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Timestamp: 2019-04-21 20:43:21+00:00

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CBU Fine Art program is authored and taught by professional Christian artists actively working at the highest level in their fields. Best practices, deep technical knowledge, developed artistic ideation, craft, and business acumen are embedded into the instruction and mentorship – all with the intention of sending graduates out to make an impact for the Kingdom.
CBU Fine Art program offers a flexible undergraduate degree which allows for the student to receive a solid foundation, and built on it with their choice of empahsis.
CBU Fine Art offers several studio art tracks, allowing students to specialize and distinguish themselves as artists who demonstrate professional excellence and personal integrity, are servant leaders in their communities, and who live Biblically-based, missional lives within the profession.
The Fine Art program offers a curriculum intended to stimulate creative ability, impart effective technique and foster an understanding and appreciation of the dynamic role of visual art in culture, whether defined locally or globally and grounded in a Biblical world-view. While recognizing the unique intersection of technology and tradition that has transformed the practice of visual art in our time, the program emphasizes traditional media: drawing, painting, printmaking and sculpture. The result is to provide quality professional preparation that can be realized in market-based applications and/or further graduate-level studies.
An introduction to the principles of two-dimensional design and color theory and their use as tools for effective visual communication.
This course functions as the introductory drawing course for Art Majors and Minors. In it, the perceptual and technical skills, and the basic media of drawing are introduced and exercised. Drawing as an historic art form is studied and used to develop a sophisticated awareness of its current expressive potential. Credit cannot be earned for ART 204 and ART 208.
Units: 3. Offered: Fall (Odd Years).
A survey of the history of western art from prehistoric times to the Renaissance. Lecture and slides.
Units: 3. Offered: Fall (Even Years).
A survey of the history of western art from the Renaissance in the Fifteenth Century in Italy to the Twentieth Century in America. Lecture and slides.
Basic elements of sculpture. Creating forms in clay, plaster, paper and multi-media techniques.
Introduction to working with clay, using pinch, coil, slab and wheel; applying glazes, exploring decorating techniques using oxides. History of clay as an art form.
Projects introduce traditional painting methods in oils or acrylic paints. Applied studio work, slide lectures, group discussions, and field trips are possible. May be repeated one time for credit. Prerequisite: ART 201 or ART 204.
An essential course for the serious art student. Projects in painting, drawing and digital media. Emphasis on developing skills and concepts. Course is designed to be repeated for credit. Section (a), emphasis in painting and drawing; section (b), emphasis in digital media using the Macintosh platform; section (c), Senior Exhibit preparation. Section (c) must be taken during student’s graduating semester. May be repeated twice for credit. Prerequisite: ART 201 or 204.
Units: 4. Offered: Spring (Even Years).
This is a combination studio/lecture course that focuses exclusively on issues of color, it’s aesthetic, symbolic and psychological dimensions, as related to visual expression. This content is applicable to both fine art and design-related fields. Prerequisite: ART 201 or ARC 122.
Units: 3. Offered: Spring (Odd Years).
The course will examine the pivotal role that the curators play in museums, and the ways in which the expanding art- world functions today. It will introduce students to aspects of museum work, with an emphasis on the role of the fine arts curator and curatorial theory and how this can integrate with becoming a professional arts administrator. May be repeated one time for credit. ART 241 or ART 242 or PHO 140.
A study of the dynamic relationship, which has historically existed between the content of Biblical texts and visual art, with consideration also being given to select examples of music and literature.
Senior Exhibition, provides unit reward for the work art majors perform en route to the creation and mounting of their required thesis exhibit. Prerequisite: Senior status and permission of the Department Chair.
The purpose of this course is to enable students to understand the formation and context of various architectural ideas. This course on architectural theory provides students with a means to propose and navigate architectural discourse as a part of their development as architects. Prerequisite: ARC 242.
A study of the major developments in the visual arts in Europe from David to the first Impressionist show in 1874. Lecture and slides. Pre-Requisite: ART 241 or ART 242.
A study of the development of modern painting from the French Impressionist movement to the present day in the United States. Lecture and slides. Pre-Requisite: ART 241 or ART 242.
Units: 1-4. Offered: As offered.
Projects in Art History topics of current interest not normally covered by established courses. Content variable. May be repeated twice for credit with change of topic.
Units: 3. Offered: Spring (even years).
National Cinema is an advanced course focusing on the most significant films and filmmakers of one country. It looks at cinematic history and practice in the nation being covered and may include a consideration of popular, independent, and/or art film. The course may cover the entire history of cinema in one nation or focus on a particular type of film or cinematic movement in one country. Special attention will be paid to the socio-historical contexts of the films assigned during the course. May be taken multiple times with change in topic. Prerequisite: FLM 150.
World Cinema is an advanced course focusing on films made outside of North America and their socio-historical contexts. It looks at cinematic history and practice in diverse nations and introduces students to a range of non-Hollywood film styles and forms, including popular and art cinemas, from across the globe. May be taken multiple times with change in topic. Prerequisite: FLM 250.
A study of the causes and effects of critical design movements. This course explores the political and social environments that shaped the creation and evolution of graphic design. This course will give students insight into different movements, such as the Medieval Era, Graphic Renaissance, Industrial Revolution, Art Nouveau, Modernism, Postmodernism, and the Digital Revolution. Students will also evaluate how the history of graphic design influences current design philosophies and strategies.
