An initial studio experience in ceramic techniques which includes art theory and ceramic history. Processing, forming, and firing are studied in concert with an aesthetic consideration of the articulation of form and surface decoration. An advanced study of ceramics. Students focus on one long-term project that culminates in a series of highly resolved works. An advanced study of sculpture.
Students focus on one long-term project that culminates in a series of highly resolved works.
This class is the culmination of the art major. Students work in the studio or in art historical research, according to the emphasis of their major. Studio art students present a body of work for exhibition at the end of the term, accompanied by a written personal statement. The exhibition and the statement are examined and discussed by the seminar participants. Art history students write a substantial research paper on a topic of their choice and present a public reading of the paper at the end of the term.