Art

The Department of Art faculty consists of a nearly even number of artists and art historians. These numbers underscore the Department's interest in, and commitment to, a balanced study of the visual arts in a liberal arts curriculum. The Allen Memorial Art Museum is an important resource for art students. Courses routinely meet there and students have the opportunity to participate in the Museum's docent program. Introductory courses--whether in studio or art history--presuppose that the student has no prior experience in art. The three majors offered--art history, studio, and visual arts--are designed to offer individuals a solid preparation for graduate school or a career in art-related fields.

Advanced Placement. The Department offers no credit and no exemption for AP work in either Art History or Studio Art. A score of 5 on the AP exam in Art History may be transferred as three general credits toward graduation on the Oberlin transcript.

Entry-level course suggested sequence:

1. Art History. Prospective majors are advised to take all required introductory courses and to fulfill the history and language requirements as early as possible in their college careers.

2. Studio Art. It is highly advisable for those intending to major in Studio Art to take one or more "Visual Concepts and Processes" courses as early as possible. First-year students and sophomores considering the major should consult with one of the studio instructors in planning their programs

Majors in the Art Department. The Department of Art insists that its programs of major study be deeply integrated with the overall liberal arts education that Oberlin both endorses and offers. In planning their programs of study, students should therefore keep in mind the fact that all three major programs may be completed within the two final years of work towards the B.A. degree. Requirements for the three majors are as follows:

Art History. The Department offers Art History courses in four separate groups. Courses with 100 and 200 numbers provide a broad introduction to the field and are open without prerequisite. Courses with 300 and 400 numbers comprise the core of the major in Art History, and are available only to students who have completed the prerequisites or have received the instructor's consent to enroll.

a. Courses in the 100-numbered group have been designed to provide broad, synthetic overviews of Art History as an intellectual enterprise. In this group are both large lecture courses and First-Year Seminars. Note: The First-Year Seminars meet none of the requirements for completing the major in Art History and may not be applied towards major credit. No more than one 100-numbered large lecture course may count towards the major.

b. 200-numbered courses provide entry into the Art History curriculum by introducing students to the methods and concepts peculiar to the discipline. They place particular emphasis on acquiring the visual skills necessary for the close, analytical scrutiny of works of art. To that end, these courses make intensive use of the collections of the Allen Memorial Art Museum. The 200-numbered courses give access to courses numbered 300 and 400, and are among the major requirements.

c. 300-numbered courses provide lectures on the major periods and styles in the art-historical fields taught in the Department.

d. 400-numbered courses focus on selected problems in art history in a discussion-oriented format. They treat themes, techniques, traditions of representation, or particular critical issues.

At the 300- and 400-levels, students pursue advanced topics that provide training in art-historical research and writing. Some majors complete their work in the Department in the year-long honors (500-numbered) program.

Major in Art History. No fewer than 30 credits in the Department of Art, to include a minimum of 24 credits in Art History and three credits in Studio Art.

A. Major requirements within the Department are:

1. Six three-credit courses distributed as follows:
   a. one 200-level course
   b. three 300-level courses
   c. two 400-level courses

2. At least one and no more than two three-credit courses in Studio Art

3. Stipulations:
   a. At least one Art History course must focus on non-western art.
   b. Of the six required courses, four must be taught by different instructors in the Department.

B. Major requirements outside the Department are:
1. Two 3-credit History courses in two different periods or cultures (may be courses cross-listed with History by other departments, such as Classics, African American Studies, or East Asian Studies).

2. A demonstrated ability to read a foreign language at the level of competence equal to two semesters of introductory language study at Oberlin. Students may meet this requirement in a number of ways, including but not limited to: (1) completing a two-semester introductory language course at Oberlin; (2) placing above the first-year level on a placement test administered by one of the language departments; or (3) transferring the equivalent of an Oberlin introductory language course taken elsewhere.

For students who are considering graduate work in Art History, the Department strongly recommends advanced language courses. In general, within the first year of graduate study in any field of Western art, students are expected to demonstrate reading competency in French and German; for East Asian Art students will need a working knowledge of Japanese and/or Chinese. Depending on the area of specialization, other languages may also be necessary, e.g. Greek, Latin, or Italian.

