A foundational course that explores observational strategies and theories of perception using a range of drawing tools. Project work is focused on observational drawing methods with attention to the articulation of line, shape, time, form, gesture, perspective, and value. In-class drawing exercises, weekly homework assignments, and group critiques address a variety of approaches to image making and visual expression, with some attention put towards the human figure. Aimed at first years and sophomores and those considering majors in Studio Art or Architecture. Also recommended for those considering majors in Media Arts and Sciences, or Art History.
Units: 1
Max Enrollment: 16
Prerequisites: None. Open to First-Years, Sophomores, and Juniors. Seniors by permission of the instructor.
Instructor: Cohn, McGibbon, Rivera
Distribution Requirements: ARS - Visual Arts, Music, Theater, Film and Video
Typical Periods Offered: Spring; Fall
Semesters Offered this Academic Year: Fall; Spring
Notes: Required for majors and minors in Studio Art as well as majors in Architecture.
Photo I is a foundational studio course exploring key methods and concepts in photography and visual media. Technical skills will be addressed through camera and darkroom work, lighting, and the discussion of photographic images. Studio assignments, readings, discussions, lectures, gallery visits, and critiques will help students understand photography's broader role in contemporary art, history, and society. Aimed for first year and sophomore students, and those pursuing majors in Studio Art, MAS, or CAMS.
Units: 1
Max Enrollment: 12
Crosslisted Courses: CAMS 138
Prerequisites: None. Open to First-Years and Sophomores. Juniors and Seniors by permission of the instructor.
Instructor: Landeros
Distribution Requirements: ARS - Visual Arts, Music, Theater, Film and Video
Typical Periods Offered: Spring; Fall
Semesters Offered this Academic Year: Fall; Spring
Notes: Meets Production requirement for CAMS major.
This foundational studio course addresses the issue of composition in two-dimensional media. It focuses on the fundamental elements of visual design (e.g., line, shape, value, space, color) and their compositional impact. Studio projects emphasize visual problem-solving skills as a means of achieving more effective communication, with some attention to the issues of typography. Assignments explore a range of media and encourage creative experimentation with both analog and digital processes.
Units: 1
Max Enrollment: 18
Prerequisites: None. Open to First-Years, Sophomores, and Juniors. Seniors by permission of the instructor.
Instructor: Miller
Distribution Requirements: ARS - Visual Arts, Music, Theater, Film and Video
Semesters Offered this Academic Year: Spring
Notes:
This introductory, time-based media production course explores motion graphics, performance art, social practice, installation, Internet art, game design, animation, and the expanding digital domain of 'new media.' The focus will be on experimental, artistic practice using various methods of animation, video, and motion graphics. Studio projects will utilize Photoshop, Maya, Animate, and other imaging and audio programs. Aimed for first and second-year students.
Units: 1
Max Enrollment: 16
Prerequisites: None. Open to First-Years and Sophomores. Juniors and Seniors by permission of the instructor.
Instructor: Staff
Distribution Requirements: ARS - Visual Arts, Music, Theater, Film and Video
Semesters Offered this Academic Year: Not Offered
Notes:
This studio course addresses the theoretical and practical aspects of the manufacture, publication, distribution, and survival of the book. Studio projects in Clapp Library's Book Arts Lab explore themes such as the evolution of the book form, the sequencing of image and text, and the relationship between form and content. Class sessions will feature demonstrations, visiting artists, and presentation of Special Collections materials. Readings and studio projects culminate in a book-based studio project. The knowledge base and skills acquired in this course can be applied to advanced coursework in a variety of disciplines.
Units: 1
Max Enrollment: 12
Prerequisites: None. Open to First-Years, Sophomores, and Juniors. Seniors by permission of the instructor.
Instructor: Ruffin
Distribution Requirements: ARS - Visual Arts, Music, Theater, Film and Video
Semesters Offered this Academic Year: Fall
Notes: Wendy Judge Paulson '69 Ecology of Place Living Laboratory course. This course does not satisfy the Natural and Physical Sciences Laboratory requirement.
