Students learn fundamentals of drawing and painting including line, perspective, color theory, and beginning drawing skills. Students work individually and in collaboration on a special campus project. Students have opportunities to meet with visiting artists. Requires attending a minimum of three evening artist lectures, and developing artists' profiles and written summary essays. Introduces the concepts of installation.
Students work individually toward a class-developed collaboration on a specific campus project.
Students work with a variety of materials in public scale and on special projects with visiting artists. Emphasis placed on the analysis of media representations and ethical approaches to socio-media. Media include digital advertising, Internet, music videos, and popular culture materials influencing perception and identity. Provides theoretical approaches to a hands-on model of analysis and media intervention. Students work with a digital approach to mural and public art project development including analysis of sites, conceptualization and collaboration using current imaging software.