Transfer of Credit to the Art History Major. A maximum of 12 credits may be transferred to the Art History major for work completed at other institutions. The Department grants transfer credit from other accredited institutions of higher education only. Note: Students who plan to transfer credit for courses taken away from Oberlin must obtain the Department's approval of the course of study well in advance of their departure.

Advanced Placement. A grade of 5 on the AP exam in Art History may be transferred as three general credits to the Oberlin transcript. However, the Department offers no major credit, and no exemption from major requirements, for AP work in Art History.

Minor in Art History. Students with 15 or more credits in Art History may graduate with a minor in Art History entered on their transcripts. No more than three credits may be transferred for the minor in Art History; departmental approval is required for such transfers (see section on Major or Minor Credit for off-campus study). Note: Students are responsible for notifying the Registrar if they wish to have the minor in Art History entered on their transcripts.

Studio Art. No fewer than 30 hours. A Studio Art major must have taken at least one course with at least four different studio instructors before enrolling in the Senior Studio and Thesis.
Required courses are:

a. Four "Visual Concepts and Processes" courses (Senior Studio and Thesis may substitute for one of the four required "Visual Concepts and Processes" course and, under special circumstances, a problems level course may substitute for one "Visual Concepts and Processes course). Vis/Pro courses may be repeated for credit if taken with a different instructor.

b. Two "Problems in: (Discipline): (Title)" courses (These courses may be repeated one time only for credit with the consent of the instructor). Note: Courses offered by the Luce Professor in the Emerging Arts may count as a Problems level course requirement.

c. Two courses in Art History, one of which must be in nineteenth and/or twentieth-century art, and one in an earlier field or "Approaches to Western Art."

Visual Arts. This major is offered within the STUDIO DIVISION of the Art Department. It allows individual students greater flexibility in pursuing an interdisciplinary approach to the study of the visual arts. Concentrations in this major permits students to study art within a particular social or historical context -- urban or environmental studies, critical theory, museum studies, or art conservation. In addition this major can serve students wishing to pursue projects in the creative arts that may combine for example creative writing, theater, dance, music, performance art, or architectural design. It may also be designed to accommodate students who wish to study more wide-ranging topics such as environmental aspects of art and/or architecture, art in the context of another discipline such as psychology, sociology, philosophy, critical or cultural studies, art and the law, arts management, multi-media work in computer science, music, or even such disciplines as geology. Students interested in this major must consult with members of the Art Department for further information.

In consultation with an advisor in the Studio Division of the Art Department, intended majors should develop a written proposal for a visual arts major that meets their particular interests. The Visual Arts Major normally would involve the taking of 12 hours outside the Art Department. Students should therefore consult with an additional advisor in the appropriate department or program offering this concentration, and construct a written rationale for the selection of these courses.

Because this major requires more advanced planning than the standard Studio Art major, it is required that it be declared at the beginning of the junior year. Any revisions to the proposed Visual Arts Major must be re-submitted to the student's Studio Art advisor for approval.

Requirements of the Visual Arts Major include:
No fewer than 36 hours of which a minimum of 24 hours must be taken within the Art Department. The other 12 hours to be chosen according to the individual student's special interests (these hours may include additional courses from the Art Department or related courses offered by other Departments or Programs in the College or Conservatory). If desired students may request that the concentration for this major go on their transcript.
Students must declare a Visual Arts Major at the beginning of their junior year.

Concentration: Twenty-four hours minimum concentration in the Studio Division of the Art Department. However, three hours of the 24 should be in a course that addresses some aspect of the History of Art since 1900.

Nine hours at the Visual Concepts and processes level.

Students must work with at least three different studio art instructors.

Visual Arts majors are strongly urged to apply for Senior Studio Thesis. If admitted to Senior Studio Thesis only two Visual Concepts & Processes courses would be required.

Students are required to work with an advisor in the Studio Division of the Art Department to create a written proposal that explains the rationale for this major: how the two disciplines are closely interwoven. A one-page statement is sufficient. This proposal must be approved by the studio faculty before it can be formally declared with the Registrar's office.

