This course introduces students to current software for creating, editing, and producing core Digital Media objects: photographs, video, vector images, 3D models, & videogames. This fast paced project driven course invites experts in the fields of photography, video, graphic design, rapid prototyping and gaming to share their knowledge and experience. Through finding creative solutions to problems posed by instructors, you will manipulate photographs, edit a short video, design graphics, make and modify a 3D model, and create a small interactive videogame environment. The course culminates with designing a digital portfolio of the work you create.

BUILDING: GAVET | ROOM: 208

The coursework follows a sequence of studies that introduces basic drawing techniques, media, and composition through observation and analysis. Through a sequence of projects, students will have the opportunity to develop formal artistic skills and spatial relationships while enhancing their conceptual understanding of art as a visual language. Students will work from life and from the imagination to solve visual problems. Evaluation will primarily be based on the quantity and quality of studio production as well as the effort to thoughtfully contribute to critiques and discussions. Both traditional and non-traditional mediums and approaches will be explored. Relevant readings and short papers are to be expected. Not open to seniors.Studio art supplies fee: $50. If the course fills and you would like to be added to the wait list, please contact Stephanie Ashenfelder at stephanie.ashenfelder@rochester.edu.

BUILDING: SAGE | ROOM: BLDG

The coursework follows a sequence of studies that introduces basic drawing techniques, media, and composition through observation and analysis. Through a sequence of projects, students will have the opportunity to develop formal artistic skills and spatial relationships while enhancing their conceptual understanding of art as a visual language. Students will work from life and from the imagination to solve visual problems. Evaluation will primarily be based on the quantity and quality of studio production as well as the effort to thoughtfully contribute to critiques and discussions. Both traditional and non-traditional mediums and approaches will be explored. Relevant readings and short papers are to be expected. Not open to seniors.Studio art supplies fee: $50. If the course fills and you would like to be added to the wait list, please contact Stephanie Ashenfelder at stephanie.ashenfelder@rochester.edu.

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The coursework follows a sequence of studies that introduces basic drawing techniques, media, and composition through observation and analysis. Through a sequence of projects, students will have the opportunity to develop formal artistic skills and spatial relationships while enhancing their conceptual understanding of art as a visual language. Students will work from life and from the imagination to solve visual problems. Evaluation will primarily be based on the quantity and quality of studio production as well as the effort to thoughtfully contribute to critiques and discussions. Both traditional and non-traditional mediums and approaches will be explored. Relevant readings and short papers are to be expected. Not open to seniors.Studio art supplies fee: $50. If the course fills and you would like to be added to the wait list, please contact Stephanie Ashenfelder at stephanie.ashenfelder@rochester.edu.

BUILDING: SAGE | ROOM: BLDG

Buildings are among the most public, visible & long lived artifacts that a culture creates. The built environment serves as both a repository of cultural information & exerts an influence that extends beyond the society that created it. This introductory course will explore a visual survey of Architecture from Ancient Times to the present day using a slide lecture & discussion format that will invite each student to participate in the discourse of the class. The studio portion of this course will provide students an opportunity to create their own structures from sketch to 3 dimensional pieces exploring basic design elements & materials. No prior studio experience is necessary. Students will be expected to purchase basic tools used in this course. A materials supply list will be provided at the first class. Students are expected to pay the $50 studio fee to cover the use of shared supplies & equipment. Not open to seniors. To be added to the wait list, please contact stephanie.ashenfelder@rochester.edu.

BUILDING: SAGE | ROOM: BLDG

Designed to introduce students to the art of painting through a traditional and experimental approach. Through a sequence of projects, students will have the opportunity to practice observational painting skills as well as experiment with a variety of non-traditional media and innovative techniques. This course aims to enhance each students understanding of historical and contemporary painting trends through studio practice and classroom dialogue. Ultimately, students will work toward creating mature visual works that communicate meaning effectively. Your paintings, in addition to their many other functions, will serve as documentation of your artistic and intellectual pursuit. Formal and informal critiques will regularly follow the completion of most projects. Readings and short papers are to be expected. Not open to seniors. Studio art supplies fee: $50.If the course fills and you would like to be added to the wait list, please contact Stephanie Ashenfelder, stephanie.ashenfelder@rochester.edu.

