Summer 2008 Master Course List

AD100X-C1 Technical Drawing for Environmental Designers

DATE/DAY/TIME: Jun 3-Jun 26 / Tu & Th / 2p-6p
SPECIAL SCHEDULE:
INSTRUCTOR: Carbin, Julie
LOCATION: Tower-629
CREDIT: 2
FEE: 775
CATEGORY 1: Architecture
CATEGORY 2:
COURSE DESCRIPTION: Students develop technical drawing skills through exploration in various media using architectural or industrial design contexts. Introduces various drawing techniques. Attention is given to 3D material rendition, construction means, and form characteristics through measuring, documentation, and transformation into 2D drawing. Freehand and hard line drawing including plan, section, elevation, axonometric, isometric, and perspective.
INSTRUCTOR BIO: Julie Carbin is an architectural designer. She holds a BFA from MassArt and an Master of Architecture from Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

AD219-C1 AutoCAD Space Planning

DATE/DAY/TIME: Jun 6-Jun 22 / Special Sched (see description) /
SPECIAL SCHEDULE: F, 2-6pm Jun 6, 13, 20 & Sa/Su, 9a-4p, Jun 6-22
INSTRUCTOR: Hansen, John Oliver
LOCATION: Tower-1001
CREDIT: 3
FEE: 990
CATEGORY 1: Architecture
CATEGORY 2:
COURSE DESCRIPTION: Current professional architectural design and drafting software is introduced in the context of space planning for domestic, educational, commercial and industrial uses. The process of planning space is covered from interviewing the client, measuring and documenting existing space and equipment, understanding the needs of users, applying building codes, ergonomic requirements, and accessibility laws, producing several logical preliminary schemes, to finally developing a complete set of working drawings for the scheme selected, using the 2D features of AutoCAD. Typical projects include space use, reflected ceiling, dimensions and details, and material and color plans.
INSTRUCTOR BIO: John Oliver Hansen holds a BA from Cornell College and Master of Architecture from The Ohio State University. He is owner of Dexigngarage Residential, LLC, providing residential architectural design services and project management. He was formerly project manager and lead designer for Columbus Neighborhood Design Assistance Center in Columbus, OH.

AD223-C1 Architectural Design 1

DATE/DAY/TIME: Jun 30-Jul 24 / M/W/Th / 1p-5p
SPECIAL SCHEDULE:
INSTRUCTOR: Auden, Marshall
LOCATION: Tower-605
CREDIT: 3
FEE: 775
CATEGORY 1: Architecture
CATEGORY 2:
COURSE DESCRIPTION: An introduction to architecture as a social art involving responsibility to inhabitants, form, and material within public and private contexts. Projects demonstrate evaluation of program choices, building systems, methods, and craft. Students develop skills in transforming design ideas into built form.
INSTRUCTOR BIO: TBD

AD327X-C1 Structures 1 and 2 Intensive

DATE/DAY/TIME: Jun 9-Jun 20 / M-F / 9a-1p
SPECIAL SCHEDULE:
INSTRUCTOR: Hickey, Meg
LOCATION: Tower-603
CREDIT: 3
FEE: 775
CATEGORY 1: Architecture
CATEGORY 2:
COURSE DESCRIPTION: This class is for students without prior undergraduate structures experience who are entering the graduate architecture program, or for those who require a refresher course. It covers structural calculation and building methods for wood, steel and some masonry construction. It includes typical beam, column, compound section and truss analysis in applied situations. Students complete daily homework and 2 exams. No prerequisites, but students should have had high school algebra.
INSTRUCTOR BIO: Meg Hickey is a registered architect, Professor of Architectural Design and Chair of the Environmental Design department at MassArt. She holds a BArch and BS in Mechanical Engineering from MIT.

AE301-C1 Portfolio 1

DATE/DAY/TIME: Jun 2-Jul 28 / Special Sched (see description) / 4p-10p
SPECIAL SCHEDULE: M, 4-10pm, June 2-July 28 & T, 4-10pm, July 29
INSTRUCTOR: Ortiz, Chandra Dieppa
LOCATION: South-206
CREDIT: 3
FEE: 775
CATEGORY 1: Art Education
CATEGORY 2:
COURSE DESCRIPTION: The series of Portfolio courses requires students to place their college-wide learning in studios and critical studies in the context of art education. Substantive interdisciplinary projects are required for each seminar. The projects will steadily build towards fulfilling the Artist/Teacher Portfolio requirements established by the Art Education Department. Students may register for any of the Portfolio I or II sections. No Prerequisites. MassArt undergraduates may take as an introduction to Art Education.
INSTRUCTOR BIO: Chandra Dieppa Ortiz received her BA from Florida State University, a Post-Baccalaureate degree in Painting from the School of the Museum of Fine Arts and an MSAE from MassArt. She has exhibited at the Museum of the National Center for Afro-American Artists in Boston, La Casa De La Cultura/Center for Latino Arts, The Boston Center for the Arts and the Copley Society. dieppastudio.com