This introductory course explores the basic formal and spatial considerations when working with three-dimensional structure and form. Studio projects incorporate a range of materials and methods of visualization. Outside assignments and class discussions are aimed toward helping students enhance their creativity and spatial awareness while acquiring sensitivity for placement, process, and materials. Required for Architecture majors.
Units: 1
Max Enrollment: 16
Prerequisites: Priority given to declared Architecture majors.
Instructor: Mowbray
Distribution Requirements: ARS - Visual Arts, Music, Theater, Film and Video
Typical Periods Offered: Fall
Semesters Offered this Academic Year: Fall
Notes: Wendy Judge Paulson '69 Ecology of Place Living Laboratory course. This course does not satisfy the Natural and Physical Sciences Laboratory requirement.
This introductory course explores video as an art form. Organized around a series of assignments designed to survey a range of production strategies, the course is a primer to the technical and conceptual aspects of video production and to its historical, critical, and technical discourse. Relationships between video and television, film, installation, and performance art are investigated emphasizing video as a critical intervention in social and visual arts contexts. Weekly readings, screenings, discussions and critique, explore contemporary issues in video and help students develop individual aesthetic and critical skills. Practical knowledge is integrated through lighting, video/sound production and editing workshops.
Units: 1
Max Enrollment: 14
Crosslisted Courses: CAMS 135
Prerequisites: Open to First-Years, Sophomores, and Juniors. Seniors by permission of the instructor.
Instructor: Joskowicz
Distribution Requirements: ARS - Visual Arts, Music, Theater, Film and Video
Typical Periods Offered: Spring; Fall
Semesters Offered this Academic Year: Spring; Fall
Notes: Meets the Production requirement for CAMS majors. Ann E. Maurer '51 Speaking Intensive Course.
An intermediate studio course addressing a range of contemporary drawing methods, with considerable attention put towards color, graphic sequencing and pictorial space. Project work integrates print and digital design tools with sustained freehand drawing in wet and dry media. Weekly drawing assignments, readings, and studio discussions consider the graphic conventions of reproducible media, such as the hatched mark, halftone screen, and color separation layer. Building on fundamental concepts introduced at the 100 level, this course helps students strengthen and expand their personal drawing practice and connect it to a wider range of creative disciplines and topics. Following a series of coordinated drawing projects, each student assembles a final portfolio and presents an independent final project.
Units: 1
Max Enrollment: 14
Crosslisted Courses: MAS 20 5
Prerequisites: At least one 100-level ARTS course taken at Wellesley.
Instructor: McGibbon
Distribution Requirements: ARS - Visual Arts, Music, Theater, Film and Video
Typical Periods Offered: Spring
Semesters Offered this Academic Year: Fall
Notes: This course is repeatable one time for additional credit.
This intermediate level studio course addresses a range of sculptural approaches by way of various materials, including clay, wood, metal, plaster, and cardboard. Each of these materials will be used to explore a specific technique or sculptural method such as carving, modeling, or fabrication. By the end of the semester, emphasis shifts towards the completion of more independent projects and conceptual questions regarding the tangible impact of materials, functions, and histories on sculptural artworks.
Units: 1
Max Enrollment: 16
Prerequisites: Any 100-level ARTS course or permission of the instructor required.
Instructor: Mowbray
Distribution Requirements: ARS - Visual Arts, Music, Theater, Film and Video
Semesters Offered this Academic Year: Fall
Notes: Strongly recommended for Architecture majors.
Photo II focuses on digital photography, photographic color theory, studio and location lighting, digital retouching, inkjet printing, and Adobe software. Assignments address contemporary and historic theories of photography as contemporary art and the aesthetic and cultural implications of the ubiquity of digital photography. Studio assignments, readings, discussions, lectures, gallery visits, and critiques will help students prepare for project-based work.
