REQUIRED COURSES: SOPHOMORE YEAR
PUFA 2002 PAINTING 2
This is the continuation of the first semester of painting. The emphasis is on construction, composition, paint handling and color. Students begin and sustain the process of self-examination by dealing with diversified subjects and non-objective idioms. Individual and group criticism, combined with field trips and discussion of painting ideology, expands students’ perspectives within historical and professional contexts.
3 CR
Prerequisite: Painting 1
Open to: non-majors with permission
PUFA 2012 SCULPTURE 2
This is the continuation of the first semester of sculpture. The stress is on concepts of modeling, carving and constructing as well as the possibilities of more contemporary modes of expression. 3 CR Prerequisite: Sculpture 1
Open to: non-majors with permission PUFA 2022 DRAWING 2
This is the continuation of the first semester of drawing. Artists should never be forced to make stylistic or aesthetic choices merely to avoid technical limitations. Drawing is a key discipline of the arts, and this course encourages the development of skill and the education of the artist’s eye.
3 CR
Prerequisite: Drawing 1
Open to: non-majors with permission PUFA 2032 VISUAL THINKING: VIDEO
Students will explore different uses of video as a medium for art. Through experimentation with the camera, shooting techniques, and methods of editing, students will "find" ideas for video sketches. Short video projects will be developed from these explorations and an investigation of the effects of the medium on perception. Students will further their understanding of the video as an art medium by viewing artists' videos and reading selected essays for written analysis and class discussion.
2 CR
No pre-requisite.
Open to: non-majors with permission PUFA 2033 VISUAL THINKING: VIDEO 2 Contact department for full course description.
PUFA 2035 VISUAL THINKING: NARRATIVES
This course will explore how narratives organize their visual and textual elements to tell their tales.
Beginning with existing narratives –a fragment of a Hitchcock film, and a text of Freud's we will examine how the images chosen and the rhetorical devices employed, such as metaphor and metonymy, visually
represent ideas and affects. Students will go on to produce their own narratives. There will be three assignments, plus a short reading, and the mandatory viewing of one feature length film outside of class-time. The assignments will use lowish-tech means to allow the students to tell or retell the already told tales of Hitch- cock and Freud. Students will produce puppet shows, flip books, one-of-a-kind books, comic strips, performances, serialized Xeroxes, shadow plays, passion plays, etc. as their own narrative responses to the assignments. 2 CR
No pre-requisite.
Open to: non-majors with Fine Arts Dept. permission.
JUNIOR YEAR
PUFA 3002 PAINTING 4
This is a continuation of Junior Painting, in which students are expected to attempt more challenging work.
The junior year of the painting sequence stresses a search for a personal statement.
3 CR
Pre-requisite: Painting 1,2,3 Open to: non-majors with permission
PUFA 3012 SCULPTURE 4
This is a continuation of Junior Sculpture, in which students explore problems of greater complexity than the previous year in terms of both technical and personal involvement.
3 CR
Prerequisite: Sculpture 1,2,3 Open to: non-majors with permission PUFA 3022 DRAWING 4
A continuation of Junior Drawing, in which students explore problems of greater complexity than the previous year in terms of both technical and personal involvement.
3 CR
Pre-requisite: Drawing 1,2,3
Open to: non-majors with permission PUFA 3800 PROFESSIONAL PRACTICES
This class is intended to provide students with a broad exposure to skills and knowledge that will be essential supplements to their studio practice and life as an artist after graduation. These skills will prepare the students to operate more fully as professional artists in the world of museums, galleries, grant-making agencies, artists’ colonies and other such institutions and bureaucracies. In the course of the semester students will learn about concrete skills such as writing an artist’s statement, documenting work, applying for residencies and grants, presentation techniques, resume writing, etc. An integral component of the class will be an internship program. Each student will commit to working eight hours per week for the duration of the semester in an arts institution or with a professional artist.
3 CR
Open to: majors only
PUFA 3900 INDEPENDENT STUDY
Please see department for course description PUFA 3901 PROFESSIONAL INTERNSHIP Contact department for course description.
SENIOR YEAR
PUFA 4002 SENIOR CONCENTRATION 2
Continuing from the first semester of Senior Concentration, the student continues to develop work based upon an intensive exploration of thematic materials and techniques. In this intensified studio program, with the assistance of a faculty member, students will be expected to do much of their work independently; tough critical choices about art will have to be made.
5 CR
Open to: majors only
PUFA 4052 THEORY, PRACTICE, AND CAREER 2
In this wide-ranging course, begun in the fall semester, students continue to investigate the integral relationship between theoretical issues, the studio practice of the artist and the practical development of a profession. The course will continue to examine critical and theoretical texts and their relationship to the making of art as well as pragmatic approaches to career development such as application to graduate school, portfolio presentation, building a relationship with a gallery, grant application and managing “life and art” among other vocational concerns. Utilizing guest speakers, workshops and seminars, “Theory, Practice and Career” will explore “real life” conditions, opportunities and options that artists face after graduating and help build strategies to effectively and creatively build a professional life.
3 CR
Open to: majors only
PUFA 4032 SENIOR THESIS
This course is adjunct to the Senior Concentration where students are urged to articulate their ideas, verbally and in writing. Each student is required to write a thesis for presentation to a final Faculty Review.
3 CR
Open to: majors only
PUFA 4034 THESIS LECTURES 2
Continuing from last semester, visiting artists, writers, filmmakers, etc. will visit to talk about their work and discuss issues and ideas. These lectures are free and open to the public.
0 CR
Open to: non-majors
SOPHOMORE ELECTIVES
PUFA 2040 EXPANDING HORIZONS: DRAWING INSPIRATION FROM NON-WESTERN ART Artistic giants such as Picasso and Giacometti owe a great deal of their success to the influences of non-Western art. New York is rich in its museums, many of which display such work. And, while it is fine to grasp the beauty of these objects, it is a gift to realize their spiritual content as well as imperative towards the survival of the original community.
Beyond the art historical goal of this class, which comes through visits to various museums, the second part takes place back in the studio. This is where students will translate their responses (to these cultures) into pieces of their own. It is not a matter of replicating what has been seen, but to take, let’s say, a physical shape or an inner meaning and give this a contemporary voice in new material. It is taking something old and giving it a moment of originality. Students other than sophomores may take this elective.
Open to: non-majors with permission