First-Year Experience 2013-2014

Art and Art History

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ARTH 096A ~ Why Build That?
CRN: 94235

Instructor: William Mierse Professor of Art More . . .

Buildings represent the most expensive kinds of art works on which societies can expend their collective resources. Buildings tend to last, too often outlast those who built them, and to outlast their initial purposes. Many factors-societal, economic, aesthetic, practical, and personal-influence the choices that are made about what to build and how to build it. In this class we will examine the ways in which these various forces and others have informed architectural choices. We will explore the big ideas and investigate specific case studies. The class will be discussion-based around required readings. Participants will be evaluated on their informed engagement in the discussions and their work in a variety of formats including, but not limited to, group work, individual written and oral projects, and research papers.

Requirements Satisfied: one Fine Arts course OR one Humanities course
Meets: MWF 11:45am-12:35pm

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ARTS 001A ~ Drawing/Printmaking
CRN: 91561

Instructor: Jane Kent Professor of Art More . . .

What is printmaking? What is drawing? What is a multiple? What makes an image that can be produced in multiple different from a drawing? Is printmaking a fine art or an industrial process? How can we distinguish between the two, and does this matter? In this studio class, we will combine the unique visual properties of printmaking techniques with an ongoing investigation of visual ideas developed with drawing to better understand the issues involved in visual literacy, expression, and the production of art. We will consider the history of printing and its impact on the history of printmaking, the dissemination of the multiple within various cultural and industrial contexts, and the implications of working with an art form that produces more than one unique object. We will produce a body of work that brings together the attributes of these two disciplines. We will look at the work of artists whose prints and drawings have advanced the discipline of printmaking in general and their own work in particular, through a series of visits to the Print Collection at the Fleming Museum of Art and the Special Collections at the Bailey-Howe Library. All materials will be supplied. Lab fee: approximately $90.00

Requirements Satisfied: one Fine Arts course
Meets: MW 12:50pm-2:40pm

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ARTS 002G ~ Two-Dimensional Studies
CRN: 94824

Instructor: Meg McDevitt Lecturer in Art

The collaboration between design and science has been long standing. Science and medicine rely on visual documentation in order to record and classify findings important to their fields of inquiry. How has design influenced the ways we see science? What aspects and methods of art have been used to give us an understanding of what previously could not be seen or recorded? This course offers an opportunity to explore the basic concepts of design via the world of scientific and medical imagery. We will access assistance from the Bailey-Howe Library's special collections and will look at the work of artists who have utilized the world of science as a means of creative inspiration. Research into historical and contemporary methods along with practical design projects will allow students to explore the relationship between art and science. Materials for projects will be provided. Lab fee: $120.00.

Requirements Satisfied: one Fine Arts course
Meets: TR 1:00pm-2:50pm

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ARTS 002H ~ Two-Dimensional Studies
CRN: 94825

Instructor: Cameron Davis Lecturer in Art More . . .

Drawing, Collage, and Nature is a studio course examining perception of nature through observational drawing and collage. Using UVM's Centennial Woods as a resource, students will strengthen observation and drawing skills. Assignments will address issues of place, mapping, and fundamentals of collage. Readings, written assignments, and class discussions will explore the role that visual perception plays in understanding one's place in the natural world. Lab fee: $120.00

Requirements Satisfied: one Fine Arts course
Meets: MW 3:00pm-4:50pm

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ARTS 003F ~ Three-Dimensional Studies
CRN: 94826

Instructor: Shelley Warren Lecturer in Art

Architecture, sculpture, landscape design, fashion design, and furniture design; everything in our constructed environment was created using principals and elements of design. Learn how artists create three-dimensional objects through critical analysis of the design principles involved. In this "laboratory" studio you will be both designer and maker, experimenting with traditional and non-traditional materials, and borrowing from a wide range of design concepts. Projects will be carefully developed from concept to sketch to model to handcrafted finished products in our studio. Instruction in use of tools and materials will be provided. Lab fee: $105.00.

Requirements Satisfied: one Fine Arts course
Meets: WF 8:30am-10:20am