AE307X-C1 Boston Sketchbook

DATE/DAY/TIME: Jul 1-Aug 6 / Tu & W / 9a-2p
SPECIAL SCHEDULE:
INSTRUCTOR: Schomp, Leslie
LOCATION: South-306
CREDIT: 3
FEE: 775
CATEGORY 1: Art Education
CATEGORY 2:
COURSE DESCRIPTION: This course, held at a different local Boston site each week, builds upon fundamental drawing concepts to create a unique and personal artist’s sketchbook. The course is ideal for the studio-deprived teacher and will expand on one’s drawing experience and personal expression. Line, value, shape, form, space, color, intent and other elements are included using direct observation and invented and conceptual imagery. A variety of methods and materials of drawing will be investigated and used to explore both contemporary and historical perspectives to make on-site drawings within the parameter of a 10" x 12" sketchbook. In addition to the sketchbook, there will be two separate projects that will result from sketchbook research as well as group critiques and discussions. Possible sites may include local museums, outdoor markets, Arnold Arboretum, etc.
INSTRUCTOR BIO: Leslie Schomp has a BFA from Florida State University and an MFA from MassArt. She received a Certificate of Distinction in Teaching from Harvard University. She has taught drawing at Emmanuel College, Brandeis University, Wentworth and MassArt and currently teaches drawing courses at Holy Cross College in Worcester, MA. Upcoming exhibitions include Essex Art Center, Lawrence, MA and Charles City Art Center, IA.

AE406X-C1 Concepts & Processes in the Classroom

DATE/DAY/TIME: Jun 2-Jul 2 / M & W / 4:30-9p
SPECIAL SCHEDULE:
INSTRUCTOR: Mills, Kristen
LOCATION: South-109
CREDIT: 3
FEE: 775
CATEGORY 1: Art Education
CATEGORY 2:
COURSE DESCRIPTION: This class is an intensive, condensed examination of different media, traditional and new, and how they are taught in the classroom. Emphasis is also placed on discovering relationships between and among media, content, image and idea. The course includes looking at the substance and organization of lessons; what is appropriate for particular learners; and the creation of efficient classroom routines. Each student will be required to conduct in-depth exploration/research of one concept/process.
INSTRUCTOR BIO: Kristen Mills is an artist and educator. She earned her BFA from Rivier College in New Hampshire and an MSAE from MassArt. Her exhibitions include "New Art 2007," MPG Contemporary, Boston, MA; "Spaces: Process Revealed," Pearl Street Gallery, Brooklyn, NY. She is coordinator of the Saturday Blast! Program, Artists for Humanity in Boston. Her commissioned work includes paintings, murals and illustrations. www.kmillsstudios.com.

ANI204X-C1 The Animated World: Part 1, Urban Landscape Boston and Cambridge

DATE/DAY/TIME: Jul 9-Jul 17 / Special Sched (see description) / 9:30a-3:30p
SPECIAL SCHEDULE: W-F, 9:30a-3:30p, Jul 9-11 & Th, 9:30a-3:30p, Jul 17
INSTRUCTOR: Burke, Leland
LOCATION: Tower-330
CREDIT: 1.5
FEE: 415
CATEGORY 1: Animation
CATEGORY 2:
COURSE DESCRIPTION: The world around us is full of inspiration and reference for the animator, the filmmaker, for all time-based artists. This class focuses on taking the carefully observed world and translating elements for a time-based environment in ways that hold strong artistic meaning. Over the course of a series of days, we will explore a particular environment in depth. Participants will be asked to create interpretive elements for a work in a medium of their choice: i.e. backgrounds, character studies, drawing series, animated movements, documentary video or sound designs. We will also look at samples of work to consider how filmmakers and animators have translated the "real" world into work with a particular creative vision.
INSTRUCTOR BIO: Leland Burke is Associate Professor of Animation at MassArt and Area Coordinator for the animation concentration. He has been a visiting lecturer at Wheaton College, SUNY/Purchase College, Portfolio Center in Atlanta, and Atlanta College of Art. He is Principal of Leland Burke Studio where his clients have included Nickelodeon, Cartoon Network, Turner Productions, The New York Times and Random House. His print work has been recognized in the Graphis Design Annual and Communication Art’s Illustration Annual. His animated film "The Creek" won awards at the Black Maria Festival and New England Film and Video Festival. Leland holds an MFA with Honors from the Rhode Island School of Design.

