Expanding on the authors & topics addressed in the introductory course in this sequence, advances critical theory further explores the ways recent thinking & writing has redefined the field of aesthetics in relation to philosophy, literature, linguistics, psychoanalysis, sociology, & anthropology. The class will also engage a selection of "minor masters" of critical theory, such as Barthes, Bhabba, Butler, Kristeva, Ronell, Silverman & Spivak.

Course prepares junior & senior studio art majors for entering the fine or commercial art world using the portfolio as the organizing principle. Students will produce three bodies of work, one in portfolio application, one in grant application & one in display/installation. Students will read works on contemporary art. Exhibitions will be required so that students understand what it means to place their art in different venues. Course will investigate display methods & emphasize subject matter choice.

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Projects selected by students to reflect their artistic preoccupation or to provide research in particular skills, subjects, or trends in art & media. Students develop major art projects that are fully realized & represent an evolution from sketches to a finished book. Students may work in photography, video art, or digital art.

Projects selected by students to reflect their artistic preoccupation or to provide research in particular skills, subjects, or trends in art & media. Students develop major art projects that Are fully realized & represent an evolution from sketches to a finished book. Students may work in photography, video art, or digital art

Projects selected by students to reflect their artistic preoccupation or to provide research in particular skills, subjects, or trends in ceramics.

Projects selected by students to reflect their artistic preoccupation or to provide research in particular skills, subjects, or trends in ceramics.

Projects selected by students to reflect their artistic preoccupation or to provide research in particular skills, subjects, or trends in craft arts such as glass, metalsmithing, & fiber.

Projects selected by students to reflect their artistic preoccupation or to provide research in particular skills, subjects, or trends in craft arts such as glass, metalsmithing, & fiber.

Projects selected by students to reflect their artistic preoccupation or to provide research in particular skills, subjects, or trends in design.

Projects selected by students to reflect their artistic preoccupation or to provide research in particular skills, subjects, or trends in design.

Projects selected by students to reflect their artistic preoccupation or to provide research in particular skills, subjects, or trends to develop major digital art projects that are fully realized & represent an evolution from computer sketches to a finished work. Both ongoing critiques are post production critiques are provided.

Projects selected by students to reflect their artistic preoccupation or to provide research in particular skills, subjects, or trends in digital art. Students develop major digital art projects that are fully realized & represent an evolution from computer sketches to a finished work. Both ongoing critiques are post production critiques are provided.

Projects selected by students to reflect their artistic preoccupation or to provide research in particular skills, subjects, or trends in drawing.

Projects selected by students to reflect their artistic preoccupation or to provide research in particular skills, subjects, or trends in drawing.

Projects selected by students to reflect their artistic preoccupation or to provide research in particular skills, subjects, or trends in painting.

Projects selected by students to reflect their artistic preoccupation or to provide research in particular skills, subjects, or trends in painting.

Projects selected by students to reflect their artistic preoccupation or to provide research in particular skills, subjects, or trends in sculpture. Individual attention is given to the evaluation of each student’s work, black & white photographic processes & procedures, & analysis of subject matter. The interrelationship with contemporary image making is emphasized.

Projects selected by students to reflect their artistic preoccupation or to provide research in particular skills, subjects, or trends in photography. Individual attention is given to the evaluation of each student’s work, black & white photographic processes & procedures, & analysis of subject matter. The interrelationship with contemporary image making is emphasized.

Projects selected by students to reflect their artistic preoccupation or to provide research in particular skills, subjects, or trends in printmaking.

This class will be a collective experiment by faculty, students, & guests in the theory & practice of utopian projects, as well as their sometimes dire results. We will consider ideas of individual vision & group psychology, shelter & exposure, idealism, protest, conformity & social control in relation to sculpture, architecture, installation & other artistic practice. Both utopian & dystopian histories of unconventional physical & human environments will be explored through lectures, discussions, films, field trips, readings, & experimental practice.

This class will be a collective experiment by faculty, students, & guests in the theory & practice of utopian projects, as well as their sometimes dire results. We will consider ideas of individual vision & group psychology, shelter & exposure, idealism, protest, conformity & social control in relation to sculpture, architecture, installation & other artistic practice. Both utopian & dystopian histories of unconventional physical & human environments will be explored through lectures, discussions, films, field trips, readings, & experimental practice.

Projects selected by students to reflect their artistic preoccupation or to provide research in particular skills, subjects, or trends in video art. Students create independent video art. Video art standards are analyzed & evaluated. Field trips required.

Projects selected by students to reflect their artistic preoccupation or to provide research in particular skills, subjects, or trends in video art. Students create independent video art. Video art standards are analyzed & evaluated. Field trips required.

Projects selected by students to reflect their artistic preoccupation's or to provide research in particular skills, subjects, or trends in contemporary printmaking.

A review of current concepts of child growth & development in art with special emphasis on analysis of the child's capacity for critical & reflective inquiry inquiry; critique of classroom recordings; & the creation of settings & strategies of instruction in & out of the classroom. Students are required to spend additional time on special projects outside the classroom.

Investigating the longstanding connections between art, ritual, & everyday life, students will combine an intensive study of the history of African art & culture in hands-on workshops with present day local craftsmen & street artists. Apprenticeship-style workshops with Ghana?s vibrant community of sign painters, coffin makers, & fabric designers will provide studentsx with the opportunity to experience the connection between art & life first hand, & to create their own responses to traditional African craft

Emphasizes formal & aesthetic developments in furniture, ceramics, metalwork, textiles & glass in the 19th & 20th centuries. An examination of American decorative art in relation to social, political & cultural events in American and decorative arts in Europe & Asia.

An overview of the many varied issues involved in the commerce of art, including the pricing & marketing of a wide number of art objects from the 18th, 19th, & 20th centuries. Different types of professions & their specific needs for determining the value of art will be examined. The impact of emerging markets & technologies & the impact on the business of art will be covered.

Combines a survey of artworks from antiquity through the Enlightenment with a critical exploration of the relationship of visual expression to the changing social contexts of the periods. Discussions will include the role of art within both non-Western & European cultures, as well as the influence of past cultures on contemporary issues.

Traces the evolution of the arts from the eighteen hundreds through 1945. Movements such as Romanticism, Realism, & Modernism will be discussed in relation to social & technological developments ranging from colonial imperialism to the industrial revolution. The role of these movements in current culture will be an ongoing focus.

This umbrella course develops a critical discourse between physical artworks & the ideas & issues that are embedded within them. Artwork will be analyzed, compared & contrasted with philosophical, literary & critical writings covering a range that includes both the traditional & nontraditional visual arts, film, architecture, & political & cultural events. Course topics will vary from semester to semester.

The topic of abjection as it has been deployed in contemporary art & post-structural philosophy will be explored through close readings of artist?s writings & art historical, philosophical, psychoanalytic, & literary texts. Emphasis will be given to the influence of post-structural thought on artists working from 1970 to present.

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This course explores the visual styles & formal concerns that link cinematic traditions ranging from Hollywood films to conceptual, underground, & avant-garde cinema to visual art practice. Both well-known & lesser-known films are examined & analyzed from a visual standpoint as a major part of 20th century art history. The course includes readings, screenings, & slide lectures, which foreground the relationship between classic filmic themes such as alienation, abjection, artifice, camp, identification, & voyeurism with the representations of modern & contemporary art.

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The idea of service lurks under the surface of much contemporary art. This course will explore themes of power, obligation, social class, hierarchy, and the construction of the self through classic texts such as Hegel, Kojeve, Marx, Freud, and Lacan, as a way to expand the dialogue around visual art. To this end we will consider works by a wide range of artists such as Sophie Calle, Walid Raad, Hans Haacke, Daniel Buren, Marcel Broodthaers, Adrian Piper, Vienna Aktionismus, Merle Ukeles, and the Art Workers Coalition, as well as works of film and literature in which servitude and duty are central forces.

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Against the backdrop of the cultural and political climate of the Sixties, lectures & class discussions will incorporate such subjects as the evolution of the Beat Generation into the hippie movement & the new lifestyles that emerged in the charged environment of protest and change.

How to collect art for both private & public collections. Factors of aesthetics, taste, & economics are discussed as well as the historic development of collections since the Renaissance. Special attention is given to corporate collections & collecting for investment. Guest lectures.

Through a series of lectures, seminars, guest speakers, & workshops, students will be introduced to issues & recent research in art education. Students will have the opportunity to learn about available teaching & learning resources, share & critique artwork, & discuss their practices as artists, teachers, intellectuals, & activists within the contexts of contemporary art education. This course will also serve as a forum for fostering academic community through networking, sharing resources & planning special projects.

This course examines theoretical issues & educational practices as they are implemented in non-school settings, specifically museums, alternative arts venues, & community-based organizations. The course provides an introduction to a range of art education in programs in the above settings. Pedagogical theories relevant to the implementation of art education in programs in these settings are discussed. Course topics include exploration of traditional & innovative modes of teaching art, the history of museums, & the emergence & role of contemporary community-based organizations & alternative art venues in education.

Art experiences for the enrichment of the teacher working creatively with children who have learning & behavioral difficulties. Exploration of the relationship of color, tactile materials, movement, sound, & space to learning & communication. Emphasis on awareness & contact with here-and-now. Class discussion of personal relations & practical applications.

Studio work focused on enabling artists functioning as therapists to use their creative capacities in the service of individuals with adjustment problems and emotional disabilities.

This class explores the role of critical theory in changing approaches to art history, from traditional modes of inquiry, through the innovations of the "new art history," to the current explosion of visual and/or cultural studies. Through specific case studies, we will attempt to gain familiarity with some of the critical issues in critical theory & art history today.

An examination of the evolution of the alternative spaces in New York City beginning in the 1950s through today. The course critically investigates varying definitions to the term “alternative” by artists & administrators, & considers the impact of new art forms/new ideas upon the mainstream art world. Through site visits, students learn more about the work of emerging, underrepresented & more established artists whose art reflects cultural & stylistic diversity. Meetings with key staff members give insight into how administrators serve both their artists & constituency & respond to the changing needs of their communities.

Investigates the processes art galleries & museums employ to expand visitor ship, membership, attendance & support. The course will examine professional practices in constituency identification & analyze audience members' values & lifestyles as they pertain to consumer & visitor decision making. Students will study the methods used in preparing creative marketing strategies, visitor surveys & membership drives. Through practical review of audience needs assessments, the course will prepare students to create programs, expand audience & meet community interests.

This course examines the current developments in contemporary art over the past decade – the art of ‘now’ – from the viewpoint of an artist’s practice & working ideas, looking at current global art production in aesthetic, economic, & social contexts. The major movements in painting, photography, sculpture, installation & performance are examined. Readings will be drawn from first hand interviews & point-of-view accounts, reviews, & critique; a major emphasis on interviews & online studio visits will accompany the texts. Guest artist lectures & off-site museum & gallery viewings will complement the weekly visual presentations & theory conversations.

This course surveys the evolution of ideas about modern art in the avant-garde traditions from the early twentieth century to the 1970s. The critical analysis of art will be addressed in terms of the changing status & perceptions of the work of art. Also addressed will be theories of the subject, society, authorship, & semiotics.

This class surveys theories of contemporary art from the 1970s to the present. Class meetings provide an overview of the parallel appearance of new art forms & the critical theories associated with them. Areas to be explored include contemporary media culture, the politics of the image & identity, social constructions, memory & history as these relate to art theory & criticism.

Art as therapy for adolescent populations. Topics will cover a range of disorders such as the emotionally disturbed, the disabled, the intellectually and/or neurologically impaired, & the socioeconomically deprived. There will be a demonstration of techniques used in long or short-term treatment. Students will learn the role of the art therapist as a member of the therapeutic team in bringing about behavioral change or improved ability to deal with immediate life situations, methods, of evaluation, & treatment will be addressed.

An investigation of art therapy in numerous settings for adults with either acute or mild disturbances. Demonstration of art therapy techniques (utilizing studio activities) used in long-or short-term treatment. Discussion & art experience appropriate to use with talented adult group.

Art as therapy with the emotionally disturbed, children with physical disabilies, the intellectually and/or neurologically impaired, & socioeconomically deprived children. Considers the problems & methods of art therapy for children with either aculte or mild disturbances. Demonstrations of art therapy techniques (utlizing studio activities) used in long-or short-term treatment. The role of art therapist in relation to other members of the therapeutic team in bringing about character change or improved ability to deal with immediate life situations. Methods of evaluation & treatment are discussed. Illustrated lectures, reading, & discussion.

Theoretical foundation & close study of assessment techniques in family art therapy. Art intervention techniques will also be introduced. Several theoretical approaches to family therapy will be studied - psychodynamics & systems theory. Lecture, slide & videotape presentation included.

Deals primarily with the theory & application of art therapy techniques for various types of groups in mental health facilities. Lecture, discussion, & studio work emphasize practical utilization of group techniques.

The visual arts are explored in the full context of the socioeconomic, political, & ethical forces that have shaped them with particular attention to recurring patterns & themes. Questions of context, accessibility, & the role of the creative artist in social change are explored. The course will include field trips & guest lectures to supplement the instructors lectures & class discussion.

?Art: Practice and Ideas? examines key developments in the visual arts from modernity to the present. Focusing on the ways in which representations both create & reflect the values of a society, the course introduces students to the full range of expressive possibilities within the visual arts, covering painting & sculpture, as well as photography, film, video, conceptual art, & computer media. Topics to be covered include classical, modern, & postmodern relationships to politics, vision, the mind, the body, psychology, gender, difference, & technological innovation. Students will see and understand how artists have integrated perceptions of their historical moment, as well as physical & social space, into creative practices that have, in turn, had a significant impact on the culture of the time.

