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Through our courses, exhibitions, lectures and public programs, the Department of Art at Sacramento State introduces students and members of the local community to the expressive world of the fine arts. The Department also promotes an appreciation and understanding of the fine arts in the general student population. A wide variety of approaches based on both Western and Non-Western cultures are integrated into courses that are oriented toward creativity, imagination, and critical thinking. Students can explore art through courses in art education, art history, ceramics, new media art, painting, printmaking, and interdisciplinary sculpture. Studio experiences develop the creative and artistic skills necessary for mastery of established styles and for exploration of new ones. Art history classes provide an appreciation for and an understanding of our visual cultural heritage within a historical context. Courses in art education provide an understanding of the various aspects of art, with regard to the creator, the viewer and the developing person.
The Department of Art serves as a significant cultural resource in the region through the sponsorship of art exhibits, workshops, lectures, and symposia each academic year. The department extends its influence out into the community through the involvement of its faculty, staff, and students in projects, activities, and events off campus. Courses, programs, and exhibitions sponsored by the Department serve to engage students in the visual arts within a liberal arts context and to promote appreciation of the fine arts in the general student population. Fieldwork experiences can be arranged with the Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento Metropolitan Arts Commission, and other public and private art institutions and galleries in the Capital region. Opportunities to study art and art history abroad are available through the Office of International Programs and Global Engagement at Sacramento State and the California State University International Program. University credit can be obtained for a semester to a year of study at college and international centers in Britain, Europe, Latin America, Asia, Africa, and Australia.
The Department of Art offers a wide range of courses in Art Education, Art History and Studio Art. Studio experiences develop the creative and artistic skills necessary for mastery of established styles and for exploration of new ones. Art history classes provide an appreciation for and an understanding of our visual cultural heritage within a historical context. Courses in art education provide an understanding of the behavioral aspects of art, with regard to the creator, the viewer and the developing person.
The Department’s main facility consists of two buildings, Kadema Hall and the Art Sculpture Lab. Some Art Studio and Art History courses also are taught in Mariposa Hall.
Two art exhibition spaces, the Robert Else Gallery and the R.W. & Joyce Witt Student Art Gallery, are located in Kadema Hall. Graduate, undergraduate, and shows featuring regionally and nationally known artists are held here throughout the academic year.
Four types of Art Department awards are available. The Raymond W. and Joyce Witt Awards and the Peyser Prize in Painting are awarded annually during a juried exhibition of artwork by undergraduate students. There also is a Witt Award in Art History. The Robinson Memorial Fellowships are open to all classified graduate art students.
Three Art Department scholarships also are offered. The Peggy Saunders Hall Memorial Scholarship, the Juanita and José Montoya Memorial Art Scholarship and the Marla Chicconi Memorial Endowed Art Scholarship are all intended to support outstanding undergraduate art students who have chosen teaching as a future goal. The Ruth Rippon Ceramics Scholarship is awarded to an outstanding undergraduate or graduate Art student who shows promise in making ceramic art a career.
Faculty members have national reputations as artists and scholars. Works by Art Studio faculty can be found in major collections, including the Museum of Modern Art, the Whitney Museum of American Art, and the American Craft Museum in New York; the Minneapolis Art Institute; the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art; the Di Rosa Art and Nature Preserve in Sonoma; the Art Institute of Chicago; Yale University; the Rockefeller Institute; and the Museum of Modern Art in Tokyo. Publications by Art Education and Art History faculty are available through the University Library.
Survey of architecture, crafts, painting, and sculpture of the Eastern Mediterranean and European cultures.
Note: Recommended for freshman or sophomore years. It is recommended that ART 1A be taken before ART 1B.
A 3-unit lecture based survey of the history of world art from the late 18th century to the present, from the European Rococo, Enlightenment, age of science and revolution, through Neo-Classicism, Romanticism and the rise of the international avant-garde, Realism, Impression, Symbolism, photography and film. In the 20th century, Fauvism, Cubism, the Bauhaus, Expressionism, Pop, Minimal art, Postmodernism, conceptualism, performance, video and new media are considered from global perspectives and artistic production. Part of the art history foundation sequence.