ANI205X-C1 The Animated World: Part II Seascape: Cape Ann and Boston Harbor Islands

DATE/DAY/TIME: Aug 6-Aug 14 / Special Sched (see description) / 9:30a-3:30p
SPECIAL SCHEDULE: W-F, 9:30a-3:30p, Aug 6-8 & Th, 9:30a-3:30p, Aug 14
INSTRUCTOR: Burke, Leland
LOCATION: Tower-330
CREDIT: 1.5
FEE: 415
CATEGORY 1: Animation
CATEGORY 2:
COURSE DESCRIPTION: The world around us is full of inspiration and reference for the animator, the filmmaker, for all time-based artists. This class focuses on taking the carefully observed world and translating elements for a time-based environment in ways that hold strong artistic meaning. Over the course of a series of days, we will explore a particular environment in depth. Participants will be asked to create interpretive elements for a work in a medium of their choice: i.e. backgrounds, character studies, drawing series, animated movements, documentary video or sound designs. We will also look at samples of work to consider how filmmakers and animators have translated the "real" world into work with a particular creative vision.
INSTRUCTOR BIO: Leland Burke is Associate Professor of Animation at MassArt and Area Coordinator for the animation concentration. He has been a visiting lecturer at Wheaton College, SUNY/Purchase College, Portfolio Center in Atlanta, and Atlanta College of Art. He is Principal of Leland Burke Studio where his clients have included Nickelodeon, Cartoon Network, Turner Productions, The New York Times and Random House. His print work has been recognized in the Graphis Design Annual and Communication Art’s Illustration Annual. His animated film "The Creek" won awards at the Black Maria Festival and New England Film and Video Festival. Leland holds an MFA with Honors from the Rhode Island School of Design.

ANI2X8-C1 Animation Design

DATE/DAY/TIME: Jun 2-Jun 12 / M-Th / 9:30a-3:30p
SPECIAL SCHEDULE:
INSTRUCTOR: Burke, Leland
LOCATION: Tower-330
CREDIT: 3
FEE: 775
CATEGORY 1: Animation
CATEGORY 2: Illustration
COURSE DESCRIPTION: When working for animation studios, Illustrators and those who establish the look of a project are referred to as "Designers." It is their responsibility to help conceptualize, design and render the established style. This responsibility can include title treatments, backgrounds, characters, props, and any of the components that create that imagined world. Each choice must feel believable within the "laws of nature" defined to that project. This class will study the role of the "Designer" in Animation through in-class screenings, demonstrations and discussions. Projects will provide an opportunity to design a wide range of imagined environments and characters for animation projects.
INSTRUCTOR BIO: Leland Burke is Associate Professor of Animation at MassArt and Area Coordinator for the animation concentration. He has been a visiting lecturer at Wheaton College, SUNY/Purchase College, Portfolio Center in Atlanta, and Atlanta College of Art. He is Principal of Leland Burke Studio where his clients have included Nickelodeon, Cartoon Network, Turner Productions, The New York Times and Random House. His print work has been recognized in the Graphis Design Annual and Communication Art’s Illustration Annual. His animated film "The Creek" won awards at the Black Maria Festival and New England Film and Video Festival. Leland holds an MFA with Honors from the Rhode Island School of Design.