Transfer of credits: No more than six credits of studio art may transfer towards this major. No more than three credits can transfer within the 12 hour concentration of the other discipline.

Transfer of Credit/Major Credit for Off-Campus Study. The Art Department's preliminary approval must be obtained before beginning work away from Oberlin if this work is to be counted as credit for the major. Students must receive tentative prior approval from the Chairperson of the Art Department before leaving campus. On return, students must supply both an official transcript and evidence of the nature of the work done. Such requests, as well as those of transfer students, will be handled on an individual basis. The Department is not obliged to give credit for work that fails to fit the general patterns of the Oberlin curriculum or that fails to come up to Oberlin's standards, no matter how valuable a student feels the experience has been, or how much time and effort has been expended.


Art History: No more than 12 credits may be transferred to an Art History major, unless the courses were taken in an Oberlin-affiliated program. Students should submit transcripts, syllabi, class notes, term papers, and examinations in order to obtain final approval for credit.

Studio Art: No more than six credits may be transferred to a Studio Art major. Students should submit transcripts and Syllabi to their advisors to obtain major credit for work completed at other accredited institutions.

Visual Arts: No more than six credits of studio art may transfer towards this major. No more than three credits can transfer within the 12 hour concentration of the other discipline.

Minor in Studio Art. Students with 15 or more credits in Studio Art may graduate with a minor in Studio Art entered on their transcripts. These Studio Art courses must be taken in at least three fields with three instructors. There is no minor in Visual Arts.

Transfer of credit. No credit may be transferred to the minor in Studio Art. Note: Students are responsible for notifying the Registrar if they wish to have the minor in Studio Art entered on their transcripts.

Honors Program. Admission to the Honors Program is at the discretion of the Department. Projects generally begin in one of two ways. An instructor may approach a student in his or her junior year and indicate a willingness to work with that student towards Honors. Alternatively, before Spring Break of their junior year, students may broach the topic with their academic advisor, following which they may then approach a specific instructor whose interests coincide with the student's. If the instructor agrees, the student collaborates with the instructor to develop a project proposal. This proposal must be submitted to the Art Department faculty by the instructor who will sponsor the Honors project well in advance of the end of the spring semester of the junior year. Final credit will depend upon effective presentation of the results of such studies. (Studio Art majors admitted to Senior Studio and Thesis are regarded as taking Honors in studio art.) In Studio Art, the utmost flexibility and maximum independence is stressed in the programs of students invited to do Honors work.

GLCA Arts Program in New York. The program consists of a semester of work, normally in the junior year, combining an internship in an artist's studio, or one of a variety of other art-connected organizations and agencies, with a seminar in the arts of the city, and an independent study. Successful completion earns 15 hours of credit towards graduation; these credits cannot count as major credit towards any of the departmental majors.

Architecture. Oberlin students wishing to study architecture, urban planning, or historic preservation during their junior year may apply to the Urban Center in Philadelphia or to the Syracuse Program in Florence, which has a specialization in architectural design. Students have also studied in the Copenhagen Program, a design-intensive program in architecture. For information or applications, see the architecture advisor in the Art Department.

Winter Term. Various Winter Term projects, including off-campus projects such as gallery or museum internships or studio assistantships with artists, and on-campus ones such as supervised individual or group research projects, are typically sponsored by members of the Art Department.

Preparation for Further Professional Study. Students interested in preparing for graduate studies in Studio Art, Museum Studies, and Art Conservation should consider the following programs of study:

1. Studio Art. It is suggested that studio art majors who wish to prepare for graduate study leading to the M.F.A. degree take as many studio courses as allowed and it is strongly recommended that they apply for Senior Studio and Thesis. Many of the candidates competing for the limited number of placements in graduate schools will have received the B.F.A. (studio) degree (not offered at Oberlin) and have earned a substantially higher number of studio credits than those required for the studio major at Oberlin.

2. Museum Studies. Students wishing to pursue a museum career are advised to consult with the curatorial staff of the Allen Memorial Art Museum at their earliest convenience. There are both research and teaching opportunities as curatorial interns and docents available to interested and qualified students. Either an Art History or a Visual Arts major would provide suitable pre-graduate school preparation for this field. Knowledge of a relevant foreign language (French, German, Chinese, Japanese) is essential for museum
curatorial work and helpful preparation for other areas of the museum profession, such as administration or education.

