Students develop a personal focus within the book and paper arts, stretching and expanding the art form in many directions including installation, set design, and performance as well as the traditional forms of the book and paper arts. Understanding the past, present, and future of the book and paper arts and the relationship to the culture from which they spring is stressed as is technical mastery and the development of a strong personal voice. 6 - 12 hours . This is being sent to the Graduate School Admissions who will mail application materials to you. The Studio courses are designed to provide an intense immersion into several major art disciplines.
Emphasis is on conceptual and compositional similarities and differences between the arts.
Students complete five core courses, beginning with Visual Environments and Text. Sound, Movement, or Dramatic Images, or Performance Aesthetics. Connected Images is taken during the summer following the second year of the program. Students may focus on set or costume design and construction, performance environments, environmental installations or large scale personal narratives, using techniques unique to the book and paper arts. Readings will include contemporary and postmodern theory, including investigations of the relationship between personal expressiveness and social responsibility in art.