BUILDING: SAGE | ROOM: BLDG

A wide range of materials and techniques from metal and welding to assemblage, from wood to experimental methods and media is explored in the service of three dimensional art making. Investigations of the specific qualities of three dimensional media (i.e. space, form, scale, mass) and how they can convey ideas are made within a contemporary framework. Artworks synthesize a particular choice and use of materials and a concept or expression. It is the aim of this class to develop this synthesis, and in so doing, begin to develop the students' own working creative vocabulary. Not open to seniors. Studio art supplies fee: $50. If the course fills and you would like to be added to tat stephanie.ashenfelder@rochester.edu.he wait list, please contact Stephanie Ashenfelder.

BUILDING: SAGE | ROOM: BLDG

This class is an introduction to the basic elements of photography, SLR and DSLR camera, darkroom techniques and alternative digital processes with an emphasis on photography as an interpretive and hybrid medium. The student will be asked to develop series of images using various photographic techniques and formats such as photograms (photography without a camera), collages and digital negatives printed on silver photographic paper. The class will explore alternative modes of thinking about the photographic frame and ways of presenting images. In conjunction to their studio projects, students will be exposed to current issues in photography and related media through readings, screenings and group discussions. No prior experience in photography is needed to successfully complete this class. Not open to seniors. $50 Studio Fee. If the course fills and you would like to be added to the wait list, please contact Stephanie Ashenfelder at stephanie.ashenfelder@rochester.edu.

BUILDING: SAGE | ROOM: BLDG

This class is an introduction to the basic elements of photography, SLR and DSLR camera, darkroom techniques and alternative digital processes with an emphasis on photography as an interpretive and hybrid medium. The student will be asked to develop series of images using various photographic techniques and formats such as photograms (photography without a camera), collages and digital negatives printed on silver photographic paper. The class will explore alternative modes of thinking about the photographic frame and ways of presenting images. In conjunction to their studio projects, students will be exposed to current issues in photography and related media through readings, screenings and group discussions. No prior experience in photography is needed to successfully complete this class. Not open to seniors. $50 Studio Fee. If the course fills and you would like to be added to the wait list, please contact Stephanie Ashenfelder at stephanie.ashenfelder@rochester.edu.

BUILDING: SAGE | ROOM: BLDG

PREREQUISITES: Not open to seniors. Studio art supplies fee: $50.

This course merges contemporary art production with technologies and social interventions. Students will combine historical, inter-media approaches with new, evolving trends in social practice. Studio assignments will use language, performance, programming, moving images, and more as tools and as media to construct creative-situations that prompt dialogue and critique. Special emphasis will be placed on introductory techniques that move beyond the studio and into collaborative, participatory, community-based productions. Not open to seniors. $50 Studio Fee. If the course fills and you would like to be added to the wait list, please contact Stephanie Ashenfelder at stephanie.ashenfelder@rochester.edu.

BUILDING: SAGE | ROOM: BLDG

This course introduces the basic aesthetic and technical elements of video production. Emphasis is on the creative use and understanding of the video medium while learning to use the video camera, video editing processes and the fundamental procedures of planning video projects. Strategies for the use of video as an art-making tool will be explored. Works by artists and directors critically exploring media of film and video will be viewed and discussed. Video techniques will be studied through screenings, group discussions, readings, practice sessions and presentations of original video projects made during the course. Declared FMS and Studio Art (SA) major are given priority registration, followed by FMS and SA minors. For questions on registration for this course, contact Carlie Fishgold at c.fishgold@rochester.edu

BUILDING: SAGE | ROOM: BLDG

Printmaking is a non-digital, non-photographic manner of visual communication which emphasizes reproduction. This course will introduce procedures and techniques for creating multiple works on paper. Suites of prints will be made from linoleum cuts, woodcuts, drypoint etchings, monotypes and mono-prints. Drawing is key in the development of the reductive, visual language required in printmaking. Exercises which focus on print-based drawing skills will be assigned throughout. Not open to Seniors. Studio arts supplies fee: $50. If the course fills and you would like to be added to the wait list, please contact Stephanie Ashenfelder.