3. Conservation of Art. It is suggested that students who wish to prepare for graduate study in Art Conservation fulfill the requirements for the B.A. with a major in either Art History, Visual Arts, or Studio Art. Most schools of conservation require between 18 to 21 hours of art history, between 8 and 15 hours of studio, and a portfolio. Additionally, most schools require: a reading knowledge of German, French or Italian, two classes in organic chemistry with labs, and an additional one or two science courses with labs. The following may also be useful: ARTS 300 (Museum Course); Physical Chemistry 309; GEOL 201 (Mineralogy), PHYS 103-104 or PHYS 110, 111. For further information, consult with Mr. Inglis.

4. Classical Archeology. Students interested in classical archeology as a profession should note the availability of a concentration in classical archeology within the Archeological Studies Major. For further information, see the separate listing under Archeological Studies above, or consult Ms. Kane in the Art Department.  

121. Christian Art: Imaging the Word 3 hours
3HU
Second Semester. A survey of Christian art and architecture from its origins to the present. Topics to be considered include justifications for religious art, iconoclasm, the impact of the Protestant Reformation, art's use in missionary activities in Asia and the Americas and contemporary Christian art. Enrollment Limit: 100.
Mr. Inglis

130. The Professional Artist in Early Modern Europe 3 hours
3HU
First Semester. The word "artist" in today's cultural discourses resonates with meanings unprecedented, so far as we know, in Western societies. In broad outline, this course traces some of the developments in the visual arts that led to our notions of who an artist is and what an artist does. It opens in Florence with the competition for the bronze doors of the cathedral baptistery in 1400 and closes in Paris with the Salon des Refusés exhibition of 1863. Enrollment Limit: 100.
Mr. Hood

FYSP 160. Everyday Art: On the Usefulness of Beautiful Things 3 hours
3HU, WRi
Second Semester. For description, please see "First-Year Seminar Program" in this catalog. Enrollment Limit: 14. Mr. Hood

FYSP 161. Monument and Memory in Western Art 3 hours
3HU, WRi
First Semester. For description, please see "First-Year Seminar Program" in this catalog. Enrollment Limit: 14.
Mr. Inglis

210. Ways of Seeing: An Introduction to Art History 3 hours
3HU
First and Second Semester. This course is designed to introduce students to aims, methods, and issues in the discipline of art history. Readings, projects, and in-class discussions will focus on the many ways to look at art objects, as well as how to think and read critically about the history of art and architecture. Integral use is made of the Allen Memorial Art Museum. Enrollment Limit: 25.
Ms. Kane

250. Approaches to Chinese Art History: 3 hours
3HU, CD
First Semester. Identical to EAST 141. Enrollment Limit: 25. Staff

251. Approaches to Japanese Art History 3 hours
3HU, CD
Second Semester. Identical to EAST 142. Enrollment Limit: 25.
Staff

260. Understanding Art & Architecture 3 hours
3HU
First and Second Semester. Enrollment Limit: 25.
Staff

Lecture Courses with Prerequisites

311. Egyptian Art and Architecture 3 hours
3HU, CD, WR
Second Semester. This course will explore ancient Egyptian culture through the perspective of its visual arts and architecture, from the Predynastic Period through Roman times (4,000 B.C. to A.D. 300). Enrollment Limit: 40.
Ms. Kane

320. Late Medieval Art 3 hours
3HU
First Semester. The art of Northern Europe from 1300 to 1500. In addition to major artists like Pucelle, van Eyck and Fouquet, the course will consider devotional art, the relation of realism to symbolism, the emergence of oil painting and printing, courtly and civic patronage, and the structure of artistic production. Enrollment Limit: 40.
Mr. Inglis