Note: Recommended for freshman or sophomore years. It is also recommended that ART 1A and/or ART 1B be taken before ART 1C.
Introduces students to the art and architecture of Asia from the pre-historic through pre-modern periods (approximately 1600). The styles, subjects, and significance of the art of India, Sri Lanka, Indonesia, Thailand, Burma, Cambodia, Tibet, China, Japan and Korea will be presented in a broad context including the history, geography, ethnic populations, languages, and religions of these countries (i.e., Buddhism, Hinduism, Jainism, Islam, Daoism, and Shinto).
Covers the art and architecture of Asia from the modern period to the present day. Attention will be given to the impact of outside influences upon the development of art in several Asian countries, including India, Thailand, Vietnam, Indonesia, Philippines, China, Korea, and Japan. Contacts between those countries, their exposure to western visual culture through new or increased contact with the west, and the spread of Christianity all had an impact on Asian art during the period under consideration.
Historical survey and visual study of the development of American Indian art in North America from the prehistoric periods to the end of the 19th century.
For the general education student who wants to explore the world of art and visual culture. A wide range of multicultural, historical, and contemporary art works, art media, art history, art ideas, and art practices are presented through illustrated lectures, discussions, field trips, guest lectures, studio visits, and beginning-level art projects.
Introduction to various techniques of and approaches to drawing, using still lifes, landscapes, and figures.
Prerequisite(s): ART 20A or equivalent.
Extension of drawing experiences initiated in ART 20A, with emphasis on surveying materials and concepts pertinent to contemporary and historical drawing.
Introduction to the methods and problems of painting in oil or acrylic medium.
Note: May be taken twice for credit. Fee course.
Introduction to both transparent and opaque watercolor.
Investigation of the interactions of color based on the laws of perception, color composition, space, and design. An empirical study of the phenomena of color as developed by Josef Albers and Johannes Itten, and the use of color as a visual experience with acrylic paints.
Introduction to printmaking processes, their history, and their contemporary applications. Students will learn a combination of basic relief, intaglio, lithography, monotype, and/or screen print techniques, along with their historical and contemporary context.
Note: Fee course. This course will carry a fee of $75 to cover ink, plates, and other supplies.
Introduction to intaglio techniques, including etching, drypoint, and aquatint. Fee course.
Introduction to wood and linoleum cutting and printing. Fee course.
Introduction to silkscreen processes and printing. Includes the construction of the equipment necessary to print direct drawing materials, and photo-established imagery. Fee course.
Projects in basic techniques and approaches to the potter's wheel. Fee course.
Basic techniques and approaches to pottery through practice in hand-building methods, including coil, slab, pinch, and combinations thereof. Fee course.
Structured exploration of principles used to organize two-dimensional images. Basic art elements and their properties are explored in a series of progressive projects.
Note: Recommended for freshman or sophomore years.
Foundation in three-dimensional design primarily concerned with the visual dialogue between form and space. A heightened visual sensitivity for three-dimensional composition is a major objective of every project. Line, plane, and volume are utilized separately and in concert to construct three-dimensional forms. A variety of materials are employed in the activation of form and space: wire, cardboard, clay, wood, and plaster. Fee course.
Introduction to techniques and tools used in the design and fabrication of jewelry, such as lost wax casting, stone setting, and finishing processes. Emphasis is on compositional arrangement and finish. Fee course.
Introduction to techniques, tools, and methods used in fabrication of ferrous and non-ferrous metal, such as piercing, riveting, soldering, forging, and finishing processes. Emphasis is on composition and imagery. Fee course.
Develops students' awareness of traditional and contemporary techniques used as the basis for fine and applied art. Devoted to materials and their methods of application, with most materials introduced via their traditional antecedents (for example, hide glue before modern epoxies). May be team taught. Lecture one hour; laboratory four hours. Fee course.
Note: Sophomore status and above recommended.
Includes work with the various forms of hand-built sculpture in both low- and high-fire clay. Glazes are used sparingly to stress forms and their relationships. Fee course.