Arts organizations rely on the support & sponsorship of public & private agencies & individuals. This course focuses on current issues & approaches to building public understanding & legislative support for the arts, & examines the context & growth of arts advocacy in the U.S. Students will develop hands-on skills to initiate & sustain effective relationships with policy makers & other arts stake holders. Topics include cultural policy, the arts economy, political structures & processes, coalition building, cultural diplomacy, as well as internet & media advocacy

Investigates the processes of art galleries & museums employ to expand visitorship, membership, attendance & support. The course will examine professional practices in constituency identification & analyze audience members' values & lifestyles as they pertain to consumer & visitor decision making. Students will study the methods used in preparing creative marketing strategies, visitor surveys & membership drives. Through practical review of audience needs assessments, the course will prepare students to create programs, expand audience & meet community interests.

Exploration of ceramic sculpture. Study and studio work in construction methods, modeling techniques, decoration, and firing methods. Illustrated lectures and discussions.

Exploration of ceramic sculpture. Study and studio work in construction methods, modeling techniques, decoration, and firing methods. Illustrated lectures and discussions.

Exploration of clay as an expressive medium with experiences in hand building, throwing, surface decoration, and preparation of slips and glazes. During the second half of the course, attention is given to exploring individual expressions with class critiques and gallery and museum assignments.

Exploration of clay as an expressive medium with experiences in hand building, throwing, surface decoration, and preparation of slips and glazes. During the second half of the course, attention is given to exploring individual expressions with class critiques and gallery and museum assignments.

The responsibility of the registrar or collections manager in a museum. Issues to be explored will include accessioning procedures, cataloguing systems & information management, collections storage & handling, development of collections policies, tracking & packing, insurance & risk management, & legal & ethical foundations for gifts & loan agreements.

New art & new definitions of art & artist are discussed. Major attention is paid to the New York scene with guest lectures by artists & visits to galleries, museums, & other major sites in the current art system.

Course investigates art museum education. Topics include social justice, object-based learning, & the broader cultural context surrounding non-school art education. Through critical reading/discussion students form an approach to “serious play” & situate themselves into practitioner debates about museums as a site for re-inventing object-based learning. Other topics include community-based art theory, art education, museum studies as well as praxis-based activities.

This course addresses philosophical. historical, socio-politcal contexts of multiculturalism in the United States, with an emphasis on relationship to critical pedagogy & contemporary art practices. Current ideas about representation & identity will be considered specifically in relation to a critique of mainstream notions of multiculturalism & art. Topics may include the history of race in the United States, the role of ethnicity & class in shaping identity, & feminism & multiculturalism. The course of addresses pedagogy & curriculum in a variety of educational settings, including schools, museums, & alternative spaces.

A survey of the thriving contemporary art scene in China including discussion of the political, economic, & social changes which have affected Chinese artists & their audiances since the Cultural Revolution. Students will visit museums, gallaries, & artists' studio & engage in dialogue with leading curators, criticis, artists, & dealers from the Chinese art world. Students will also participate in research projects & creative presentations.

Student work in analyzed in terms of issues in contemporary artmaking within the medium of photography. Emphasis is placed on the cultural significance of photography & the interchange of imagery between society & the work of the individual artist.

During the ?70s & 80s corporations became the most important major patrons of the visual arts in New York, forming collections & commissioning art. Support of the arts in general by business developed as an unprecedented phenomenon in American life. Visits to corporate collections include discussion of cultural policy & meetings with executives & curators.

This course explores the growth of corporate arts patronage; how corporations use the arts to increase their visibility, enhance their image, & broaden public impact. The history of techniques for in-house exhibitions, performances, & educational programs are discussed with a view toward expanding corporate participation in community arts & cultural arts.

Course focuses on strategies involved in developing cooperate sponsorships in the arts. Through various case studies sponsorship relationships between corporations & non-profit arts organizations are analyzed as marketing tools to build business, raise brand awareness, & increase institutional support. Principles of strategic marketing & practical tools are presented through readings & discussions

Assignments, critiques, & demonstrations related to the specific level on which the course is being taken, A practical survey of the evolution of clothing forms from simple geometric shapes to more complicated constructed garments. Both Western & nonwestern traditions are considered. Studio course.

Assignments, critiques, & demonstrations related to the specific level on which the course is being taken, A practical survey of the evolution of clothing forms from simple geometric shapes to more complicated constructed garments. Both Western & nonwestern traditions are considered. Studio course.

With a focus on preparing students for professional experience. Costume Conservation offers a consideration of the place of costume in the museum environment. Special attention is devoted to the handling & display of costume, textile & related objects. The course provides an introduction to the materials & methods of conservation, storage, & interpretation, & addresses appropriate actions in the museum context.

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This survey class is intended for students to experience a fuller range of techniques over two semesters. Each semester can be taken independently from the other. The first semester focuses on blowing, hot casting, stained glass, mosaic, and kiln casting (fusing and slumping). The second semester concentrates on coldworking, sandblasting, lampworking, and beadmaking

This survey class is intended for students to experience a fuller range of techniques over two semesters. Each semester can be taken independently from the other. The first semester focuses on blowing, hot casting, stained glass, mosaic, and kiln casting (fusing and slumping). The second semester concentrates on coldworking, sandblasting, lampworking, and beadmaking.

This course engages the sculpture student interested in small metal construction & cross-disciplinary approaches to object making. Noticing that a growing number of contemporary artists are producing work with their hands, using methods & materials traditionally associated with craft, this course will focus on the object materiality & the condition of their construction. We will pay close attention to the psychical & physical processes involved in the handmade object, & explore the intersection where process & product, idea & material, tradition & innovation meld.

This course engages the sculpture student interested in small metal construction & cross-disciplinary approaches to object making. Noticing that a growing number of contemporary artists are producing work with their hands, using methods & materials traditionally associated with craft, this course will focus on the object materiality & the condition of their construction. We will pay close attention to the psychical & physical processes involved in the handmade object, & explore the intersection where process & product, idea & material, tradition & innovation meld.

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For elementary education students only; others by permission of instructor. Planning & organizing classroom experiences in creative art; developing aesthetic expressive possibilities in all of children?s learning. Individual & group studio experiences, observation, & reading.

Examines how branding for arts organizations communicates a distinctive role, relevance & identity to convey a clear institutional message. Rising media costs, ever increasing options for leisure-time activities, & the shift from philanthropic to brand-focused corporate support combine to create an imperative for clarity & impact in arts marketing activities. Theoretical business frameworks, case studies & guest speakers, effective strategies to engage target audiences & build a sustainable identity are analyzed.

Survey of the ways in which art therapy may be used with the geriatric population including individuals with dementia, depression, psychiatric disorders, frail elders & healthy elders.

Close critical examination of art education & its relationship to social, cultural, economic, & political processes based on an introduction to critical theory. Understanding the transformations in contemporary art & its challenges to notions of originality, creativity, & aesthetic formalism in order to envision ways of rethinking art education curricula & pedagogy in schools, museums, & other institutional art programs.

Relationship of art to other fields, stressing education & the role of art in our society. Study of problems within the student?s field of specialization to clarify concepts & obtain a synthesis of the philosophies within the scope of art.

Relationship of art to other fields, stressing education & the role of art in our society. Study of problems within the student?s field of specialization to clarify concepts & obtain a synthesis of the philosophies within the scope of art.

Examines European & American decorative arts of the 18th century & their place in society & idealized beauty, virtue & the pursuit of happiness. The relationship to architecture, painting, sculpture & literature is explored through lectures, readings, & discussion, & during visits to significant museum & gallery exhibitions. Topics to be considered include the hierarchy of genres, The Grand Tour, the decorative arts in the eighteenth century novel, the origins & evolution of Neo-Classicism, & the roots of Romanticism.

Examines the history of the 19th century decorative arts emphasizing the formal & aesthetic developments in furniture, ceramics, metalwork, textiles & glass. Each of these areas will be discussed in relation to contemporary art & architecture, & interiors. Social, political & cultural events will concentrate on European & American design while exploring the influence of non-Western cultures. Discussions & lectures address the use of part styles for inspiration, the impact of the machine & changing technologies, the relationship between the decorative arts & architecture, the changing nature of patronage, & the quest for the ?total work of art?.

Examines the material culture of the 20th century with special emphasis on design, architecture & the decorative arts. Students address how design is shaped by politics, nationalism, idealism, & the commercial needs of community. The course also explores the machine & technology as defining forces in modern design & addresses such issues as the quest for the ?total work of art?, the influence of taste makers, consultant designers & decorators on design, & the changing nature of patronage in the 20th century. The course concentrates on American, European, Russian & Scandinavian design while exploring the influence of nonwestern cultures.

Builds on a basic understanding of graphic design to help students refine their skills & develop more personally expressive ways to solving problems through visual communication. Assignments, readings, & research projects will allow students to consider the complex nature of graphic design. Both traditional & digital approaches to typography & layout will be incorporated with a wide range of assignment. A priority is placed on these eof concepts to dictate design techniques & on the pursuit of a genuinely creative vision.

Builds on a basic understanding of graphic design to help students refine their skills & develop more personally expressive ways to solving problems through visual communication. Assignments, readings, & research projects will allow students to consider the complex nature of graphic design. Both traditional & digital approaches to typography & layout will be incorporated with a wide range of assignment. A priority is placed on the use of concepts to dictate design techniques & on the pursuit of a genuinely creative vision.

A continuing exploration of graphic design to help students refine their skills & develop more personally expressive ways to solving problems through visual communication. Assignments, readings, & research projects will allow students to consider the complex nature of graphic design. Both traditional & digital approaches to typography & layout will be incorporated with a wide range of assignment. A priority is placed on these eof concepts to dictate design techniques & on the pursuit of a genuinely creative vision.

A continuing exploration of graphic design to help students refine their skills & develop more personally expressive ways to solving problems through visual communication. Assignments, readings, & research projects will allow students to consider the complex nature of graphic design. Both traditional & digital approaches to typography & layout will be incorporated with a wide range of assignment. A priority is placed on the use of concepts to dictate design techniques & on the pursuit of a genuinely creative vision.

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Introduction to a wide range of development techniques for securing contributed income, including foundation, government & corporate grants & sponsorships; gifts from individuals through memberships, major gifts, planned giving & special events; & capital & endowment campaigns. Critical issues include how to identify potential donors, the solicitation process & support materials needed to ?make the ask,? the donor?s perspective.

The aesthetic & personal potential of the computer for the artist is defined. Students work on building skills in areas such as PhotoShop, Illustrator, layout & design, & animation. Readings & discussion include the impact of digital technology on culture, as well as individual artists’ projects.

The aesthetic & personal potential of the computer for the artist is defined. Students work on building skills in areas such as PhotoShop, Illustrator, layout & design, & animation. Readings & discussion include the impact of digital technology on culture, as well as individual artists’ projects.

Expanded techniques in digital art are explored from conceptual art to sound, interactive media, laser cutting, & rapid prototyping. Each student develops a personal relationship to computer-based imaging, & considers issues related to the field. Projects are evaluated in terms of the student’s goals, ambition, & thoughtfulness.

Expanded techniques in digital art are explored from conceptual art to sound, interactive media, laser cutting, & rapid prototyping. Each student develops a personal relationship to computer-based imaging, & considers issues related to the field. Projects are evaluated in terms of the student’s goals, ambition, & thoughtfulness.

For art education doctoral students only, this course focuses on the preparation of a research proposal, the formal paper presented for approval by the department?s Proposal Review Committee. The approved proposal will then serve as the blueprint for the dissertation. Each student will develop an original research proposal for the dissertation, following the recommended school format & guidelines, as well as any additional requirements from the Department of Art & Art Professions.

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Theoretical & practical aspects of working with alcoholics & other substance abusers in short & long-term programs. Various treatment models & philosophies will be discussed: a range of treatment techniques will be presented. Common themes in art, physiological problems which affect drawing ability & problems of assessment & interpretation will be considered.

This course provides an overview of the psychological & neurological consequences of exposure to profound trauma, & the corresponding clinical & countertransferential implications for art therapists

Individual positions with distinguished art institutions or individual scholars relating to dissertation research. Registration by permission of instructor. Residencies should be arranged during the term previous to the residency.

Building on previous drawing experience of basic methods of contemporary processes & techniques students continue to develop an awareness of the conflict between customary & aesthetic perception & develop authority over the page. Drawing becomes a tool for further exploration of ideas & enhances skills of observation, articulation, & presentation.

Technique based studio course developing skills in a variety of media & practices. Assignments include directed work, independent work, projects, critiques & field trips to galleries & museums.

Continuing to build on previous drawing experience of basic methods of contemporary processes & techniques students develop an awareness of the conflict between customary & aesthetic perception & develop authority over the page. Drawing becomes a tool for further exploration of ideas & enhances skills of observation, articulation, & presentation.

Continuing to build on previous drawing experience of basic methods of contemporary processes & techniques students develop an awareness of the conflict between customary & aesthetic perception & develop authority over the page. Drawing becomes a tool for further exploration of ideas & enhances skills of observation, articulation, & presentation.

Examination of major events & movements of twentieth-century art together with the critical ideas animating & motivating their dynamics. Changes in art production & reception in the past century have resulted from massive transformations within society, & theoretical discourses try to grapple with the meaning of art in relationship to politicos, history & technology. Topics to be addressed will include the pioneers of abstraction, dada, & conceptual art, public art, changing approaches to viewing the art object after the advent of photography, film & video, performance & new media, the politics of gender & race in modern art.

This course presents the fundamentals of applied microeconomic analysis to the production, pricing, & selling & reselling of works of art. Provides extensive opportunity to apply these insights to a wide variety of issues & problems, including initial pricing, gallery & auction sales, the international art market, & art as long-term investment.

An exploration of the history & development of art education & its role & function in the museum. Strategies for teaching & addressing different populations in various environments are studied. Various programs & educational materials are explored & analyzed. Classroom lectures are supplemented by site visits.