330. Venetian Painting, 1450-1600 3 hours
3HU
First Semester. This course provides an overview of Renaissance painting in Venice and other North Italian centers, studied through the intertwining dynamics of painting technique, artistic self-consciousness, and changing attitudes towards art-making in the period. The course centers on the Venetian painters Bellini, Giorgione, Titian, Tintoretto, and Veronese. However, it also studies major artists who worked in other parts of Northern Italy, such as Mantegna in Padua and Mantua, Dosso Dossi in Ferrara, and Correggio in Parma. Prerequisite: One 200-numbered course or its equivalent. Enrollment Limit: 40.
Mr. Hood

331. Spanish Painting in the Golden Age, 1500-1700 3 hours
3HU
Second Semester. This course surveys Spanish painting from about 1500 to about 1700. Among the artists to be studied are El Greco, Zurbarán, Ribera, and Velázquez. Thematic material includes discussions of the relationship between art and national consciousness, the rise of the artist's profession, and the relationships between Hispanic culture and those cultures "discovered" by the Conquistadores. Prerequisite: One 200-numbered course or its equivalent. Enrollment Limit: 40.
Mr. Hood

342. Issues in Modern Art and Architecture 3 hours
3HU
First Semester. Prerequisite: One 200-numbered course or its equivalent. Enrollment Limit: 40
Staff

343. Issues in American Art and Architecture 3 hours
Second Semester. Prerequisite: One 200-numbered course or its equivalent. Enrollment Limit: 40
Staff

350. Themes in Japanese Art 3 hours
3HU, CD
First Semester. Prerequisite: One introductory course in East Asian Art, or consent of the instructor. Enrollment Limit: 40
Staff

351. Themes in Chinese Art 3 hours
3HU, CD
Second Semester. Prerequisite: One introductory course in East Asian Art, or consent of the instructor. Enrollment Limit: 40
Staff

Courses Without Prerequisites:

Visual Concepts and Process Courses
Read the following course descriptions carefully.

The courses listed below are designed to offer students an introduction to art by encountering a diverse range of concepts, attitudes, and approaches through the direct "hands-on" procedure of exploring a wide variety of art media and processes. General focus will be upon the disciplines specified in the course title suffix, but coverage will not be limited to the conventional assumptions about these disciplines. These courses may be repeated if taken with a different instructor.


040. Visual Concepts and Processes: Drawing 3 hours
3HU
First and Second Semester. Course will initiate practice and appreciation of graphic expression, emphasis on developing conceptual understanding of traditional and contemporary pictorial concerns beginning with traditional observation drawing to sharpen perceptual awareness. Diagrammatic line and principles of perspective will be presented as spatial and compositional concepts. Assignments: ability to graphically locate objects on a ground plane: use of line, value, shape, texture as descriptive design vocabulary: human figure as dynamic form: engaging representation and abstraction as responsive narrative. Enrollment Limit: 20.
Staff

046. Visual Concepts and Processes: Intro to New Media 3 hours
3HU
First Semester. Course content to be determined. Enrollment Limit: 15.
Staff

048. Visual Concepts and Processes: What's Natural Isn't Real 3 hours
3HU
First Semester. This is a studio course with a focus on learning to paint while painting from the landscape. The aim of this course is to infuse the practice of perceptual painting with an understanding of cultural and artistic conventions within which the practice exists. To establish this context we will study 17^th and 18^th century concepts of nature through reading and looking at paintings. We will spend a portion of our time in the museum looking at art. Cross-referenced with Environmental Studies. One semester of drawing is required. Enrollment Limit: 18.
Ms. Schuster

049. Visual Concepts and Processes: Intro to Sculpture 3 hours
3HU
Second Semester. Referencing your own body as it traverses daily through time and space, students will explore the basics of three-dimensional space. Using paper, cardboard, plaster, wood and found objects in addition to form, texture, sound, scale, and proportion, students will complete three major projects. Weekly homework assignments will expand upon classroom projects. Although craft and technique are important, they are not a driving force. Required forms of participation also include critiques, weekly discussions, and reading assignments. A sketchbook will be required. Students should expect to spend 12 hours outside of class to meet the minimum requirements. Enrollment Limit: 18.
Ms. Macias

052. Visual Concepts and Processes: Photography 3 hours
3HU
First and Second Semester. This is an introductory course to B&W photography. Studio assignments are designed to contextualize photography in terms of its history, its relationships to the other art media, and its cultural implications. Besides studio assignments and group critiques there also will be slide lectures, technical demonstrations, reading and writing assignments. Enrollment Limit: 15.
Staff, Mr. Nguyen-Duy

