This course will introduce you to contemporary processes used to make three-dimensional objects. Projects are designed to encourage an understanding of the elements of three-dimensional composition while supporting experimentation with different ways sculptural materials and process are used to express ideas. You will learn basic design and patternmaking for sculpture, hands-on technical skills with wood, paper, textiles, and found objects. This course will also give students a critical and historical perspective on sculptural practice through readings and lectures.

This course will introduce students to the process of painting from observation with a focus on still-life and the human figure. Projects in this course will help students develop the ability to handle acrylic paint, prepare painting supports, and care for painting tools. Students will explore principles of colour, composition, and mark-making in representational painting. This course will also give students a critical perspective on representation in contemporary painting through readings and lectures.

This course will introduce students to abstract painting with a focus on generating ideas and concepts driven by process-based experimentation. Projects in this course will help students develop the ability to handle acrylic paint, prepare painting supports, and care for their painting tools. By painting on a variety of surfaces, students will explore experimental approaches to the construction of paintings with considered compositions and varied surface qualities. This course will use lectures and assigned readings to critically reflect on the conceptual concerns pertinent to contemporary abstract painting.

This course will introduce students to the techniques and principles of contemporary digital photography. Students will learn digital camera and lighting fundamentals, post-processing using Adobe Photoshop and Lightroom, and digital printing workflow. In this course, landscape, still life, studio portraiture, and documentary practices will be discussed and analyzed to create a visual narrative through images. How can a single image be composed to tell a compelling story? And when sequenced, how do images create meaning, narrative, and understanding? This course will teach the critical history of photography with a focus on documentary, staged, and narrative approaches.

This course will introduce students to the core principles of photography through analog, digital, and alternative techniques. Methods introduced in this course include eco-conscious photographic techniques, double exposure, light painting, camera-less photography, motion blur, scanning, timelapse, and other experimental methods. Composing an image that is engaging, thoughtful, and experimental will be taught in this course, alongside the critical history of photography with a focus on abstraction and alternative processes.

This course will introduce students to the concepts, techniques, and media of contemporary abstract and non-representational drawing. Experimental drawing approaches will form the basis for developing personal and imaginative expression. Projects in this course will investigate collage, mapping, and other types of experimental mark-making processes and design approaches. This course will also give students a critical perspective on abstraction in drawing through readings and lectures.

Artist multiples are small, limited edition artworks that include sculptures, artist books, mass-produced ephemera such as posters, postcards and small objects. Students will explore the production and history of 2D and 3D works using a variety of media and approaches. This course is about both making and concepts.

This course is designed to offer students direct encounters with artists and curators through studio and gallery visits. Field encounters, written assignments, readings and research focus on contemporary art and curatorial practices. The course will provide skills in composing critical views, artist statements, and writing proposals for art projects.

This course will introduce students to the concepts, techniques, and media of contemporary observational drawing. Representational drawing will form the basis for developing personal and imaginative expression. Still lives, portraiture, and figure drawing will form the basis for learning to draw what students see using a range of mark-making techniques and design elements. This course will also give students a critical perspective on representation in drawing through readings and lectures.

This course covers the history and practice of performance art. Students will employ contemporary performance strategies such as duration, ritual, repetition, intervention, tableau vivant, endurance and excess of materials in their projects. We will also study the relationship of performance to other art disciplines and practices such as theatre and sculpture.

This course will introduce students to techniques and approaches to digital art. Students will explore digital production methods that involve computer-generated imagery including vector-based techniques, digital painting, and laser-cutting, as well as web-based digital art that utilizes augmented reality and basic location-based media. This course will also examine the history digital art through readings and lectures.

This course will teach students basic programming skills for creating computational and interactive digital artworks. This course will explore interaction and visualization in contemporary art using fundamental principles of design, AI technology, generative strategies, motion graphics and animation techniques. Students will learn independent concept development through lectures, demonstrations, exercises, and art projects. No prior coding experience is required.

This course looks at how visual artists employ words in their art. Students will be introduced to the experimental use of text in contemporary art: how typography has influenced artists and the role of language in conceptual art by completing projects in various media. 

This course will introduce students to digital fabrication and materials for creating three-dimensional and kinetic art objects. Students will learn computer-aided design (CAD), fabrication techniques such as 3D printing, and physical computing basics with an introduction to microcontrollers and ready-made circuits. This course will also examine the history and use of technology in contemporary sculpture through readings and lectures.

Students will be introduced to sound as a medium for art making. Listening, recording, mapping, editing, and contextualizing sounds will be the focus of this course. Sound investigations will be explored within both contemporary art and experimental sound/music contexts.

