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 the instructor directly at jenck@ur.rochester.edu or go to https://www.sageart.center/resources.

Location

Sage Arts Center Room 103 (MW 4:50PM - 7:30PM)

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 go to https://www.sageart.center/resources.

Location

Sage Arts Center Room 103 (MW 2:00PM - 4:40PM)

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 go to https://www.sageart.center/resources https://www.sageart.center/resources.

Location

Sage Arts Center Room 101 (MW 4:50PM - 7:30PM)

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 the waitlist, please go to https://www.sageart.center/resources.

Location

Sage Arts Center Room 103 (TR 2:00PM - 4:40PM)

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 go to https://www.sageart.center/resources to be added

Location

Sage Arts Center Room 108 (TR 2:00PM - 4:40PM)

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 waitlist, please contact Megan Mette at megan.mette@rochester.edu or https://www.sageart.center/resources.

Location

Sage Arts Center Room 108 (MW 2:00PM - 4:40PM)

Humans and machines, infrastructure and architecture, community, and culture: how do these relationships shape our imagination of sounds and music? Through practice-based research, we will explore the aural environments generated by the industrial and post-industrial history of cities along the Rust Belt, studying, for example, how Industrial Fordism’s merger of human and machine informed the rise of sample culture and machine-based rhythm and music. Using Detroit as our case study, we will examine how African-American arts, culture, and history, combined with the rise of the automobile industry, produced Detroit Techno as way for artists to respond to the sonic architecture of their environment. Meanwhile, we will be making our own field recordings of our local urban environments and electronically processing them into tones and beats, and then sequencing and mixing our research into sonic productions using non-screen-based hardware devices. Not open to seniors.

Location

Sage Arts Center Room 101 (MW 9:00AM - 11:40AM)

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. Video techniques will be studied through screenings, group discussions, readings, practice sessions and presentations of original video projects made during the course. In regards to instructor permission, please contact Jason Middleton at jason.middleton@rochester.edu.

Location

Sage Arts Center Room 101 (TR 4:50PM - 7:30PM)

The coursework introduces relief and intaglio print techniques, using variety of materials for matrices such as PVC, acrylic, wood, draft board, etc. Students exercise research skills to conceptualize their projects. Evaluation is based on the quantity and quality of production as well as the effort made to thoughtfully contribute to critiques and discussions to improve visual problem-solving abilities. Relevant readings and writing of project descriptions 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 waitlist, please go to https://www.sageart.center/resources.

Location

Sage Arts Center Room 102 (MW 2:00PM - 4:40PM)

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.

Location

Morey Room 504 (TR 9:40AM - 10:55AM)

This course supports a continuation of Introductory Painting (SA121) with increased emphasis on conceptual development, independent project design, and technical execution. Students will have the option to work in oil (non-toxic), acrylic, gouache, watercolor, and non-traditional painting media. Students should expect that individual and class critiques will be more critical than those in Introductory Painting for the purpose of elevating the quality of each student’s work and work ethic. Group discussions, individual meetings, peer critiques, and public exhibitions will add to the depth of the studio experience. Artist statements and written assignments will encourage self-reflection upon one’s creative practice and provide a platform for understanding Painting in the context of contemporary art. Students will leave this course with finished works of art that demonstrate innovation in visual problem-solving, conceptual investigation and mastery of technique. The course will culminate in the submission of a digital portfolio. Prerequisite: SA 121. Studio fee: $50. Permission of instructor required.

Location

Sage Arts Center Room 101 (TR 9:40AM - 12:20PM)

This course supports a continuation of Introductory Painting (SA121) with increased emphasis on conceptual development, independent project design, and technical execution. Students will have the option to work in oil (non-toxic), acrylic, gouache, watercolor, and non-traditional painting media. Students should expect that individual and class critiques will be more critical than those in Introductory Painting for the purpose of elevating the quality of each student’s work and work ethic. Group discussions, individual meetings, peer critiques, and public exhibitions will add to the depth of the studio experience. Artist statements and written assignments will encourage self-reflection upon one’s creative practice and provide a platform for understanding Painting in the context of contemporary art. Students will leave this course with finished works of art that demonstrate innovation in visual problem-solving, conceptual investigation and mastery of technique. The course will culminate in the submission of a digital portfolio. Prerequisite: SA 121. Studio fee: $50. Permission of instructor required.