CER2X0-C1 Elements of the Wood Fire Kiln

DATE/DAY/TIME: Jul 28-Aug 8 / Special Sched (see description)
SPECIAL SCHEDULE: July 28-August 8, Mon-Fri, 9am-1pm at MassArt; August 9-13 at Hands House Studio in Norwell
INSTRUCTOR: Loik, Jason
LOCATION: Collins-204
CREDIT: 3
FEE: 990
CATEGORY 1: Ceramics
CATEGORY 2:
COURSE DESCRIPTION: The class will explore the marriage between artist and form, clay and ash, community and kiln. The goal will be to combine a rigorous investigation of clay working techniques with the unique traditions of firing a wood fueled kiln. Trees and other vegetation absorb nutrition and minerals from the earth. During a wood firing, these stored chemicals are released and fuse on the surface of the clay creating a natural ash glaze.
The class is structured for truly exited and motivated artists of all abilities. Two weeks will be spent learning hand-building techniques through demonstrations and practice. This will include: slab work, wheel throwing, extruding, and coil building. Students are encouraged to experiment and push the boundaries of ceramics and tradition, creating work ranging from functional pottery to sculptural ceramics.
The final week of the class will be spent loading and firing a wood fueled Anagama kiln, located on the North River in Norwell, MA. All members of the class will be given the opportunity to work in shifts with the instructors learning how to properly read and feed the kiln during the four days it will take to reach temperature. The kiln will require round the clock supervision to maintain the correct temperature. Students are welcome and encouraged to camp on the site at Hands House Studio for the firing. handshouse.org
INSTRUCTOR BIO: Jason Loik holds a BFA from MassArt and MFA from the University of Washington. Loik works in many different media, primarily clay with a focus on the figure.

CER2X6-C1 Tableware

DATE/DAY/TIME: Jun 3-Jul 24 / Tu & Th / 6p-10p
SPECIAL SCHEDULE:
INSTRUCTOR: Ryterband, Ben
LOCATION: Collins-203
CREDIT: 3
FEE: 855
CATEGORY 1: Ceramics
CATEGORY 2:
COURSE DESCRIPTION: Design and fabricate individualized place settings, serving dishes, teapots, and vases. Employing hand building, the potter’s wheel, plaster molds, and various kiln firing techniques (stoneware, soda, low-fire), students will be able to create pottery that is useful as well as personally expressive. Frequent demonstrations, lectures, and dialogue with the instructor will enable beginners as well as experienced workers to expand their vision and portfolio.
INSTRUCTOR BIO: Ben Ryterband is Professor of Ceramics at MassArt where he has taught since 1974. He was a potter’s apprentice in Japan, 1969-70. He received his BA from Antioch College and MFA from Rhode Island School of Design. He has exhibited in galleries and colleges nationally and most recently received first place awards in Massachusetts State of Clay exhibitions.

CER312X-C1 Clay Studio

DATE/DAY/TIME: Jun 2-Jun 20 / M-F / 9a-1p
SPECIAL SCHEDULE:
INSTRUCTOR: Longacre, Janna M
LOCATION: Collins-203
CREDIT: 3
FEE: 855
CATEGORY 1: Ceramics
CATEGORY 2:
COURSE DESCRIPTION: This studio class allows students to explore personal interests in clay object making. Demonstrations and studio activities will include handbuilding, moldmaking and wheelworking. Students will develop individual plans to execute their ideas in clay after discussing ideas and options with the instructor. Projects may include various interests such as tableware, sculpture or tile making. Experience in clay work is preferred, but not required.
INSTRUCTOR BIO: Janna Longacre is Professor of Fine Arts 3D at MassArt. She holds a BFA from Rhode Island School of Design and an MFA from the University of Michigan. She is the recipient of a Massachusetts Artists Foundation grant and a National Endowment for the Arts funded installation at Smith College Museum. Exhibitions include: Morris Museum, NJ; Bruce Museum, CT; Newport Art Museum, RI; Laumeier International Sculpture Park, St. Louis, MO.

CER319X-C1 Clay Studio (6cr)

DATE/DAY/TIME: Jun 2-Jun 20 / M-F / 9a-6p
SPECIAL SCHEDULE:
INSTRUCTOR: Longacre, Janna M
LOCATION: Collins-203
CREDIT: 6
FEE: 1710
CATEGORY 1: Ceramics
CATEGORY 2:
COURSE DESCRIPTION: This class allows students explore personal interests in clay object-making. Demonstrations and studio activities include handbuilding, mold making and wheelworking. Students will develop individual plans to execute their ideas in clay after discussing ideas and options with the instructor. Projects may include various interests such as tableware, sculpture or tile making. Experience in clay work is preferred, but not required.
INSTRUCTOR BIO: Janna Longacre is Professor of Fine Arts 3D at MassArt. She holds a BFA from Rhode Island School of Design and an MFA from the University of Michigan. She is the recipient of a Massachusetts Artists Foundation grant and a National Endowment for the Arts funded installation at Smith College Museum. Exhibitions include: Morris Museum, NJ; Bruce Museum, CT; Newport Art Museum, RI; Laumeier International Sculpture Park, St. Louis, MO.

