Section A Meets 5/22/2013 to 6/24/2013 on Tuesday,Wednesday,Friday from 10:00 AM to 1:00 PM.

Offers a survey of avant-garde European and American art from the mid-19th century to the present. Some of the many artistic movements covered include Realism, Impressionism, post-Impressionism, German Expressionism, Cubism, Dada, Surrealism, de Stijl, early American Modernism, Abstract Expressionism, Pop Art, Minimalism, Conceptual Art, and post-Modernism. Prerequisite: AH 100.

Section A Meets 5/21/2013 to 6/19/2013 on Tuesday,Wednesday,Thursday from 10:00 AM to 1:00 PM.

Examines traditional art forms from the continent of Africa. It deals with conceptual, philosophical, and aesthetic issues in African art, and with the fundamental character of its iconography, movement, and form. Prerequisites: AH 201.

Section 341 Meets 5/21/2013 to 6/19/2013 on Tuesday,Wednesday,Thursday from 6:00 PM to 9:00 PM.

Aims to make designers literate about their own discipline and help them understand the connections between design and a broader history of objects and ideas. Students are exposed to a wide array of images as well as a broad range of reading materials, including primary texts by designers and cultural critics. The course focuses on 20th-century design in Europe and the United States. Prerequisites: AH 100 and AH 201.

Section A Meets 5/21/2013 to 6/19/2013 on Tuesday,Wednesday,Thursday from 1:30 PM to 4:30 PM.

This course explores the contributions of women to the world of art as creators of both traditional fine arts and crafts. This is a broad chronological study that surveys the artistic creations of women from a global perspective.

Section A Meets 5/22/2013 to 6/22/2013 on Monday,Tuesday,Wednesday,Thursday,Friday from 9:00 AM to 4:00 PM.

This course is a unique opportunity for students to fire in an Anagama - a traditional, Japanese style, wood burning kiln. In the first half of the class, held in MICAs ceramics studio, students create the unfinished forms that are best fired in the Anagama kiln atmosphere. In class work is supplemented by slide lectures and demonstrations. Unfired pieces are packed and readied for transport to the kiln. In the second half of the class, students reside in scenic Pennsylvania to begin the five day firing cycle. Hands on work allows students to participate in each stage of the firing process, including cutting and stacking six cords of wood. Pieces cool for one week. Students then return to the kiln to unload and and critique the finished work. Prerequisites: Ceramics experience is required. Note: Materials, kiln fees, wood, transportation to the kiln in Pennsylvania, cabin rental (located a short distance from the kiln in Lake Nockamixon State Park, Quakertown, PA) and food during the week of the firing are included in the price of the class. The final class is a requirement. This date, in which students return to Pennsylvania, will be determined in class. (PRICE INCLUDES: $1,500 tuition + $150 materials fee.)

Section A Meets 5/28/2013 to 6/25/2013 on Monday,Tuesday,Wednesday from 9:00 AM to 4:00 PM.

An intensive study of the nude. Issues of form, structure, volume, movement, composition, and expressive possibilities are explored and practiced. Prerequisites: FF 198 and FF 199. Recommended sophomore course.

Section A Meets 5/23/2013 to 6/12/2013 on Monday,Tuesday,Wednesday,Thursday,Friday from 9:00 AM to 4:00 PM.

Presents the fundamental principles and techniques of painting. Through a wide range of problems, students learn about preparation of various supports, use of painting tools, color mixing, and analyzing surface qualities. Integration of drawing and design concepts are emphasized as students investigate color-value connections, articulation of form, composition, and spatial relationships. Working primarily from observation, students explore subjects ranging from still life, interiors, landscapes, and cityscapes, to self-portraits and the figure.

Section A Meets 5/24/2013 to 6/19/2013 on Tuesday,Wednesday,Friday from 9:00 AM to 4:00 PM.