Introduction to traditional and non-traditional processes of sculpture and three-dimensional forms in space. Students can expect to use the following materials: cardboard, clay, metals, plaster, plastics, wire and wood to explore the making of three-dimensional imagery. Investigations will include the formulation of ideas relative to sculptural problem solving while discovering historical and contemporary examples of sculpture. Fee course.
Explores the creative potential of imaging software used by visual artists. Familiarity with software, hardware and output devices will be established. The creation of digital art will be considered within the framework of current ideas in art and culture. No previous computer experience is necessary. Fee course.
Survey of 19th and 20th century American Indian art. Emphasis is on the student's involvement with Indian art and includes discussion of Indian philosophy and art techniques.
Prerequisite(s): GWAR certification before Fall 2009; or WPJ score of 80 or above; or 3-unit placement in ENGL 109M/W; or 4-unit placement in ENGL 109M/W + co-enrollment in ENGL 109X; or WPJ score 70/71 + co-enrollment in ENGL 109X.
A thematic exploration of world art and visual culture throughout human history. Throughout this course, students will be able to draw connections between works of art created in various time periods and from a diverse variety of cultural contexts.
Architecture, crafts, and sculpture in the ancient Mediterranean world from ca. 700 BCE to ca. 500 CE.
Prerequisite(s): ART 1A or equivalent.
Architecture, crafts, painting, and sculpture of medieval Western Europe.
Prerequisite(s): ART 1A or ART 1B, or equivalent.
Architecture, painting, graphic arts, sculpture, and crafts principally of the 15th and 16th centuries. Emphasis is on the art of Europe in the historical context of an emerging global consciousness.
Prerequisite(s): ART 1B or equivalent.
European architecture, painting, and sculpture of the 17th and 18th centuries.
Prerequisite(s): ART 1C or equivalent.
European architecture, painting, and sculpture of the 19th century.
Prerequisite(s): Upper-division standing and ART 1C or equivalent with instructor approval.
Presented as the cultural episode that began with the emergence of the avant-garde in mid-nineteenth century Paris and ended in the middle of the twentieth century with WW II and the beginning of the postmodern era: from Realism, the birth of photography, and Impressionism through the high modernist movements associated with the international School of Paris, including Fauvism, Cubism, Constructivism, Dada, and Surrealism. It concludes with post-WW II expressions, including Abstract Expressionism.
Prerequisite(s): ART 1B or ART 1C or equivalent.
Art of the Americas, particularly the architecture, crafts, painting, and sculpture of the U.S.
Provides an overview of Latin American and Latino art from the independence movements of the 1820s to the present. After an introductory survey of pre-Columbian and Spanish colonial art, the art of Mexico, Central and South America, the Caribbean and the U.S. is studied within the contexts of contemporaneous cultural, intellectual, political and social history. The diverse visual cultures of Latin American and Latino art are thematically unified by an examination of common concerns and motivations.
Prerequisite(s): ART 1C or ART 109 or instructor permission.
Beginning with international Pop art and Minimalism in the 1960s, surveys the history of contemporary art from the end of avant-garde modernism to the postmodernism and globalism of today. Lectures, discussions, readings and assignments offer insights into the contexts, attitudes, and ideas behind current art and visual culture.
Note: Taught in conjunction with ART 212.
Prerequisite(s): ART 3A or equivalent or instructor permission.
Survey and investigation of selected myths from Asian cultures and traditions.
Prerequisite(s): ART 1A or ART 1B; an upper division art history course in a related subject area; upper division or post-baccalaureate status; and GWAR certification before Fall 2009; or WPJ score of 80 or above; or 3-unit placement in ENGL 109M/W; or 4-unit placement in ENGL 109M/W + co-enrollment in ENGL 109X; or WPJ score 70/71 + co-enrollment in ENGL 109X.
Seminar on topics in early modern art history.
Note: Course may be taken twice for credit, if the topic is not the same.
Prerequisite(s): Upper division or graduate status; completion of ART 3A (or equivalent); and an upper division Asian art history course such as ART 117A, ART 117B, ART 113B, or or instructor permission; GWAR certification before Fall 09, WPJ score of 70+, or at least a C- in ENGL 109M/W.
Seminar on topics in Asian art.
