ART 423
ADVANCED PRINTMAKING - GRAPHICS
- Catalog Entry
Art 423. Advanced Printmaking - Graphics
Two hours lecture, demonstration or critique; three hours studio (3).
Prerequisite: Art 323
History of printmaking; advanced exercises in traditional and contemporary printmaking techniques, processes and materials (2-D). May be taken again for credit.
- Detailed Description of Content of Course
This course builds upon the skills developed in lower-level, Art 323 printmaking courses. Like 323, Art 423 is a competency based course. Advanced printmaking provides an historical and conceptual background regarding expressive and technical problem-solving strategies, but each student determines his own specific printmaking objectives and probably problem-solving strategies. The prints produced during the semester demonstrate a student's exploration of these objectives and his level of performance.
A student must demonstrate the ability to cope successfully with the following competencies:
1). development of prints of a high level of technical and artistic sophistication
2). development of a serial oeuvre of consistent aesthetic merit
3). preparation and exhibition of prints in a professional manner
4). describe, analyze, illuminate, and make judgments about prints (criticism) using criteria developed by the student’s culture, or the cultures of others.
- Detailed Description of Conduct of Course
A student will be required to submit a list of printmaking objectives to be explored during the semester. Specific goals will be decided upon by the instructor and student and will comprise self-directed course objectives.
Lectures, readings and demonstrations will provide a student with knowledge about printmakers and their expressive and technical problem-solving strategies. Discussions and critiques will provide a student with guidance on understanding how this background can enhance his own work, guidance on developing the dynamic/expressive potentialities of his imagery, guidance on overcoming perceptual and organizational defects, and guidance on realizing his own personal vision.
- Goals and Objectives of the Course
Learner-directed goals as described above.
- Assessment Measures
A student's prints will demonstrate his level of performance within the learner-directed goals established by him. Because this course is concerned with the development of conceptual skills, not just the production of art work, a student's critical and analytical skills in critiques and discussions will be a factor in the final assessment as well.
- Other Course Information
None
- Review and Approval
DATE ACTION APPROVED BY
March 21, 2005 Reviewed by Steve Arbury, Chair |