Visual Arts Timetable and Courses

ART 100

Introduction to Art

An introduction to the study of the visual arts. Lectures focus on contemporary art practices and objects, design elements, media and methods, and the meanings and contexts that inform the making and reception of art works. This is not a studio or an art history course.
*Note: Students may not receive credit for both ART 100 and INA 100.*

ART 220

Two-Dimensional Form

Through hands-on studio projects, you will draw, paint, use print media, photography, and intermedia processes to develop a working understanding of two-dimensional design principles.
*Note: Students may not receive credit for both ART 220 and INA 220.*

ART 221

Three-Dimensional Design

This foundation studio course is an introduction to three dimensional materials and processes. Students will explore the fundamentals of creating 3D artworks. They will work with materials such as paper, cardboard, wire, plaster, and clay, developing technical and material skills within a framework of contemporary 3D art practices.
*Note: Students may not receive credit for both ART 221 and INA 221.*

ART 223

Intro to Photo-Based Art

This studio course stimulates the creation of contemporary photo-based art grounded in experimentation. Students will gain familiarity with critical and historical precedents, alongside camera, software, scanning, and printing techniques.
***Prerequisite: ART 100 (may be taken concurrently).***
*Note: Creative Technologies Program Option.*
*Additional Fee: $100.*

ART 230

Introduction to Drawing

Using a broad range of drawing media, students will develop observational and creative drawing skills. Class concentrations include still life and figure drawing.
***Prerequisite: ART 220 and ART 100 (ART 100 may be taken concurrently).***

ART 240

Introduction to Painting

Learn painting processes and representational techniques with reference to both historical and contemporary
examples.
***Prerequisite: ART 220 and ART 100 (ART 100 may be taken concurrently).***

ART 250

Introduction to Sculpture

An exciting opportunity to explore studio processes, concepts and history relating to three-dimensional form. Focussed through the lens of contemporary sculptural practices, students will develop hands-on experience with a variety of media.

ART 260

Introduction to Ceramics

Studio course introducing the material of clay within the context of contemporary ceramics practices. Students will learn basic making techniques, focusing on hand-building and will also be exposed to the potter’s wheel, glazing, kiln loading and firing.
***Prerequisite: ART 100 (may be taken concurrently).***

ART 270

Introduction to Printmaking

A studio course that aims to foster a broad understanding of artistic printmaking through exposure to a variety of studio techniques and assignments, complemented by demonstrations and discussions of printmaking's historical and social importance. Intaglio, Lithography, Relief, and/or hybrid Digital processes will be introduced.
***Prerequisite: ART 100 (may be taken concurrently.)***

ART 290AC

Introduction to Graphic Design

Through a combination of studio projects and lectures, you will explore practical and theoretical principles of visual communication and perception applied to graphic design. By articulating these principles and engaging with sketches, models, and outlines we will give shape to new projects as they were realized in a professional environment. ***Prerequisite: Art 220 or Art 230 or permission of Department Head***

ART 290AG

Art: Histories and Practice I

Gain new perspectives on how art and art history shape one another in this team-taught course combining studio and art history. Focussing on materials and techniques students will experience hands-on working with clay and plaster to create a work of art. Observing a bronze pour is included in this course.

ART 290AH

Atmospheric Kiln Processes

Using outstanding kiln facilities, the course will be taught by a visiting expert in atmospheric kilns. Students will make work for, and fire, Raku, Wood and Soda kilns. The instruction will accommodate beginner through advanced level ceramic backgrounds. Students will have full access to the ceramic studio during the course.

ART 290AI

Painting Portraits

Learn the secrets of creating realistic portraits while improving your painting skills in acrylic or oil paint. The course will focus on anatomy, composition, lighting, colour mixing and brushwork working from live models and photographs.

ART 290AJ

Plants in Contemporary Art

In this course, observational studies of plant-life, in both painting and drawing, will intersect with discussion of key affective aspects of the depiction of botanics in contemporary art. Concepts such as ecology, place, cultural specificity and gender will factor heavily along with supplementary art-historical explorations.
***Prerequisites – Art 230 or Art 240***

ART 290AK

Set It In Lead: Letterpress

A studio course that covers the history of printed text, setting lead type
and exploring a letterpress collection of days past as a contemporary
medium. Students will also become well versed with the intricate
California job case and printing on an enchanting Chandler & Price
printing press.

ART 290AL

Mixed Reality Performance Art

In this course students will learn methods of augmented and virtual reality in creating embodied performance art works streamed to audiences on the Internet.
*Note: Creative Technologies Program Option*

ART 290AM

Wood Fired Ceramics

Using outstanding kiln facilities, the course will be taught by a visiting expert in wood firing. Students will make works in clay and fire Wood and Wood-Soda kilns. The instruction will accommodate beginner through advanced level ceramic backgrounds.
Students will have full access to the ceramic studio during the course.

ART 290AN

Outdoor Ceramic Sculpture

Working collaboratively with an artist/expert, students will create an outdoor ceramics sculpture on campus. While developing their sculptural and ceramic making skills, students will learn about other public sculptures, about how to submit a proposal for a commission, and about working collaboratively with varies parties to realize a public artwork.

ART 290AO

Studio Making for Wood-Kilns

This ceramics course focuses on developing and making work in the studio for wood-kilns. Through demonstrations and practice-based learning, beginner through advanced students will develop skills and concepts relevant to wood-firing practices. Advanced students will be permitted to bring bisqued work; all students will participate in firing our two wood-kilns.

ART 290AP

Intro to Atmospheric Firing

Students who are new to ceramics and/or new to atmospheric firing will make work for, and fire, Raku, Wood and Soda kilns. The course focuses on developing and making ceramics in the studio. Through demonstrations and practice-based learning, students will be introduced to the skills and concepts of atmospheric firing.