Prerequisite(s): Upper division or graduate status; completion of ART 1C (or equivalent); and an upper division art history course in a related subject area (or instructor permission); GWAR certification before Fall 09, WPJ score of 70+, or at least a "C-" in ENGL 109 M/W.
Seminar on topics in modern and contemporary art history.
Prerequisite(s): ART 3A or equivalent, or instructor permission.
Provides a broad overview of the architectural remains and visual arts of India and Southeast Asia from prehistory to the present. Consideration will be given to the art styles, iconography, history, geography, ethnic populations, languages, and religions (i.e., Buddhism, Hinduism, Jainism, and Islam) of each region.
Provides a broad overview of the architectural remains and visual arts of China and Japan from prehistory to the present. Consideration will be given to the art styles, iconography, history, geography, ethnic populations, languages, and religions (i.e., Buddhism, Taoism, and Shintoism) of each region.
Introduces students to the art and architecture of Korea from the pre-historic through contemporary periods. The styles, subjects, and significance of the art of Korea will be presented in a broad context including the history, geography, ethnic populations, languages, and religions of Korea (i.e., Buddhism, Daoism, Confucianism, and Christianity).
Prerequisite(s): ART 1C (or equivalent), or instructor permission.
A survey of modern architecture which covers the architectural theories and principles underlying certain significant structures. Special consideration is given to an analysis of the works of 20th century pioneers and their followers, such as Wright, Gropius, Le Corbusier, Van der Rohe, Aalto, and Johnson, among others, and to certain movements, such as the International Style, Brutalism, and Formalism.
Survey of the history of California architecture and its impact on the urban environment from Native Americans to the 20th century. Particular attention will be given to architecture as a symbol or statement of social, economic, and political empowerment.
Cross listed as HIST 184; only one may be counted for credit.
Prerequisite(s): Instructor permission and Department chair via signed petition form.
Open to upper division art majors or minors only who have completed 9 units in a specialized area.
Note: May be repeated as often as approved by advisor and Department chair.
Prerequisite(s): ART 20B or equivalent.
Continuing investigation of drawing. Emphasis is on the development of individual style.
Junior-level studio art course designed to prepare students for the senior year of the BFA degree. Course builds dialog among an interdisciplinary cohort of BFA students while engaging them with contemporary professional practices in the arts. Emphasis placed on students' ability to communicate about their work through critiques with faculty, peers, and visiting artists, preparation of professional documents and presentations. Fee course. Pre-requisite: Completion of a minimum of 3 units upper division studio coursework, second semester Junior standing with 75 units minimum.
Prerequisite(s): ART 22 or equivalent.
Continuing investigation of the technical and conceptual issues of painting.
Prerequisite(s): ART 122A, or ART 124A, or ART 125A, or ART 126, or instructor permission.
Continuing investigation of the technical and conceptual issues of painting, with an emphasis on intensive individual exploration.
Note: May be repeated four times for credit.
Concentrates on the development of drawing and visual skills with emphasis on the human figure. Strong emphasis is placed on anatomical knowledge of the body and its expression through drawing techniques. The effects of volume and movement in space as well as compositional possibilities with the figure are explored. Slides are used to inform students of the drawing techniques achieved in historic and contemporary images. Fee course.
Note: May be taken for credit three times.
Prerequisite(s): ART 24 or equivalent.
Continuing investigation of the technical and conceptual issues of painting, using transparent water media.
Prerequisite(s): ART 124A or equivalent.
Continuing investigation of the techniques and conceptual issues of painting using transparent water media, with emphasis on intensive individual exploration.
Note: May be taken four times for credit.
Note: May be taken for credit twice. Fee course.
Drawing and painting from professional models. Fee course.
Prerequisite(s): ART 22 or ART 24, or equivalent.
Further development of painting and drawing skills with emphasis on direct observation and use of color to make form. Class will meet at specific landscape sites to work, with primary focus on painting. In addition, work will be developed in the classroom based on prior field study. Critiques will examine how one situation is variously interpreted.
Prerequisite(s): ART 20A, ART 22 and either ART 70 or ART 88 (or equivalent), or instructor permission.
Use of found and readily available materials to make 2-dimensional collage and 3-dimensional assemblage. Most projects are conceptual, a few purely visual, and take from one to three class periods, including critique, and class discussions.
