for Fourth Year Print Majors. 3 credits.

Role of the Artist as Producer

Course No. VAT400.1  Credits: 3
Faculty Lane Cooper | Tommy White

Today artist not only make things Ð they produce and practice in a wide array of fields and contexts. . Artist as Producer asks the students to consider relative to their production the students to question what it means to be an artist, and what is their models of what an artists is and what role an artist plays in is in the world. The intent is to move them beyond the idea that what an artist does is limited to what they produce for exhibitions in galleries, and museums. We seek to explicate that artists today might work for large corporations, clean up a brown fields site, curate exhibitions, others hire fabricators or have assists who all or part of the work, which is part of the concept behind the work. This course is designed to stimulate the student to look both inward and out ward. Motivate them to ask themselves what does it means to make artwork in a local, regional, national and a globalized cultural context? What can we call local in an age of Google and Art Basel? And, what can happen to the reception of images when they cross cultural boundaries? Subsequently, students are encouraged to experiment with their work relative to the notion of audience, the inter relationship between meaning and production, the value of labor, the match up of process and idea, hand made versus industrially Coursework will include studio, readings, discussion, critiques, etc. Required for all fall semester VATe Seniors in all majors, open as an elective with approval by instructor. 3 credits.