A survey that examines contemporary issues in the exhibition & display of art & material culture. The theory that underpins practice is considered within thematic groups: art world ecosystems; typologies & frameworks for exhibition making; curatorial roles; interpretation; authenticity & identity; establishing value; & interventionist initiatives. Examples are drawn from an international selection of museums, galleries, periodic exhibitions, & heritage sites. The discussion framework includes the physical & conceptual contexts, motivation, & educational goals that shape interpretation & presentation.

Concepts, procedures, materials, & tools necessary for producing & managing exhibition projects in museums, cultural centers, & galleries. Space planning, traffic flow, object placement, use of graphic elements, interpretive techniques, & participatory & interactive strategies are discussed. Students will learn the skills of sketching, drafting, & model making by designing an exhibition layout, graphic, & sample label.

This course culminates the studies in Art Education & is taken in the semester the student plans to graduate. Broadly conceived as visual research, it is a guided individual inquiry into an issue or question that has particular significance to the student?s own art making &/or pedagogical practice.

Students complete a thesis project that integrates their acquired theoretical knowledge, clinical intership experience, & applied critical thinking.

This course is conducted through a series of individual meetings as students complete their final project

This course is taken in sequence with E91.2299 & reviews structural components of the paper, research plans, timetables & drafts throughout the term, culminating in a completed thesis.

Technical aspects of making surfacing, glazing, & firing ceramic forms will provide opportunities for understanding & developing sensitivities to clay as an art form. Students explore spatial issues & problem solving by learning how form, context, history, drawing, sculpture, & process play a role in defining individual work. Demonstrations, slide lectures, class critiques, museum, & gallery assignments will generate & nurture personal expression.

Covering explanations of technical aspects of making surfacing, glazing, & firing ceramic forms will provide opportunities for understanding & developing sensitivities to clay as an art form. Students explore spatial issues & problem solving by learning how form, context, history, drawing, sculpture, & process play a role in defining individual work. Demonstrations, slide lectures, class critiques, museum, & gallery assignments will generate & nurture personal expression. This course is a continuation of E90.0508.

Introduces contemporary color theory & its significance to art. A series of exercises using individual subjectivity demonstrates the role of color in personal expression. The interrelatedness of color & meaning is emphasized.

Intensive studio experience designed to introduce the sculpture student to the major areas of glass fabrication; neon, casting, blowing, and coldworking. Students are expected to complete a series of projects utilizing techniques from each of the areas taught within this broad survey.

Beginning & traditional techniques for jewelry & metalsmithing. Through demonstrations & practice, students create individual projects in a variety of materials. Discussions & assignments consider preconceived notions about metalcrafts as well as structural design problems.

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The course is modeled on the techniques, processes & workflows of a design studio. Emphasis will be put on storyboarding, concept modeling & collaborative problem solving. Advanced techniques in PhotoShop, Illustrator & Indesign will be explored through tutorials & assignments. The student will not only learn three working models of the design industry, but will also be encouraged to use the models to their full potential, thinking beyond the structures introduced to procure innovative results.

A studio course for both the major & non major in the aesthetic organization of the two dimensional surface. Considers problems involving color, perspective, line, point, area, scale, symbolism, & the design of moving imagery. Readings assigned are directed toward increasing the student’s knowledge of the value & function of two dimensional art forms. This course is a continuation of E90.0411.

An introduction to the computer as a tool for visual artists, this class examines both studio art & mass media in terms of their potential for creative expression. Attention is paid to individual interests & experience, as students explore a wide variety of forms & applications in relation to their projects. The class is held in a multimedia lab & students work intensively with Macintosh programs such as PhotoShop, Quark, Director, Pagemill, & Illustrator.

Continuing exploration of the computer as a tool for visual artists, this class examines both studio art & contemporary culture in terms of their potential for creative expression. Attention is paid to individual interests & experience, as students explore a wide variety of forms & applications in relation to their projects. The class is held in a multimedia lab & students work intensively with Macintosh programs such as PhotoShop, Quark, Director, Pagemill, & Illustrator. This course is a continuation of E90.0310.

A hands-on introduction to the technical & creative uses of digital photography. The class will explore the use of digital technologies to compose, shoot, scan, alter, & print images, as well as considering the ways in which photographic meaning has been changed by the use of the computer.

An exposure to & exploration of a variety of contemporary processes, techniques, & experiences in drawing in a wide array of drawing media. Assignments include directed work, independent work, projects, critiques & field trips to galleries & museums.

An exposure to & exploration of a variety of contemporary processes, techniques, & experiences in drawing in a wide array of drawing media. Assignments include directed work, independent work, projects, critiques, field trips to galleries & museums & includes projects in color theory. This course in a continuation of E90.0107.

Aimed at each student's personal development, offering maximum freedom within a course structure designed to present a vast number of formal & expressive ideas, concepts, & procedures in the context of the studio. Fundamental techniques introduced; individual & class critiques, discussions, assignments to visit museums & galleries; readings & extensive out-of-class problems.

Aimed at each student’s personal development, offering maximum freedom within a course structure designed to present a vast number of formal & expressive ideas, concepts, & procedures in the context of the studio. Fundamental techniques introduced; individual & class critiques, discussions, assignments to visit museums & galleries; readings and extensive out-of-class problems. This course is a continuation of E90.0109.

Use of 35-mm camera with black & white film. Contact printing, enlarging, & developing of film are taught. Readings in the history & theories of photography are assigned. Photography as an art form of aesthetic choices in emphasized. Students provide their own cameras with manual light meter exposure controls & are asked to buy film & paper. Enlargers & photographic chemicals are provided in class.

Use of 35-mm camera with color film. Color printing, enlarging, developing of film, & experimental techniques are taught. Readings in the history & theories of photography are assigned. Photography as an art form of aesthetic choices in emphasized. Students provide their own cameras with manual light meter exposure controls & are asked to buy film & paper. Enlargers & photographic chemicals are provided in class. This course is a continuation of E90.0308.

A studio course covering established & emerging areas of contemporary print, including but not limit to etching, silkscreen, relief (woodcut), & digital print. The specific goal of the course is a working knowledge of contemporary print media, including critiques, class readings & a trip to the Museum of Modern Art Print study enter, integrated with specific techniques & assignments. The ultimate goal of the course is to provide an environment where students are able toe x-lore & expand their understanding of the creative process

An intensive studio course covering established & emerging areas of contemporary print, including but not limit to etching, silkscreen, relief (woodcut), & digital print. The specific goal of the course is a working knowledge of contemporary print media, including critiques, class readings & a trip to the Museum of Modern Art Print study enter, integrated with specific techniques & assignments. The ultimate goal of the course is to provide an environment where students are able toe x-lore & expand their understanding of the creative process. This course is a continuation of E90.0111.

Explores the medium of sculpture through the principles of three-dimensional design & the concepts that drive developments in contemporary art. Projects may include welding, mold making, & the use of wood working tools, as well as the use of sculpture as costume, performance, environment, or kinetic form. Students use a variety of materials from wood & cardboard to metal, plaster, & found objects to expand their understanding of form & space.

Explores the medium of sculpture through the principles of three-dimensional design & the concepts that drive developments in contemporary art. Projects may include welding, mold making, & the use of wood working tools, as well as the use of sculpture as costume, performance, environment, or kinetic form. Students use a variety of materials from wood & cardboard to metal, plaster, & found objects to expand their understanding of form & space. This course is a continuation of E90.0211.

Intensive exploration of video as an artistic medium. Students are introduced to aesthetic, conceptual, & historical aspects of video, while developing an individual vision within their own projects. Technical instruction will include the creative use of video cameras & the basics of video editing. Assigned reading, video screenings, field trips, & group critiques will be regular elements of the course.

A continuation of an intensive exploration of video as an artistic medium. Students are introduced to aesthetic, conceptual, & historical aspects of video, while developing an individual vision within their own projects. Technical instruction will include the creative use of video cameras & the basics of video editing. Assigned reading, video screenings, field trips, & group critiques will be regular elements of the course. This course is a continuation of E90.0312.

An umbrella course designed for NYU Global Study sites. These classes will allow students to explore the ideas & art of specific cultures from an artistic perspective. By combining art & writing assignments with readings, film, screenings, field trips & lectures, these courses will embody the “praxis” model of combining theory with artistic practice. The goals of these classes is to help students experience, appreciate, & respond to cultural difference, & to develop a conceptual basis for their formal explorations. The Global Arts Praxis classes are synthetic in nature to encourage students to drawn on diverse ideas, references, forms & medias to enrich their artwork.

An umbrella course designed for NYU Global Study sites. These classes will allow students to explore the ideas & art of specific cultures from an artistic perspective. By combining art & writing assignments with readings, film, screenings, field trips & lectures, these courses will embody the “praxis” model of combining theory with artistic practice. The goals of these classes is to help students experience, appreciate, & respond to cultural difference, & to develop a conceptual basis for their formal explorations. The Global Arts Praxis classes are synthetic in nature to encourage students to drawn on diverse ideas, references, forms & medias to enrich their artwork.

This Praxis course will explore avant-garde movements in Paris, focusing on the relationship between theory & artistic practice. Through studio & museum visits, readings, & films, students will gain a deeper understanding of the intersections of art & theory in French culture. These investigations will provide the context for students to create a cohesive body of studio work during their time in Paris. As an added bonus students will work & have class at a large atelier at the Sorbonne, interacting with Sorbonne art students & faculty.

This Praxis course will explore avant-garde movements in Paris, focusing on the relationship between theory & artistic practice. Through studio & museum visits, readings, & films, students will gain a deeper understanding of the intersections of art & theory in French culture. These investigations will provide the context for students to create a cohesive body of studio work during their time in Paris. As an added bonus students will work & have class at a large atelier at the Sorbonne, interacting with Sorbonne art students & faculty.

A classroom or praxis based course, focusing on current issues in studio art or the art professions. Topics examine a broad range of art & visual culture foci, with an emphasis on new approaches to both subject material & pedagogical methods.

Special research projects of independent guided research. All students required to submit course work for all-faculty evaluation at end of term.

A classroom or praxis based course, focusing on current issues in studio art or the art professions. Topics examine a broad range of art & visual culture foci, with an emphasis on new approaches to both subject material & pedagogical methods.

A classroom or praxis based course, focusing on current issues in studio art or the art professions. Topics examine a broad range of art & visual culture foci, with an emphasis on new approaches to both subject material & pedagogical methods.

A classroom or praxis based course, focusing on current issues in studio art or the art professions. Topics examine a broad range of art & visual culture foci, with an emphasis on new approaches to both subject material & pedagogical methods.

Design permeates every aspect of contemporary life fromt he cell phones we talk on, to the chairs we sit on and the i-pods we listen to. Virtually everything that exists is designed. Why & how does design play such an important role in society? This seminar examines the expanding role of contemporary design beginning with the post World War II era, with an emphasis on how design shapes current consumer culture & how consumer culture conversely shapes design. The course will analyze contemporary design in the context of architecture, interiors & the decorative arts, products, graphics, fashion, & interactive media.

A survey of dress & textiles as signifiers of cultural identity & expression, transmitters of design & tradition, & their centrality to the social & economic structure of cultures worldwide. Although Eurocentric cultures will be examined, there is strong emphasis on the traditions of Asia, the Americas & Africa and their global intersections.

Traces the development of fashion photography in relation to contemporary fashion, aesthetic influence, photographic styles & techniques, cultural customs & commercial needs. Fashion photography is more than a medium dedicated to commerce: it is a record of artistic movements, ideals of beauty, & social trends. The course begins in the early 20th century with the growth of periodicals devoted to fashion & continues through the work of the present day.

This umbrella course includes the presentation & discussion of readings, films & visual art with individual studio visits & group critiques of student work. Critiques of student projects will consider the philosophical & cultural implications of artistic activity. Students will work in an interdisciplinary manner, using media of their own choosing, to explore their ideas with the context of the course?s readings & class discussions. Course topics will vary from semester to semester.

Organized from the artist's perspective , this class takes a speculative & critical look at the interrelation between anarchy & the imagination. Imagination is assumed to be the primary resource for artists, one that is best used by rejecting constraints through an attitude of limitlessness & radical personal freedom. It is celebrated for its ability to enable people to ‘think outside the box,’ to innovate & to surprise. Anarchy, as a social & political idea, receives a far more ambivalent welcome. From it’s linguistic roots meaning ’without a rule,’ it would seem to be a fellow traveler to the imagination, seeking to scale up the trans-formative potential of the imagination to a social & political scale. But if it is a change in scale, it is one that then challenges use to examine closely the implications of the imagination & to engage with the full complexity of anarchy. The course will explore these ideas through a range of texts by authors such as Andre Breton, Leo Tolstoy, Jean-Paul Sartre, Emma Goldman. Murray Rothbard, Murray Bookchin, David Graeber, & Hakim Bey. Finally, we will consider the questions of lawlessness, violence & insurrection by looking at the writings of Valerie Solanas, the Unibomber, Tiqqun & the Anonomous Collective.

By living & working in Shanghai, students will have the opportunity to be exposed to calligraphy & Chinese Ink as a contemporary art media, & incorporate their new cross-cultural experiences into their artwork. The class will look at the content of artwork, including ideas in contemporary & traditional arts, both Chinese & international, & build various skills to translate ideas into reality. With the medium of Ink, students will use their living experience in Shanghai to integrate & create artwork, with the influences of art that they have been exposed to, personal influences they have experiences, &/or the societal landscape that they see around them. Students will work on individual projects using ink to create paintings, sculpture, or multimedia art. Class time will be devoted to individual & group critiques, lectures, class discussions, & visits to local artists, galleries, & museums. A journal will be kept to record ideas, sketches, references & future plans. By the close of the semester, each students will have a complete body of artwork & participate in an exhibition.