ART 290JP

The Art of Kyoto

For hundreds of years, Kyoto has been the centre of traditional arts and crafts production in Japan. On this Study Tour, we will visit sites of artistic importance, and meet local artists and educators as a means to better understanding the local and global importance of this dynamic city.
***Prerequisite: Permission of the Instructor required to register.***
*Note: The cost of travel and accommodations will be borne by students.*
*Additional Fee: $4000.00.*

ART 291

Intro to Graphic Design

Through a combination of studio projects and lectures, students will explore practical and theoretical principles of visual communication and perception applied to graphic design. By articulating these principles and engaging with sketches, models, and outlines students will give shape to new projects as they are realized in a professional environment effective 202010.
***Student may receive credit for only one of ART 291 or ART 290AC.***

ART 322

Photo-Conceptualism

Students in this intermediate course will explore conceptual approaches to contemporary studio research and art making using photo-based media. The course includes self-directed and assigned studio work, individual and group critiques. Approaches include seriality, procedural, algorithmic,
immaterial, and language/text.
***Prerequisite: ART 323.***

ART 323

Digital Photo in Contemporary Art

Students work on contemporary art projects (independent and directed) with instructor supervision exploring the creative and technological possibilities of working in digital photographic media. A range of contemporary art approaches to traditional photographic genres may be explored, including the pictorial, abstract, landscape, documentary, conceptual, figuration, and still life.
***Prerequisite: ART 223.***

ART 324

Space, Time, and Photo-Based Art

In this intermediate-level course, students will explore physical and durational approaches to making photo-based art, including documented performance; time-lapse; experimental video; and conceptual serial processes.
***Prerequisite: ART 323.***

ART 325

Prairie Landscape Photography

The landscape is particularly resonant subject matter in the prairies and has influenced generations of artists in Saskatchewan. This intermediate level course approaches the genre of landscape with critical attention to the human altered land.
***Prerequisite: ART 323.***

ART 326

Alternative Photographic Processes

Working with the sun/uv light, natural materials, and digitally created negatives, students will create art through the exploration of historical processes. Including cyanotype and pinhole photography.
***Prerequisite: ART 323.***

ART 332

Drawing the Human Form

This course focuses on the human body and includes various approaches to figure drawing. Observational drawing skills will be developed through live models, skeletons, photographs, and other sources. Examination of the drawings of historic and contemporary artists will take place as will individual and group critiques.
***Prerequisite ART 230.***

ART 333

From Idea to Finished Drawing

This course takes ideas and turns them into finished drawings. Several projects will guide students through the development of ideas from initial stages to finished drawings. Examination of the drawings of historic and contemporary artists will take place as will individual and group critiques.
***Prerequisite ART 230.***

ART 334

Expressive Drawing

Through guided exercises, students will try out various drawing approaches, styles, media and scale to find those that best suit their expressive intentions. Text, colour, and various papers will be explored. Examination of the drawings of historic and contemporary artists will take place as will individual and group critiques.
***Prerequisite ART 230.***

ART 335

Alternative Drawing

Projects will encourage exploration of media on a wide range of supports ranging from wood, ceramic, plastic, metal, sand and snow. Examination of the drawings of historic and contemporary artists will take place as will individual and group critiques.
***Prerequisite ART 230.***

ART 336

Drawing Media & Process

This course offers in-depth exploration into a wide range of drawing media including graphite, charcoal, conté, pen and ink and ink wash. Both conventional and contemporary drawing processes will be explored. Examination of the drawings of historic and contemporary artists will take place as will individual and group critiques.
***Prerequisite ART 230.***

ART 337

Visual Storytelling

An introductory studio course on the techniques of visual story telling, including graphic novels and artists' books.
*Note: Pop Culture Option*

ART 341

Painting and Colour

This course offers an in-depth examination of colour. Projects will focus on expressive possibilities and the development of an individual palette. Both object-based and non-objective painting will be explored. Group and individual critiques and discussions will be ongoing as will investigation into the work of historic and contemporary painters.
***Prerequisite ART 240.***

ART 342

Expressive Painting

Explore brushwork and colour as expressive elements of painting. Projects will involve the figure and other image-based subjects, as well as abstraction and non-objective painting. Group and individual critiques and discussions will be ongoing as will investigation into the work of historic and contemporary painters.
***Prerequisite ART 240.***

ART 343

Painting the Human Form

This course focuses on the human body and includes various approaches to portrait and figure painting. Skills will be developed through projects engaging live models, skeletons, photographs, and other sources. Examination of the paintings of historic and contemporary artists will take place as will individual and group critiques.
***Prerequisite ART 240.***

ART 344

Representational Painting

Students develop representational painting skills through still-life painting and by working from photographs. Students also develop research and critical skills by studying contemporary and historical art works, through discussion, and group critiques.
***Prerequisite: ART 240.***

ART 351

Sculptural Materials and Ideas

A variety of approaches to contemporary sculptural practices will be explored. Students will move through a series of informative and engaging projects designed to challenge and enlighten. Materials and processes will vary and may include: DIY, advanced fabrication (wood and metal), modelling, casting, soft sculpture or contemporary crafting.
***Prerequisite: ART 250.***

ART 352

Lost Wax Bronze Casting

Learn a process discovered over 4000 years ago. Each step necessary in creating a finished bronze sculpture will be taught in this class. Re-live the processes that shaped many of the iconic works of the High Renaissance and the Classical Era with a modern twist.
***Prerequisite: ART 250.***

ART 353

Multiples and Mould Making

Why make one when you can make a bunch? Learn the nitty-gritty of multiples and mould making. Discover the secrets of reproducing originals exactly, including the human body. Or take originals and cut and paste to create something new. Flexible moulds, plaster, plastics and alternative materials will be explored.
***Prerequisite: ART 250.***