Location

Sage Arts Center Room 101 (TR 9:40AM - 12:20PM)

This course supports a continuation of Introductory Painting (SA121) with increased emphasis on conceptual development, independent project design, and technical execution. Students will have the option to work in oil (non-toxic), acrylic, gouache, watercolor, and non-traditional painting media. Students should expect that individual and class critiques will be more critical than those in Introductory Painting for the purpose of elevating the quality of each student’s work and work ethic. Group discussions, individual meetings, peer critiques, and public exhibitions will add to the depth of the studio experience. Artist statements and written assignments will encourage self-reflection upon one’s creative practice and provide a platform for understanding Painting in the context of contemporary art. Students will leave this course with finished works of art that demonstrate innovation in visual problem-solving, conceptual investigation and mastery of technique. The course will culminate in the submission of a digital portfolio. Prerequisite: SA 121. Studio fee: $50. Permission of instructor required.

Location

Sage Arts Center Room 101 (TR 9:40AM - 12:20PM)

This course will explore bookmaking using photographic imagery as its primary

Location

Sage Arts Center Room 108 (TR 11:05AM - 1:45PM)

This course will explore bookmaking using photographic imagery as its primary

$50 studio fee.

Location

Sage Arts Center Room 108 (TR 11:05AM - 1:45PM)

This course will explore bookmaking using photographic imagery as its primary

$50 studio fee.

Location

Sage Arts Center Room 108 (TR 11:05AM - 1:45PM)

"It’s not climate change—it’s everything change," novelist Margaret Atwood has said. This course
uses video and moving image to examine the deep intertwined and intersectional roots of the
ecological crisis, from viral pandemics and racial justice to the disruption of our climate and all the
other apocalyptic scenarios we currently find ourselves in. To guide our development of ecocinematic
consciousness, we will study French philosopher Félix Guattari's foundational text, The
Three Ecologies, to understand how ecologies of mind, media, and environment are interrelated and
to complicate our understandings of "nature." Student Projects will involve installation, single channel
sound, and networked-based approaches. Works will be examined within a critical
environmental arts framework through readings, critiques, viewings and discussions.
Permission of instructor. $50 studio fee.

Location

Sage Arts Center Room 101 (MW 2:00PM - 4:40PM)

"It’s not climate change—it’s everything change," novelist Margaret Atwood has said. This course uses video and moving image to examine the deep intertwined and intersectional roots of the ecological crisis, from viral pandemics and racial justice to the disruption of our climate and all the other apocalyptic scenarios we currently find ourselves in. To guide our development of ecocinematic consciousness, we will study French philosopher Félix Guattari's foundational text, The Three Ecologies, to understand how ecologies of mind, media, and environment are interrelated and to complicate our understandings of "nature." Student Projects will involve installation, single channel sound, and networked-based approaches. Works will be examined within a critical environmental arts framework through readings, critiques, viewings and discussions.

Permission of instructor. $50 studio fee.

Location

Sage Arts Center Room 101 (MW 2:00PM - 4:40PM)

"It’s not climate change—it’s everything change," novelist Margaret Atwood has said. This course uses video and moving image to examine the deep intertwined and intersectional roots of the ecological crisis, from viral pandemics and racial justice to the disruption of our climate and all the other apocalyptic scenarios we currently find ourselves in. To guide our development of ecocinematic consciousness, we will study French philosopher Félix Guattari's foundational text, The Three Ecologies, to understand how ecologies of mind, media, and environment are interrelated and to complicate our understandings of "nature." Student Projects will involve installation, single channel sound, and networked-based approaches. Works will be examined within a critical environmental arts framework through readings, critiques, viewings and discussions.

Permission of instructor. $50 studio fee.

