Online courses

ARTS 692

Documentation
1 credit

M.I.S. students registering for their initial credit of documentation are required to take this online course intended to aid in the writing process. The course is designed to help the student create an artist’s statement and resume and write a brief paper on an aspect of their work. Review of other students’ work will be an important aspect of the course. Class members will be asked to contribute to an online bibliography of art resources and to submit a detailed outline of their final papers.

PAPR 621

Mixed Media: Advanced Technology and Art
3 credits

This course is offered online with a few scheduled critiques at sites selected by the participants. Successful completion of the “Mixed Media: Technology and Art” course or permission of the instructor is a prerequisite.

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Mixed Media and Drawing
3 credits

This course emphasizes the role of drawing and experimentation in developing a body of artwork. Students will begin their research with a warm-up exercise that consists of a series of small mixed-media drawings that build a theme or motif relevant to their studio practice. Collage, assemblage, drawing on experimental grounds, and painting on nontraditional surfaces often result from this porcess and can function as a springboard for work created during the course.

The curriculum will also consist of artist and media resources presented on-line, during field trips and interation on the course blog. Students should bring samples and/or digital images of their current work to the first class meeting, plan to be present at all scheduled critiques, be able to document their work digitally, and have regular internet access to fully benefit from this course.

There will be four required class meetings and a field trip.

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Mixed Media: Advanced Watercolor
3 credits

This course emphasizes the role of watercolor in developing a body of artwork. Students will begin their research by reviewing the work of professional artists who use watercolor as an aspect of their studio practice although they may not be identified as watercolorists. Students will begin the term with a warm-up exercise, which consists of a series of small mixed-media watercolors that relate to themes or motifs used in their studio practice. Watercolor, water media, collage, and other experimental additives and techniques are designed to function as a springboard for other media in which students work. This course also consists of artist and media resources presented on-line and during field trips, and requires interaction on the course blog.

Students should bring samples and/or digital images of their current work to the first class meeting, plan to be present at all scheduled critiques and have regular internet access to fully benefit from the course.