Picasso famously said: “Art is the lie that tells the truth.” Students will read & discuss texts exploring such topics as personal myth/legend & fictionalized confession. Questions of authenticity & personal revelation will be discussed as they relate to contemporary art practice. Students will complete three studio projects that reflect these & related issues. Because this is an interdisciplinary studio course, any medium, e.g., painting, photo, performance, installation, video, sculpture, drawing, digital, is acceptable as a means to explore class content. Regular visits to galleries are not only encouraged, they are expected.

The best art teacher is life & experience & visiting a new place is the best way to see with new eyes. The aim of this course is to incorporate art into your daily life & Berlin into your art work. Using creativity as a vehicle for personal transformation and exploring your fears, fantasies, Ideas & reactions to the society we live in, you will be required to complete three projects. This is an interdisciplinary studio course with required readings, discussions, films, & field trips. Students are encouraged to work in any medium of choice; painting, photography, video, performance, sculpture, etc.

In a culture of every increasing diversity, can “going mainstream’ become the ultimate disappearing act? At what point does the obvious become the extraordinary? This course will reexamine the realm of obviousness, cliché, & boredom as alternate strategies for affecting disappearance both as an art practice as well as a possible act of transgression. Theoretical & literary topics include Michel Foucault, Paul Virillo as well as the science fiction writer Samuel Delaney. We will also be screening films by Georges Melies, Kenneth Anger, & Swiss artist Roman Signer.

This course explores the interrelationship between representation & identity through the diverse disciplines of Psychoanalysis, Art History, Semiotics, Women’s Studies, & Post-Colonial Studies. We will trace the way these processes are channeled through a language of signs & symbols. The crucial role of visual images within each of these processes will be explored through examples taken from the readings as well as from slide lectures & films by contemporary artists. Designed to provide a set of analytical tools that can be used to interrogate & expand the artistic process, the use of artwork, writing, assignments, & group discussion will provide regular opportunities for students to respond & reflect on the topics introduced.

This seminar focuses on the relationship between contemporary culture (signified as current events & art), & artistic practice. The seminar prepares students to better articulate the efficacy of their own creative process through discussion, reading, critique & critique of critique(s), guest visits, adventure & surprise.

This class will encourage students to see authorship and the formation of meaning as active, plastic elements in their artistic production. To that end the class will study the relevant writings of Michael Foucault, Roland Barthes and Walter Benjamin while students create a body of work over the semester. Films and artists to be viewed will include Todd Haynes, Jean Luc Godard, Nicki Lee, Vito Acconci and Federico Fellini. In this class, the presentation and discussion of readings, films, and visual art will alternate with individual studio visits and group critiques of student work. Critiques of student projects will consider the philosophical and cultural implications of artistic activity. Students will work in an interdisciplinary manner, using media of their own choosing to explore their forms and ideas within the context of the course's readings and class discussions. Student will also spend time presenting their work and that of other artists to help them develop a vocabulary for discussing and understanding their production as they move towards their thesis project. The course objective is to empower students by expanding their perspectives and skills in artmaking, discussion and critique.

This course focuses on the processes that inform “how one makes the object”, thereby helping students better understand their personal visual language & how to effectively employ it. The lens of history is used to stimulate dialogue, identify influences, & ultimately integrate the individual student’s point of view. Emphasis is on the examination of the larger continuum of historical & contemporary art. Studio meetings & individual critiques form a fundamental aspect of this course. Readings include Thomas Allen nelson, “Kubrick, Inside a Film Artist’s Maze”; Roberta Bernstein, “Jasper Johns, Paintings & Sculpture, 1945-1974, The Changing Focus of the Eye”; Kathy Halbreich, “Social Life”; Yves Alain Bois, “Painting as Model”.

A classroom or praxis based course, focusing on current issues in studio art or the art professions. Topics examine a broad range of art & visual culture foci, with an emphasis on new approaches to both subject material & pedagogical methods.

Class sessions will examine the history of cultural heritage as a discipline or set of disciplines, issues of advocacy, preservation, meaning making through heritage, & heritage interpretation. The course will incorporate a global perspective, contrasting concepts & approaches to heritage in the U.S. & abroad. The pragmatic focus is on the interpretation & access to tangible heritage as practiced by heritage sites & museums. Students will analyze interpretive strategies practiced by local institutions & develop alternative new approaches in three categories of interpretive strategy: in-exhibition, educational programming, & web & social media, for each of three partners. Potential partners include the New-York Historical Society, the South Street Seaport Museum, & the Lower East Side Tenement Museum.

Explores the creative & practical aspects of curating contemporary art exhibitions. Via practicum students will devise an exhibition proposal for a project to be presented either at NYU or at a collaborating museum in New York City. Students will be introduced to curators & will also explore a variety of exhibitions. Students will also regularly visit MFA & BFA student studios, interview MFA & BFA artists, & write interpretive materials about their work. Other assignments include developing an exhibition budget, devising a design/installation plan and determining communication strategies.

This course will examine the history of the art biennial in the context of contemporary art from 1972 through to the present, situating the work in its historical & social context. It will explore how the format of the international biennial has become, over the past four decades, the main outlet for the production and presentation of contemporary visual art & performance, & the curatorial strategies that have shaped public understanding of this material.

Study of painting & sculpture in America in 1945 to the present with background information concerning development of styles & movements in art in the 20th century. Lectures, discussions, slides, gallery & museum visits.

This course surveys developments since the 60s in video, performance art, film-installations, digitized photography, CD Rom, computer art or art on the internet. New Dance, New Music, Visual Theater & the Spoken Word will be also discussed in this broad understanding of the term new media, as it applies to the history of fine arts.

Survey traces the evolution of Western urban fashion from the expansion of mercantile capitalism in the 16th century through the rise of consumer culture by the end of the 18th century. Focusing on France as the undisputed leader of style, students consider a variety of topics including clothing as a signifier of status & morality; the mechanics of the clothing & textile trades & the impact of technological innovations; the influence of stylistic trends & personalities; & the politicization of dress during the French Revolution.

Begins with a consideration of fashion at the end of the 20th century & its importance in contemporary society. Diverse issues are explored including: the fashion designed in the cult of celebrity, globalism in production & consumption, the emergence of Asia as a fashion center, the changing relationship of fashion & subculture, sustainability & anti-fashion. Using approaches evolved from material culture & visual culture studies, fashion?s economic, artistic & cultural status is analyzed via the media, fashion presentations, apparel pieces, film & the fine arts.

Focuses on the costume of the 19th century, a period of striking political, economic & social change. Beginning with the establishment of the Consulate of 1799 & ending with the 1900 Paris Exposition, students examine the evolving masculine & feminine silhouettes as well as the interrelationship of clothing & culture. Topics include luxury dress as part of Napoleon?s imperial agenda, the dandy in England & France, the rise of the middle class & the proliferation of fashion periodicals & etiquette manuals, the establishment of the couture & the rise of the department store, dress reform & aesthetic dress in England & America.

Students will examine the evolution of fashionable western clothing from 1900-1988, investigating high style as well as mainstream fashion, changing materials & silhouette, & the interplay between fashion & the arts. Access to available primary materials including museum objects, periodicals, designer archives & film is emphasized, as the class explores the dynamics of dress in the international culture of the 20th Century through lectures, readings & discussion, & visits to museum collections.

Significant developments in the style, technology & function of textiles from Antiquity through the 17th century. The understanding & appreciation of fabrics, their historical significance, & their importance as indicators of status & wealth is examined through surviving evidence as well as representations in the other arts & literature. Emphasis is placed on the European context, while including the impact of cultural exchanges, primarily with the East & Asia. The main fabric categories covered are pattern-woven silks, tapestry, carpets, embroidery, lace, & printed/painted fabrics.

Examines the style, technology & function of textiles from the eighteenth to the twentieth century. Instructor uses original examples from the textile study collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, as well as representations in the other arts & literature. Students will acquire identification skills & a mastery of the terminology of historic textiles & their production. Includes object examination sessions at the Ratti Textile Center at the Metropolitan Museum as well as other New York museum collections.

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Examines the intersection between internet-related technology with visual arts administration on an individual & institutional level. Students will gain familiarity & competence with web site evaluation, planning, & creation, artists' online projects, collection management & educational use in order to inform heir future personal & institutional decision-making & communication with technical staff.

Integrates the theory & practice of contemporary art, combining studio projects with reading assignments that address the larger philosophical & cultural implications of artistic activity. These praxis courses allow students to work in an interdisicplinary manner, using media of their own choosing to explore & respond to issues raised by assigned readings & class discussions at an advanced level. Course topics will vary from semester to semester. Past topics have included Environmental Monitoring, Visionaries & Saboteurs, & Sex & Contemporary Art.

Articulating Visual Arts is designed to help students express & sharpen their thinking & writing about visual art. Topics will include how to write an artist’s statement, exhibit reviews as well as catalog essays. Additionally students will explore how artists apply creativity, in thinking & writing, as part of their practice in visual arts & other media. Readings include texts by contemporary & past visual arts masters such as Frieda Kahlo, Richard Prince, Robert Smithson, Andy Warhol, Barbara Kruger, among others.

Designed for students interested in the creation & history of artist-produced, experimental 16 mm film. Using traditional film techniques, students will explore this versatile medium, which is increasingly a site of investigation for artists either seeking the origins of nonlinear film making or looking to expand their knowledge of film using older analog techniques. The class will include discussions of analog film techniques, shot construction, cuts & the theoretical background & history of experimental film.

This course is for students who wish to learn about & study the effectiveness of a wide range of activist practices & techniques. They should be largely self-directed & self-motivated, as there are no sophisticated research or action tools thus far available for much of the course material. Creativity will play a large role, especially when examining creative resistance actions that took place with minimal or no documentation, which is the case for most of them. Course goals are to build useful databases & acquaint students with the depth & breadth of activist practice.

Contemporary environmentalism is an issue dominated by scientific, technical & policy discourse. The terms of this political environmental discussion begs the questions; what role does & can art practice play in the contemporary environmental movement? What have artists contributed to contemporary urban environmentalism? To explore these questions we will use the local urban street as our site of ecological analysis, intervention & exhibition. Building on a history of ephemeral political actions of the ?Reclaim the Streets? & other political movements the focus will be on durable or sustainable interventions in urban ecosystems involving both human institutions & infrastructure, & the work of other non human organisms. Students will work on projects that re-imagine our relationship to natural systems

This interdisciplinary class combines studio practice & critique with slide lectures, readings, audiovisual material & visits to relevant exhibitions. The course presents an introduction to the relationship between sexual liberation movements & contemporary visual culture, with a particular focus on developments in the last thirty-five years from Womanhouse to ?post-feminism?: from bra-burning to backlash, from bad girls to victims, from gay pride to queer theory, & from theory to praxis. Special attention is given to the relationship between historical feminist work & its influence & derivation in contemporary art practice today. The articulation of the ?female subject?, & LGBT issues in art practice will also be addressed.

Is a class for experienced students constructed around a series of projects realized in any available media or medium. How the mind constructs pictures from visual data is an extremely complicated set of behaviors that are biological, psychological, social & cultural. Students will be given in-depth exposure to the conditions that are necessary for pictures to 'read' & how these conditions have a profound effect on the way people engage with art. This exposure will at once expose students to the ideas of limits & how the limit or horizon of the possible can be elaborated & expanded on in art. Students will engage in-group & one-on-one discussion of projects made in response to readings & assignments whose goal is to foster ideas of exploration & consistency in a creative practice.

This interdisciplinary course focuses on how artists engage with ?institutions? in contemporary culture. These many ?institutions?: fashion, the museum, the store, the government, the home, & music among them, are all structures, which make up the world in which we live. We will look at how artists utilize these structure as a means to change the way we experience life & living. Each week will be geared towards a specific institution through slide lectures, screenings of films, field trips, & guest artists. There will also be presentations & critiques of student work as well as special topics of interest.

Course topics will vary from semester to semester.

Integrates the theory & practice of contemporary art, combining studio projects with reading assignments that address the larger philosophical & cultural implications of artistic activity. These praxis courses allow students to work in an interdisciplinary manner, using media of their own choosing to explore & respond to issues raised by assigned readings & class discussions at an advanced level. Course topics will vary from semester to semester. Past topics have included Environmental Monitoring, Visionaries & Saboteurs, & Sex & Contemporary Art.

Articulating Visual Arts is designed to help students express & sharpen their thinking & writing about visual art. Topics will include how to write an artist’s statement, exhibit reviews as well as catalog essays. Additionally students will explore how artists apply creativity, in thinking & writing, as part of their practice in visual arts & other media. Readings include texts by contemporary & past visual arts masters such as Frieda Kahlo, Richard Prince, Robert Smithson, Andy Warhol, Barbara Kruger, among others.

Designed for students interested in the creation & history of artist-produced, experimental 16 mm film. Using traditional film techniques, students will explore this versatile medium, which is increasingly a site of investigation for artists either seeking the origins of nonlinear film making or looking to expand their knowledge of film using older analog techniques. The class will include discussions of analog film techniques, shot construction, cuts & the theoretical background & history of experimental film.

This course is for students who wish to learn about & study the effectiveness of a wide range of activist practices & techniques. They should be largely self-directed & self-motivated, as there are no sophisticated research or action tools thus far available for much of the course material. Creativity will play a large role, especially when examining creative resistance actions that took place with minimal or no documentation, which is the case for most of them. Course goals are to build useful databases & acquaint students with the depth & breadth of activist practice.

