Portfolio: Ceramics (⅔ Credit)
Identity Design (⅓ Credit )
Prerequisite: Successful completion of foundations and two other ⅓ credit ceramics courses (minimum)
Prerequisite: Foundations of Digital Media Arts
Students will continue to advance their wheel throwing, handbuilding, and sculpting skills by learning more advanced techniques. Students will work with greater agency and ownership of their creative process (from inception and design, to criticism and evaluation, to documentation and resolution). They will work towards developing their own body of work as they learn new approaches to working with clay in conjunction with their study of ceramic artworks and master potters. Within this ⅔ credit course, students have an opportunity to earn honors credit.
Foundations of Digital Media Arts (⅓ Credit) Prerequisite: None Students will learn basic techniques in photography and principles of design. They will explore a practical understanding of the Camera Obscura and its associated photographic equipment, both analog and digital. Additionally, students will develop skills in design software programs, with introductions related to typography, color, composition, shapes, and imagery. Students will enroll in the foundations course before choosing from the other offerings to fill out one year of art credit.
Photography in the Community and Photojournalism (⅓ Credit) Prerequisite: Foundations of Digital Media Arts Students will learn how to use photography as a tool for storytelling and documentation in a community. Students will have the opportunity to work in a variety of community settings to document the stories of the places that we inhabit.
Typography and Poster Design (⅓ Credit) Prerequisite: Foundations of Digital Media Arts
Students will use Adobe Illustrator to explore the process and principles involved in creating a logo and brand identity. The course will develop skills and Illustrator, logo design, brand development and guidelines.
Continuing Studies: Photography & Digital Media Arts (⅔ Credit ) Prerequisite: Successful completion of either 1 full credit in Photography courses or 1 full credit in Digital Media Arts courses In this course, open-ended and elegant questions are posed to students. They will use the concepts and techniques learned in the previous courses to pursue rigorous, unique, and engaging ends. With greater agency and ownership of the creative process (from inception and design, to criticism and evaluation, to documentation and resolution), the students are challenged to embody what it means to be an artist. Experimentation (or “serious play”) and failure are part of the learning; adjusting, re-considering, and revising are part of the artist experience. Within this two-mod course, students have an opportunity to earn honors credit.
Portfolio Photography & Digital Media Arts (⅔ Credit Mods) Prerequisite: successful completion of foundations and two additional courses (minimum) In this course, open-ended and elegant questions are posed to students. They will use the concepts and techniques learned in the previous courses to pursue rigorous, unique, and engaging ends. With greater agency and ownership of the creative process (from inception and design, to criticism and evaluation, to documentation and resolution), the students are challenged to embody what it means to be an artist. Experimentation (or “serious play”) and failure are part of the learning; adjusting, re-considering, and revising are part of the artist experience. Within this two-mod course, students have an opportunity to earn honors credit.
Students will develop an understanding of typography and its application in design, using posters as a medium. The course will cover type anatomy and classifications, hierarchy and composition, and best practices for the use of typography in design.
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