Typography is the art of organizing letters in space and time. Students gain a familiarity with typographic terms and technologies, an understanding of classical and contemporary typographic forms, an ability to construct typographic compositions and systems, and an appreciation of typography as an expressive medium that conveys aesthetic, emotional and intellectual meaning. Students are introduced to digital typesetting and page layout software. Prerequisite: FF 100 (Elements of Visual Thinking I) and FF 199 (Drawing II)

Section A Meets 5/28/2013 to 6/15/2013 on Tuesday,Wednesday,Thursday from 9:00 AM to 4:00 PM.

In this course students will extend their design vocabulary by combining creative, emergent methodologies to generate expressive and meaningful music videos. Each student will pick music, design, ideate, produce and edit two full-length music videos. Students are encouraged to use alternative methods of working, such as using low-tech methods like stop-motion, film or still photos to create the final work. The course will include lectures and analysis of existing music videos and other motion work, as well as discussions of form, content and deep explorations of process and making. This class is not primarily concerned with teaching software or technology, but there will be some basic discussion of software, and alternative ways of working with motion.

Section A Meets 5/23/2013 to 6/20/2013 on Monday,Tuesday,Wednesday,Thursday from 5:30 PM to 10:00 PM.

This course is designed to provide a basic framework for recording, editing, and composing with sound in a variety of media. No prior production knowledge is assumed. Classes will focus on creative projects, while establishing a common technical and aesthetic vocabulary through in-class demonstrations and discussions. Sound processing, editing, and performance software such as Reason, Ableton Live, audiomulch, and turntables will be covered.

Section A Meets 5/22/2013 to 6/24/2013 on Monday,Wednesday,Friday from 1:00 PM to 4:00 PM.

3 credits. Offered occasionally. Greek and Roman myths are the foundations of Western civilization, the means by which classical civilizations made sense of incomprehensible and powerful forces in the world, the elements, the heavens, and human destiny. In these stories, passed through the ages from their origins as oral and communal stories, generations have witnessed the birth of gods and goddesses, immortals who reside apart from humans, procreating, waging war, and intervening in the affairs of mortals. Versions of these myths entered the literary and in philosophical work of Homer, Hesiod, Aeschylus, Sophocles, Euripedes, Herodotus, Plato, Pindar, and the lyric poets Ovid and Virgil. This course examines Greek, Roman, and Norse mythology, and later the founding myths of Mayan, Native American, and Celtic cultures, along with their enduring influence on literature, art, music, dance, and film. Prerequisite: LA 101.

Section A Meets 5/24/2013 to 6/21/2013 on Tuesday,Wednesday,Friday from 9:00 AM to 4:00 PM.

Students will delve into a universe where character is king, and where good character design is taught through an emphasis on idea, shape, structure, and fun factor. The goal: to create characters that captivate the eye, provoke the mind, and pull the viewer into their world. Students will learn how to breathe life into their characters though drawing from the model, studying the anatomy, and observing movement. These ideals will be reinforced by watching them in action through inspiring art presentations, animated films/shorts and video games.

Section A Meets 5/23/2013 to 6/27/2013 on Tuesday,Wednesday,Thursday from 5:30 PM to 10:00 PM.

In this class projects start with sketches and them move quickly to the digital realm. Assignments emphasize traditional illustration skills such as visual problem-solving, rendering, and drawing, while exploring the digital possibilities to execute the artwork. Students spend half of their time in the studio working on sketches and concepts. They spend the second half of their time executing these assignments in digital programs. The emphasis will be on Adobe Illustrator, and Adobe Photoshop. Crossing software and mixing media are encouraged.

Section A Meets 5/29/2013 to 6/26/2013 on Monday,Wednesday,Friday from 9:00 AM to 4:00 PM.
Section A Meets 5/29/2013 to 6/26/2013 on Monday,Wednesday,Friday from 9:00 AM to 4:00 PM.