ART 354

Diarama

Explore the box. Learn basic skills that will take your ideas a long way. Explore narrative based art making using small handmade boxes, individual crafted items and relevant and fitting found materials.
***Prerequisite: ART 250.***

ART 355

Installation Art

A variety of exciting and diverse approaches to contemporary Installation Art will be explored. Re-examine the artist’s relationship to the gallery, move beyond the confines of the classroom and interact directly with public/private spaces, build your own custom tailored environment or redefine space all together.
***Pre-requisite: Permission of Department Head***

ART 356

Lost Wax Processes

In preparation for ART 357 Bronze Casting, students will learn the initial steps to creating a work of art ready for bronze casting. Armatures, modelling, specialized mould-making and wax working will be covered. Relive processes that shaped the High Renaissance and Classical Era with a modern twist.
***Prerequisite ART 250.***

ART 357

Bronze Casting

Students will learn a process invented over 4000 years ago. Utilizing wax pieces created in ART 356, this class will focus on the next steps in bronze casting: investment moulds, kiln firing, pit pouring, bronze casting, welding, and patination.
***Prerequisite: ART 356.***

ART 361

Contemporary Ceramic Processes

Students will further develop some of the making skills and knowledge about contemporary ceramics practices introduced in Art 260. Through making ceramic works there will be an emphasis on learning to glaze, fire various kilns, and make your own clay. Relationships between ceramics processes and creative content will be investigated.
***Prerequisite ART 260.***

ART 362

Contemporary Ceramic Multiples

Students will further develop some of the making skills and knowledge about contemporary ceramics practices introduced in Art 260. Through creative and experimental approaches to repetition and variation, students will have the opportunity to develop functional, sculptural and/or installation projects in wheel throwing, press-molding, slip casting, and various hand-building techniques.
***Prerequisite ART 260.***

ART 363

Kiln Firing and Surfaces

Students will learn how to fire kilns, test and make glazes, produce other surface treatments, and make work that deepens skills and knowledge introduced in ART 260. Relationships between creative content, surface treatment, and firing processes will be investigated.
***Prerequisite: ART 260.***

ART 364

Experimental Ceramics

Students will explore ceramic-based experimental and multimedia practices. Building on skills and knowledge introduced in ART 260, students will undertake research, invention, and innovation in relation to both conventional and unconventional contexts and techniques of contemporary ceramics. ***Prerequisite: ART 260.***

ART 365

Ceramics: Size Matters

Students will deepen skills and knowledge of ceramics practices introduced in ART 260 with an emphasis on considerations of scale, including the miniature and gigantic.
***Prerequisite: ART 260.***

ART 366

Ceramics: The Wheel

Students will develop the skill of throwing on the potter’s wheel and will consider its uses as a tool for making within a range of ceramics contexts - from the traditional through the experimental. Relationships between technique, design, aesthetics, and creative content will be investigated.
***Prerequisite: ART 260.***

ART 371

Silkscreen and Stone

Drawing from opposite ends of the technological and historical spectrum, this intermediate level course introduces UV Silkscreen and Stone Lithography as means to develop and refine critical and aesthetic approaches to studio printmaking.
***Prerequisite ART 270.***

ART 372

Lines and Letters

This intermediate level course examines aesthetic and conceptual implications of ink above and below the level of the printing matrix, through advanced instruction in Intaglio and Letterpress printmaking.
***Prerequisite ART 270.***

ART 390AB

Intermediate Painting

Individual research in Painting under the direction of an instructor chosen by the student.
**Permission of Department Head required to register**

ART 390AD

Intermediate Ceramics

Individual research in Ceramics under the direction of an Instructor chosen by the student.
**Permission of Department Head required to register**

ART 390AE

Intermediate Printmaking

Individual research in Printmaking under the direction of an instructor chosen by the student.
**Permission of Department Head required to register**

ART 390AJ

Figure Painting

Students will learn the fundamentals of painting the human figure including anatomy and colour mixing. Live models as well as photographs will be used.
***Prerequisite: ART 240.***

ART 390AK

Painting: Gender and the Body

An intermediate studio course in painting involving assignments, self-initiated projects, research and critiques focussed on building technical skill and meaningful content. The course will explore concepts of identity and gender relevant to individual students including LGBTQ perspectives.
***Prerequisite: ART 240***

ART 390AL

Intermediate 2D Studio

An intermediate studio course in drawing and painting involving assignments, self-initiated projects, research and critiques focused on building skills and meaningful content. Students must have taken the introductory level in either drawing or painting, or both, to focus on their work in this course. ***Prerequisite: Permission of the Department Head***

ART 390AM

Atmospheric Kiln Construction

Students will learn how to construct a Wood-Fired Soda Kiln and will work with a visiting artist/kiln building expert and the instructor to build an outdoor kiln. Students will also make work that is conceptualized specifically to be fired in this kiln.
***Prerequisite: ART 260***

ART 390AN

Landscape and Ecology in 2D Art

This class focuses on contemporary approaches to Landscape pertaining to concepts of ecology, environment, and place. Students have the choice to work with either painting or drawing media, or both.
***Prerequisites: Art 230 or Art 240 or Permission of the Instructor***

ART 390AO

Multimedia Still Life

Students will create still life works in a variety of media, including pencil, charcoal, ink, embroidery, and relief printmaking. This course aims not only to expose you to a variety of techniques, but also encourage you to think conceptually about the genre and its applicability. ***Prerequisite: ART 220.***

