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PAINT 4507-04
PAINTING WORKSHOP
SECTION DESCRIPTION
This is an intensive program designed to test the student's ability to design, organize, and complete a project of his or her choosing.
Open to Senior Painting Students.
Major Requirement | BFA Painting
PAINT 450G-01
GRADUATE PAINT STUDIO CRITIQUE I
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This period is designed for the students to evaluate and analyze the directions he/she established as an undergraduate. Criticisms of the student's work will be aimed at identifying strengths and weaknesses and help the students clarify fundamental objectives. Group and individual critiques will occur by resident faculty and visiting artists and critics during the semester. Successful completion of this course is a prerequisite for continuance in the program.
Open to Graduate Painting Students.
Major Requirement | MFA Painting
PAINT 4514-01
PAINTING III
SECTION DESCRIPTION
The primary goal of this course will be to shift the responsibility of direction, problem-solving and problem- development from the Faculty Instructor to the student. But this will be accomplished with a great deal of faculty involvement and support. The class will begin with group assignments which will become increasingly independent. Group and individual critiques will continue as an integral part of the curriculum, with an emphasis on contemporary art and criticism.
Students are pre-registered for this course by the department; registration is not available in Workday. Enrollment is limited to Junior Painting Students.
Major Requirement | BFA Painting
PAINT 4514-02
PAINTING III
SECTION DESCRIPTION
The primary goal of this course will be to shift the responsibility of direction, problem-solving and problem- development from the Faculty Instructor to the student. But this will be accomplished with a great deal of faculty involvement and support. The class will begin with group assignments which will become increasingly independent. Group and individual critiques will continue as an integral part of the curriculum, with an emphasis on contemporary art and criticism.
Students are pre-registered for this course by the department; registration is not available in Workday. Enrollment is limited to Junior Painting Students.
Major Requirement | BFA Painting
PAINT 4514-03
PAINTING III
SECTION DESCRIPTION
The primary goal of this course will be to shift the responsibility of direction, problem-solving and problem- development from the Faculty Instructor to the student. But this will be accomplished with a great deal of faculty involvement and support. The class will begin with group assignments which will become increasingly independent. Group and individual critiques will continue as an integral part of the curriculum, with an emphasis on contemporary art and criticism.
Students are pre-registered for this course by the department; registration is not available in Workday. Enrollment is limited to Junior Painting Students.
Major Requirement | BFA Painting
PAINT 4519-01
DRAWING I
SECTION DESCRIPTION
An introductory level course for Painting majors. Students will develop drawing skills and insights and consider basic visual language issues. Syllabus is coordinated with Painting I.
Open to Sophomore Painting Students.
Major Requirement | BFA Painting
PAINT 4519-02
DRAWING I
SECTION DESCRIPTION
An introductory level course for Painting majors. Students will develop drawing skills and insights and consider basic visual language issues. Syllabus is coordinated with Painting I.
Open to Sophomore Painting Students.
Major Requirement | BFA Painting
PAINT 4519-03
DRAWING I
SECTION DESCRIPTION
An introductory level course for Painting majors. Students will develop drawing skills and insights and consider basic visual language issues. Syllabus is coordinated with Painting I.
Open to Sophomore Painting Students.
Major Requirement | BFA Painting
PAINT 4519-04
DRAWING I
SECTION DESCRIPTION
An introductory level course for Painting majors. Students will develop drawing skills and insights and consider basic visual language issues. Syllabus is coordinated with Painting I.
Open to Sophomore Painting Students.
Major Requirement | BFA Painting
PAINT 4519-05
DRAWING I
SECTION DESCRIPTION
An introductory level course for Painting majors. Students will develop drawing skills and insights and consider basic visual language issues. Syllabus is coordinated with Painting I.
Open to Sophomore Painting Students.
Major Requirement | BFA Painting
PAINT 4520-01
PAINTERLY PRINTS
SECTION DESCRIPTION
This course offers a more painterly approach to the intaglio process. The students will produce applications of intaglio, such as collagraphs, large color monotypes and collage. Growth of imagery and technique will be encouraged through medium. A portfolio of prints will be produced.
Open to Junior Painting Students.
Major Requirement | BFA Painting
PAINT 4521-01
DIGITAL TOOLS FOR ARTISTS
SECTION DESCRIPTION
This is a hands-on, project-based introduction to computers and digital multimedia for artists. The course is designed to be an ongoing discussion on art, design and personal work informed by digital images, sound, video, animation, interactive multimedia, and the Internet.
Elective
PAINT 452G-01
GRADUATE DRAWING
SECTION DESCRIPTION
This course presents the graduate student with a series of problems intended to develop drawing as a tool for inquiry into a terrain outside the well-known beaten paths of his/her past studio practice. Expanding the role for drawing in studio experimentation is a goal. Work will be done outside class. There are critiques each week.
Open to Graduate Painting Students.