Study of the thought processes and preparations for presenting one's artwork in the marketplace. An overview of what it takes to begin showing and selling artworks, including the skills and procedures of presenting artwork to galleries. A study of contracts, loan agreements, invoicing, commissions, model releases, taxes, pricing of work, resumes, slide preparation/presentation, publicity skills, and record keeping. Lecture, field trips to galleries and museums.
Prerequisite(s): Upper division or graduate status; declared major in Art.
Overview of national and international theories in the fields of visual art and education through historical and contemporary literature with particular attention to strategies for engaging student populations in the topics.
Intended for students who are preparing to become elementary school teachers in California, providing meaningful, thematic instruction suitable for grades 1-6. Students will explore several 21st century education approaches applicable to both elementary generalists and visual art specialists, including meaning making, visual culture, holistic integration, learner-directed, and standards-based. Students will explore and evaluate the Common Core State Standards and the California Visual and Performing Arts Standards.
Prerequisite(s): ART 20A and upper division status.
Students learn how to make connections and relationships between visual art and curriculum subjects such as ecology, history, anthropology, language arts, theatre and music. Through studio activities and interdisciplinary themes, students will learn how to integrate the California Visual Art Content Standards.
Prerequisite(s): ART 133 or instructor permission.
Exploration of visual art and education theories, studio practices, curriculum development, and teaching strategies for art at the secondary school level. Students will explore and evaluate the National Core Arts Standards.
Art is studied as a means of meeting the learning needs of atypical children, whose ages range from infancy through adolescence, and whose atypical characteristics consist of mental deficiencies, physical disabilities, emotional problems, or gifted abilities. Lectures, readings, and class discussions focus on the characteristics, and art curriculum goals of exceptional children, while studio activities provide experiences with art media. Lecture, laboratory. Fee course.
Open only to upper division art majors/minors who have successfully completed 9 units in a specialized area.
Intermediate-level study of printmaking processes, their history, and their contemporary applications. This course focuses on a single set of printmaking media each semester: Intaglio, Relief/Monotype, Lithography, or Screen Printing. Students will engage with the relationship between research, content, and process to develop a body of work through assigned and self-designed projects.
Note: Fee course. This course will carry a fee of $75 to cover ink, plates, and other supplies. This course may be repeated for up to 6 units of credit.
Prerequisite(s): ART 40E or equivalent.
Advanced work in silkscreen including photo-silkscreen. Emphasis is on exploration of color and imagery.
Note: May be taken for credit four times.
Note: May be taken twice for credit. Cross-listed as CSC 126.
Prerequisite(s): ART 97 or equivalent.
Through traditional and digital print media, the course explores the convergence of digital imaging (vector and raster processes) and printmaking techniques (such as monoprint, lithography, etching and silkscreen). Vector graphics use geometry: points, lines and fills, creating crisp re-scaleable images. Raster graphics use a rectangular grid of pixels to create continuous-tone effects. By exploring these approaches and their transference to printmaking processes, students gain deeper understanding of print technology and a more tactile awareness of image making. Fee course.
Advanced exploration of printmaking media (etching, lithography, relief, and monoprinting techniques) within a historical framework. Students investigate the printmaking techniques of historically significant figures and apply them to their own imagery.
Note: Open to students with experience in upper division painting or photography, or lower division printmaking. May be taken twice for credit. Fee course.
Introduces techniques and artistic perspectives on interactivity and computationally-generated visual composition for New Media Artists. Nonlinear, dynamic, and generative approaches to composition, animation, video, and data processing are covered.
Cross-listed as COMS 157; only one may be counted for credit.
Provides a cultural situation for students who expect to work with the Mexican American community. Involves personal contact with persons in that community. Uses poetry, music, slides, and film to understand art as a non-verbal language.
Prerequisite(s): Instructor permission and Department chair via signed petition.
Open only to upper division art majors/minors who have completed 9 units in a specialized area.
Prerequisite(s): ART 50 or equivalent.
Advanced study of ceramic techniques leading toward the development of an individual creative expression. Fee course.