ART 390AP

Exploring Atmospheric Kilns

For intermediate ceramic students; this course will develop your understanding of atmospheric firing processes. You will fire, Raku, Wood and Soda (low/high) kilns. The course will focus on developing and making ceramics in the studio. Through demonstrations and practice-based learning, students will explore skills and concepts of atmospheric firing. ***Prerequisite: Two Ceramics courses from: ART 260, ART 290AH, ART 290AN, ART 290AO, ART 361, ART 362, and ART 363.***

ART 400

Professional Issues I

Hands on skill development and practical information about art as a profession.
*Note: Restricted to Visual Arts Majors only.*

ART 401

Exhibition Preparation

Continued discussion of professional issues, practices, and preparation of graduating exhibition/project and artist statement. Guest lectures and group critiques.
***Prerequisite: ART 400.***
*Note: Graduating year of BFA.*

ART 416

Senior Group Studio

Students may work in multiple mediums under the guidance of more than one professor and in a community of student artists. This does not restrict students from choosing to work in a single media.
***Prerequisite: 9 credit hours of ART 300 level courses***

ART 417

Senior Group Studio

Students may work in multiple mediums under the guidance of more than one professor and in a community of student artists. This does not restrict students from choosing to work in a single media.
***Prerequisite: 9 credit hours of ART 300 level courses***

ART 418

Senior Group Studio

Students may work in multiple mediums under the guidance of more than one professor and in a community of student artists. This does not restrict students from choosing to work in a single media.
***Prerequisite: 9 credit hours of ART 300 level courses***

ART 419

Senior Group Studio

Students may work in multiple mediums under the guidance of more than one professor and in a community of student artists. This does not restrict students from choosing to work in a single media.
***Prerequisite: 9 credit hours of ART 300 level courses***

ART 422

Senior Photography I

Students in this senior-level course will continue to develop their independent photobased media practices through directed studio work, specific demonstrations and lectures, individual and group critiques, and other relevant activities, with increasing self-direction.
***Prerequisite: A minimum of 9 credit-hours of 300-level studio courses including ART 323 and one of ART 322, ART 324, ART 325, or FILM 311.***

ART 423

Senior Photography II

Students in this senior-level course will continue to develop their independent photo-based media practice through directed studio work, specific demonstrations, individual and group critiques, lectures, and other relevant activities.
***Prerequisite: ART 422.***

ART 424

Senior Photography III

Students in this senior-level course will continue to develop their independent photo-based media practice through directed studio work, specific demonstrations, individual and group critiques, lectures, and other relevant activities.
***Prerequisite: ART 423.***

ART 425

Senior Photography IV

Students in this senior-level course will continue to develop their independent photo-based media practice through directed studio work, specific demonstrations, individual and group critiques, lectures, and other relevant activities.
***Prerequisite: ART 424.***

ART 426

Senior Photography V

Students in this senior-level course will continue to develop their independent photo-based media practice through directed studio work, specific demonstrations, individual and group critiques, lectures, and other relevant activities.
***Prerequisite: ART 425.***

ART 430

Senior Drawing I

Students in this senior-level drawing course will build upon the skills and concepts developed at the intermediate level. Students will be actively engaged in independent drawing practice through directed studio work, specific demonstrations and lectures, individual and group critiques, and other relevant activities.
***Prerequisite: 9-credit hours of 300-level studio courses including 6-credit hours from 300-level drawing courses.***

ART 431

Senior Drawing II

Students in this senior-level drawing course will continue to develop their independent drawing practices through directed studio work, specific demonstrations and lectures, individual and group critiques, and other relevant activities, with increasing self-direction.
**Pre-requisite: ART 430**

ART 432

Senior Drawing III

Students in this senior-level drawing course will continue to develop their independent drawing practices through directed studio work, specific demonstrations and lectures, individual and group critiques, and other relevant activities, with increasing self-direction.
**Pre-requisite: ART 431**

ART 433

Senior Drawing IV

Students in this senior-level drawing course will continue to develop their independent drawing practices through directed studio work, specific demonstrations and lectures, individual and group critiques, and other relevant activities, with increasing self-direction.
**Prerequisite: ART 432**

ART 434

Senior Drawing V

Students in this senior-level drawing course will continue to develop their independent drawing practices through directed studio work, specific demonstrations and lectures, individual and group critiques, and other relevant activities, with increasing self-direction.
**Prerequisite: ART 433**

ART 440

Senior Painting I

Students in this senior-level painting course will build upon the skills and concepts developed at the intermediate level. Through specific demonstrations and lectures, Students will further develop their painting practice through independent and directed studio work, demonstrations, lectures, and critiques.
***Prerequisite: 9-credit hours of 300-level studio courses including 6-credit hours from 300 level painting courses.***

ART 441

Senior Painting II

Students in this senior-level painting course will be actively engaged in independent painting practice through directed studio work, individual and group critiques, lectures, and other relevant activities.
**Prerequisite: ART 440**

ART 442

Senior Painting III

Students in this senior-level painting course will be actively engaged in independent painting practice through directed studio work, individual and group critiques, lectures, and other relevant activities.
**Prerequisite: ART 441**

ART 443

Senior Painting IV

Students in this senior-level painting course will be actively engaged in independent painting practice through directed studio work, individual and group critiques, lectures, and other relevant activities.
**Prerequisite: ART 442**

ART 444

Senior Painting V

Students in this senior-level painting course will be actively engaged in independent painting practice through directed studio work, individual and group critiques, lectures, and other relevant activities.
**Prerequisite: ART 443**

ART 450

Senior Sculpture I

Students in this senior-level sculpture course will build upon the skills and concepts developed at the intermediate level. Through specific demonstrations and lectures, Students will further develop their sculpture practice through independent and directed studio work, demonstrations, lectures, and critiques.
***Prerequisite: 9-credit hours of 300-level studio courses including 6-credit hours from ART 351, 352, 353, 354, and 355.***