Major Requirement | MFA Painting
PAINT 4587-01
SENIOR INTERDISCIPLINARY CRITIQUE
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This is a course in which first-semester seniors who have already demonstrated unusual commitment, ambition and initiative within their majors will pursue and discuss independent work in a setting that reflects, as closely as possible, the interdisciplinary conversation that actually takes place around advanced art practice today. The course is intended to allow those working within medium-specific vocabularies to test how their work will make meaning in an art world in which a variety of disciplinary histories and conventions coexist, clash, and inform one another, as well as to provide an opportunity for students whose work bridges two or more disciplines (or involves performance/new genres/post-studio approaches) to learn from one another and from faculty capable of addressing all of these sorts of practices. This is a demanding critique course with additional seminar components (readings, screenings, discussions, slide presentations, etc.), and as such students can expect a workload equivalent to a core studio requirement within their major.
Acceptance into the course will be based on a GPA of 3.25 or greater as well as the recommendation of faculty and department heads from the student's major and on review of previous work. Candidates will be identified in discussions between the instructor and department heads during the preceding spring semester. Successful completion of THAD-H490/PAINT-4507 (Contemporary Art & its Discourses) or equivalent coursework is a prerequisite, ensuring students have a shared understanding of the art historical context for interdisciplinary. The maximum enrollment is limited to seminar-size (c. 15 students) in order to provide sufficient attention to each student's work in group and individual critiques while still allowing for seminar-style discussions.
Please contact the instructor for permission to register.
Elective
PAINT 4597-01
PROFESSIONAL PRACTICES IN PAINTING
SECTION DESCRIPTION
This course would address many practical issues to do with becoming a professional artist after graduation. Some of these issues are: the commercial gallery, the not-for-profit gallery, museums, graduate programs, auction houses, grants, documentation of work, archival storage of work and restoration of artwork. Professionals from the gallery, museum and other fields will be invited to the class to share their expertise with the student. Artists will be invited to talk about their professional experiences. It is a seminar class addressed particularly to the senior painting student.
Elective
PAINT 460G-01
GRADUATE PAINT STUDIO CRITIQUE III
SECTION DESCRIPTION
This period is designed as an advanced critique course which involves visits by resident faculty, visiting artists and critics, with special reference to current issues and concerns in contemporary art.
Open to Graduate Painting Students.
Major Requirement | MFA Painting
PAINT 465G-01
THREE CRITICS
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Three Critics will offer graduate students the opportunity to get inside the art critic's head and learn how writers think about the visual. Students will be exposed to a wide range of viewpoints and discourse on contemporary art issues as defined by the interests of three different, practicing critics. Each critic will become part of the RISD community for approximately one month, conducting 3 sessions on campus and one in New York or Boston. On-campus meetings will consist of lectures, reading and writing assignments, group critiques and one-on-one studio visits. Off-campus trips will include visits to museums, galleries and artist studios. Small groups of students will be expected to lead several classes. Outside coursework and full participation in class discussion required for successful completion.
Open to Graduate Painting Students.
Major Requirement | MFA Painting
PHOTO 5230-01
CONTEMPORARY PHOTOGRAPHY & RESEARCH
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What does 'research' mean for contemporary photographers? For artists using photography within their practice? This hands-on studio course investigates and critiques the nature and scope of research and its practical application to current practice, and how research provides a critical context to help develop awareness, extend subject knowledge, and inform the creation of new artistic work. We will learn through current case studies, unpicking what kinds of processes photographers use when making work. We will investigate to what extent individual practices differ and what analogies can be drawn across those practices. We will look at the roles of instinct and serendipity in allowing for other ideas to emerge. You will develop and hone your own research methods through a wide variety of experimental making and writing assignments, and through critique. This course is also a research project in itself, bringing together examples of photographic practice for you to ponder and engage into our own ideas, processes, and projects.
Estimated Materials Cost: $50.00
Elective
PHOTO 5300-01
INTRODUCTION TO DARKROOM PHOTOGRAPHY
SECTION DESCRIPTION
This is a basic course in the techniques of photographic seeing. Students will be given exercises to develop their ideas concerning the fundamental visual problems of photography. Students will also learn technical aspects of exposure, developing and printing in the darkroom as they explore and respond to the visual qualities of the medium. Students must provide their own 35mm camera with manual controls.
Estimated Cost of Materials: $150.00 - $200.00
Elective
PHOTO 5302-01
SOPHOMORE LAB
SECTION DESCRIPTION
The Sophomore Studio is focused on the of each student's expressive vision so that she/he can create photographs with compelling content. Through group critiques and individual meetings with the instructor, students will refine their skills as photographers and learn how to verbally articulate issues in their own work as well as the work of others. The greater part of the class will geared towards creating an open an dynamic environment where students engage in the give and take of constructive feedback on their progress. The critique schedule will be enriched by readings, multimedia lectures and class field trips throughout the semester. Attendance at all department visiting artist lectures is required.
Major Requirement | BFA Photography