Prerequisite(s): ART 53 or equivalent.
Specialization in hand-built clay forms. Methods of working include coil, slab, pinch, and combinations of techniques which might include some wheel-thrown parts, decoration, and glazing of forms. Fee course.
Open to upper division art majors or minors only who have completed successfully 9 units in a specialized area.
Prerequisite(s): ART 74 or equivalent, or instructor permission.
Continued study of the techniques and tools used in metal fabrication, such as raising, tool making, chasing and repousse, and scoring/bending process. Emphasis is on development and individual style. Fee course.
Continued exploration of techniques, tools, and methods used in fabrication of ferrous and non-ferrous metal such as cold fastening, repousage, forging, and finishing processes. Emphasis is on composition and imagery. Fee course.
Focus on the development of personal style in metal fabrication and casting techniques. Students learn to build mechanical devices such as clasp systems that enhance the overall appearance of their work. Research involving historical periods in metal work.
Work from live models in clay and plaster. Construction of armatures and waste mold demonstrated. Fee course.
Prerequisite(s): ART 70 or ART 88 or equivalent.
Intermediate explorations with traditional and non-traditional processes of sculpture, three-dimensional form and spatial relationships. Students will expect to explore concept based learning through visual problem solving while accumulating in depth techniques and skills in a variety of sculpture materials. Includes study of historical and contemporary examples of sculpture and other relevant forms of art.
Prerequisite(s): ART 180 or 182 or instructor permission.
Advanced explorations and study in sculpture, three-dimensional media and imagery and conceptual based art. Students can explore sculpture, advanced three-dimensional design, mixed media, installation art, site specificity, performance art, public art or other. Study will be both assignment based or self-directed. Fee course.
Prerequisite(s): ART 20A and either ART 70 or ART 88 or equivalent.
Explores the practice, theory and history of making installation and performance art. Students will study contemporary artists of this genre while designing, modeling and creating installation projects. Performances are not mandatory. Students will exhibit their works in traditional campus galleries alternative spaces. Emphasizes individual investigation and discovery while remaining open to collaborative projects that may cross disciplines. Fee course.
Open to upper division art majors or minors only who have completed 9 units in a specialized area. Fee course.
Wide range of theory and criticism of film, photography, and painting in the 20th century is presented from which the student may cultivate a coherent critical awareness. The development of realism in Western art, the photographic image, narrative in film, montage, and the development of cinematography will be included with special attention given to the films of D.W. Griffith, Sergei Eisenstein, Jean Renoir, Alfred Hitchcock, and Orsen Welles.
Prerequisite(s): Senior status (90 overall units), completion of 30 units of art studio courses, and (GWAR certification before Fall 09, or WPJ score of 70+ or at least a C- in ENGL 109M or ENGL 109W).
Culminating studio art course designed to deepen experiences in diverse visual arts. Emphasis placed on independent studio practice with additional development in verbal and written skills in a variety of art disciplines. Participation in BA candidate exhibition required in the second enrolled semester for completion of the course.
Note: Must be taken twice. Cannot be taken twice in the same semester.
Prerequisite(s): Senior status, completion of all lower-division major requirements, HIST 100, and GWAR certification before Fall 09, WPJ score of 70+, or at least a C- in ENGL 109 M/W.
Focuses on the research, writing, and oral presentation of a 25-35 page thesis in the student's area of interest. Seminar readings, discussions, and weekly workshops support the thesis project and develop basic career skills. Explores how to employ traditional and new research technologies and develops writing skills. Career topics include how to locate appropriate jobs, professional schools, and graduate programs; how to write professional resumes, correspondence, including graduate school and grant applications.
Prerequisite(s): Senior status, and ART 130, ART 133, ART 134, and ART 135.
Relates current art education theories to teaching practices in elementary and secondary classrooms, and museum/gallery settings. Teaching practices in a classroom or gallery/museum setting will connect to curriculum materials developed.
Designed for direct participation of students in the management of an art gallery, including installation, publicity, and budgeting.
Prerequisite(s): Second semester Senior standing in BFA program with a minimum 63 units in the major.