Contemporary environmentalism is an issue dominated by scientific, technical & policy discourse. The terms of this political environmental discussion begs the questions; what role does & can art practice play in the contemporary environmental movement? What have artists contributed to contemporary urban environmentalism? To explore these questions we will use the local urban street as our site of ecological analysis, intervention & exhibition. Building on a history of ephemeral political actions of the ?Reclaim the Streets? & other political movements the focus will be on durable or sustainable interventions in urban ecosystems involving both human institutions & infrastructure, & the work of other non human organisms. Students will work on projects that re-imagine our relationship to natural systems

This interdisciplinary class combines studio practice & critique with slide lectures, readings, audiovisual material & visits to relevant exhibitions. The course presents an introduction to the relationship between sexual liberation movements & contemporary visual culture, with a particular focus on developments in the last thirty-five years from Womanhouse to ?post-feminism?: from bra-burning to backlash, from bad girls to victims, from gay pride to queer theory, & from theory to praxis. Special attention is given to the relationship between historical feminist work & its influence & derivation in contemporary art practice today. The articulation of the ?female subject?, & LGBT issues in art practice will also be addressed.

Is a class for experienced students constructed around a series of projects realized in any available media or medium. How the mind constructs pictures from visual data is an extremely complicated set of behaviors that are biological, psychological, social & cultural. Students will be given in-depth exposure to the conditions that are necessary for pictures to 'read' & how these conditions have a profound effect on the way people engage with art. This exposure will at once expose students to the ideas of limits & how the limit or horizon of the possible can be elaborated & expanded on in art. Students will engage in-group & one-on-one discussion of projects made in response to readings & assignments whose goal is to foster ideas of exploration & consistency in a creative practice.

This interdisciplinary course focuses on how artists engage with ?institutions? in contemporary culture. These many ?institutions?: fashion, the museum, the store, the government, the home, & music among them, are all structures, which make up the world in which we live. We will look at how artists utilize these structure as a means to change the way we experience life & living. Each week will be geared towards a specific institution through slide lectures, screenings of films, field trips, & guest artists. There will also be presentations & critiques of student work as well as special topics of interest.

Individual positions with major artists, notable museums, distinguished galleries, art publishers, & art organizations. Internships should be arranged during the term before interning.

Fieldwork consists of a minimum of 12 points (or 1,000 hours) including 110 hours of supervision by an experienced art therapist. Fieldwork experience provides the student with practical involvement in acquiring the basic skills of an art therapist in a variety of medical & non medical settings, including mental hospitals, psychiatric wards, outpatient clinics, & mental health centers.

This seminar class focuses on the issues inherent in teaching creative practices & services as both an introduction to the MFA program, & as a site-specific case study, the class functions as a laboratory researching the nature & history of art schools, artists? collectives, & the art world models they generate. The class explores the philosophy & methodology of teaching, the preparation of materials & lectures for teaching art & critical theory at the college level. This course requires an apprenticeship to a professor teaching in the Department of Art & Art Professions & contribution to a plan for the development of a visionary art school.

Individual positions with major artists, notable museums, distinguished galleries, art publishers, & art organizations. Internships should be arranged during the term before interning.

Students will be assisted in finding individualized placements with recognized artists, museums, galleries, non-profit or commercial businesses within the visual arts. Interns work closely with NYU faculty to assess their progress & define learning goals.

Individual positions with major artists, notable museums, distinguished galleries, art publishers, & art organizations.

Individual positions with major artists, notable museums, distinguished galleries, art publishers, & art organizations. Internships should be arranged during the term prior to the actual internship.

Fundamental principles of art therapy practice will be presented through theoretical discussions & case presentations. Students will learn the historical development of the profession, its distinction from other disciplines & its commonalities to social sciences. This course will examine the art of making processes & products through basics pictorial analysis. Students will study the artistic expression of children, adolescents, adults, & geriatric populations struggling with varied emotional & physical issues in different settings.

Fundamental principles of art therapy practice will be presented through theoretical discussion & case presentations. Students will learn the historical development of the profession, its distinction from other disciplines & its commonalities to social sciences. This course will examine the art of making processes & products through basic pictorial analysis. Students will study the artistic expression of children, adolescents, adults, & geriatric populations struggling with varied emotional & physical issues in different settings.

An introduction to the technical problems of making, decorating, glazing, & firing ceramic forms, while providing opportunities for understanding & developing sensitivities to clay as an art form.

Assignments, critiques & demonstrations for the more advanced ceramics student. An introduction to the technical problems of making, decorating, glazing, & firing ceramic forms, while providing opportunities for understanding & developing sensitivities to clay as an art form.

Intensive studio experience designed to introduce the beginning student to the major areas of glass fabrication; neon, casting, blowing, and coldworking. Students are expected to complete a series of projects utilizing techniques from each of the areas taught within this broad survey.

Beginning & traditional techniques for jewelry & metal-smithing. Through demonstrations & practice, students create individual projects in a variety of materials. Discussions & assignments consider preconceived notions about jewelry as well as structural design problems.

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This class will serve as an introduction to the category critical theory as it pertains to art & aesthetics & some of its major thinkers & concepts. Particular attention will be paid to the ways new perspectives on subjectivity, representation, & power/politics have influences, & had been influences by the visual field. Authors to be addressed include but will not be limited to Kant, Hegel, Marx, Nietzsche, Freud, Heiddiger, Benjamin, Foucault, Derrida, Lacan, Deleuze, & Zizek.

Introduction to the field of graphic design. Assigned projects & class critiques, as well as lectures, research, & readings allow students to develop and imaginative & personal relationship to design & its history. Digital technologies will be used to create an in-depth exploration of typography & layout techniques, & the class will include visits by contemporary typographers. The course encourages innovative projects such as typographic diaries, bookbinding, or mail art.

Assignments, critiques & demonstrations for the more advanced design student. Assigned projects & class critiques, as well as lectures, research, & readings allow students to develop and imaginative & personal relationship to design & its history. Digital technologies will be used to create an in-depth exploration of typography & layout techniques, & the class will include visits by contemporary typographers. The course encourages innovative projects such as typographic diaries, bookbinding, or mail art.

The use of the computer to augment & expand conceptualization & expression has provided the artist with some of the most important new means for visual thinking since the Renaissance invention of perspective. Students learn how to use the computer as an extension of the visualization process & its specific applications in both two-dimensional & three-dimensional art.

Assignments, critiques & demonstrations for the more advanced digital art student. The use of the computer to augment and expand conceptualization and expression has provided the artist with some of the most important new means for visual thinking since the Renaissance invention of perspective. Students learn how to use the computer as an extension of the visualization process and its specific applications in both two-dimensional and three-dimensional art.

A hands-on introduction to the technical & creative uses of digital photography. The class will explore the use of digital technologies to compose, shoot, scan, alter, & print images, as well as considering the ways in which photographic meaning has been changed by the use of the computer. Student provides their own camera & paper.

Basic materials & methods of drawing. It combines perceptual learning with initial conceptual basics for drawing. This includes line usage, shape inventing, size differentiating, brightness contrast, location & overlap. Students will develop the skill to discuss their drawings as well as the drawings of others, & learn to observe & empathize with the genres of landscape, still-life, & figure. Individual & group critiques, slide lectures, & museum & gallery visits support studio activities.

Assignments, critiques & demonstrations for the more advanced drawing student. Combines perceptual learning with initial conceptual basics for drawing. This includes line usage, shape inventing, size differentiating, brightness contrast, location, & overlap. Students develop the skill to discuss their drawing as well as the drawing of others & learn to observe & empathize with the genres of landscape, still life, & figure. Individual & group critiques, slide lectures, & museum & gallery visits support studio activities.

Basic technical & conceptual principles of painting through in-the-studio practice. The relationship between form & content (technique & concept) is informed by art history & theory. Such processes as palette orientation, paint manipulation, & canvas preparation are discussed as well as contemporary painting practices. Individual & group critiques, slide lectures, & museum & gallery visits support studio activities.

Assignments, critiques & demonstrations through in-the-studio-practices for the more advanced painting student. The relationship between form & content (technique & concept) is informed by art history & theory. Such processes as palette orientation, paint manipulation, & canvas preparation are discussed as well as contemporary painting practices. Individual & group critiques support studio activities.

Introduction to the use of photography as a medium of documentation & expression. Assignments & critiques enhance the development of individual work while developing photographic skills & techniques. Student provide their own cameras. Enlargers & photographic chemicals are provided in class.

Assignments, critiques & demonstrations for the more advanced photography student. Further exploration of the use of photography as a medium of documentation & expression. Assignments & critiques enhance the development of individual work while developing photographic skills & techniques. Students provide their own camera & paper. Enlargers & photographic chemicals are provided in class.

An intensive survey course covering a variety of printmaking techniques including etching, monotype, woodcut, & silkscreen. many new & innovative printmaking media & techniques will be introduced throughout the semester. Demonstrations & lectures. Aesthetic & historical concerns addressed throughout the course.

Assignments, critiques & demonstrations in an intensive survey course for the more advanced printmaking student covering a variety of printmaking techniques including etching, monotype, woodcut, & silkscreen. many new & innovative printmaking media & techniques will be introduced throughout the semester. Demonstrations & lectures. Aesthetic & historical concerns addressed throughout the course

Introduction to the rendering of the three-dimensional world in sculpture. The class moves through a variety of different materials using simple techniques such as woodcutting, plastering, welding, & sewing.

Assignments, critiques & demonstrations for the more advanced sculpture student covering the rendering of the three-dimensional world in sculpture. The class moves through a variety of different materials using simple techniques such as woodcutting, plastering, welding, & sewing.

Survey a broad spectrum of visual art resources through guided lecture-tour visits to current exhibitions at leading museums, galleries & alternative art spaced located throughout New York City. Onsite meetings with art administrators affiliated with various organizations shed light on a wide range of career & management issues pertaining to the field & add to an understanding of the development & continued growth of New York's exciting art world.

Survey a broad spectrum of visual art resources through guided lecture-tour visits to current exhibitions at leading museums, galleries & alternative art spaced located throughout New York City. Onsite meetings with art administrators affiliated with various organizations shed light on a wide range of career & management issues pertaining to the field & add to an understanding of the development & continued growth of New York's exciting art world.

Video art has become one of the most widely used media art forms because it allows both the artistic concentration of photography & the free flowing imagery of movement. Students acquire rudimentary skills in shooting & editing while working toward a personal statement in video.

Assignments, critiques, & demonstrations for the more advanced video art student. Video art has become one of the most widely used media art forms because it allows both the artistic concentration of photography & the free flowing imagery of movement. Students acquire rudimentary skills in shooting & editing while working toward a personal statement in video.

This course offers the student, whether graduate or arts administration practitioner, an intensive experience in learning about cultural policies & arts management practices in at least two European countries. The Arts Administration Study Abroad is comprised of a series of lectures, site visits, case studies, discussion sessions & presentations. Issues change from year to year as cultural policies develop in chosen venues. Students examine a combination of policy & practice, meet with arts administrators & policy makers, & present case study analyses on the basis of their lectures & on-site visits.

The legal settings for the artist & the visual arts organization in the state of New York & the United States is explored. Major legal issues in the definition of art-as-property & the rights of the artist are evaluated. Contemporary controversies are placed in the larger context of attempts by the judicial system to redefine the balance between the rights of the individual artist & the public responsibilities of the visual arts institution in an increasingly urbanized & technological society.

An introduction to the foundation literature of costume studies. Through library sessions & assignments, students are trained in research methodologies, including the interpretation of artifacts, the use of visual & literary sources, & the role of museum & gallery exhibitions in furthering scholarship in this field. The course requires written work in diverse formats as well as image based presentations that prepare students for subsequent coursework.

Graduate Studio Critique involves each student in an intense critical dialogue with peers & faculty members about their work & ideas. Discussion is contextualized through historical research & critical readings. The courses includes both formal & conceptual approaches to artistic practice.

Students meet each week by advance appointment with faculty, visiting artists, & critics for individual critique & in-depth discussion of their work & the visual, technical, & theoretical issues that inform their practice. Students must present a body of work, or work in progress, to studio faculty for assessment at the end of each summer.

Integrates the theory & practice of contemporary art, combining studio projects with readings that address the larger philosophical & cultural implications of artistic activity. Students work in an interdisciplinary manner using media of their own choosing to explore & respond to issues raised by the readings & class discussions.

Designed to help students develop an exciting & coherent body of artwork through intensive group & one-on-one critiques along with an exploration of essential theory texts. Focus is on work characterized by intense & unconventional creativity. Reading theoretical texts by Barthes, Owens, Virilio & Kristeva as well as considering the work of innovative artists, writers, & filmmakers such as Paul McCarthy, David Cronenberg, Todd Haynes, Jean-Luc Goddard, Jean Genet, Hiroshi Hino, & William Burroughs will aid students in formulating their own artistic models. Class includes travel to several important New York City galleries & museums & experiences in diverse urban atmospheres. Course objective is to empower students by expanding their perspectives & skills in art making, discussion & critique.

By living & working in Shanghai, students will have the opportunity to be exposed to calligraphy & Chinese Ink as a contemporary art media, & incorporate their new cross-cultural experiences into their artwork. The class will look at the content of artwork, including ideas in contemporary & traditional arts, both Chinese & international, & build various skills to translate ideas into reality. With the medium of Ink, students will use their living experience in Shanghai to integrate & create artwork, with the influences of art that they have been exposed to, personal influences they have experiences, &/or the societal landscape that they see around them. Students will work on individual projects using ink to create paintings, sculpture, or multimedia art. Class time will be devoted to individual & group critiques, lectures, class discussions, & visits to local artists, galleries, & museums. A journal will be kept to record ideas, sketches, references & future plans. By the close of the semester, each students will have a complete body of artwork & participate in an exhibition.

This seminar focuses on the relationship between contemporary culture (signified as current events & art), & artistic practice. The seminar prepares students to better articulate the efficacy of their own creative process through discussion, reading, critique & critique of critique(s), guest visits, adventure & surprise.