This class will focus on the artistic, social, political and ecological issues of growing food in the city. We will start in mid winter by preparing seeds indoors and conducting a seminar on historical and present day issues of food production. We will look at how this activity has been approached by artists historically and look at the vast amount of new work in this area. This will be a project-based class and students will be asked to respond to this information with either a single or series of projects. We will partner with 6-8 urban farms where students will have an opportunity to learn practical gardening skills and each farms unique strengths and challenges.

Section A Meets 5/21/2013 to 6/12/2013 on Tuesday,Wednesday,Thursday,Friday from 10:00 AM to 1:00 PM.

Offers a chance for in-depth study of a seminal 20th-century thinker. Texts (sometimes excerpts and sometimes entire works) include: The Interpretation of Dreams, The Psychopathology of Everyday Life, Jokes and their Relation to the Unconscious, Moses and Monotheism, Totem and Taboo, and Beyond the Pleasure Principle. Prerequisites: One IH1 and one IH2 course.

Section A Meets 5/24/2013 to 6/21/2013 on Monday,Wednesday,Friday from 8:30 AM to 4:00 PM.

This studio class explores the long tradition of the view camera in photography. The course emphasizes fundamental techniques of 4 x 5" and 8 x 10" cameras as they apply to landscape, architectural and portrait photography. Students learn to print from large format negatives in the darkroom and digital labs. Cameras are provided. PRIORITY PHOTO MAJORS Prerequisite: PH 232 (Black & White I), PH 332 (Black & White II), PH 262 (Digital I) & PH 382 (Color Photography)

Section A Meets 5/23/2013 to 6/11/2013 on Monday,Tuesday,Wednesday,Thursday,Friday from 9:00 AM to 4:30 PM.

Explores the different possibilities of water-based screen-printing in a professional print shop atmosphere. Students can gain a solid working knowledge of screenprinting, employing both traditional and contemporary methods of stencil making, film preparation and printing methods on various papers, as well as alternative surfaces and materials. Techniques such as digital film outputting, mixing gradations with ink, multi-color registration, and fourcolor process printing are demonstrated and employed. Through independent projects, demonstrations, and critiques, students are encouraged to create a cohesive body of work and utilize the medium for their own individual artistic needs. Prerequisites: FF 100 and FF 198. Suggested for all printmaking majors in their sophomore or junior year. May not be repeated for credit.

Section A Meets 5/23/2013 to 6/11/2013 on Monday,Tuesday,Wednesday,Thursday,Friday from 9:00 AM to 4:30 PM.

In this course students will learn how to make intaglio prints using photo-etching techniques developed by Zacryl, a company that specializes in safe and affordable printing innovation. The process is nontoxic, relatively fast and has become an extremely popular way to combine photography and printmaking. At the core of this process a light-sensitive photopolymer film that adheres to the printing plate. Imagery created by both by hand or output digitally can then be exposed onto the sensitized plate, developed, and printed using a traditional etching press. The results are remarkable and open up the etching medium to a range of creative possibilities. Students will learn about materials and methods associated with digital imaging and photoprocessing as well as working in a traditional print shop environment. Note: No class on May 27.

Section A Meets 5/23/2013 to 6/12/2013 on Monday,Tuesday,Wednesday,Thursday,Friday from 9:00 AM to 4:00 PM.

Consolidates concepts and methods from FF 150 Painting I and leads students to expanded perceptual awareness. Projects may include still life, landscape, and the figure, as well as abstract and conceptual concerns to enhance each student's formal and personal development. There is ongoing concern with painting materials and techniques. Prerequisite: FF 150. May not be repeated for credit.

Section A Meets 5/23/2013 to 6/20/2013 on Tuesday,Thursday,Friday from 8:30 AM to 4:30 PM.

This course is geared to intermediate/advanced-level students who have a sense of commitment to painting and seek a personal direction that fulfills their identity as painters. Focusing on developing each student's artistic identity, this course has no in-class studio experiences; rather, it focuses on group and individual critiques. Work is done outside of class. There are no restrictions on medium, form or subject (abstract or representational). Class size is limited. Prerequisites: PT 200 (Painting II)