053. Visual Concepts and Processes: Silkscreen 3 hours
3HU
First Semester. This course is designed to introduce all silkscreen processes plus its interaction with photography and other media. Assignments are structured to expand the understanding of art through the exploration of relevant personal concerns, whether they are driven by gender, political, moral, spiritual, philosophical or conceptual issues. Group critiques, slide lectures, and labs are essential ingredients of the course. Consent of instructor required. Enrollment Limit: 16.
Mr. Pearson

055. Talking Book 3 hours
3HU, CD
First Semester. This class is a hands on exploration of spoken/written narrative within African American visual tradition(s). We will view works by Carrie Mae Weems, Faith Ringgold, David Hammons, Lil' Willie, Glen Ligon, and many more. These artists will serve as models for the layering of voices gathered and conjured within class projects. Students will be required to write, perform, compose (visually, and/or sonically) tapestries of voices carried within themselves. Projects will range from portraits of self, to portraits of place and time. Sound equipment will be made available to students enrolled (no previous experience necessary) Counts as Visual Concepts and Processes for Art Majors. Identical to AAST 070. Consent of the instructor is required. Enrollment Limit: 12.
Mr. Coleman

056. Something From Something 3 hours
3HU, CD
First and Second Semester. This course is a 'hands on' exploration of vernacular visual traditions existing within African American Culture. We will examine design choices/material processes used to define and describe the specificity of lived experience within African American culture. Our focus is upon elders within black communities and the stories that they tell through their work. These 'folk artists' function as influences upon contemporary African American artists ranging from Alison Saar, to Renee' Stout. These vernacular traditions will serve as resources that extend our own working processes as we tell our own stories. Counts as Visual Concepts and Processes for Art Majors. Consent of the instructor is required. Enrollment Limit: 12.
Mr. Coleman

059. Visual Concepts and Processes: Digital Video 3 hours
3HU
First and Second Semester. Course content to be determined. Enrollment Limit: 15.
Staff, Ms. Brown

Courses With Prerequisites: "Problems in (Discipline): (Title)" Courses
Material covered in these courses will correspond generally with the boundaries as specified in the course descriptions listed below. The instructors in each course will pay special attention to the individual requirements of each student. Courses in this sequence may be elected more than once. These courses may be taken only by consent of the instructor.

060. Problems in Drawing 3 hours
3HU
Second Semester. This course is intent on developing skills and methodologies introduced in drawing 040. Assignments will engage postmodern strategies relevant to graphic representation. Emphasis will be placed on formal concerns of subject, image, material, and technique. Projects will explore the nature of figuration and the use of figure in a narrative pictorial context. Other projects will research symbolism in painting and the sequential development of abstraction as an expressive method and metaphoric iconography. Prerequisite: Completion of Visual Concepts and Processes (ARTS 040) or consent of instructor. Enrollment Limit: 15.
Staff

062. Problems in Intermedia/Drawing: The Nature of the Abstract 4 hours
4HU
Second Semester. What is Abstract Art? How did it come into being? Does it have content? Is it founded in concrete ideas? Is it divorced from social accountability? Is it entropic? What does it communicate or express? These are a sample of the questions to be raised and addressed in this class. They will be addressed through a series of controlled drawing assignments designed to develop both critical thinking and technical drawing skills. Consent of instructor required. Enrollment Limit: 14.
Mr. Pearson

063. Problems in Installation 3 hours
3HU
First Semester. This is an upper level course designed for students who have taken at least two previous sculpture courses or a combination of sculpture and painting, photography, silkscreen or time-based media. During the semester we will explore some of the parameters of Installation, a relatively new genre loosely defined as a purposeful arrangement of materials and concept within a chosen site. Students will be encouraged to work with a range of material which could include anything from video to wood and found objects. Three large-scale installations will be completed, one of which will be site-specific. Readings, an oral presentation/research paper, and frequent discussions are required forms of participation. Consent of instructor required. Enrollment Limit: 10.
Ms. Macias