In a culture of every increasing diversity, can “going mainstream’ become the ultimate disappearing act? At what point does the obvious become the extraordinary? This course will reexamine the realm of obviousness, cliché, & boredom as alternate strategies for affecting disappearance both as an art practice as well as a possible act of transgression. Theoretical & literary topics include Michel Foucault, Paul Virillo as well as the science fiction writer Samuel Delaney. We will also be screening films by Georges Melies, Kenneth Anger, & Swiss artist Roman Signer

This course explores the interrelationship between representation & identity through the diverse disciplines of Psychoanalysis, Art History, Semiotics, Women’s Studies, & Post-Colonial Studies. We will trace the way these processes are channeled through a language of signs & symbols. The crucial role of visual images within each of these processes will be explored through examples taken from the readings as well as from slide lectures & films by contemporary artists. Designed to provide a set of analytical tools that can be used to interrogate & expand the artistic process, the use of artwork, writing, assignments, & group discussion will provide regular opportunities for students to respond & reflect on the topics introduced.

This course examines the processes that inform how one makes the object and its connection to the visual. The goal of the course is to help the student sharpen his/her point-of-view and to develop constructive motivational tools. To aid in the process we will address the conflict between such binaries as: art and craft, art and ideas and the social and physical space of art. Our method will include individual studio meetings, group critiques, presentations and exhibitions of art. Readings and exhibitions will be assigned according to students’ particular research needs. They may include; Philip Fisher, "Making and Effacing Art"; Craig Owens, "Beyond Recognition: Representation, Power and Culture” and James Hillman, "The Dream and the Underworld", as well as student suggested readings.

This class will encourage students to see authorship and the formation of meaning as active, plastic elements in their artistic production. To that end the class will study the relevant writings of Michael Foucault, Roland Barthes and Walter Benjamin while students create a body of work over the semester. Films and artists to be viewed will include Todd Haynes, Jean Luc Godard, Nicki Lee, Vito Acconci and Federico Fellini. In this class, the presentation and discussion of readings, films, and visual art will alternate with individual studio visits and group critiques of student work. Critiques of student projects will consider the philosophical and cultural implications of artistic activity. Students will work in an interdisciplinary manner, using media of their own choosing to explore their forms and ideas within the context of the course's readings and class discussions. Student will also spend time presenting their work and that of other artists to help them develop a vocabulary for discussing and understanding their production as they move towards their thesis project. The course objective is to empower students by expanding their perspectives and skills in artmaking, discussion and critique.

This course focuses on the processes that inform “how one makes the object”, thereby helping students better understand their personal visual language & how to effectively employ it. The lens of history is used to stimulate dialogue, identify influences, & ultimately integrate the individual student’s point of view. Emphasis is on the examination of the larger continuum of historical & contemporary art. Studio meetings & individual critiques form a fundamental aspect of this course. Readings include Thomas Allen nelson, “Kubrick, Inside a Film Artist’s Maze”; Roberta Bernstein, “Jasper Johns, Paintings & Sculpture, 1945-1974, The Changing Focus of the Eye”; Kathy Halbreich, “Social Life”; Yves Alain Bois, “Painting as Model”.

This course assists candidates in their final summer in refining the body of work that will constitute their Thesis Exhibition. The course focuses on both installation design & post-graduate professional practices. Students work with the 80 Washington Square East Galleries Director and the course instructor to curate the exhibition.

Basic marketing & media relations principles & techniques as they apply to successful museums & galleries. Students learn now organizations identify current & potential audiences, attract visitors, create ongoing relationships with visitors & members, develop effective visual identities & measure success. The pros & cons of new trends - including those related to the Web - are discussed.

This course focuses on enhancing classroom practice through exploration of the uses of media & technology. The course addresses the development of media literacy skills with an added focus on on developing methods to utilize media as a tool to enhance content in the art classroom. The potential of media & technology to assist in the development of innovative curricula in all content areas is examined, with attention to interdisciplinary curricula integrating the arts. There is a substantial lab component to this course, providing extensive hands-on experience in available technologies. Additional topics include the changing classroom in the information age; visual literacy; the role of media technologies for communication in a diverse, democratic society; authenticity & reproduction; inquiry-based learning & technology.

Students meet each week by advance appointment with faculty, visiting artists, & critics for individual critique & in-depth discussion of their work & the visual, technical, & theoretical issues that inform their practice. Students must present a body of work, or work in progress, to studio faculty for assessment at the end of each semester.

This course assists second year M.F.A. candidates in developing the substantial body of work that will constitute their M.F.A. Thesis Exhibition. Issues addressed include installation design, catalogue production, & professional practices. Students work with the 80 Washington Square Galleries Director & a self-chosen Thesis Committee of three faculty artists, which oversees the development of the exhibition & written thesis. The course concludes with the formal presentation & defense of the thesis exhibition to faculty, the thesis committee & outside reviewers.

M.F.A. Graduate Studio Critique is an intensely focused forum for critical dialogue & group discussion around each student?s work & ideas. Historical precedents & research into conceptual practices & working methods contextualize discussion. The number of students enrolled in each team-taught section is limited to 10 to ensure adequate time for the exploration of each student?s ideas, as well as faculty presentations.

This course assists students in the necessary research methods leading to the creation of a thesis that traces the development of their work within the historical, theoretical, cultural, & aesthetic context in which it has evolved. Students work closely with an acclaimed art critic to develop a narrative context for their thesis exhibition & are engaged in a discussion about other artists work & ideas, as well as writing by artists & scholars. The MFA thesis committee, chosen by the student, is responsible for supervising the student?s progress toward the exhibition, written thesis, & thesis defense.

Examines the impact of modernism in both its historic & contemporary relationships to culture & society, through the study of painting, sculpture, architecture, & the media arts from the early 1900?s through 1945. Art history with a theoretical & aesthetic emphasis. Relates the art of the period to political, social, & philosophical issues & to current debates. Works of art are considered from slides, films, reproductions, & museum & gallery visits.

Lectures, readings, discussions, & reports on the major movements, schools, & styles of modern painting & sculpture. Periods & styles discussed include, impressionism, postimpressionism, cubism, dadaism, surrealism, social realism, abstract expressionism, neodadaism, pop art, optical art, hard-edge painting, & minimal art.

Focus on Andy Warhol, one of the most important artists of the 20th century. Organized chronologically, this course explores his earlier works & his continued influence on contemporary art.

Course develops skills in paint, handling, color mixing, composition & interpretation. Discussions, slide lectures, & museum & gallery visits support studio activities.

Course develops skills in paint, handling, color mixing, composition & interpretation. Discussions, slide lectures, & museum & gallery visits support studio activities.

Emphasis is on the development of skills, composition, & interpretive ability in the individual painter.

Emphasis is on the development of skills, composition, & interpretative ability in the individual painter.

Introduction to employment policy tin arts organizations. Topics to be covered include employee development strategies, use of volunteers and other non paid workers, & support organizations for arts institutions.

Recent trends in the philosophy & practice of art education in elementary & secondary schools & in institutions of higher learning. Lectures, readings & discussions. Formulation of a personal philosophy of art education.

Emphasis is on the creation of a body of prints dealing with one subject or theme. Aesthetic decisions made by the individual in choice of subject matter & technique are considered. Lectures, technical demonstrations, & individual critiques are included. Readings on individual photographers, aesthetics, & darkroom techniques are assigned. Critiques by visiting photographers/artists are held.

Emphasis is on the creation of a body of prints dealing with one subject or theme. Aesthetic decisions made by the individual in choice of subject matter & technique are considered. Lectures, technical demonstrations, & individual critiques are included. Readings on individual photographers, aesthetics, & darkroom techniques are assigned. Critiques by visiting photographers/artists are held.

Students may pursue work in black & white, color or digital photography. Technical demonstrations may include studio lighting, experimental processes, & large format cameras. Individual & group critiques focus on the development of ideas & meaning through photographic imagery, as well as aesthetic & formal concerns. Readings on individual photographers, history, & theory, as well as darkroom techniques are assigned.

Students may pursue work in black & white, color or digital photography. Technical demonstrations may include studio lighting, experimental processes, & large format cameras. Individual & group critiques focus on the development of ideas & meaning through photographic imagery, as well as aesthetic & formal concerns. Readings on individual photographers, history, & theory, as well as darkroom techniques are assigned.

This course allows students who have successfully completed at least one course in photography to use the Steinhardt darkroom. It is a co-requisite for all students who wish to register for independent study projects which require the use of the Steinhardt Photography Lab.

Developing basic skills in evaluating form and content of pictorial & sculptural work produced in art therapy sessions. Developing skills in integrating evidence of developmental level, perceptual capacities, psychodynamic processes, emotional handicaps, environmental stimuli in art work, & behavior. Students should be prepared to furnish some art work from child, adolescent or adult population. Studio component included.

An exploration of the planning process in the arts from programming to budgeting. Considers economic variables affecting arts organizations. Emphasizes the design & development of effective programs as well as the means to analyze their effectiveness.

Exploration of post-colonial theories of identity, representation, & culture as they are expressed in contemporary art. Students will meet regularly with visiting African painters, sculptors, & designers in intimate workshop settings for lectures, critiques, & demonstrations. The class will include field trips to gallaries as well as artists? residences & studios in urban & rural settings.

This one-semester workshop facilitates refinement of program design, implementation, and evaluation of projects developed for the Bronx Museum of the Arts in the seminar course, Praxis in Contemporary Art and Community Museum Partnerships. Ten one-hour, workshops are designed to enable students to complete their project and produce a written report that assesses their programming design overall, and as a viable model for community-based art museums. In addition to producing their own program, students will be asked to observe a program produced by a peer and provide written, critical feedback

Assignments, critiques and demonstrations encourages further exploration of established & emerging areas of contemporary printmaking, including but not limited to etching, silkscreen, relief (woodcut) & digital print.

Assignments, critiques & demonstration encourages further exploration of established & emerging areas of contemporary printmaking, including but not limited to etching, silkscreen, relief (woodcut) & digital print.

Continuing exploration of established & emerging areas of contemporary printmaking, including but not limited to etching, silkscreen, relief (woodcut) & digital print.

Continuing exploration of established & emerging areas of contemporary printmaking, including but not limited to etching, silkscreen, relief (woodcut) & digital print.

Focus on particular subjects or techniques allows students to broaden the range of their skills & expression. Projects are chosen as a result of both faculty & student interest. Aesthetic & technical experiences that will enable the student to advance their understanding of the limitless possibilities inherent in the ceramic medium. Emphasis will be placed upon a sculptural/nontraditional approach to making objects in clay & will encourage invention, creative risk, & a personal interoperation of subject matter.

Focus on particular subjects or techniques allows students to broaden the range of their skills & expression. Projects are chosen as a result of both faculty & student interest. Aesthetic & technical experiences that will enable the student to advance their understanding of the limitless possibilities inherent in the ceramic medium. Emphasis will be placed upon a sculptural/nontraditional approach to making objects in clay & will encourage invention, creative risk, & a personal interoperation of subject matter.

Focus on particular subjects or techniques allows students to broaden the range of their skills & expression. Projects are chosen as a result of both faculty & student interest.

Focus on particular subjects or techniques allows students to broaden the range of their skills & expression. Projects are chosen as a result of both faculty & student interest.

Focus on particular subjects or techniques allows students to broaden the range of their skills & expression. Projects are chosen as a result of both faculty & student interest.

Focus on particular techniques or subjects allows students to broaden the range of their skills & expression. Projects are chosen as a result of both faculty & student interest.

Focus on particular subjects or techniques allows students to broaden the range of their skills & expression. Projects are chosen as a result of both faculty & student interest. Students will be required to register for a non-credit lab section (hours TBA), which will allow them to work one-on-one with the instructor in the Advanced Digital Print Studio to experiment with techniques & materials.

Focus on particular subjects or techniques allows students to broaden the range of their skills & expression. Projects are chosen as a result of both faculty & student interest. Students will be required to register for a non-credit lab section (hours TBA), which will allow them to work one-on-one with the instructor in the Advanced Digital Print Studio to experiment with techniques & materials.

Focuses on particular subjects or techniques to allow students to broaden skills & expression. Projects are chosen as a result of both faculty & student interest.

Focuses on particular subjects or techniques to allow students to broaden skills & expression. Projects are chosen as a result of both faculty & student interest.

Focus on particular subjects or techniques allows students to broaden the range of their skills & expression. Projects are chosen as a result of both faculty & student interest.

Focus on particular subjects or techniques allows students to broaden the range of their skills & expression. Projects are chosen as a result of both faculty & student interest.

Focus on particular subjects or techniques allows students to broaden the range of their skills & expression. Projects are chosen as a result of both faculty & student interest.

Focus on particular subjects or techniques allows students to broaden the range of their skills & expression. Projects are chosen as a result of both faculty & student interest.

Focus on particular subjects or techniques allows students to broaden the range of their skills & expression. Projects are chosen as a result of both faculty & student interest.

Focus on particular subjects or techniques allows students to broaden the range of their skills & expression. Projects are chosen as a result of both faculty & student interest.

Studio course with emphasis on the student’s evolving art practices in painting, interspersed within the standard studio class environment are lectures, class readings, guest artists & class trips. Class projects are a combination of specific prompts & self directed approaches. Concerns with “context” and “problem solving” factor heavily into the class dialogue. Projects also leave room for experimental approaches to art making, painting and non painting alike.

Focuses on particular subjects or techniques to allow students to broaden skills & expression. Projects are chosen as a result of both faculty & student interest.

Focus on particular techniques or subjects allows students to broaden the range of their skills & expression. Projects are chosen as a result of both faculty & student interest.

Focus on particular techniques or subjects allows students to broaden the range of their skills & expression. Projects are chosen as a result of both faculty & student interest.