Units: 1
Max Enrollment: 12
Crosslisted Courses: CAMS 238
Prerequisites: Any 100-level ARTS course or permission of the instructor.
Instructor: Landeros
Distribution Requirements: ARS - Visual Arts, Music, Theater, Film and Video
Typical Periods Offered: Fall
Semesters Offered this Academic Year: Spring
Notes:
An intermediate studio course designed for architecture and studio art majors wishing to strengthen their visual and spatial responsiveness. Class work explores various forms of drawing in two and three dimensions, including basic architectural rendering, fixed viewpoint perspective, mapping, modeling, and some digital work. Following a series of projects and discussions considering issues of space and place, the physicality of space, and our historic relationship to architecture, each student produces a self-directed final project. Strongly recommended for architecture majors before enrolling in the architectural design sequence at MIT.
Units: 1
Max Enrollment: 16
Prerequisites: Any 100-level ARTS course or permission of the instructor required.
Instructor: Mowbray
Distribution Requirements: ARS - Visual Arts, Music, Theater, Film and Video
Semesters Offered this Academic Year: Spring
Notes: Wendy Judge Paulson '69 Ecology of Place Living Laboratory course. This course does not satisfy the Natural and Physical Sciences Laboratory requirement. Strongly recommended for Architecture majors before enrolling in architectural design sequence at MIT.
Understanding the human form through sustained observational drawing, research, and experimentation. An intensive, mixed media drawing course that balances careful visual analysis with empathetic, gestural response. Tactile, experiential drawing exercises are complemented by shared readings and research addressing questions of representation in art and cultural conceptions of the body.
Units: 1
Max Enrollment: 16
Prerequisites: Any 100-level ARTS course.
Instructor: Cohn
Distribution Requirements: ARS - Visual Arts, Music, Theater, Film and Video
Typical Periods Offered: Spring
Semesters Offered this Academic Year: Spring
Notes: This course may be repeated once for credit.
An intermediate studio course centered on the fundamental issues of painting, emphasizing color, composition, and paint manipulation through direct observation and response. Studio assignments, presentations, discussions and critiques help students gain technical skills, visual sophistication, and critical awareness of the medium. Students paint from a variety of subjects, including the self-portrait, nude model, and still life.
Units: 1
Max Enrollment: 16
Prerequisites: Any 100-level ARTS course or permission of the instructor required.
Instructor: Rivera
Distribution Requirements: ARS - Visual Arts, Music, Theater, Film and Video
Typical Periods Offered: Fall
Semesters Offered this Academic Year: Spring
Notes: This course may be repeated once for credit.
This intermediate level studio course centers on planographic ways of printing from stone and plate lithography to screen printing and pochoir. Projects incorporate image/text juxtapositions, color theory, patterning, digital photo processes, and vector graphics using the Dactyl Press facilities. Field trips, readings, and collaborative print exchanges complement the individual studio assignments. Recommended for students interested in drawing, design, architecture, media arts, book studies, and art history.
Units: 1
Max Enrollment: 12
Prerequisites: Any 100-level ARTS course or permission of the instructor required.
Instructor: McGibbon
Distribution Requirements: ARS - Visual Arts, Music, Theater, Film and Video
Semesters Offered this Academic Year: Not Offered
Notes: ARTS 219, ARTS 220, ARTS 222 and ARTS 223 are complementary print media courses that may be elected in any order.
A studio exploration of intaglio and relief printing methods, including copperplate etching, collograph, and woodcut. Students develop visual and graphic flexibility through hands-on projects considering image sequences, pattern, text, and multiples. Several projects address color and typography and/or incorporate digital methods. Students participate in a collaborative print exchange in addition to completing individual projects. ARTS 219, ARTS 220, and ARTS 221 are complementary graphic arts courses and may be elected in any order.
Units: 1
Max Enrollment: 12
Prerequisites: Any 100-level ARTS course or permission of the instructor required.