ART 451

Senior Sculpture II

Students in this senior-level sculpture course will be actively engaged in independent sculpture practice through directed studio work, individual and group critiques, lectures, and other relevant activities.
**Prerequisite: ART 450**

ART 452

Senior Sculpture III

Students in this senior-level sculpture course will be actively engaged in independent sculpture practice through directed studio work, individual and group critiques, lectures, and other relevant activities.
***Prerequisite: ART 451***

ART 453

Senior Sculpture III

Students in this senior-level sculpture course will be actively engaged in independent sculpture practice through directed studio work, individual and group critiques, lectures, and other relevant activities.
***Prerequisite: ART 452***

ART 454

Senior Sculpture IV

Students in this senior-level sculpture course will be actively engaged in independent sculpture practice through directed studio work, individual and group critiques, lectures, and other relevant activities.
***Prerequisite: ART 453***

ART 460

Senior Ceramics I

Students in this senior-level ceramics course will build upon the skills and concepts developed at the intermediate level. Through specific demonstrations and lectures, Students will further develop their ceramics practice through independent and directed studio work, demonstrations, lectures, and critiques.
***Prerequisite: 9-credit hours of 300-level studio courses including ART 361 and 362.***

ART 461

Senior Ceramics II

Students in this senior-level ceramics course will be actively engaged in independent ceramics practice through directed studio work, individual and group critiques, lectures, and other relevant activities.
***Prerequisite: ART 460***

ART 462

Senior Ceramics III

Students in this senior-level ceramics course will be actively engaged in independent ceramics practice through directed studio work, individual and group critiques, lectures, and other relevant activities.
***Prerequisite: ART 461***

ART 463

Senior Ceramics IV

Students in this senior-level ceramics course will be actively engaged in independent ceramics practice through directed studio work, individual and group critiques, lectures, and other relevant activities.
***Prerequisite: ART 462***

ART 464

Senior Ceramics V

Students in this senior-level ceramics course will be actively engaged in independent ceramics practice through directed studio work, individual and group critiques, lectures, and other relevant activities.
***Prerequisite: ART 463***

ART 470

Senior Printmaking I

Students in this senior-level printmaking course will build upon the skills and concepts developed at the intermediate level. Through specific demonstrations and lectures, Students will further develop their printmaking practice through independent and directed studio work, demonstrations, lectures, and critiques.
***Prerequisite: 9-credit hours of 300-level studio courses including ART 371 and ART 372.***

ART 471

Senior Printmaking II

Students in this senior-level printmaking course will be actively engaged in independent printmaking practice through directed studio work, individual and group critiques, lectures, and other relevant activities.
***Prerequisite: ART 470***

ART 472

Senior Printmaking III

Students in this senior-level printmaking course will be actively engaged in independent printmaking practice through directed studio work, individual and group critiques, lectures, and other relevant activities.
***Prerequisite: ART 471***

ART 473

Senior Printmaking IV

Students in this senior-level printmaking course will be actively engaged in independent printmaking practice through directed studio work, individual and group critiques, lectures, and other relevant activities.
***Prerequisite: ART 472***

ART 474

Senior Printmaking V

Students in this senior-level printmaking course will be actively engaged in independent printmaking practice through directed studio work, individual and group critiques, lectures, and other relevant activities.
***Prerequisite: ART 473***

ART 490AA

Senior Drawing Studies

Individual research for students in the Drawing discipline under the direction of an instructor chosen by the student.
** Permission of the department head is required to register. **

ART 490AB

Senior Painting Studies

Individual research for students in the Painting discipline under the direction of an instructor chosen by the student

ART 490AC

Senior Sculpture Studies

Individual research for students in the Sculpture discipline under the direction of an instructor chosen by the student.

ART 490AE

Senior Printmaking Studies

Individual research for students in the Printmaking discipline under the direction of an instructor chosen by the student.
** Permission of the department head is required to register. **

ART 490AJ

Advanced Kiln Construction

Advanced students will work with the instructor and a visiting artist/kiln building expert to build an outdoor Wood-fired Soda (atmospheric) kiln. Students will also make ceramic works that are conceptualized specifically to be fired in this kiln and undertake research into related practices in contemporary ceramic art. ***Prerequisite: Two of ART 361, 362, 363, 364, 461, 462, 463, 464 or permission of the department head ***

ART 490AK

Indigenous Land/Art Practices

This course will explore Indigenous land based artistic and curatorial practice from theoretical, critical and experiential perspectives. It will include land and water engagement, gathering and working with Indigenous materials, skill-based workshops, site interventions and performances. The course will include significant time on the land.
***ARTH 100 or INAH 100 and INDG 100 or permission of Instructor***

ART 490AP

Advanced Atmospheric Firing

Advanced ceramics students will develop work for and knowledge of atmospheric firing processes. You will fire, Raku, Wood and Soda (low and high) kilns. The course focuses on developing your ceramics in the studio. Through demonstrations, practice-based learning, and studio making, students will explore atmospheric firing as contemporary ceramics practice.
***Prerequisite: One 300 level ceramics course from ART 361, ART 362, or ART 363.***

ART 491AA

Senior Drawing Studies

Individual research for students in the Drawing discipline under the direction of an instructor chosen by the student.
** Permission of the department head is required to register. **

ART 491AB

Senior Painting Studies

Individual research for students in the Painting discipline under the direction of an instructor chosen by the student.
** Permission of the department head is required to register. **

ART 491AC

Senior Sculpture Studies

Individual research for students in the Sculpture discipline under the direciton of an instructor chosen by the student.
** Permission of the department head is required to register. **

ART 491AE

Senior Printmaking Studies

Individual research for students in the Printmaking discipline under the direction of an instructor chosen by the student.
** Permission of the department head is required to register. **