Location

Sage Arts Center Room 101 (MW 2:00PM - 4:40PM)

This advanced level course provides a broad framework for drawing and collage and areas of art production adjacent to it. The exploration, experimentation and application of two-dimensional materials and images – found, appropriated, and drawn - will help lead to a mature level of studio production. Every step toward the resolution of a work should be seen as an opportunity to question its direction, process, medium, and meaning. All completed projects will employ both formal considerations as well as thoughtful content and all are intended for an audience. Practice and critique, readings and discussion combine to place emphasis on the visual investigation necessary to create and engage with informed and challenging art.  Studio art supplies fee: $50. Permission of instructor. Prerequisite of SART 111, 181, 182 or 190

Location

Sage Arts Center Room 103 (TR 9:40AM - 12:20PM)

This advanced level course provides a broad framework for drawing and collage and areas of art production adjacent to it. The exploration, experimentation and application of two-dimensional materials and images – found, appropriated, and drawn - will help lead to a mature level of studio production. Every step toward the resolution of a work should be seen as an opportunity to question its direction, process, medium, and meaning. All completed projects will employ both formal considerations as well as thoughtful content and all are intended for an audience. Practice and critique, readings and discussion combine to place emphasis on the visual investigation necessary to create and engage with informed and challenging art.  Studio art supplies fee: $50. Permission of instructor.

Prerequisite of SART 111, 181, 182 or 190

Location

Sage Arts Center Room 103 (TR 9:40AM - 12:20PM)

This advanced level course provides a broad framework for drawing and collage and areas of art production adjacent to it. The exploration, experimentation and application of two-dimensional materials and images – found, appropriated, and drawn - will help lead to a mature level of studio production. Every step toward the resolution of a work should be seen as an opportunity to question its direction, process, medium, and meaning. All completed projects will employ both formal considerations as well as thoughtful content and all are intended for an audience. Practice and critique, readings and discussion combine to place emphasis on the visual investigation necessary to create and engage with informed and challenging art.  Studio art supplies fee: $50. Permission of instructor.

Prerequisite of SART 111, 181, 182 or 190

Location

Sage Arts Center Room 103 (TR 9:40AM - 12:20PM)

This course is a continuation of the conceptual, technical and aesthetic studies introduced in the intro printmaking courses. It focuses on the study of printmaking with emerging print practices, such as making use of a laser cutter or CNC router machine. There will be several reading discussions covering contemporary perspectives in the field of printmaking. In addition to working on craftsmanship and presentations skills, students are challenged to develop and expand on printmaking techniques—not only using traditional approaches but also experimenting with processes of their own design. Permission of instructor required. Studio Art supplies fee: $50.

Location

Sage Arts Center Room 102 (MW 4:50PM - 7:30PM)

This course is a continuation of the conceptual, technical and aesthetic studies introduced in the intro printmaking courses. It focuses on the study of printmaking with emerging print practices, such as making use of a laser cutter or CNC router machine. There will be several reading discussions covering contemporary perspectives in the field of printmaking. In addition to working on craftsmanship and presentations skills, students are challenged to develop and expand on printmaking techniques—not only using traditional approaches but also experimenting with processes of their own design. Permission of instructor required. Studio Art supplies fee: $50.

Location

Sage Arts Center Room 102 (MW 4:50PM - 7:30PM)

This course is a continuation of the conceptual, technical and aesthetic studies introduced in the intro printmaking courses. It focuses on the study of printmaking with emerging print practices, such as making use of a laser cutter or CNC router machine. There will be several reading discussions covering contemporary perspectives in the field of printmaking. In addition to working on craftsmanship and presentations skills, students are challenged to develop and expand on printmaking techniques—not only using traditional approaches but also experimenting with processes of their own design. Permission of instructor required. Studio Art fee of $50.

Location

Sage Arts Center Room 102 (MW 4:50PM - 7:30PM)

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

Registration for Independent Study courses needs to be completed thru the instructions for online independent study registration.

Registration for Independent Study courses needs to be completed thru the instructions for online independent study registration.

Registration for Independent Study courses needs to be completed thru the instructions for online independent study registration.

This is the first of a two-semester senior capstone course designed to support the transition between undergraduate coursework and independent, professional, and graduate pursuits. It is a core requirement of the studio art degree. The fall semester of this series has two major components: (1) Studio Production/Critique and (2) Professional Development. For the studio production/critique component, students will maintain a rigorous, self-motivated studio practice, regularly participate in critical discussions and critiques and develop artist statements. Emphasis is placed upon a shift to independent project design. For the professional development component, students will create personal websites, develop resumes, apply for professional exhibitions, prepare high quality documentation of their art, and gain exposure to critical career resources. The fall semester will culminate in a group exhibition and public artist talks by students.  Studio Art Fee: $50. This course is only open to senior Studio Art majors. Permission of instructor required.

Location

Sage Arts Center Room 102 (TR 2:00PM - 4:40PM)