BUILDING: SAGE | ROOM: BLDG

This course seeks to improve students' writing and analytical skills through analysis and experimentation with different styles of writing about contemporary and historical arts. Students analyze prose by artists, historians, cultural critics, poets, and others who have written on the visual arts, with an eye towards how writing on art can be a tool for improving expression in many areas. Slide lectures, discussions, and writing projects on objects of diverse media and historical eras will be augmented by visiting speakers and field trips to museums and galleries. This course fulfills one-half of the upper level writing requirement for both studio and art history majors. Permission of instructor required.

BUILDING: MOREY | ROOM: 524

Emphasis on independent proposals, research and production further coalesce ideas addressed in introductory level two-dimensional courses. Projects demand formal consideration as well as thoughtful content; along with class participation, they act as documents of an engagement in creative thought, research, and problem-solving. Approximately one third of this course will be dedicated to exchange with detainees residing in the detention facility in Batavia NY that is maintained by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. The course seeks to enact social change by providing educational opportunities for those without access along side those who do and creating a permeable wall between the detained and the student body. Critiques, readings and discussion are key. Students need to have flexibility in their schedule in order to fully participate; weekly visits to the ICE facility vary and exist outside of class schedule.

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Serious emphasis on independent proposals, research and production further coalesce ideas addressed in introductory level two dimensional courses. The projects demand formal consideration as well as thoughtful content; along with class participation, they act as documents of an engagement in creative thought, research, and problem- solving. Individual and group critiques occur throughout the course. Studio art supplies fee: $50.

BUILDING: SAGE | ROOM: BLDG

The evolving continuation of painting with serious emphasis on independent proposals, research and production. The broadest examination of painting and related media is expected. Group discussion and individual meetings are on a weekly basis. Permission of instructor only. Studio art supplies fee: $50.

BUILDING: SAGE | ROOM: BLDG

The evolving continuation of painting with serious emphasis on independent proposals, research and production. The broadest examination of painting and related media is expected. Group discussion and individual meetings are on a weekly basis. Permission of instructor only. Studio art supplies fee: $50.

BUILDING: SAGE | ROOM: BLDG

The evolving continuation of painting with serious emphasis on independent proposals, research and production. The broadest examination of painting and related media is expected. Group discussion and individual meetings are on a weekly basis. Permission of instructor only. Studio art supplies fee: $50.

BUILDING: SAGE | ROOM: BLDG

Radical Practices is a research-based studio course that investigates contemporary and historical art world references to inform students’ independent work. Through a series of lectures, students will gain familiarity with artists—primarily, but not exclusively, visual—whose practices have contributed to dismantling cultural norms, exposing radical undercurrents, and influencing social interactions. Topics that will be covered include identity politics, social practice, performance, collective production, democratic distribution, and institutional critique. Logistically speaking the course will be composed of the three primary modes: lectures, readings and discussions, and studio work. Based on independent research, students will generate several projects that respond to and invent upon the proposition of creating one’s own radical practice of making. Permission of instructor required. Studio Art Supplies Fee: $50

BUILDING: SAGE | ROOM: BLDG

PREREQUISITES: Any 100 level SA course

An artist’s book class that uses photographic imagery as its primary source. The photographic book extends the photographic series into time, space and tactile interaction. From digital book, to photo album, to one-of-a-kind curio box of prints, we will examine the multiple roles that contemporary photography and related media plays within our unique cultural moment. The class projects will focus on book structures and material, bookbinding, image sequencing and editing, printing, and design. Interdisciplinary and collaborative approaches will be encouraged. This course will culminate with an exhibition of works and a book exchange. Basic experience with digital photography is required. Prerequisite: SA141, SA151 or any relevant prior experience with photography. Permission of instructor is required to enroll.($50 studio fee)