This course will introduce students to 2D digital animation using still and moving two-dimensional images along with a variety of software to produce digital animation projects. Students will learn animation techniques, digital drawing methods, sound mixing, and sequence editing. Students will also learn storyboarding and visual storytelling techniques to allow them to develop short, experimental animation works. The lectures, screenings, demonstrations, in-class exercises, assignments, and group critiques will give students a solid grounding in the technical and conceptual dimensions of 2D animation practice within a contemporary art context.

This course will introduce students to 3D digital animation and the fundamentals of three-dimensional wire frame modeling techniques for constructing screen-based objects, characters, environments, and animations. Working with standard 3D design and animation software, students will develop skills in texturing, lighting, and visual effects, sound mixing, and sequence editing. Students will also learn storyboarding and visual storytelling techniques to allow them to develop short, experimental animation works. The lectures, screenings, demonstrations, in-class exercises, assignments, and group critiques will give students a solid grounding in the technical and conceptual dimensions of 3D animation practice within a contemporary art context

"Live!" investigates interdisciplinary modes of contemporary performance. Within a studio context, this course serves as an advanced exploration of 21st century Live Art. This interactive course reviews the dynamics of time, space and existence, and asks fundamental questions about the body and performance.

This course will explore advanced digital fabrication techniques for students wanting to make 3D artworks ranging from sound installation and kinetics to wearable technology and constructed objects. Students will have the opportunity to work with digital processes such as computer-aided design (CAD), microcontrollers, open-source computer code, and ready-made circuits. Fabrication processes will include 3D printers, laser cutters, and CNC machines. Students will have the opportunity to develop individual projects based on personal interests or engage in collaborative, co-created projects. This course will also examine the environmental impact and sustainability of digital fabrication as well as the history and use of technology in contemporary art through readings and lectures.

This course focuses on the finer details of curating and/or collecting contemporary art. Students will delve into the work of selected artists and curators with an emphasis on the conceptual and philosophical underpinnings of their projects. Term work will lead to a professionally curated exhibition, or the acquisition of an artwork.

A supervised course focused specifically on the development of the student's work from initial concept through to the final presentation. Students may work in their choice of media with the prior written permission of the instructor.

This course will explore advanced digital art techniques and research methods while encouraging intermedia links to other media in Studio Art. Students will have the opportunity to work on digital art projects that utilize approaches and technologies including digital imaging, location-based media, artificial intelligence, and interactivity. Students will also be exposed to the broader possibilities of contemporary digital art through readings, lectures, and in-class discussion.

This course investigates the relationship of the body to the camera. Using both still and video cameras and live performance students will create works that unite the performative and the mediated image. The course will cover how the body is framed and represented in contemporary art, advertising and the media.

This course will explore advanced techniques and research methods in drawing and painting. Projects in this course will emphasize conceptual approaches to art making and will take students through the process of creating an artwork in response to a theme. This course will explore non-traditional materials and methods in drawing and painting. Students will be exposed to the broader possibilities of contemporary drawing and painting through readings, lectures, and in-class discussions.

Lens-based art forms such as photography and video have a rich tradition as a documentary practice. These media have engendered their own techniques, aesthetic, and cultural context. This course is designed to introduce students to the role of the documentary image in contemporary art practice, through personal, conceptual, and photo-journalistic projects accomplished outside of the studio.

This course will expand photographic practice into a range of other media. Students will explore the sculptural, temporal, performative, and painterly potential of the photograph and photographic technologies.

A course for students interested in designing and publishing artworks using digital tools. The emphasis will be on short-run printed catalogues, along with some exploration of e-books and blogs. Lessons will identify common editorial and image preparation concerns while introducing software for assembling images, videos, sounds, graphics, and texts into coherent and intelligently-designed digital publications. Creative solutions are expected.

The studio-seminar course will provide students with discipline-specific historical, theoretical, professional, and practical knowledge for maintaining a sustainable art practice. Students will gain an understanding of how to navigate the cultural, social, political, and financial demands of the professional art world. Topics will include professional ethics, equity and diversity in the art world, understanding career paths, developing writing and presentation skills relevant to the artist, familiarity with grants, contracts and copyright, and acquiring hands-on skills related to the physical handling and maintenance of art objects.

This open-media studio-seminar will examine the relationship between contemporary art and globalizing and decolonizing forces, focusing on key topics such as migration, diaspora, colonialism, indigeneity, nationalism, borders, language, translation, and global systems of trade, media, and cultural production. Students will explore current art practices shaped by globalization and will conceive, research, and develop art projects that draw from their experiences of a globalizing world.

This open-media studio seminar will examine the relationship between art and the body, focusing on key topics such as identity (gender, race, ethnicity, sexual orientation), intersectionality, subjectivity, representation, and the gaze. Students will explore artistic methods that are performative, experiential, sensory, and interactive. This course will also examine approaches to the body that consider accessibility, aging, healing, and care. Students will conceive, research, and develop art projects that address contemporary issues related to the body.