Focuses on specialized materials & techniques allows students to broaden the range of their skills & expression. Projects are chosen as a result of faculty & student interest.

Focus on particular topics allows students to broaden skills & expression. Past topics have included art of the letter form, books arts, xerography, & papermaking. Topics are chosen as a result of both faculty & student interest.

Focuses on particular subjects or techniques to allow students to broaden skills & expression. Projects are chosen as a result of both faculty & student interest.

Focuses on specialized materials & techniques allows students to broaden the range of their skills & expression. Projects are chosen as a result of both faculty & student interest.

Focuses on particular subjects or techniques to allow students to broaden skills & expression. Projects are chosen as a result of both faculty & student interest.

Focus on particular subjects or techniques allows students to broaden the range of their skills & expression. Projects are chosen as a result of both faculty & student interest.

Focus on particular techniques or subjects allows students to broaden the range of their skills & expression. Projects are chosen as a result of both faculty & student interest

Understanding research as disciplined inquiry by focusing on theoretical concepts, primary issues, & techniques of research in art education with specific emphasis on qualitative research methods. Examination of the social, political, philosophical, & ethical issues involved in doing research.

An introduction to research methods used in art therapy with an emphasis on qualitative research design. Students work on the formulation of research questions & develop a thesis proposal.

This course provides guidance on theory & methodology in preparation for the thesis/final project. Students are required to define the subject of their thesis/final project research clearly, & share their work in progress in discussions & presentations. Class meetings take place every other week. By the end of the semester, students will have completed their thesis outlines.

As a culmination of their studies, students are required to formulate & complete a substantial, well-research thesis, with a minimum of 40 pages of text. This document should focus on relevant issue/problem in the visual arts administration field. The course consists of a critical analysis of to[pics, scope of research problems, sources & methodologies, conducted in interactive group discussions & individual meetings

Understanding art pedagogy in preschool & elementary schools as "situated practice"; that is both teaching & learning & takes place within particular historical & societal contexts. Developing knowledge & skills to plan, organize, & facilitate meaningful art curricula for students encompassing a range of needs & abilities, with attention to learning processes, motivation, communication, classroom management & the interrelationship of art to speaking, critical thinking, writing, reading & other curricular subjects.

Integration of art education theory & practice in secondary school art classrooms that address the question of the role of art in our democratic society. Developing socially & culturally relevant curricula. Researching & planning appropriate instructional strategies that address student interests & issues, including motivation & classroom management through assessment in order to plan &/or modify students? teaching practices. Through a systematic approach such as action research, students reflect on & analyze their own teaching practices & develop a portfolio of their teaching experience, thereby learning to be reflective practitioners.

Develops an understanding of the nature of sculpture & the critical dialogue that surrounds it. Assignments explore the conceptual & formal properties of sculpture, & an individual approach is encouraged. Evaluation of current gallery exhibitions & assigned readings will be an important supplement to studio assignments. Students will have regular access to the sculpture shop, where available equipment includes wood & metal tools, as well as plaster & mold-making facilities.

Develops an understanding of the nature of sculpture & the critical dialogue that surrounds it. Assignments explore the conceptual & formal properties of sculpture, & an individual approach is encouraged. Evaluation of current gallery exhibitions & assigned readings will be an important supplement to studio assignments. Students will have regular access to the sculpture shop, where available equipment includes wood & metal tools, as well as plaster & mold-making facilities.

Provides a critical framework for students interested in building a personal body of work using sculpture materials. Assignments and readings focus on the transformation of ideas into works of art and place artistic production within the context of recent movements in sculpture as well as broader cultural issues. Students have a great deal of autonomy in conceiving & fabricating their projects. Technical assistance is given on an individual basis, & the students have regular access to the sculpture shop, where available equipment includes wood & metal tools, as well as welding, plaster, & mold-making facilities.

Provides a critical framework for students interested in building a personal body of work using sculpture materials. Assignments and readings focus on the transformation of ideas into works of art and place artistic production within the context of recent movements in sculpture as well as broader cultural issues. Students have a great deal of autonomy in conceiving & fabricating their projects. Technical assistance is given on an individual basis, & the students have regular access to the sculpture shop, where available equipment includes wood & metal tools, as well as welding, plaster, & mold-making facilities.

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A methodological exploration & practicum in museum-based teaching. Students will learn to develop inquiry-based thematic lessons in the MoMA museum?s galleries & gain valuable firsthand experience observing & teaching in MoMA?s school programs. Students will explore object-based learning & museum pedagogy & will conduct regular mandatory observations of museum's gallery lessons. Students will also be introduced to MoMA?s modern & contemporary collections & the range of audiences served by the museum. Students will have the opportunity to plan lessons with teachers & plan & facilitative lessons with classmates & individually.

A culminating studio course designed to generate a ‘body of work’; this body of work will be discussed, critiqued & congextualized within the framework of peers, the art world & the world at large. Students are expected to work on a coherent body of works that will be discussed one-on-one as well as in crituqe settings thoughtout the semester. Readings will be distributed as they relate to art making strategies. This process will culminate in a thesis exhibition designed & presented with several peers.

A culminating studio course designed to generate a ‘body of work’; this body of work will be discussed, critiqued & congextualized within the framework of peers, the art world & the world at large. Students are expected to work on a coherent body of works that will be discussed one-on-one as well as in crituqe settings thoughtout the semester. Readings will be distributed as they relate to art making strategies. This process will culminate in a thesis exhibition designed & presented with several peers.

Examines the history of special education in the American public education system as it relates to the field of art education. Explores what it means to be a student with a disability today. Helps students understand the ways society represents, constructs, or challenges ideas about disabilities through popular culture & contemporary art. Students study legal, social & cultural implications of having a disability in American schools today. Course covers how to 1) effectively integrate all students into the classroom, 2) identify the nature of their student’s disabilities as well as a range of strategies to help every student succeed in the art classroom. Students will look at current research into multiple intelligences & learning styles to discover how the arts (music, visual arts & dance), can allow access points for many students into the world of learning. Additional topics will include collaborating with general education teachers & use of the Individual Education Plan (IEP) as a teaching tool in the art classroom. Students will also learn to partner with the family, community, colleagues & students as create a differentiated & welcoming classroom environment for all students.

An exploration of the role of boards of trustees & the interaction of boards & staff in the management of nonprofit visual arts institutions. Topics include the legal, ethical, & practical responsibilities of the governing board; effective board leadership; recruiting, training, motivating, & retaining trustees; development of policy; strategic planning; & risk management.

One semester supervised student teaching in an elementary classroom for a minimum of 180 hours within 20 days. Student teaching experiences will be used to support theoretical & practical applications of the planning & implementation of the curriculum.

One semester supervised student teaching in a secondary classroom for a minimum of 180 hours within 20 days. Student teaching experiences will be used to support theoretical & practical applications of the planning & implementation of the curriculum.

This course prepared clinicians in art therapy to perform as supervisors of students & less experienced art therapists. Methods & theoretical issues are examined. Class participation includes a close study of case examples from students? experience.

Understanding the complex dynamics of what makes an artist?s career is essential to successful relations among artists, curators, critics, galleries, & arts administrators. The course explores the environment of the art world & the artist?s place within it & includes such topics as the artist?s function in the economy; rights & responsibilities; management tools such as portfolio & slide preparation & presentation; & marketing & grantsmanship.

Focuses on the skills required for the proper handling, conservation, and restoration of works of art. Field trips. Lectures by conservators and restorers in textiles.

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Introduction to the elements & participants affecting visual arts organizations in the United States. In addition to examining the position of the artist in society, the course analyzes the cultural environment in which art & arts organizations operate & the structure & management of organization that present artwork, - in both non profit & commercial venues. Students study the particular intersections between for profit & non profit areas in the visual arts as well as the strategies & techniques needed to manage visual arts organizations effectively. The course addresses the whole art system & how various elements/organizations/individuals interact & influence one another

This course will trace the development of the fine art auction house from the art boom of the 1980?s to its present position within the international art market. Inner workings of the auction houses will be examined: appraising, cataloguing, collecting & marketing. The relationship of the auction house with the collector, dealer, & museum will be explored. Field trips will be an integral part of the program.

The nature, function & structure of museums, from Napoleonic time to the present, & their three chief concerns: the collection, presentation, & interpretation of objects of material culture. By the comparison of museums to other societal institutions, the structure of today?s museum is brought into bold relief.

A theoretical & historical analysis of photography from its inception in 1824 to its emergence as an acknowledged art form at the turn of the century. The evolution of the photographic process & materials, its use within the culture, its serious recognition & study, and the pervasive effects of the photographic image are examined. Works by recognized photographers & unknown artists are viewed as contributions to the making of photographic history.

The widespread use of photography at all levels of our society is evaluated critically & theoretically. The class analyzes the effects of new equipment, materials & processes, the place of photography in journalism & mass media, & the transformation of the photographic statement into high art. The art photograph, snapshot & Polaroid are seen as elements within a larger continuum.

Examines the growth of the audience for the visual arts from ancient Greece to the ascendancy of Napoleon, in terms of style, patterns of collecting, & the economics of art. Particular styles are covered in detail with an eye to their later impact on taste.

A survey that examines sources & influences that contributed to the formation of taste & style from about 1850 to the present. Through a concept-driven, cross-disciplinary approach that includes art, architecture, decorative arts, & material culture, taste will be explore thematically & chronologically within a broad cultural context. Factors & forces that shape this context include political events, social customs & fads, fashion, pastimes, entertainment & technological advances. Emphasis is placed on developing critical skills through discussion of connections & relationships between the historical development of taste & current trends.

The methods & means of interpreting art are explored through writings with chief emphasis on major stylistic models from the past & current solutions to art criticism problems. The relationships of art criticism to art collecting, connoisseurship, & art history are explored.

Contemporary techniques of art criticism are outlined. Extensive evaluation of writing techniques. The policy of of major international newspapers, journals, & book publishers are detailed along with precedents in art publications are explored.

Introduction & overview of how nonprofit entities in the visual arts are organized - from mission & programming, broad structure & staff development to marketing, fundraising, & strategic planning. Specific organizations with New York City are used as case studies.

Enrollment limited to art therapy candidates. Requires eight hours per week in the field. Discussion of art therapy history, theories, & technique. Introduction to clinical skills through class & fieldwork experience.

For students in research in art education who are writing a master?s or doctoral thesis. Emphasis is placed on the selection of the problem, the development of the steps of procedure, the technical tools used, & the methods of scientific research.

Focus on particular topics allows students to broaden skills & expression. Topics vary from semester to semester and are chosen as a result of both faculty & student interest.

Focus on particular topics allows students to broaden skills & expression. Topics vary from semester to semester and are chosen as a result of both faculty & student interest.

Focus on particular topics allows students to broaden skills & expression. Topics vary from semester to semester and are chosen as a result of both faculty & student interest.

Focus on particular topics allows students to broaden skills & expression. Topics vary from semester to semester and are chosen as a result of both faculty & student interest.

Focus on particular topics allows students to broaden skills & expression. Topics vary from semester to semester and are chosen as a result of both faculty & student interest.

Focus on particular topics allows students to broaden skills & expression. Topics vary from semester to semester and are chosen as a result of both faculty & student interest.

Focus on a particular topic allows students to broaden skills & expression. Past topics have included animation, 3-D modeling, interactive design, digital printing in large format, & advanced PhotoShop. Topics are chosen as a result of faculty & student interest.

Focus on a particular topic allows students to broaden skills & expression. Past topics have included animation, 3-D modeling, interactive design, digital printing in large format, & advanced PhotoShop. Topics are chosen as a result of faculty & student interest,

This course teaches the process of making Large Format Digital Prints. The Digital Print is a versatile medium with an array of new papers available multiple ways to experiment & develop the image in 2-D, sculpture, installation, bookmaking, art documentation & portfolio. Course includes technical lessons in how to set up files & print. An array of concerns that lead to a successful print are discussed & explained including Color Management, Colors Spaces, how to process Raw Image Files, Color Settings in Photoshop, Sizing the Image, Resolution Needs & Effective Handling of File Formats, Color Burst, How to Make Useful Test Strips, Color Adjustments & Correction, Paper Types, About Epson Printers & their Options and Ways to Experiment. Students will be required to register for a non-credit lab section (hours TBA), which will allow them to work one-on-one with the instructor in the Advanced Digital Print Studio to experiment with techniques & materials.

This course teaches the process of making Large Format Digital Prints. The Digital Print is a versatile medium with an array of new papers available multiple ways to experiment & develop the image in 2-D, sculpture, installation, bookmaking, art documentation & portfolio. Course includes technical lessons in how to set up files & print. An array of concerns that lead to a successful print are discussed & explained including Color Management, Colors Spaces, how to process Raw Image Files, Color Settings in Photoshop, Sizing the Image, Resolution Needs & Effective Handling of File Formats, Color Burst, How to Make Useful Test Strips, Color Adjustments & Correction, Paper Types, About Epson Printers & their Options and Ways to Experiment. Students will be required to register for a non-credit lab section (hours TBA), which will allow them to work one-on-one with the instructor in the Advanced Digital Print Studio to experiment with techniques & materials.

Focus on particular topics available allows students to broaden skills & expression. Past topics have included the figure, the landscape, pastels, & charcoal. Topics are chosen as a result of both faculty & student interest.

Focus on particular topics allows students to broaden skills & expression. Past topics have included the figure, the landscape, pastels, & charcoal. Topics are chosen as a result of both faculty & student interest.

This course uses the model to focus on problems in drawing. Students are encouraged to explore a wide range of materials & attitudes. Issues of representation & the historic use of the figure as art are covered through slides & discussions.

This course uses the model to focus on problems in drawing. Students are encouraged to explore a wide range of materials & attitudes. Issues of representation & the historic use of the figure as art are covered through slides & discussions.

