Electives

Fall 2022 BFA Electives, Topics in 3D: Installation Art – Rit Premnath

In this studio course we will explore how context shapes the meaning of artwork by testing possibilities that various locations—both indoors and outdoors—hold. Each student…

Spring 2022 BFA Electives, Topics in 2D: Analog, Catalog – Danny Greenberg

Topics in 2D: Analog, Catalog PUFA 3220 CRN 11652 This course delves into topics in 2D conceptual art through analog, or handmade works, and the…

Spring 2022 BFA Electives, X-Studio: Art As Social Tool – Stefanos Tsivopoulos

  X-Studio: Art As Social Tool PSAM 3702; CRN 3303 The class Art As Social Tool will encourage students to develop in-depth, research-based-projects, inspired by…

Spring 2022 BFA Electives, X-Studio: Maximalism – Johannah Herr

  X-Studio: Maximalism PSAM 3703; CRN 3304 This interdisciplinary studio course explores material strategies of making where more is more. Maximalist ornament can be used…

Spring 2022 BFA Electives, X-Studio: Up Close and Impossible: Painting/Drawing from Observation – Shoshana Dentz

  X-Studio: Up Close and Impossible: Painting/Drawing from Observation PSAM 3705; CRN 3305 “Long ago I became convinced that the seeing see little.” — Helen…

Spring 2022 BFA Electives, X-Studio: Alchemical Affinities – Fields Harrington

  X-Studio: Alchemical Affinities PSAM 3701; CRN 2074 How and why do artists engage with the grammars of science in their work? How do these…

Spring 2022 BFA Electives, Topics in 3D: Visual Narrative – Miggy Buck

  Topics in 3D: Visual Narrative PUFA 3230; CRN 5240 This project-driven studio course introduces practices and concepts that evoke a visual narrative. Students will…

Spring 2022 BFA Electives, Topics in 3D: Making an Object Speak – Emilio Rojas

  Topics in 3D: Making an Object Speak PUFA 3230; CRN 11678 Making an Object Speak- Sculpture in dialogue with Performance. This class will question…

Spring 2022 BFA Electives, Topics in 2D: Process, Form and Materiality – Carrie Yamaoka

  Topics in 2D: Process, Form and Materiality PUFA 3220; CRN 1924 In this course we will explore what it means to be working in…

Spring 2022 BFA Electives, Topics in 2D: Other Spaces – Peter Rostovsky

  Topics in 2D: Other Spaces PUFA 3220; CRN 5239 Painting has long sought to capture other spaces, whether they are threshold zones, fantastical landscapes,…

Spring 2022 BFA Electives, Topics in 4D: Living Systems, Installation, and Video – Ben Thorp Brown

  Topics in 4D: Living Systems, Installation, and Video – PUFA 3240; CRN 1925 This course will explore the intersection of video, installation, and artwork…