Art

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Kate Wagle, Department Head

(541) 346–3610

General Departmental Art

ART 115 Basic Design: Fundamentals (4) July 21–August 15. Intermedia laboratory for fundamentals of communication design. Development of visual vocabularies. Extra fee. Caprario.

ART 233 Drawing (4R) June 23–August 13. Beginning course in observation, selection, and recording of significant elements in various drawing media. Extra fee. Reaves, Schauer.

ART 404 Internship: [Topic] (1–12R) Prereq: instructor’s consent.

ART 406 Special Problems: [Topic] (1–8R) Extra fee. Prereq: instructor’s consent.

ART 408/508 Art and Artifact (3R) August 18–22. Examines ways everyday objects and ephemera are mediated and translated by the artist. Covers assemblage, collage, box construction, site-specific installation, and various photographic processes. Extra fee. Prereq: ART 115, 116, or 233. Choquette-Raphael.

ART 408/508 Color Theory (4R) June 23–August 15. Understanding the interaction of color is an essential part of the visual arts. Learn to use color expressively, in composition and in the creation of space, through a series of exercises and projects. Extra fee. Kley.

ART 408/508 Creating Comics (3R) June 16–20. Intensive investigation of comics inspired by everyday lives. Explores single- and multiple-page comic book production including story ideas, panel layout, and research for drawing, inking, and printing. Demonstrations include traditional and nontraditional tools and techniques. Extra fee. O’Connell.

ART 408/508 Japanese Papermaking (3R) June 16–20. Traditional Japanese papermaking techniques. Students construct nontraditional Japanese paper molds, cook and hand-beat Kozo fiber, form sheets with hand molds, and dry paper. Extra fee. Knowles.

ART 408/508 Letterpress Jamboree (3R) June 16–20. Learn to set type by hand and print text and images using letterpress—both the old-fashioned wood and metal type and newer photopolymer plates. Extra fee. Childers.

ART 408/508 Mixed-Media Collage (4R) August 18–22. Five approaches to mixed-media collage, one artist each day: Kurt Schwitters, Hannah Hoch, Joseph Cornell, Romare Beardon, Lenore Tawney. Extra fee. Pobanz.

ART 409 Terminal Creative Project B.F.A.: [Topic] (1–12R) Prereq: instructor’s consent. Extra fee.

ART 601 Research: [Topic] (1–12R) Extra fee. Prereq: instructor’s -consent.

ART 604 Internship: [Topic] (1–12R) Prereq: instructor’s consent.

ART 605 Reading and Conference: [Topic] (1–6R) Prereq: instructor’s consent.

ART 609 Terminal Creative Project M.F.A.: [Topic] (1–12R) Extra fee. Prereq: instructor’s consent.

Ceramics

ARTC 255 Introduction to Wheel Throwing (4R) July 21–August 15. Introduction to basic wheel throwing and functional forms. Extra fee. Schmitt.

ARTC 255 Mold Making and Casting (4R) June 23–July 18. Covers plaster mold design and function, as well as ceramic slip-casting techniques. Explores technical, aesthetic, and conceptual applications for slip-cast ceramic art. Extra fee. Kowitz.

ARTC 355 Mold Making and Casting (4R) June 23–July 18. Advanced processes and concepts furthering the instruction in ARTC 255. Prereq: two terms ARTC 255. Extra fee. Kowitz.

Digital Arts

ARTD 360 Digital Imaging (4R) June 23–August 15. Proper preparation and presentation of digital images for use in print and on screen. Color theory is covered. Extra fee. Prereq: familiarity with Photoshop or other graphic-editing programs or ARTD 251; ART 115 or 116, ARTD 250, 252. Extra fee. Rolfe-Redding.

ARTD 395 Digital Video and Audio (4R) June 23–August 15. Introduction to digital video and audio technology and production applications for multimedia design. Prereq: ARTD 252. Extra fee. Rolfe-Redding.

ARTD 401 Research (1–12)

ARTD 404 Internship: [Topic] (1–12R) Prereq: instructor’s consent.

ARTD 406 Special Problems: [Topic] (1–8R) Prereq: instructor’s consent.

ARTD 408/508 Art as Social Practice (3R) August 18–22. Five-day interventionist-collaborative project taking place at five locations in Eugene, one per day. The interventions could take on forms as diverse as bumper stickers, billboards, post cards, or posters. Extra fee. Ucci.

ARTD 408/508 Interactive Video (3R) June 16–20. Explores the use of computers to create video installations that are interactive with viewers. Discussion of issues of freedom and control that such technological systems provoke. Extra fee. Ives.

ARTD 408/508 Portfolio Workshop (3R) June 16–20. Refine portfolio content and presentation according to personal strengths, career goals. Work outside of class required. Prereq: ARTD 362, 394, 463. Extra fee. Tan.

ARTD 408/508 3-D Rendering for Product Design (3R) June 16–20. Introduction to the design, modeling, and rendering processes of three-dimensional product design. The open-source software Blender 3D is used. Prereq: ARTD 471. Extra fee. Park.

ARTD 601 Research: [Topic] (1–12R) Prereq: instructor’s consent.

ARTD 606 Special Problems: [Topic] (1–8R) Prereq: instructor’s consent.