Focus on particular topics allows students to broaden skills & expression. Past topics have included watercolor, trompe l’oeil, collage, mixed media, off-the-stretcher, & narrative painting. Topics are chosen as a result of faculty & student interest.

Focus on particular topics allows students to broaden skills & expression. Past topics have included watercolor, trompe l’oeil, collage, mixed media, off-the-stretcher, & narrative painting. Topics are chosen as a result of faculty & student interest.

Focus on particular topics allows students to broaden skills & expression. Past topics have included lighting, landscape, portraiture, & still life. Topics are chosen as a result of both faculty & student interest.

Focus on particular topics allows students to broaden skills & expression. Past topics have included lighting, landscape, portraiture, & still life. Topics are chosen as a result of both faculty & student interest.

Focus on particular topics allows students to broaden skills & expression. Past topics have included art of the letter form, books arts, xerography, papermaking. Topics are chosen as a result of faculty & student interest.

Emphasizing a handmade approach to book making, this course will focus on the history of DIY aesthetics in book design with particular emphasis on collage, experimental book structures, & hand-rendered type. Art historical slide lectures about collage, revolutionary printed matter, zines, & books as sculptural objects will complement printmaking workshops in which students are encouraged to compare traditional concepts of the book & expanding possibilities. Students are expected to generate their own books for critiques, utilizing the print studio (as as the letterpress or silkscreen) or other fine art mediums. The instructor will discuss how a book’s structural elements support content to consider slippages between craft & fine art. Assignments investigating editorial structure, imagery, layout, typography, bookbinding, & cover design will illustrate the multiple stages involved in book coordination. Discussions of contemporary book publishers & designs will help students grasp currents & trends in today’s book market. Though this course focusses on a book’s visual aspects with emphasis in printmaking, textual matters are crucial in the study of book design & reading & writing will be required to underscore the fundamental connection between text & image.

Emphasizing a handmade approach to book making, this course will focus on the history of DIY aesthetics in book design with particular emphasis on collage, experimental book structures, & hand-rendered type. Art historical slide lectures about collage, revolutionary printed matter, zines, & books as sculptural objects will complement printmaking workshops in which students are encouraged to compare traditional concepts of the book & expanding possibilities. Students are expected to generate their own books for critiques, utilizing the print studio (as as the letterpress or silkscreen) or other fine art mediums. The instructor will discuss how a book’s structural elements support content to consider slippages between craft & fine art. Assignments investigating editorial structure, imagery, layout, typography, bookbinding, & cover design will illustrate the multiple stages involved in book coordination. Discussions of contemporary book publishers & designs will help students grasp currents & trends in today’s book market. Though this course focusses on a book’s visual aspects with emphasis in printmaking, textual matters are crucial in the study of book design & reading & writing will be required to underscore the fundamental connection between text & image.

Etching on copper & zinc plates; printing from them by traditional techniques as well as by new ways of intaglio & simultaneous surface & offset color processes. exploration of all intaglio materials is strongly encouraged. Much emphasis is placed on craftsmanship of the printmaking tradition.

Etching on copper & zinc plates; printing from them by traditional techniques as well as by new ways of intaglio & simultaneous surface & offset color processes. exploration of all intaglio materials is strongly encouraged. Much emphasis is placed on craftsmanship of the printmaking tradition.

Assignments, critiques, & demonstrations related to relief printmaking. Studio work in linoleum & woodblock cutting. Western & Japanese techniques are featured.

Assignments, critiques, & demonstrations related to relief printmaking. Studio work in linoleum & woodblock cutting. Western & Japanese techniques are featured.

Exploration of varied screen printing techniques & their characteristics; paper, blockout, resist, & cut film stencils; construction & selection of material used. Multicolored printmaking on different materials & surfaces (plastic, paper, wood, glass, mirrors, etc.) mixed media. Demonstrations & lectures.

Exploration of varied screen printing techniques & their characteristics; paper, blockout, resist, & cut film stencils; construction & selection of material used. Multicolored printmaking on different materials & surfaces (plastic, paper, wood, glass, mirrors, etc.) mixed media. Demonstrations & lectures.

Focus on particular topics allows students to broaden skills & expression. Topics have included mold-making & the figure. Topics are chosen as a result of both faculty & student interest.

Focus on particular topics allows students to broaden skills & expression. Topics have included mold-making & the figure. Topics are chosen as a result of both faculty & student interest.

The figure is analyzed as sculptural expression - how it is conceived & developed, as well as its relation to history & contemporary thought. Using a model, students explore individual perceptions & classical principals of proportion, volume, structure and anatomy by creating a portrait bust, a seated figure, & a standing figure. The tactile nature of clay will facilitate eye/hand skills, & opportunities to explore carving, firing, & coloring the surface. The sculptural experience will be enhanced by class critiques, gallery & museum excursions.

The figure is analyzed as sculptural expression - how it is conceived & developed, as well as its relation to history & contemporary thought. Using a model, students explore individual perceptions & classical principals of proportion, volume, structure and anatomy by creating a portrait bust, a seated figure, & a standing figure. The tactile nature of clay will facilitate eye/hand skills, & opportunities to explore carving, firing, & coloring the surface. The sculptural experience will be enhanced by class critiques, gallery & museum excursions.

Focus on particular topics allows students to broaden skills & expression. Past topics have included advanced editing techniques, sound for video, lighting, chromakyeing, set building, & special effects. Topics are chosen as a result of both faculty & student interest.

Focus on particular topics allows students to broaden skills & expression. Past topics have included advanced editing techniques, sound for video, lighting, chromakyeing, set building, & special effects. Topics are chosen as a result of both faculty & student interest.

An advanced class for visual artists in visual culture that investigates the changing methodologies & topics in the field. It is an ?umbrella? course, designed to respond to what is a very rapidly evolving field & to provide a wide range of topics for in-depth study. This class will offer ?cutting-edge? research & methods, drawing on staff research & adjunct teaching from leading figures in the New York art world.

Critical examination of issues of transformation & the democratization of South African society through visual culture. Students will explore the impact of democracy on visual cultural structures by studying the many perspectives of contemporary arts in Southern Africa. This contextual exploration of the relationship between art & democracy could serve as a platform for addressing issues of cultural policy, art education, & visual culture in comparison with the democratic structure of the arts & art making in the U.S.A.

This umbrella course allows students to create a body of work in response to a set of issues relevant to the theory & practice of contemporary art, The presentation & discussion of readings, films, & visual art will alternate with individual studio visits & group critiques of of student work. Critiques of student projects will consider the philosophical & cultural implications of artistic activity. Students will work in an interdisciplinary manner, using media of their own choosing, to explore their ideas within the context of the course?s readings & class discussions. Course topics will vary from semester to semester.

Designed to help students develop an exciting & coherent body of artwork through intensive group & one-on-one critiques along with an exploration of essential theory texts. Focus is on work characterized by intense & unconventional creativity. Reading theoretical texts by Barthes, Owens, Virilio & Kristeva as well as considering the work of innovative artists, writers, & filmmakers such as Paul McCarthy, David Cronenberg, Todd Haynes, Jean-Luc Goddard, Jean Genet, Hiroshi Hino, & William Burroughs will aid students in formulating their own artistic models. Class includes travel to several important New York City galleries & museums & experiences in diverse urban atmospheres. Course objective is to empower students by expanding their perspectives & skills in art making, discussion & critique.

By living & working in Shanghai, students will have the opportunity to be exposed to calligraphy & Chinese Ink as a contemporary art media, & incorporate their new cross-cultural experiences into their artwork. The class will look at the content of artwork, including ideas in contemporary & traditional arts, both Chinese & international, & build various skills to translate ideas into reality. With the medium of Ink, students will use their living experience in Shanghai to integrate & create artwork, with the influences of art that they have been exposed to, personal influences they have experiences, &/or the societal landscape that they see around them. Students will work on individual projects using ink to create paintings, sculpture, or multimedia art. Class time will be devoted to individual & group critiques, lectures, class discussions, & visits to local artists, galleries, & museums. A journal will be kept to record ideas, sketches, references & future plans. By the close of the semester, each students will have a complete body of artwork & participate in an exhibition.

Picasso famously said: “Art is the lie that tells the truth.” Students will read & discuss texts exploring such topics as personal myth/legend & fictionalized confession. Questions of authenticity & personal revelation will be discussed as they relate to contemporary art practice. Students will complete three studio projects that reflect these & related issues. Because this is an interdisciplinary studio course, any medium, e.g., painting, photo, performance, installation, video, sculpture, drawing, digital, is acceptable as a means to explore class content. Regular visits to galleries are not only encouraged, they are expected.

The best art teacher is life & experience & visiting a new place is the best way to see with new eyes. The aim of this course is to incorporate art into your daily life & Berlin into your art work. Using creativity as a vehicle for personal transformation and exploring your fears, fantasies, Ideas & reactions to the society we live in, you will be required to complete three projects. This is an interdisciplinary studio course with required readings, discussions, films, & field trips. Students are encouraged to work in any medium of choice; painting, photography, video, performance, sculpture, etc.

In a culture of every increasing diversity, can ?going mainstream? become the ultimate disappearing act? At what point does the obvious become the extraordinary? This course will reexamine the realm of obviousness, clich?, & boredom as alternate strategies for affecting disappearance both as an art practice as well as a possible act of transgression. Theoretical & literary topics include Michel Foucault, Paul Virillo as well as the science fiction writer Samuel Delaney. We will also be screening films by Georges Melies, Kenneth Anger, & Swiss artist Roman Signer.

This course explores the interrelationship between representation & identity through the diverse disciplines of Psychoanalysis, Art History, Semiotics, Women?s Studies, & Post-Colonial Studies. We will trace the way these processes are channeled through a language of signs & symbols. The crucial role of visual images within each of these processes will be explored through examples taken from the readings as well as from slide lectures & films by contemporary artists. Designed to provide a set of analytical tools that can be used to interrogate & expand the artistic process, the use of artwork, writing, assignments, & group discussion will provide regular opportunities for students to respond & reflect on the topics introduced.

This seminar focuses on the relationship between contemporary culture (signified as current events & art), & artistic practice. The seminar prepares students to better articulate the efficacy of their own creative process through discussion, reading, critique & critique of critique(s), guest visits, adventure & surprise.

This course focuses on the processes that inform ?how one makes the object?, thereby helping students better understand their personal visual language & how to effectively employ it. The lens of history is used to stimulate dialogue, identify influences, & ultimately integrate the individual student?s point of view. Emphasis is on the examination of the larger continuum of historical & contemporary art. Studio meetings & individual critiques form a fundamental aspect of this course. Readings include Thomas Allen nelson, ?Kubrick, Inside a Film Artist?s Maze?; Roberta Bernstein, ?Jasper Johns, Paintings & Sculpture, 1945-1974, The Changing Focus of the Eye?; Kathy Halbreich, ?Social Life?; Yves Alain Bois, ?Painting as Model?.

Inquiry into the role of the arts in city growth & development. The role of public art, arts programming, city planning for aesthetic, cultural, & historic reasons, & amenities for artists in promoting community well-being are examined. Required site visits.

Assignments, critiques, & demonstrations expand skills & knowledge in the use of the video camera as an art medium. This class stresses technical & conceptual skills & the exploration of the experimental possibilities of the medium.

Assignments, critiques, & demonstrations expand skills & knowledge in the use of the video camera as an art medium. This class stresses technical & conceptual skills & the exploration of the experimental possibilities of the medium.

This course continues the exploration of the possibilities of video art in relation to narrative & non-narrative uses of the medium. Experimental focus may include installation, sculpture, performance art, & the single-channel tape format. Students are required to create several video projects during the course of the semester.

This course continues the exploration of the possibilities of video art in relation to narrative & non-narrative uses of the medium. Experimental focus may include installation, sculpture, performance art, & the single-channel tape format. Students are required to create several video projects during the course of the semester.

This class introduces students to the wide range of contemporary visual & critical methodologies used in art criticism & visual culture by means of a focus on a specific topic for analysis such as representation & identity, gender, & sexuality. In this way, students develop a specific & in-depth understanding of visual & critical analysis.

A colloquium that provides a forum for the presentation of current issues in visual arts management by leaders in the field. Students & professional participants are invited to comment, ask questions & engage in an array of topics related to both for profit & nonprofit issues.

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Development of a business in the fine arts including core vision, program & presentation, promotion, marketing, sales, contracts, & financial planning. Examination of what differentiates an arts business from other kinds of businesses. Students gain exposure to variety of professionals in the commercial arena of the visual arts including gallerists, dealers, & consultants. The course concludes with the formulation & presentation of a comprehensive business plan for a start up arts business.

A studio course that combines theory & artistic practice to examine the development of the arts from a critical perspective. The course will address a range of models from structuralism & semiotics to modern & postmodern paradigms. The class is designed for practicing artists, allowing students to gain the skills & confidence to express their artistic objectives in critical writing, art making, & verbal analysis. Each student is responsible for oral presentations, works of art generated through research, & written statements about their artistic objectives.

The techniques of visual study of museum holdings ranging from scientific specimens to archeological artifacts, from masterpieces to mass-produced objects. These techniques encompass the care & handling or materials and also their use, interpretation, presentation & dissemination in the museum settings.

The course provides a comprehensive, interdisciplinary overview of the multifaceted role that vocal expression plays in everyday communication. Familiar voice recognition, perception of emotion, attitude & personality, & interactions between speech & voice perception are described from sociological, psychological, physiological, & neurological perspectives. Evolutionary biology, cultural differences, singing, & uses in media & courtroom are discussed. Clinical studies examine self-awareness of vocal expression & the influence of vocal quality on personal identity. Voice as communication vehicle for speaker & listener is fully explored.