ART 492AC

Senior Sculpture Studies

Individual research for students in the Sculpture discipline under the direction of an instructor chosen by the student

ART 493AC

Senior Sculpture Studies

Individual research for students in the Sculpture discipline under the direction of an instructor chosen by student

ART 494AC

Senior Sculpture Studies

Individual research for students in the Sculpture discipline under the direction of an instructor chosen by the student

ART 495AC

Senior Sculpture Studies

Individual research for students in the Sculpture discipline under the direction of an instructor chosen by the student

ART 496AB

Senior Photography I

Students in this senior-level photography course will build upon the skills and concepts developed at the intermediate level. Through specific demonstrations and lectures, Students will further develop their photography practice through independent and directed studio work, demonstrations, lectures, and critiques.
***Prerequisite: A minimum of 9 credit-hours of 300-level studio courses including ART 322, ART 390AI, or FILM 311***

ART 801

Group Studio

Group seminar led by studio faculty to discuss and write about student's studio practice.

ART 802

Group Studio

Group seminar led by studio faculty to discuss and write about student's studio practice.

ART 803

Group Studio

Group seminar led by studio faculty to discuss and write about student's studio practices.

ART 804

Group Studio

Group seminar led by studio faculty to discuss and write about student's studio practice.

ART 820AC

Video Installation

The class will focus on the development of video imagery and the creation of a video installation. The course will blend technical learning, research into the history and practice within the field and the completion a creative project, accompanied by a two-page statement.

ART 820AD

Kinetic Investigations

Working between Intermedia and Sculpture, the course will focus on studio production and research, investigating art works that employ movement and/or interactivity.

ART 820AF

Investigating Interactivity

This graduate studio course is geared towards contextualizing and resolving strategies for promoting interactivity in artistic practice. Calling upon technical and conceptual modes of investigation, notions of location for the placement of artistic work to promote interactive viewer experiences will be explored.

ART 820AG

Installation Art

The class will focus on the development of works that address the intersection of art, audience and site/space. The course will blend practical investigations in spatial practice with research into aspects of installation art.

ART 820AH

Electronics for Interactivity

Electronics for artists. An introduction to topics including: history of physical computing and embedded electronics; resistive circuit theory and functional computer programming; sensors and actuators; power systems and mechatronics; soldering. The course will focus on a single embedded platform such as Arduino or Raspberry Pi.

ART 820AJ

Investigating Interactivity II

This graduate studio course is geared towards further contextualizing and resolving strategies for promoting interactivity in artistic practice as begun in Art 820AF.

ART 820AL

Documenting Practice

This graduate studio course, resulting in a book work, will focus on documentation as a critical investigation into the question of what constitutes art practice. The student will engage in a disciplined approach to documenting practice in a range of media which may include writing, film, imaging, print, and drawing.

ART 820AN

Media Archaeology

This course supports studio art production and theoretical investigation in the area of media archaeology. With an emphasis on experimentation and studio production, this course encourages investigations of ‘old’ moving-image media within an intermedia art context. Students will contextualize practice with theoretical and historical research.

ART 820AO

Performance Art Practice

This course will focus on the development of works in performance art, blending practical investigations with historical and contextual research.

ART 820AP

A/V Intermedia Explorations

This course will focus on intermedia approaches to making use of archival materials in storytelling and contemporary art making, exploring intersections of print, photo, audio, video, and other suitable media.

ART 820AQ

Feminist Constructions

This course will focus on the development of artworks exploring gender and the body through a feminist lens, blending practical investigations with historical and contextual research.

ART 820AR

Art and Climate Change

This course will focus on the material and conceptual development of artworks exploring issues of climate change and environmental activism.

ART 820AS

Eco Art & Intermedia Research

This class will employ an intermedia approach to creating work that investigates critical place inquiry and environmental crisis. Focusing on processes which involve a minimal environmental impact, the student will explore intersections of 2D and 3D, performance, and photo documentation.

ART 830AA

Drawing and Paper-Based Projects

A course involving an exploration of drawing and related paper based projects.

ART 830AB

Intermedia Approaches to Drawing

Experiments in drawing with both tradition and digital media. Course requirements are a completed suite of art-works or an installation, in addition to research and presentations

ART 830AC

Drawing and Imagery Development

A studio-based course in drawing, where the student will be developing imagery for use in printmaking practice. Investigation into media and paper supports, scale, methods of drawing. Preparatory and finished drawings will be required. The student will research contemporary artists whose work is based in the medium of drawing.

ART 830AH

Drawing Relating to Sculpture

A studio course where drawings will be created in various media. Student will complete a body of finished drawings as well as preparatory sketches.

ART 830AJ

Drawing: Narrating the Body

A studio course focussing on the creation of drawings based on the body. The student will also conduct research into contemporary artists working with drawing mediums.

ART 830AL

Drawing as Research

This is an applied research course in which the student will—through drawing, digital photography, collage, text, and other graphic means—research text as image/art.

ART 830AM

Expressionism in Drawing

Explorations in drawing using a wide range of drawing materials and papers, 5 projects including a research project on an artist related to the student’s work.

ART 840AB

Painting in Contemporary Contexts and Practices

Build on the skills and ideas developed by the student in previous work and courses. Emphasis is on deepening those skills and ideas, especially on the building of a substanial body of work.

ART 840AI

Aboriginal Visual Narratives

The student will research traditional and contemporary Aboriginal visual narrative strategies and then make works (paintings) that reflect this research.

ART 840AJ

Contemporary Aboriginal Painting and Sculpture

This course involves the exploration of contemporary Aboriginal painting and sculpture and its relation to traditional subject matter. The course will also include research into related artworks, contemporary artists and subject matter.

