the ART

project chart pdf

project basics pdf

PURPOSE
Your art work in winter quarter is meant to engage your whole mind in problems and concerns that matter most to you.

Far from segregating imaginative work from critical thinking (in your essay) our hope is that the two will compliment and feed each other, improving the quality of both. They may even merge in some way to create a beautiful and thoughtful whole. (merging them, however does not relieve you of any of the strictures and processes prescribed by the writing process)

LEARNING GOALS

• To explore and express idea in visual form.

• To use visual means to make a compelling idea more powerful, tangible, or meaningfulBASIC EXPECTATIONS

• Development and completion of a project of sufficient magnitude and complexity as determined by your faculty

• Corelation to a concept/theme/question critical to your thesis paper

• Use of at least one print media

• Completion of each stage of the process in a timely manner and as determined by your faculty advisor

• Use in or display during final presentation with your group

STAGES

Generating ideas................(weeks 1-2)

Concept critique................(week 3)

Mock-ups...........................(week 4)

Production plan.................(week 5)

Final critique......................(week 9)

Presentation.......................(week 9/10)

In addition to the linoleum carving and letterpress printing that you already have at your disposal, you will self-select to learn 1 or 2 out of 3 new media:

Monoprinting: this is an incredibly free form and playful process involving you, a plate of plexiglass, ink, and whatever else your imagination can conjure. Produce line-drawings, washes, intricate patterns, layers of shapes, colors, and textures, combine with other print media to create incredibly rich and varied imagery.

Drypoint printing: the simplist form of etching, this technique involves scratching into plexiglass, creating channels and "burs" in which ink can collect. The result is usually a soft and sumptuous line drawing. Scratching into plexi makes it easy to use other materials as your guide or inspiration because you can simply slip something under the plexi and trace!

or Photography (the schedule for photography is not set yet and may require that you independently seek out proficiency to reap the full benefits...your own happy faculty cannot provide technical instruction, but many of your fellow students CAN.)