The history of the watercolor medium will be integrated into the course through slide lecture presentations. Previous studio art experience strongly recommended. Explores a number of clay forming techniques, including pinch, coil, and slab construction, and throwing on the wheel. Projects are finished using a number of surface treatments from glaze and underglaze painting to outdoor sawdust firings. Students will learn from the work of master potters through slide lectures and research into ceramic history.
Individual creativity is emphasized.
Visual Art and Religious Experience. Marie Riegle . Through a series of comparative studies, this course will explore how the visual arts have come to embody religious experience in American Indian, Buddhist, and Abrahamic traditions. This comparative format will encourage students to see the similarities and differences in the expression of the impulse to worship. Students will develop a vocabulary for visual images and socioreligious content through slide lectures and films, examine contextual relationships through class discussions and targeted research, and understand the relevance of art materials in two and three-dimensional studio exercises.