This course is an introduction and exploration in inter-media art. It will encourage interface and comparison within art and other disciplines.
This course explores the major movements in the visual arts and design in the United States and Europe the years following the Second World War to the present day. Developing historically within the framework of industrialism and advanced capitalism, class conflict and political upheaval, globalization and the digital revolution, this course surveys the major movements of Modern-Contemporary art. Additional attention will be paid to international developments in the art world beyond the West, and the relationship between museums, the market, and artistic practice.
Units: 4. Offered: Spring (Odd Years).
This course is a continuation and expansion of more advanced techniques in drawing. There will be an emphasis on concept building and storytelling through visual imagery. Students will explore new ways to think and approach drawing and the drawing surface. Prerequisite: ART 204.
Sculpture II is an expansion of Sculpture I. There will be an emphasis on scale and new materials such as wood, metal and found object assemblage. A large scale collaborative object for community outreach also gets explored in this class as well as a history in object making and their various functions. Pre-requisite: ART 225.
Units: 3. Offered: Spring .
Developing clay as an art form; study of properties of clay, glaze and their origin; fusion of materials; stacking and loading kiln, emphasis on wheel throwing. Prerequisite: ART 232.
Projects further develop skills learned in Painting 283. Applied studio work, slide lectures, group discussions, and field trips are possible. May be repeated one time for credit. Prerequisite: ART 283.
Specialized instruction in various media. For the advanced art student capable of exploring a personal direction in his/her creative work. May be repeated twice for credit with change of topic.
This is a studio course whose aim is to develop increased mastery of the perceptual, technical and compositional skills involved with figure drawing. Prerequisite: ART 305.
Units: 4. Offered: As Offered.
This course is to focus on a continuation of skill development, with an emphasis on individual style and expression. This course is structured to encourage personal voice through idea generation, material investigation, technical refinement and research. Students are encouraged to push the boundaries as they investigate materials, subject matter, process and interpretation related to image making. Prerequisite: ART 314.
Advanced problems in sculpture and individual problems in various media. For Art majors and those who wish to develop individual statements in a sculptural media. Prerequisite: ART 325.
Advanced studies and mastery of the perceptual, technical and compositional skills involved with figure drawing. Prerequisite: ART 405.
Units: 1-3. Offered: Fall, Spring.
Under faculty supervision, the student will be assigned to a position, utilizing principles of visual arts acquired and employed throughout their university experience. This internship provides an opportunity for investigating and participating in field experience with a practitioner of the trade, giving depth and breadth to their understanding of visual arts as a whole. Prerequisite: Permission of the Department Chair.
Advanced pottery with emphasis on wheel throwing and design problems. Individual objectives will more or less regulate the type of work done, although specific assignments will be given. Advanced-level performance is expected. Prerequisite: ART 253.
Faith / Art Integration: Art Majors will engage in the practice of art as an extension of Christian ‘Being’, understood in all of its aesthetic, social and ecclesiastical dynamics.
Visual Literacy: Art Majors will demonstrate a critical and working familiarity with the themes and concerns of contemporary art, as well as the canon of Western art and non-western traditions in their aesthetic, intellectual and spiritual implications. Evidence of this will be manifested through directed projects and their capstone exhibition.
Creative Thinking: Art Majors will demonstrate the ability to engage in associative/spatial thinking dynamically channeled through various media through directed formal and conceptual problems as well as self-determined projects.
Media Fluency: Art Majors will demonstrate an ability to command the inherent dynamics of a variety of 2&3 dimensional media as applied to directed and self-determined expressive goals.
Professional Awareness: Art Majors will acquire the ability to assess the professional implications of their expressive decisions and the protocols of presentation that these varying destinations for artwork require.
The Fine Art minor provides students from different majors with an understanding of, and appreciation for, traditional and modern expressions of the visual arts while providing training in appropriate technologies.
The Art History minor provides advanced training to students in the history and theory of art.
This course is one of the foundation courses that develop the perceptual and technical skills for effective drawing. Presents drawing as an essential tool for visual expression. May be repeated once for credit. This course is also recommended for general education.
CBU Fine Art program is not only provides a high quality visual arts education, it is also dedicated to instilling in students the role that art can play in community, and in service of community. From the formal gallery, to popular art festivals, to service projects locally and globally, CBU Fine Art students serve through their art.
Located in downtown Riverside Arts Block, the CBU Gallery allows CBU Fine Art students to both showcase work and gain hands on experience in gallery management. Each fine art major, during their final year, will launch a solo exhibition of their work.
CBU Fine Art is dedicated to art in community and art in service of community. On a regular basis CBU Fine Art students bring their artistic talents out of the classroom and into the community. Pictured left is a community service project whereby Fine Art students painted a mural on a local elementary schools play yard.
CBU Fine Art is an active part of the Riverside and Inland Artistic community. From local festivals to art fairs, CBU Fine Art students are making, displaying, and showcasing original works. Pictured right is a free-standing light sculpture for the annual Riverside Lights festival.
CBU Art club brings together visual artists to simultaneously produce art in community, and serve the community. From community art projects, to utilizing art to raise funds for community projects, the CBU Art club serves.

References: ART 204
 ART 208
 ART 201
 ART 204
 ART 201
 ART 201
 ART 241
 ART 242
 ART 241
 ART 242
 ART 241
 ART 242
 ART 204
 ART 225
 ART 232
 ART 283
 ART 305
 ART 314
 ART 325
 ART 405
 ART 253