Instructor: McGibbon
Distribution Requirements: ARS - Visual Arts, Music, Theater, Film and Video
Typical Periods Offered: Every other year
Semesters Offered this Academic Year: Fall
Notes: ARTS 219, ARTS 220, ARTS 222 and ARTS 223 are complementary print media courses and may be elected in any order.
Introduction to artistic production through electronic imaging, manipulation, and output. Emphasis on expression, continuity, and sequential structuring of visuals through the integration of image, text, and motion. Image output for print, screen, and adaptive surfaces are explored in conjunction with production techniques of image capture, lighting, and processing. Lectures and screenings of historic and contemporary uses of technology for artistic and social application of electronic imaging.
Units: 1
Max Enrollment: 15
Crosslisted Courses: CAMS 239
Prerequisites: Any 100-level ARTS course.
Instructor: Olsen
Distribution Requirements: ARS - Visual Arts, Music, Theater, Film and Video
Typical Periods Offered: Spring
Semesters Offered this Academic Year: Not Offered
Notes:
This intermediate studio course is centered on the relationship between text and image through letterpress relief printing techniques and handmade book structures. Studio projects will include the production of limited edition artist's books that focus on the interplay of two and three dimensions in the book form. Emphasis will be placed on creative problem solving within the limitations of technology, and on the importance of the act of revision. Class sessions in the Papermaking Studio and Special Collections will augment intensive studio work in Clapp Library's Book Arts Lab.
Units: 1
Max Enrollment: 12
Prerequisites: Any 100-level ARTS course or permission of the instructor required.
Instructor: Ruffin
Distribution Requirements: ARS - Visual Arts, Music, Theater, Film and Video
Semesters Offered this Academic Year: Spring
Notes: Wendy Judge Paulson '69 Ecology of Place Living Laboratory course. This course does not satisfy the Natural and Physical Sciences Laboratory requirement.
This intermediate studio course explores new hybrid approaches to graphic thinking, integrating traditional and new print technologies in experimental ways. Students develop greater visual and conceptual range in the Dactyl Press studios while developing iterative projects involving color, text-based art, handmade books, and installations. Some projects explore photo-digital print processes, laser-cutting, and vector graphics. Readings, discussions, critiques, demonstrations, and collaborative exchanges consider the ongoing impact of media culture. Especially recommended for students interested in design, architecture, media arts, and book studies.
Units: 1
Max Enrollment: 12
Prerequisites: Any 100-level ARTS course or permission of the instructor required.
Instructor: McGibbon
Distribution Requirements: ARS - Visual Arts, Music, Theater, Film and Video
Semesters Offered this Academic Year: Not Offered
Notes: ARTS 219, ARTS 220, ARTS 222 and ARTS 223 are complementary print media courses that may be elected in any order.
Units: 1
Max Enrollment: 15
Prerequisites: Permission of the instructor.
Instructor:
Typical Periods Offered: Spring; Fall
Semesters Offered this Academic Year: Spring; Fall
Units: 0.5
Max Enrollment: 25
Prerequisites: Permission of the instructor.
Instructor:
Typical Periods Offered: Spring; Fall
Semesters Offered this Academic Year: Fall; Spring
Notes:
Critical examination of the expanding field of information and interface design for interactive media. Emphasis will be on effective visual communication, information design, and creative content creation for online and digital platforms. Hands-on production will focus on design methods, theory, limitations leading to innovative approaches. Screenings and discussions on contemporary practices, theoretical, artistic, and cultural issues.
Units: 1
Max Enrollment: 15
Crosslisted Courses: CAMS 255
Prerequisites: Any 100-level ARTS course and either CS 110 or CS 111.
Instructor: Olsen
Distribution Requirements: ARS - Visual Arts, Music, Theater, Film and Video
Typical Periods Offered: Spring
Semesters Offered this Academic Year: Spring
Notes:
Creative exploration of the moving image as it relates to digital methods of animation, video, and motion graphics. Hands-on production of audio, image, text, and time-based media synthesis, with a conceptual emphasis on nonlinear narrative, communication design, and visual expression. Screenings and lectures on historical and contemporary practices, coupled with readings and discussions of the theoretical, artistic, and cultural issues in the moving image.