ARTD 609 Terminal Creative Project M.F.A.: [Topic] (1–12R) Prereq: instructor’s consent.

Fibers

ARTF 358 Natural Dyeing (3R) June 16–20. Explore color through natural dyes on natural fibers. Identify and gather dyestuffs in the field. Compile a resource notebook using the frill spectrum of dye samples. Prereq: ART 115, 116, 233. Extra fee. Pickett.

Metalsmithing and Jewelry

ARTM 408/508 Professional Practices (3R) August 18–22. Introduction to résumé, artist statement, and biography development, applications to professional exhibition and competition; photographing small 3-D work. Prereq: ARTM 258. Extra fee. Kivarkis.

Painting

ARTP 391 Intermediate and Advanced Drawing (4R) June 23–August 15. Continued study in observation related to visual and spatial phenomena. Prereq: ART 233 or equivalent. J. Reaves.

ARTP 401 Combined Studies Painting and Drawing (8R) June 23–August 15. For beginning and advanced students. Two days a week devoted to painting and two to drawing. Work from landscape, still life, and human figure. Extra fee. Graff.

ARTP 401 Research: [Topic] (1–12R) Prereq: instructor’s consent. Extra fee.

ARTP 405 Reading and Conference: [Topic] (1–6R) Prereq: instructor’s consent.

ARTP 406 Special Problems: [Topic] (1–8R) Prereq: instructor’s consent.

ARTP 408/508 Drawing from the Environment (3R) June 16–20. Using sites around the region as subjects for the exploration of drawing. Prereq: one drawing course. Extra fee. Vandenburgh.

ARTP 408/508 Drawing Marathon (5R) June 16–20. Immersion into studio experience. Perceptual drawing problems, figure drawing, abstract drawing. Several group critiques. Includes evening slide lectures, visiting-artist presentations, and discussions. Extra fee. Prereq: ART 233 or equivalent. Bengtson.

ARTP 408/508 Watercolor Illustration (3R) August 18–22. Presents watercolor styles and techniques that illustrate concepts and text for magazines, cards, and children’s books. Use illustration to enhance an idea, tell a story, set a tone, communicate visually. Extra fee. ART 233 recommended. M. Reaves.

ARTP 409 Terminal Creative Project B.F.A.: [Topic] (1–12R) Prereq: instructor’s consent. Extra fee.

ARTP 601 Research: [Topic] (1–12R) Prereq: instructor’s consent. Extra fee.

ARTP 605 Reading and Conference: [Topic] (1–6R) Prereq: instructor’s consent.

ARTP 606 Special Problems: [Topic] (1–12R) Prereq: instructor’s consent. Extra fee.

ARTP 609 Terminal Creative Project M.F.A.: [Topic] (1–12R) Prereq: instructor’s consent.

Photography

ARTO 408/508 Alternative Photographic Processes (4R) July 21–August 15. Explores nontraditional photographic concepts and techniques. Includes 19th-century processes such as cyanotype, Van Dyke brown, and multicolor techniques; historic and contemporary applications. Extra fee. Dussinger.

ARTO 408/508 Photo Mural Printing (3R) June 16–20. Techniques and production of oversize photographic prints. Each student produces a small body of work that focuses on a simple concept. Extra fee. Prereq: ARTO 251 or equivalent. Powell.

ARTO 408/508 Pinhole Holga (4R) June 23–July 18. Explores minimal systems such as pinhole cameras and plastic cameras. Historical perspective and contemporary work explored through slide lectures. Emphasis on development of student work. Extra fee. Prereq: ARTO 251. Powell.

Printmaking

ARTR 408/508 Relief and Intaglio Printmaking (3R) -August 16–20. Individual assistance provided in relation to technical ability. Participants produce one or more limited-edition prints from a woodcut or etching. Slides, demonstrations, and videos. Extra fee. Prentice.

ARTR 408/508 Screen Printing (3R) June 16–20. Introduction to hand-drawn and photo-based stencil-making techniques for water-based screen printing. Students experiment with various approaches to communicate ideas through the medium. Extra fee. Liu.

Sculpture

ARTS 408/508 Installation and Material Intervention (3R) June 16–20. Emphasis on idea generation, research, assessment, and analysis. Conceptual decisions made through video slide shows, readings, and art making, facilitating individual understanding of the conceptual process. Extra fee. Farsi.

ARTS 408/508 Marble Carving (4R) June 16–20. Traditional and contemporary approaches to marble carving. Instruction in forging and tempering hand tools, caning with pneumatic chisels, and working with grinders and diamond blades. Self-support course fee, $490, replaces fees listed in the Tuition section of this catalog. Extra fee for materials on-site. Alpert, Urban.

ARTS 408/508 Metal Fabrication (3R) June 16–20. Focuses on steel fabrication techniques, including cutting, bending, joining, and finishing. Students work with oxy-acetylene kits, chop saw, and drill press, and weld with MIG and stick welders. Overview of the history of steel sculpture in the 20th century. Extra fee. Wojick.

ARTS 408/508 Modeling from Life (3R) August 18–22. For beginning and advanced students. Participants model wet clay from a life model as a daily process and perceptual experience. Extra fee. Gardner.