BUILDING: SAGE | ROOM: BLDG

An artist’s book class that uses photographic imagery as its primary source. The photographic book extends the photographic series into time, space and tactile interaction. From digital book, to photo album, to one-of-a-kind curio box of prints, we will examine the multiple roles that contemporary photography and related media plays within our unique cultural moment. The class projects will focus on book structures and material, bookbinding, image sequencing and editing, printing, and design. Interdisciplinary and collaborative approaches will be encouraged. This course will culminate with an exhibition of works and a book exchange. Basic experience with digital photography is required. Prerequisite: SA141, SA151 or any relevant prior experience with photography. Permission of instructor is required to enroll.($50 studio fee)

BUILDING: SAGE | ROOM: BLDG

An artist’s book class that uses photographic imagery as its primary source. The photographic book extends the photographic series into time, space and tactile interaction. From digital book, to photo album, to one-of-a-kind curio box of prints, we will examine the multiple roles that contemporary photography and related media plays within our unique cultural moment. The class projects will focus on book structures and material, bookbinding, image sequencing and editing, printing, and design. Interdisciplinary and collaborative approaches will be encouraged. This course will culminate with an exhibition of works and a book exchange. Basic experience with digital photography is required. Prerequisite: SA141, SA151 or any relevant prior experience with photography. Permission of instructor is required to enroll.($50 studio fee)

BUILDING: SAGE | ROOM: BLDG

This course explores the possibilities of art-making through networked environments emphasizing emerging technologies and social practice. Our framing creative-research question for the semester will be: What does it mean to be an ecological being in the context of convergent ecological, digital, local, industrial, and global environments, and how do we make art that interrupts this experience? How can artists create texts, objects, and collaborative, participatory social actions that reinvigorate awareness of the ecologically and technologically interconnected world in which we live? We will find out! Not open to seniors. $50 Studio Fee. Permission of instructor is required to enroll.

BUILDING: SAGE | ROOM: BLDG

This course explores the possibilities of art-making through networked environments emphasizing emerging technologies and social practice. Our framing creative-research question for the semester will be: What does it mean to be an ecological being in the context of convergent ecological, digital, local, industrial, and global environments, and how do we make art that interrupts this experience? How can artists create texts, objects, and collaborative, participatory social actions that reinvigorate awareness of the ecologically and technologically interconnected world in which we live? We will find out! Not open to seniors. $50 Studio Fee. Permission of instructor is required to enroll.

BUILDING: SAGE | ROOM: BLDG

This course explores the possibilities of art-making through networked environments emphasizing emerging technologies and social practice. Our framing creative-research question for the semester will be: What does it mean to be an ecological being in the context of convergent ecological, digital, local, industrial, and global environments, and how do we make art that interrupts this experience? How can artists create texts, objects, and collaborative, participatory social actions that reinvigorate awareness of the ecologically and technologically interconnected world in which we live? We will find out! Not open to seniors. $50 Studio Fee. Permission of instructor is required to enroll.

BUILDING: SAGE | ROOM: BLDG

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Individual studio work at an advanced level and under the guidance of a member of the studio arts faculty.

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This course is designed to support the transition between undergraduate coursework in the arts & independent, professional, and post-graduate pursuits. The course has 3 essential components: 1. Studio Production and Critique, 2. the Mechanics of the Profession, and 3. Contemporary Artists and Issues as they relate to Visual and Cultural Theory, Art History, & Art Criticism. The production component will consist of the intensive critique of ongoing studio work with emphasis on the importance of shifting toward self-motivated production. The fall semester will serve as the first half of the development toward a solo thesis exhibition & includes an artist talk, which includes documentation, explanation, reference, & an explanation of the relevance of the students work in the context of contemporary art. The spring semester includes a solo exhibition of the students work that is the culmination of their research & production. This class is limited to & required of senior studio majors. Studio Art Fee: $50

BUILDING: SAGE | ROOM: BLDG