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  • 3.00 Credits

    This class provides the opportunity to become immersed in bookbinding. Students work with the instructor to design their program of study. Using the Rare Books collections as a resource, students research individual interests and produce work inspired by master binders' and book artists standards, formats, techniques, approach, and concepts. Instructor provides instruction in particular methods according to students' needs. Students are held to very rigorous standards of craftsmanship and project development. Prerequisites: "C-" or better in ART 4065.
  • 3.00 Credits

    This studio course explores the principles and practices of book planning, design, and production. The meaning of visible language is investigated through typography, layout, and design. Students publish projects through varied means of production, using both digital and analog methods. The course covers the entirety of book production, including concept development, pre-press, and sending projects to print. The class also utilizes Marriott Library's Rare Books Collection to view and discuss examples of book design throughout history.
  • 3.00 Credits

    For non-ART majors. This course provides bookbinding skills in various traditional and modern forms and presents numerous additional book forms as exemplars. Students cultivate individual projects around these models, based on each project's needs. The appropriate format for individuals' ideas is identified, adapted, customized, applied, and produced. The course covers content development, book design, integration of various media, low-tech image making processes, and the functionality of various bookmaking materials.
    General Education Course
  • 3.00 Credits

    For non-ART majors. Building on skills acquired in Non-Major Artists' Books I, this course provides more advanced bookmaking skills in various traditional and modern forms and presents numerous books as exemplars as well as bibliographies for further investigation in response to the individual student's particular interests. In addition to completing several small projects early in the semester, the intermediate student, in dialogue with the instructors, designs a semester-length project cultivated around exemplars and models. Through class critique and discussion, appropriate formats for specified concepts are identified, which the students can then adapt, customize, and apply in the production of a self-authored artist's book. Critical theory, content development, book design, integration of various media, low-tech image making and printing processes, and the functionality of various bookmaking materials are covered. A student with previous letterpress experience is encouraged to produce a letterpress edition, and will be advised by instructors regarding printing concerns.
  • 3.00 Credits

    This course builds upon components presented in ART 3130 and DRAW 3130 with an investigation of drawing as an organizing tool for thorough and personal image exploration. Prerequisites: "C-" or better in ART 3130.
  • 3.00 Credits

    This course builds upon components presented in ART 3120, DRAW 3120, ART 3130 and DRAW 3130 with increasing effectiveness in drawing the human figure and increasing the use of the figure as an expressive metaphor. Relative emphases are adjusted to the needs of the individual student. Prerequisites: "C-" or better in ART 3130.
  • 3.00 Credits

    A range of materials, scale, forms, and traditions. Both perceptual and non-representational are explored. Prerequisites: "C-" or better in ART 3110 OR ART 3045.
  • 3.00 Credits

    This course builds upon components presented in ART 3130 and DRAW 3130 with an investigation of drawing as an organizing tool for thorough and personal image exploration. Prerequisites: "C-" or better in ART 3130.
  • 3.00 Credits

    This is a continuation of ART 4120. Prerequisites: "C-" or better in ART 4120.
  • 3.00 Credits

    A range of materials, scale, forms, and traditions. Both perceptual and non-representational are explored. Prerequisites: "C-" or better in ART 4130.