Units: 1
Max Enrollment: 12
Crosslisted Courses: CAMS 230
Prerequisites: Any 100-level ARTS course, or ARTS 221/CAMS 239.
Instructor: Olsen
Distribution Requirements: ARS - Visual Arts, Music, Theater, Film and Video
Typical Periods Offered: Every other year
Semesters Offered this Academic Year: Not Offered
Notes: Wendy Judge Paulson '69 Ecology of Place Living Laboratory course. This course does not satisfy the Natural and Physical Sciences Laboratory requirement.
An intermediate level studio that guides students through different approaches to film/video production while challenging linear narrative and documentary conventions. Students experiment with non-narrative approaches to content, structure, and technique. Investigations of space and performance are informed by poetry, literature, sound, color, fragmentation, and abstraction. Building upon the historical legacy of the moving image, students incorporate self-exploration, social critique, and manipulation of raw experience into an aesthetic form. Students develop independent or collaborative moving image and/or performance projects and articulate their artistic process through a series of presentations and critiques.
Units: 1
Max Enrollment: 14
Crosslisted Courses: CAMS 235
Prerequisites: Any 100-level ARTS course and either CAMS 101 or CAMS 201, or permission of the instructor.
Instructor: Joskowicz
Distribution Requirements: ARS - Visual Arts, Music, Theater, Film and Video
Typical Periods Offered: Fall
Semesters Offered this Academic Year: Fall
Notes: Meets the Production requirement for CAMS majors. CAMS majors who have taken CAMS 201 are encouraged to register for this class instead of ARTS 165/CAMS 135.
An exploration of sculptural concepts utilizing a variety of materials and methods. This course will integrate the constructed and tangible, with process and practice, culminating in the development of independent projects. Emphasis will be placed on conceptual considerations, such as audience, context/location, materials, functionality, and histories.
Units: 1
Max Enrollment: 14
Prerequisites: At least one 200 level ARTS course completed at Wellesley.
Instructor: Mowbray
Distribution Requirements: ARS - Visual Arts, Music, Theater, Film and Video
Typical Periods Offered: Spring
Semesters Offered this Academic Year: Spring
Notes:
Advanced explorations of aesthetic and content issues through the use of both traditional light-sensitive and digital methodologies. Advanced photographic techniques and equipment will be presented in response to each student's work. Continued emphasis is placed on research into the content and context of the photographic image in contemporary practice through visiting artist events as well as gallery and museum visits.
Units: 1
Max Enrollment: 12
Crosslisted Courses: CAMS 338
Prerequisites: One of the following - ARTS 108/CAMS 138, ARTS 208/CAMS 238, ARTS 221/CAMS 239; or permission of the instructor required.
Instructor: Nhamo
Distribution Requirements: ARS - Visual Arts, Music, Theater, Film and Video
Typical Periods Offered: Spring
Semesters Offered this Academic Year: Spring
Notes:
Introduction to the design and production of three-dimensional objects and spaces using industry-standard modeling software. Overview of basic modeling, surface design, and camera techniques. Emphasis on creative application of the media, in relation to architectural, experimental, and time-based forms. Screenings and lectures on traditional and contemporary practices, coupled with readings and discussions of the theoretical, artistic, and cultural issues in the virtual world.
Units: 1
Max Enrollment: 15
Crosslisted Courses: CAMS 313
Prerequisites: Any ARTS course. Strong computer familiarity needed.
Instructor: Olsen
Distribution Requirements: ARS - Visual Arts, Music, Theater, Film and Video
Typical Periods Offered: Every other year
Semesters Offered this Academic Year: Not Offered
Notes:
An intensive studio course for juniors and seniors, considering the visual, conceptual, and spatial issues driving contemporary drawing practices. This course explores the act of drawing as a speculative and critical thinking process as well as a visual language. Class work addresses various observational and technical methods as well as reciprocities between sound, drawing, and time, and/or drawing and materiality. In-depth studio critiques, field trips, and interaction with visiting artists and musicians augment the projects. Following a period of intense studio exploration and dialogue, each student develops and hones an independent, cohesive body of work.
