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 lab fee: $78. 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)

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 lab supply fee. 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 101 (TR 2:00PM - 4:40PM)

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 lab supplies fee: $78. 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 (TR 9:40AM - 12:20PM)

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. Studio art lab supplies fee: $78. 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 108 (MW 10:25AM - 1:05PM)

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. Studio art lab supplies fee: $78. 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 (TR 2:00PM - 4:40PM)

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.

Studio Art lab supply fees apply. 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 101 (TR 4:50PM - 7:30PM)

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. Studio art lab supply fee applied.

Location

Sage Arts Center Room 103 (MW 10:25AM - 1:05PM)

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. Sophomores and Juniors with officially declared FMS and SA majors are given priority registration; followed by sophomores and juniors with officially declared FMS and SA minors. Studio arts supplies fee: $75. To be added to the rolling waiting list contact Jason Middleton.

Location

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

Printmaking is a non-digital, non-photographic manner of visual communication which emphasizes re-production. 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 Art lab supply fees apply.  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 102 (MW 10:25AM - 1:05PM)

Intro to Studio Practice provides a broad framework for contemporary art making through creative production, discussion, presentation, and critique. Scheduled class time will be a combination of lecture, technical demonstration and studio/work time. Rather than focusing on a single medium such as drawing, this course gives students the opportunity to try out a broad range of art approaches and media which, depending upon the instructor, might include a combination of drawing, printmaking, sculpture, performance, sound art, conceptual art, and/or media that are not traditionally used for making art. Practice and critique, readings and discussion combine to place emphasis on the visual investigation necessary to create educated and challenging art. Not open to seniors. Studio art lab supply fee applied.

Location

Sage Arts Center Room 103 (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)

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 lab supply fee applied.

Location

Sage Arts Center Room 101 (MW 10:25AM - 1:05PM)

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 lab supply fee applied.

Location

Sage Arts Center Room 101 (MW 10:25AM - 1:05PM)

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 lab supply fee applied.

Location

Sage Arts Center Room 101 (MW 10:25AM - 1:05PM)

This class broadens the investigation undertaken in Introductory sculpture/3D to include other materials and processes as well as a focus on working in an interdisciplinary fashion. This course furthers the development of the student's three dimensional form vocabulary and their options for articulating their ideas. The ability to verbally and visually articulate ideas is developed through group discussion and critique. Permission of instructor required. Studio Art Supplies Fee: $75

Location

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

This class broadens the investigation undertaken in Introductory sculpture/3D to include other materials and processes as well as a focus on working in an interdisciplinary fashion. This course furthers the development of the student's three dimensional form vocabulary and their options for articulating their ideas. The ability to verbally and visually articulate ideas is developed through group discussion and critique. Permission of instructor required. Studio Art Supplies Fee: $75

Location

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

This class broadens the investigation undertaken in Introductory sculpture/3D to include other materials and processes as well as a focus on working in an interdisciplinary fashion. This course furthers the development of the student's three dimensional form vocabulary and their options for articulating their ideas. The ability to verbally and visually articulate ideas is developed through group discussion and critique. Permission of instructor required. Studio Art Supplies Fee: $75

Location

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

This course will explore bookmaking using photographic imagery as its primary

source. The photographic book extends the photographic print 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. In conjunction to the

studio projects, we will view and analyze a range of photographic practices, read contemporary

criticism and engage in probing discussion and original writing. Basic experience with digital

photography and imaging software is required. Prerequisite: SA141, SA151 or any relevant prior experience with photography. Permission of the instructor is required to enroll. Studio art lab supply fee applied.

Location

Sage Arts Center Room 101 (TR 10:25AM - 1:05PM)

This course will explore bookmaking using photographic imagery as its primary

source. The photographic book extends the photographic print 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. In conjunction to the

studio projects, we will view and analyze a range of photographic practices, read contemporary

criticism and engage in probing discussion and original writing. Basic experience with digital

photography and imaging software is required. Prerequisite: SA141, SA151 or any relevant prior experience with photography. Permission of the instructor is required to enroll. Studio art lab supply fee applied.

Location

Sage Arts Center Room 101 (TR 10:25AM - 1:05PM)

This course will explore bookmaking using photographic imagery as its primary

source. The photographic book extends the photographic print 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. In conjunction to the

studio projects, we will view and analyze a range of photographic practices, read contemporary

criticism and engage in probing discussion and original writing. Basic experience with digital

photography and imaging software is required. Prerequisite: SA141, SA151 or any relevant prior experience with photography. Permission of the instructor is required to enroll. Studio art lab supply fee applied.

