Undergraduate

FIRST SESSION (OOA): May 18, 2009 - June 26, 2009
SECOND SESSION (OOC): June 29, 2007 - August 7, 2009

ARTHIST 273-00A         Survey of American Painting     Merrill
2:30-4:45 p.m., T/W/Th          1st session             Credit, 4 hrs.

A study of painting in the United States from the Colonial period through the Depression era with an emphasis on the development of modernism around the turn of the twentieth century.

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ARTHIST 379-00C         Americans in Paris, 1860-1900    Merrill
2:30-4:45 p.m., T/W/Th          2nd session             Credit, 4 hrs.

This course follows the careers of American artists who lived in Paris during the second half of the nineteenth century, in the age of Impressionism. Why were so many Americans drawn to Paris in those years? How did they absorb the principles of an academic education? What was their response to the avant garde? The principal artists under consideration include James McNeill Whistler, John Singer Sargent, Mary Cassatt, and Henry Ossawa Tanner.

Visual Arts Courses ─ Summer 2009

FIRST SESSION (OOA): May 18, 2009 - June 26, 2009
SECOND SESSION (OOC): June 29, 2007 - August 7, 2009

ARTHIST 104-OOA: Drawing I                                  ANGUS GALLOWAY

5:00 - 8:00 pm. 2 days per week TTH. 1st session. Credit, 4 hrs.
Location: Visual Arts Building Room 118

Introduction to media, techniques, theory, and practice.  This course explores and develops skills in representational drawing as a foundation for all disciplines, and as an art form in itself.  Students will draw from a variety of subjects including the figure.  Helpful to students wanting to put together a portfolio. There will be class and sketchbook assignments. Evaluation will be based on class participation and attendance, growth of understanding, execution of assignments, completion of a sketchbook and a final portfolio. The three-hour class session will be complemented by outside assignments and individual consultation for the four credit hours in this course. Lab fee. No prerequisite; suitable for beginners or intermediate students.

SECOND SESSION:

ARTHIST 105-OOC: Drawing and Painting I        KATHERINE MITCHELL

1:00 - 4:00 pm. 2 days per week TTH. 2nd session. Credit, 4 hrs.
Location: Visual Arts Building Room 118

Introduction to media, techniques, theory, and practice of drawing and painting.  Students will develop skills through experimentation with a variety of techniques, and materials.  Emphasis is placed on development of visual and aesthetic awareness.  There will be class and sketchbook assignments. Evaluation will be based on class participation and attendance, growth of understanding, execution of assignments, completion of a sketchbook and a final portfolio. The three-hour class session will be complemented by outside assignments and individual consultation for the four credit hours in this course. Lab fee.  No pre-requisite; suitable for beginners or intermediate students.

ARTHIST 106-OOC:  Photography I                        RUTH DUSSEAULT

1:00 - 4:00 pm. 2 days per week TTH. 1st session. Credit, 4 hrs.
Location: Visual Arts Building Room 106

Introduction to media, techniques, theory, and practice.  This course stresses both technical and aesthetic issues in photography.  Students will learn to operate a camera, expose and develop film, make prints, and present their work.  Visual awareness and sensitivity to communication through the photographic image is paramount.  In lieu of final, student will prepare and present a portfolio of twenty images representing the best of all assignments. Grading for course is on participation, growth of understanding, mastery of technique and craft.Student must have a 35mm camera with adjustable lens and shutter and 50mm lens preferred. A point and shoot or digital camera is not acceptable for this course. Lab fee. Student must purchase film and paper and miscellaneous supplies.

ARTHIST 107-OOC: Film, Video & Photography                        WILLIAM BROWN

6:30 - 9:30 pm. 2 days per week TTH. 2nd session. Credit, 4 hrs.
Location: Visual Arts Building Room 105

Introduction to media techniques, theory, and practice. Students will learn still camera techniques and produce a color/sound media presentation. Students will produce several short video/film presentations related to the history and theory of film/video production. Hands-on camera editing classes will be augmented by film/video screenings that review the history of avant-garde film/video works. No pre-requisite.