Units: 1
Max Enrollment: 15
Prerequisites: Any 100-level ARTS course and at least one 200-level ARTS course.
Instructor: Rivera
Distribution Requirements: ARS - Visual Arts, Music, Theater, Film and Video
Typical Periods Offered: Fall
Semesters Offered this Academic Year: Fall
Notes: This course may be repeated once for credit.
A project-based course that examines in depth the history and the processes of painting. This studio provides an opportunity for advanced students to share their painting practice and benefit from intensive and well-informed critical dialogue. The group interacts in a seminar fashion, in which topics and problems are presented and students are asked to develop independent projects examining them. Students explore painting as object, painting in space, site specificity, and consider the impact of digital technologies on image making. Each student will continue to explore elements pertaining to the construction of painting while developing an independent vocabulary and a substantial, cohesive body of work.
Units: 1
Max Enrollment: 16
Prerequisites: ARTS 105 and ARTS 218, or permission of the instructor required.
Instructor: Rivera
Distribution Requirements: ARS - Visual Arts, Music, Theater, Film and Video
Typical Periods Offered: Spring
Semesters Offered this Academic Year: Not Offered
Notes: This course may be repeated once for credit.
Part I of a year-long seminar supporting advanced studio students, divided into one half-credit course offered during the Fall semester and one half-credit in the Spring. This methodology-based course functions as an overlay to advanced studio projects underway in the context of 300 level studio classes and thesis projects. Students enrolled in the course will have access to independent workspace for the year and benefit from sustained dialogue and studio critiques with a range of faculty and visiting artists, including those hosted through the Frank Williams Visiting Artist Lecture Series. This course is mandatory for all Studio Art majors and strongly recommended for Studio Art minors and related visual arts majors.
Units: 0.5
Max Enrollment: 11
Prerequisites: ARTS 105 and two other 100-level studio courses, and either (at least two 200-level studio art courses; or one 200-level and one 300-level studio art course).
Instructor: Cohn
Distribution Requirements: ARS - Visual Arts, Music, Theater, Film and Video
Typical Periods Offered: Fall
Semesters Offered this Academic Year: Fall
Notes: Each semester of ARTS 317H and ARTS 318H earns one half unit of credit; however, both semesters must be completed satisfactorily to receive credit for either course. This course may be repeated once for credit, with the permission of the department.
Part II of a year-long seminar supporting advanced students, divided into one half-credit offered during the fall semester and one half-credit course in the spring leading towards the senior exhibition in May. This methodology-based course functions as an overlay to advanced projects underway in the context of advanced studio classes or thesis projects. Students enrolled in the course will have access to independent workspace and benefit from sustained dialogue and studio critiques with a range of faculty and visiting artists, including those hosted through the Frank Williams Visiting Artists Lecture Series. This course is mandatory for all Studio Art majors and strongly recommended for Studio Art minors and related visual arts majors.
Units: 0.5
Max Enrollment: 11
Prerequisites: ARTS 317H or permission of the instructor.
Instructor: Cohn
Distribution Requirements: ARS - Visual Arts, Music, Theater, Film and Video
Typical Periods Offered: Spring
Semesters Offered this Academic Year: Spring
Notes: Each semester of ARTS 317H and ARTS 318H earns one half unit of credit; however, both semesters must be completed satisfactorily to receive credit for either course. This course may be repeated once for credit with the permission of the department.