Location

Sage Arts Center Room 101 (TR 10:25AM - 1:05PM)

This course explores the possibilities of art-making through digital, 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.
$75 Studio Fee.

Location

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

This course explores the possibilities of art-making through digital, 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/Permission of Instructor. $75 Studio Fee.

Location

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

This course explores the possibilities of art-making through digital, 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/Permission of Instructor. $75 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 lab supply fee applied. Permission of instructor. Prerequisite of SART 111, 181, 182 or 190

Location

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

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 lab supply fee applied. Permission of instructor.

Prerequisite of SART 111, 181, 182 or 190

Location

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

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 lab supply fee applied. Permission of instructor.

Prerequisite of SART 111, 181, 182 or 190

Location

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

This class will consider the relationship of art exhibition and production in contemporary art practices as part of a gallery practicum. This course is an introduction to art exhibition practices including research, curation, planning, art handling, installation, and hands-on experience in galleries. Students will install exhibitions in the teaching galleries and spaces on campus, including (but not limited to) Hartnett Gallery and Frontispace Gallery. Students will visit galleries and museums and attend exhibition openings, studio visits, and artist lectures.

Location

Sage Arts Center Room 102 (R 9:40AM - 12:20PM)

This studio art course challenges students to explore the furthest horizons of contemporary art and to reflect upon the multitude of ways in which art can record, illuminate, transform, contribute to, and engage with the world. The semester starts with performance art projects which can either be performed live (in class) or privately (outside of class) with documentation. As the semester proceeds, the projects will become increasingly student-driven. In past semesters, topics have included environmental awareness, personal identity, animal rights, gender studies, mental health, political activism, new technologies, and global events. We look at scores of artists from the 1960s to the present for inspiration and, of equal importance, learn from each other. For the final project, we will design socially engaged initiatives that address local and global community needs, ultimately blurring the boundaries between art and life. This open-media studio art course is a space for incubating ideas and for empowering voices. No previous experience in performance art and/or socially engaged art is necessary. All personalities, from the most introverted to the most extroverted, are welcome. There is no prerequisite beyond curiosity. Contact the professor with questions. Studio art lab supply fee applied.

Location

Sage Arts Center Room B3A (MW 2:00PM - 4:40PM)

This studio art course challenges students to explore the furthest horizons of contemporary art and to reflect upon the multitude of ways in which art can record, illuminate, transform, contribute to, and engage with the world. The semester starts with performance art projects which can either be performed live (in class) or privately (outside of class) with documentation. As the semester proceeds, the projects will become increasingly student-driven. In past semesters, topics have included environmental awareness, personal identity, animal rights, gender studies, mental health, political activism, new technologies, and global events. We look at scores of artists from the 1960s to the present for inspiration and, of equal importance, learn from each other. For the final project, we will design socially engaged initiatives that address local and global community needs, ultimately blurring the boundaries between art and life. This open-media studio art course is a space for incubating ideas and for empowering voices. No previous experience in performance art and/or socially engaged art is necessary. All personalities, from the most introverted to the most extroverted, are welcome. There is no prerequisite beyond curiosity. Contact the professor with questions. Studio art lab supply fee applied.

Location

Sage Arts Center Room B3A (MW 2:00PM - 4:40PM)

This studio art course challenges students to explore the furthest horizons of contemporary art and to reflect upon the multitude of ways in which art can record, illuminate, transform, contribute to, and engage with the world. The semester starts with performance art projects which can either be performed live (in class) or privately (outside of class) with documentation. As the semester proceeds, the projects will become increasingly student-driven. In past semesters, topics have included environmental awareness, personal identity, animal rights, gender studies, mental health, political activism, new technologies, and global events. We look at scores of artists from the 1960s to the present for inspiration and, of equal importance, learn from each other. For the final project, we will design socially engaged initiatives that address local and global community needs, ultimately blurring the boundaries between art and life. This open-media studio art course is a space for incubating ideas and for empowering voices. No previous experience in performance art and/or socially engaged art is necessary. All personalities, from the most introverted to the most extroverted, are welcome. There is no prerequisite beyond curiosity. Contact the professor with questions. Studio art lab supply fee applied.

Location

Sage Arts Center Room B3A (MW 2:00PM - 4:40PM)

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: $75

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: $75.

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 $75.

Location

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

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See Requirements for Honors in Studio Art.

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)