ART 840AK

Formal Issues in Painting

Studio work in the area of painting. Colour studies and research into artists of relevance to student’s practice. Further investigations into conceptual notions within painting practice. Completion of 4 works required.

ART 840AM

Painting Technique and Concept

The student will produce a substantial and cohesive body of work, developing technical and conceptual aspects of their painting practice. Discussions with the instructor will address technique and concept, and the relationship of the student's work to contemporary art practice.

ART 840AO

Personal Imagery in Painting

The student will develop imagery of personal significance and create oil paintings utilizing this imagery. Four significant paintings will be completed as well as research and preparatory works.

ART 850AA

Graduate Sculpture

A studio-based exploration of contemporary sculpture, ART 850AA will explore themes relevant to current three-dimensional practices. Students will be encouraged to examine their current practice with the intent of making new discoveries while reinforcing strengths. Course content will vary depending on the student’s objectives. Exploration and experimentation will be encouraged.

ART 850AB

Graduate Sculpture II

Art 850 AB will continue to encourage students to stretch their studio practice while fine tuning objectives. Exploration and discovery will be supported with an emphasis on refinement and display. Acknowledging discipline-based practices, students will be challenged to think beyond the autonomous stand-alone object.

ART 850AC

Exploration in Scale for Non-Majors

Fostering a greater understanding of the transformation of scale, students will be lead through advanced maquette making. The goal is to assist students in realizing at least one "study" in a 1:1 scale. Geared to non-majors, a variety of materials and approaches will be explored with their specific needs considered.

ART 850AD

Maquette Development

The student will develop a range of sculptural concepts and designs through the construction of various preparatory models/maquettes.

ART 850AE

3D Modelling, Rendering

Directed study in the area of sculpture, under the supervision of a faculty member(s). The class will focus on material and scale explorations in context of contemporary sculpture / 3D practices. New methodologies such as computer rendering will be examined as a component of the class.

ART 850AG

Kinetic Sculpture and Design Research

This is an applied research course in which the student will design a series of kinetic sculptures. The course includes background research into related art works, prototype drawing, technical research and seminar discussion. The student will produce a portfolio of project designs and several working maquettes

ART 850AI

Investigation between Sculpture and Drawing

This class will focus on the relationship between sculpture and drawing. The student will create several maquettes and a minimum of four sculptural/drawing works. The course will also include research into related artworks, contemporary artists and subject matter.

ART 850AJ

Multiples Duplicates Doubles

Focussed on multiples, the course will utilize historical and current technologies. The class will take a critical look at various techniques, methodologies and philosophies relevant to the topic, positioned within contemporary practice.

ART 850AL

3D Human Form Studies

The student’s primary objective in this class is to gain a better understanding of the human form as a three-dimensional subject; self-directed anatomical studies will lead to fully rendered forms. Studies will be conducted in your choice of medium in preparation for advanced mould-making and casting.

ART 850AM

CAD in Sheet Media

This course will utilize computer assisted drawing (CAD) to create imagery in various sheet media. Content is student driven with the instructor’s guidance. Students must have an excellent understanding of one of the following: drawing, printmaking, modelling or computer rendering. Finish will be explored with an emphasis on durable techniques.

ART 850AN

CAD in Sheet Media II

CAD in Sheet Media II continues studies in CAD in Sheet Media. Content is student driven with the instructor’s guidance. Students will continue working at a more advanced level with the objective of creating work for display. Various display methods will be explored.

ART 850AO

From Found to Fabricated

This course will examine how an idea can exist across several mediums. The history and nature of each medium will be explored. An emphasis will be placed on exploring possible connections otherwise unexplored. Mediums may be as diverse as light and wood; materials may be found or purchased.

ART 850AP

Focus On the Hand

This course will explore the fuzzy intersection between “Art” and “Craft”; two terms many contemporary artists blur as one. Focusing on material exploration and experimentation, the student will work to better understand the role of the handmade within their own practice.

ART 850AQ

Solidifying the Soft

ART 850AQ will focus on sculptural explorations utilizing soft media such as (but not limited to) cloth and yarn. Emphasis will be placed on material transformation, experimentation and display. Students will be encouraged to try various ways of presenting their work while examining contemporary artists who utilize similar processes.

ART 850AR

Abstraction and Representation

This studio course will focus on the intersection between abstraction and representation. An in-depth examination of the uncertainty of creative modalities, the course will look at how practices reflect and adapt to things like: social change, political unrest, environmental concerns, collective anxiety, discomfort and/or uncertainty.

ART 860AA

Graduate Ceramic Studio

The course is stuctured around the development of studio work in ceramics with the consideration and context of the historical and contemporary issues in sculpture, craft, and design.

ART 860AD

Ceramic Vessel as Sculpture

This studio course will use the vessel as a subject for sculpture through an exploration of the aesthetics and abstract, non-objective form of the vessel.

ART 860AF

Advanced Ceramics Installation

This studio course will use experimental ceramic-based installation formats to develop a concept or theme. Independent research into relevant artistic practices, directed readings, and material investigations will be required. Media may include fired ceramics, unfired clay, found objects or other materials.

ART 860AG

The Body and the Clay Vessel

A studio course exploring the expressive potential of creating ceramic vessels in relation to body movement and historically embedded ceramic processes. Six to eight completed ceramic vessels as well as experimental works and research will be undertaken.

ART 860AH

Figure and Form

This is an applied research course in which the student will create a series of ceramic sculptures based on the human figure in motion. The course includes background research into related art works, prototype drawing, and seminar discussion. The resulting works may also include drawing, video and other media.

ART 860AI

Ceramic Sculptural Form

The student will work within ceramic sculptural methods, developing a range of techniques, including: hand building, wheel-throwing, casting, and various surface treatments to produce a body of work informed by specific thematic content determined the first class. In addition, the student will investigate current ceramic sculptural practices.