Various topics in New Media are explored through research, creative activity, and theoretical discussion. Topics address historical as well as contemporary issues that bridge art and technology. This is an advanced level New Media course giving students the opportunity to focus on personal projects, explore contemporary and historical new media concepts as well as receive critiques from other students. Topics covered will focus on media history and research, contemporary intermedia artists, designers, thinkers and scientists, along with readings and discussions. Collaboration will be encouraged between Studio Art, Architecture, Music, CAMS, Media Arts, Theater and Computer Science. This course may be used to fulfill the capstone requirement for MAS.
Units: 1
Max Enrollment: 15
Crosslisted Courses: CAMS 321
Prerequisites: Two 200-level courses in ARTS, CAMS, or MAS.
Instructor: Olsen
Distribution Requirements: ARS - Visual Arts, Music, Theater, Film and Video
Typical Periods Offered: Fall
Semesters Offered this Academic Year: Fall
Notes: This course may be repeated once for credit.
What are graphic conventions and how do print methods inform contemporary artistic inquiry? A conceptually driven studio aimed for juniors and seniors who have successfully completed at least one graphics based studio course course at the 200 level. Readings, discussions, and field trips address sequential imagery, text/image interactions and the use of multiplicity in a range of visual formats, from the artist book to the site-based installation. Following a period of interactive studio experimentation and dialogue, each student develops a comprehensive self-directed project using the Dactyl Press facilities. May be repeated for degree credit.
Units: 1
Max Enrollment: 12
Prerequisites: One of the following - ARTS 208/CAMS 238, ARTS 219, ARTS 220, ARTS 221/CAMS 239, ARTS 222, ARTS 223, or by permission of the instructor.
Instructor: McGibbon
Distribution Requirements: ARS - Visual Arts, Music, Theater, Film and Video
Semesters Offered this Academic Year: Spring
Notes: Normally alternates with ARTS 323 every third semester. This course can be repeated once for credit.
Print studios are packed with metaphors of travel, and for good reason: the movement of an image from here to there is the central narrative guiding all graphic production. This advanced studio course is aimed for juniors and seniors able to work independently in at least one print medium with in-depth print based projects considering notions of travel and transformation. Students interact with visiting artists who address theories of travel, while developing sustained, self-directed projects using the Dactyl Press facilities. Studio work will be complemented by discussions, critiques, readings, and field trips. This course may be used to fulfill the capstone requirement for the MAS major.
Units: 1
Max Enrollment: 12
Prerequisites: Permission of the instructor.
Instructor: McGibbon
Distribution Requirements: ARS - Visual Arts, Music, Theater, Film and Video
Typical Periods Offered: Fall
Semesters Offered this Academic Year: Not Offered
Notes: Normally alternates with ARTS 322 every third semester.
This advanced, project-based course is aimed at students able to work independently in one of two broad categories of contemporary art-making: Drawing (including visual art, new media art, architecture, sculpture, and/or art theory) and Sound (composition, performance, analog or digital sound production, and/or sound studies). Together we will explore elements such as rhythm, line, space, and composition from the perspectives of sound studies and drawing, focusing in particular on the graphic mark. Students will interact with several visiting artists, and will visit working artists in their studios and observe relevant art installations and performances. Students will develop semester-long studio projects, which will be supplemented by discussions, critiques, and readings.
Units: 1
Max Enrollment: 20
Crosslisted Courses: MUS 336
Prerequisites: Any of the following - ARTS 105, ARTS 109, ARTS 113, MUS 100, MUS 122, ARTH 100, or permission of the instructor.
Instructor: Rivera
Distribution Requirements: ARS - Visual Arts, Music, Theater, Film and Video
Semesters Offered this Academic Year: Not Offered
Notes:
Units: 1
Max Enrollment: 25
Prerequisites: Permission of the instructor. Open to juniors and seniors.
Typical Periods Offered: Spring; Fall
Semesters Offered this Academic Year: Fall; Spring
Units: 0.5
Max Enrollment: 15
Prerequisites: Permission of the instructor.
Instructor:
Typical Periods Offered: Spring; Fall
Semesters Offered this Academic Year: Spring; Fall
Units: 1
Max Enrollment: 25
Prerequisites: Permission of the department.