064. Problems in Photography 3 hours
3HU
First and Second Semester. During this class students will be introduced to more advanced photographic topics. Among other topics, studio lighting and large format photography, as well as the zone systems, will be covered. Studio assignments are research-based and are designed to address a variety of critical topics within the medium. Along with studio projects and demonstrations there will be writing assignments and class presentations. Consent of instructor required. Enrollment Limit: 12. Staff, Mr. Nguyen-Duy

065. Problems in Painting: The Contemporary Figure 3 hours
3HU
First Semester. In this course we will focus on painting from a live model. While students paint from the model in class we will also look at contemporary artists who use the human figure in their work. Students will be asked to work from their imagination in outside assignments, and to develop paintings that use the figure to convey personal ideas and content. Every two weeks we will look in-depth at one contemporary artist to study their compositions, their use of narrative, and of other formal devices and to better understand their attitudes toward the figure. Students are required to have taken one drawing course and one painting course on the college level before entering this class. Consent of instructor required. Enrollment limit: 10. Ms. Schuster

066. Problems in Printmaking: Silkscreen and Related Media 3 hours
3HU
First Semester. An extension of ARTS 053 "Visual Concepts and Processes: Silkscreen" course. Emphasis will be on concept rather than technical processes; however, the cross-fertilization of duplication and other media such as painting, photography, xerography, and three dimensional media will be emphasized. This course will investigate how visual form and structure mediate conceptual intent. Prerequisite: ARTS
053 "Vis/Pro" course in silkscreen. Consent of instructor required. Enrollment Limit: 10.
Mr. Pearson

069. Problems: Re-imagining the Book 3 hours
3HU
First and Second Semester. This course will explore and expand upon the notion of the book as both an object and a text. Using narrative and non-narrative techniques in relation to concept, content, image, and form, students will design and construct a series of books. We will make frequent trips to view the artist's book collection in the Clarence Ward Art Library. Materials and techniques such as basic use of tools, collage, design, learned and invented bindings, will be covered. This class will focus on inventive approaches to the book NOT traditional bookmaking or binding. Readings, sketchbook, discussion and critique are required forms of participation. Consent of instructor required. Enrollment Limit: 12.
Ms. Macias

082. Problems in Sound and Image: Workshop 3 hours
3HU
Second Semester. The eye points outward and the ear inward. Sound is a force which is emotional, perceptual and physical. How does sound influence an image? This course is an interdisciplinary workshop on sound in relation to film/video, dance performance and installation. Projects will require intensive student collaboration. Knowledge of Protools and Final Cut Pro is encouraged. Consent of instructor required. Enrollment Limit: 12.
Ms. Brown-Orso

084. Problems in Visual Narrative: The Site of Memory 3 hours
3HU
Second Semester. The focus of this course is to critically examine the spaces between the stories that we intend to tell, and the stories that we discover in our efforts to craft them. This is an advanced studio workshop focused upon the honing of the narrative content and processes of the artists who are present. Projects will be individually selected by students enrolled. Prerequisite: Visual processes courses in both drawing and sculpture. Enrollment Limit: 12.
Mr. Coleman

090. Seminar in Electronic Media 3 hours
3HU
First Semester. Course content to be determined. Enrollment Limit: 10. Staff

Advanced Studio Courses

095. Senior Studio and Thesis 6 hours
6HU
First and Second Semester. A one-year team-taught course-two different faculty per semester. Admission by portfolio review only. Reviews take place in late Spring of the previous year. Intensive course in which students are expected to articulate their work/ideas in both language and form, fully explore the potential of these ideas, and participate in all of the Ellen Johnson Visiting Artist Lecture Series. Faculty/students conduct lengthy group and individual critiques and discussions. In addition to producing work throughout the fall semester students will produce a thesis exhibition, artists statement, and submit a professional portfolio by the end of the second semester. Students accepted into the course are to be considered on an Honors track. Students should have completed all winter terms prior to their senior year because students will be required to continue working toward their final exhibition during this time. Consent of instructor required. Enrollment Limit: 12.
Mr. Coleman, Mr. Pearson, Ms. Brown, Mr. Nguyen-Duy