ART 860AJ

Advanced Ceramic Sculpture

The student will work with advanced technical and conceptual contemporary ceramic sculptural methods. Techniques will include hand building, and mold-making, and various surface treatments. A body of work informed by specific thematic content determined the first class will be created.

ART 860AK

Figurative Ceramic Sculpture

The student will create figurative ceramic sculpture using a conceptual framework relevant to contemporary ceramics practices. Techniques will include hand building, moldmaking and various surface treatments. A body of work informed by specific thematic content determined first class will be created.

ART 870AA

Thematic Approaches to Printmaking (l)

This studio course focuses on projects in graduate level printmaking. Independent studio work based on thematic and technical motivations of the student, in consultation with the instructor will be undertaken. Weekly meetings to discuss the overall development of the project(s) including related theoretical and conceptual components will inform a thematic trajectory for ongoing research and studio production.

ART 870AB

Exploring the Self: Family History, Traditions and Heritage

This graduate level printmaking course focuses on exploring personal connections to family history, traditions, language, and heritage as a broad theme for criticism and contextualization of the Self. Discussions of overall development, including related theoretical and conceptual components, will inform a thematic trajectory for studio research.

ART 870AC

Process and Content: The Technical and Conceptual in Printmaking

Continuing a dialogue with ideas around personal connections to family history, traditions, language, and heritage as a broad theme for the criticism and contextualization of the Self, the content of this graduate level course will be (re)focused on the manner in which varying print processes inform the work.

ART 870AD

Illustration and the Book

Engaging a dialogue with ideas around personal history, traditions, and identity, the content of this course will be focused on the manner in which the interconnectedness of Printmaking processes, illustration, and book arts serve as an aesthetic, conceptual, and functional vehicle for production and dissemination of compelling visual work.

ART 870AE

Binding and Book Arts

Engaging a variety of approaches to collating, connecting, and displaying narrative and/or non-narrative printed material, this studio course focuses on the aesthetic, functional, and conceptual implications of binding, as they relate to book arts.

ART 870AF

Text & Typography

This class will investigate the technical and conceptual implications of the use of text in contemporary printmaking. Theoretical and practical notions of Typography – from hand-set type and letterpress printing, through to digital typesetting for silkscreen, lithography, or intaglio, and screen-based and non-conventional “printing” – will form the basis for this course.

ART 870AG

Interactive Printmaking

This graduate level class will focus on interactivity and unconventional approaches to printmaking media. Three-dimensionality, mobility and motion-sensitivity, and the integration of print media into a broad array of contemporary artistic practice will form the conceptual and practical basis of this course.

ART 870AH

Seriality and narrative

This graduate level studio course examines seriality and narrative using printmaking, painting, and drawing, in conventional and digital modes of image-making.

ART 884AA

Document Represent Present

This graduate studio course will focus on the technical and creative development of photographic works based on existing studio works. Camera, digital editing, and printing skills will be developed. The student will also conduct research into contemporary innovations in digital photographic presentation, and conceptual investigations into photography.

ART 884AB

Conceptual Print Practice

Exploring digital imaging as a fast way to sketch ideas for print project. The student will research contemporary conceptual art practices and their precedents to contextualize working with image and text, seriality, and list-making in print projects.

ART 884AC

Photography and Activism

This graduate studio course will focus on the technical and creative development of digital photographic works and a research-creation documentation website. Art historical, theoretical, and contextual research into the relationships of photography, mass media, and activism will be conducted and documented throughout the semester.

ART 884AD

Photography and Performance

This course in photography explores gender and autobiographical narrative, and documentation of live performance. The student will be engaged in performative work utilizing costumes and props. A body of original photographic work will be produced as well as a journal reflecting on the ideas manifested in the photographs.

ART 884AE

Photography and Performance II

This course continues to explore gender, autobiographical narrative, and the documentation of the performance of self using photography. A body of work will be produced from several series and photo-based sketches, along with written documentation of the artist’s process, practice, and works created.

ART 884AF

MFA Photo-Based Media I

This graduate course focuses on research and creation in the area of photography and video. The primary subject is transportation, immigration, and loss from a feminist point of view. The final project is likely a photo and video projection installation.

ART 884AG

MFA Photo-Based Media II

This graduate course will focus on the continued development of ideas and artworks in photo-based media during the second semester or later, of the Visual Arts MFA.

ART 884AH

MFA Photo-Based Media III

This graduate course will focus on the continued development of ideas and artworks in photo-based media during the third semester, or later, of the Visual Arts MFA.

ART 884AI

MFA Photo-Based Media IV

This graduate course will focus on the continued development of ideas and artworks in photo-based media during the fourth semester, or later, of the Visual Arts MFA.

ART 884AJ

PhD Photo-Based Media I

This graduate course focuses on the development of ideas and artworks in photo-based practices (including still and video). Independent studio work based on thematic and technical innovations of the student, in consultation with the instructor, will be undertaken.

ART 890BH

Creative Art Writing

In this graduate course, students study and produce critical and creative writing about their art practices and/or the practices of others.

ART 890BI

Environmental Art Context

This course in environmental art practice will focus on the creative development of studio works and readings related to environmental art, ephemerality, and the philosophy of art. Weekly blog posts will include documentation of studio process, as well as reflective and critical writing in response to readings.

ART 890JP

The Art of Kyoto

For hundreds of years, Kyoto has been the centre of traditional arts and crafts in Japan. On this Study Tour, we will visit sites of artistic and cultural importance, and meet local artists and educators as a means to better understanding the local and global importance of this dynamic city.

ART 902

Research and Exhibition

Research into studio concerns and preparation of the exhibition. Students must complete 12 credit hours in total.