Instructor:
Typical Periods Offered: Spring; Fall
Semesters Offered this Academic Year: Fall; Spring
Notes: Students enroll in Senior Thesis Research (360) in the first semester and carry out independent work under the supervision of a faculty member. If sufficient progress is made, students may continue with Senior Thesis (370) in the second semester.
This advanced-level projects class centers on the production and critique of individual lens-based media, including film/video, photography, and digital time-based media. Students will develop semester-long projects and will articulate their artistic process through a series of presentations and critiques over the semester structured alongside screenings, readings, invited lectures, and discussions that investigate various positions from artists and directors on the dynamics of space on screen. This is a project-based rather than an assignment-based class, and students will be encouraged to try new techniques and exercises as their work progresses over the semester. Students work individually and in groups and will participate in their peers' production exercises.
Units: 1
Max Enrollment: 14
Crosslisted Courses: CAMS 335
Prerequisites: One of the following - ARTS 165/CAMS 135, ARTS 208/CAMS 238, ARTS 265/CAMS 235, ARTS 308/CAMS 338, ARTS 221/CAMS 239, ARTS 255/CAMS 255, ARTS 260/CAMS 230, ARTS 313/CAMS 313, ARTS 321/CAMS 321, or permission of the instructor.
Instructor: Joswkowicz
Distribution Requirements: ARS - Visual Arts, Music, Theater, Film and Video
Typical Periods Offered: Spring
Semesters Offered this Academic Year: Spring
Notes: Meets the Capstone requirement for MAS majors.
This advanced-level studio class is for students interested in exploring the relationship between architecture, narrative and digital space. The class will begin with research into filmic environments that utilize place, architecture and objects as narrative tools. We will look at the use of interiors and exteriors, circulation between spaces, and the use of props and/or computer generated imagery to create space. Our focus will be on the construction of cinematic space as a formal and conceptual component of storytelling. Using architecture, installation, performance, film, and literature as guides to navigating both constructed and conceptual landscapes, students projects will explore advanced strategies of image and sound manipulation, both technical and conceptual. Students will develop semester-long projects and will articulate their artistic process through a series of presentations and critiques over the semester focusing on a project that integrates digital and physical narrative spaces.
Units: 1
Max Enrollment: 14
Crosslisted Courses: CAMS 366
Prerequisites: One of the following - CAMS 101, ARTS165/ CAMS 135, ARTS 265/ CAMS 235, ARTS 216, an MIT Architecture Studio, or permission of the instructor.
Instructor: Joskowicz
Distribution Requirements: ARS - Visual Arts, Music, Theater, Film and Video
Typical Periods Offered: Every other year
Semesters Offered this Academic Year: Not Offered
Notes:
Units: 1
Max Enrollment: 10
Prerequisites: ARTS 360 and permission of the department.
Instructor:
Typical Periods Offered: Spring; Fall
Semesters Offered this Academic Year: Fall; Spring
Notes: Students enroll in Senior Thesis Research (360) in the first semester and carry out independent work under the supervision of a studio faculty member, with assessments from the full studio art faculty. If sufficient progress is made, students may continue with Senior Thesis (370) in the second semester.
This conceptually-driven studio seminar uses food as a theoretical and material strategy of investigation and production. It is a multi-disciplinary exploration of project themes spanning a range of creative disciplines (e.g., printmaking, sculpture and new media) that students have expertise in, with the added expectation of collaborating across new fields of inquiry within and outside the Art Department. The conceptual insights from texts will set the foundations for our understandings of literal and ideological consumption of food, as well as inform the implications of those principles on art making and presentation.
Units: 1
Max Enrollment: 14
Prerequisites: Any 100-level ARTS course and at least one 200-level ARTS course.
Instructor: Nhamo
Distribution Requirements: ARS - Visual Arts, Music, Theater, Film and Video
Typical Periods Offered: Fall
Semesters Offered this Academic Year: Not Offered
Notes: