2019-2020 Academic Catalog 
    
    Mar 29, 2024  
2019-2020 Academic Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

ARTS 280 - Advanced Studio in Painting and Drawing


This course addresses current or timely topics in the area of Studio Arts. Topics can vary from semester to semester. May be repeatable for credit.

Students will be charged a V & PA lab fee upon registering for this course.

Spring 2020 Topic:Encaustic and Mixed Media

This course will examine encaustic’s venerable traditions, its rediscovery by modern practitioners, and the medium’s recent revitalization among contemporary artists. Studio projects will investigate a variety of methods for working with molten wax and explore many of its most compelling properties - luminosity, translucency, malleability and adhesion. Sculpture, photography, printmaking, painting and drawing techniques will be employed to create works that combine multiple practices and mixed media. 

May be repeatable for credit.

 

Prerequisites: Any ARTS Drawing Course

Anticipated Terms Offered: periodically