Under the mentorship of a faculty advisor, students develop a body of work to be exhibited in the BFA exhibition. Emphasis placed on engagement with research, content, and the process to produce professional quality work in preparation for graduate study and/or careers in the arts.
Directed observation and work experience with public agencies. Field work is offered for the purpose of giving students orientation in occupational specialties. Supervision is provided by both the instructional staff of the University and the cooperating agencies. Each student is required to maintain a record of activities and assignments, and to prepare periodic reports. The student must make arrangements with a faculty member for a work program prior to admittance to the course.
Undergraduate seminar in art, to be scheduled as needed.
This course provides the foundation needed for professionally managing and displaying objects held in art collections. Through readings, small group discussions, field trips, guest lectures, and the directed experience of creating an exhibition of artworks from the Sacramento State Art Department collection, students learn the basics of curatorial studies and art collection management.
Prerequisite(s): ART 97, or equivalent experience, such as PHOT 11, Introduction to Digital Imaging.
Explores the creative potential of digital imaging and multimedia art making techniques. Teaching methods will include hands on demonstrations, lab workshops, creative projects, reading assignments, seminars, discussion and critiques. The development of technical fluency will be stressed, and the creative potential of digital media within the framework of contemporary art, design and culture will be emphasized. Fee course.
Note: Proficiency in MAC-OS recommended. May be taken for credit three times.
Prerequisite(s): ART 197, or equivalent experience, evidenced in portfolio.
Utilizes the creative potential of electronic media to create art projects, working within the conceptual framework of developments in contemporary culture using a range of available software programs. An experimental and exploratory approach to the digital medium in concept, process and execution of work is encouraged. Fee course.
Seminar discussions of essential readings in Western aesthetic philosophy and contemporary art theory and criticism. Stress is placed on the conceptualization of the student's own graduate production.
Note: Required for students in art graduate program; Graduate Writing Intensive (GWI) course.
Prerequisite(s): Modern Art History: Art 1B or ART 109 or equivalent or instructor permission.
Beginning with international Pop art and Minimalism in the 1960s, surveys the history of contemporary art from the end of avant-garde modernism to the postmodernism and globalism of today. Lectures, discussions, readings and assignments, offer insights into the contexts, attitudes and ideas behind current art and visual culture.
Note: Students who earned a grade of B or higher in ART 112 can fulfill the requirements for ART 212 by taking a one-unit supplemental ART 299 to satisfy graduate level criteria.
Open to classified and unclassified art graduate students only.
Prerequisite(s): ART 122B, graduate art student status, or instructor permission.
Special problems in painting and drawing.
Critique seminar taught by one or more instructors representing different creative experiences.
Note: Required for students in the art studio graduate program, every semester until the final review has been passed. Only 6 units may be applied toward the degree program. Open only to classified graduate students.
Note: May be repeated as often as approved by advisor and Department chair; only 6 units may be applied toward the degree program.
Prerequisite(s): Graduate Art student status, or instructor permission.
Special problems in sculpture, mixed media, installation art, site specific art, performance art, public art or other. Students will engage in self-directed projects while participating in sculpture studio forum and critiques.
Open to classified and unclassified graduate students only. Fee course.
Students will work on self-directed new media projects with the supervision of the instructor. The work will focus on projects that are either entirely based on digital image and/or animation, or on works that also utilize other media or processes combined with digital image or animation, such as intermedia, mixed media and installation work. This course also includes reading assignments, critique and discussion.
Note: May be repeated twice for credit.
Students will work on self-directed video and new media with the supervision of the instructor. The work will focus on projects that are either entirely based in new media and video, or on works that also utilize other media or processes combined with video and/or interactive processes, such as intermedia, mixed media and installation work. The course also includes reading assignments, critique and discussion.
Prerequisite(s): Open only to graduate art students competent to carry on individual work. Admission requires approval of the faculty member who will direct the work and of the Department chair via signed petition form.
Note: Only 6 units may be applied toward the degree program.
Prerequisite(s): Enrollment in the art teaching credential program.
Art teaching methods and programs for public school grades K-12. Must be taken during Phase I or II of student teaching.
Prerequisite(s): Advanced to candidacy and chair permission of student's project committee.
Culminating exhibition of student work.

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