CSA101-C1 Perspectives in Art History I -- Art through the Renaissance

DATE/DAY/TIME: Jun 9-Jun 27 / M-Th / 9a-12:30
SPECIAL SCHEDULE:
INSTRUCTOR: Givans, Duncan
LOCATION: Tower-505
CREDIT: 3
FEE: 775
CATEGORY 1: Art History
CATEGORY 2:
COURSE DESCRIPTION: This course provides a comprehensive introduction to the history of Western art from ancient times to the Renaissance. Issues covered include the social history of art, the role of politics in art, connoisseurship, fakes, and the conservation of works of art. Students will also examine the ongoing discourse that determines and revises the canon of art history and the ways we see and interpret works of art. The course follows a chronological sequence, examining works in a wide variety of media, including architecture, sculpture, painting, furniture and metalwork. The format of the course combines lectures and discussion, as well as visits to the rich collection of the Boston Museum of Fine Arts
INSTRUCTOR BIO: Duncan Givans holds an MA from St. Andrews University (UK) and PhD from the University of Warwick (UK). He received grants from the Henry Moore Foundation, the British Archaeological Association and the Royal Archaeological Association.

CSA102-C1 Perspectives in Art History II -- Renaissance to Modern

DATE/DAY/TIME: Jul 7-Jul 24 / M-Th / 9a-12:30p
SPECIAL SCHEDULE:
INSTRUCTOR: Givans, Duncan
LOCATION: Tower-503
CREDIT: 3
FEE: 775
CATEGORY 1: Art History
CATEGORY 2:
COURSE DESCRIPTION: This course provides a comprehensive introduction to the history of Western art from the Renaissance to the present day. A series of lectures will be punctuated at regular intervals with walking tours and visits to local museums. The basic purpose of the course is three-fold: to examine, briefly but thoroughly, the great monuments of creative endeavor which constitute the canon of post-Medieval art; to contextualize succinctly, with historical references and coetaneous examples in other media (for instance, music and literature), those monuments; and, finally, to engage students in the ongoing discourse which determines and revises the canon and the ways in which we see and interpret works of art.
INSTRUCTOR BIO: Duncan Givans holds an MA from St. Andrews University (UK) and PhD from the University of Warwick (UK). He received grants from the Henry Moore Foundation, the British Archaeological Association and the Royal Archaeological Association.

CSA227X-C1 Sound in Media Art

DATE/DAY/TIME: Jul 1-Aug 14 / Tu & Th / 6:30p-9:30p
SPECIAL SCHEDULE:
INSTRUCTOR: Dunaway, Judy
LOCATION: Tower-513
CREDIT: 3
FEE: 775
CATEGORY 1: Art History
CATEGORY 2:
COURSE DESCRIPTION: This course surveys the use of sound in many different types of media art and the issues surrounding these practices. Topics will include: copyright, censorship and mass distribution, sound in film, television and video (both commercial and experimental); transmission art (community radio, pirate radio, microradio, webcasting, Podcasting, etc.), the cultural implications of loudspeakers, popular music theory, basic acoustics and technical sound processes, and the MP3 phenomenon. In addition to lecture and discussion, classes will include listening to sound recordings and broadcasts, video and film screenings, technical demonstrations and a Podcast by the class. No previous experience with sound or music required. For more information please contact: Judy.Dunaway@massart.edu
INSTRUCTOR BIO: Judy Dunaway is an internationally known sound artist whose works have been presented throughout North America and Europe including the Roy and Edna Disney Center, Lincoln Center Out-of-Doors, ZKM, New Museum of Contemporary Art, Everson Art Museum and many other venues. Awards/grants/residencies include Aaron Copland Fund, American Composers Forum, Meet the Composer, ZKM, Harvestworks, NEA. She received an MA from Wesleyan University, and PhD fromSUNY Stony Brook. For more information visit: http://jdunaway.web.wesleyan.edu

CSA228X-C1 Twentieth Century Russian Art

DATE/DAY/TIME: Jun 9-Jul 21 / Online / ---
SPECIAL SCHEDULE:
INSTRUCTOR: Ter-Stepanian, Anahit
LOCATION: ---
CREDIT: 3
FEE: 855
CATEGORY 1: Art History
CATEGORY 2: Online
COURSE DESCRIPTION: This course is an overview of Russian and Soviet art from the end of 19th century until the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991. We will analyze major developments, styles, and trends in visual and performing arts. The course concentrates on avant-garde art from 1900-1930 when, due to the unprecedented uplift of intellectual and artistic spirit, Russia became one of the European leaders in the arts. The cultural reality and artistic developments of the times will be viewed in relationship to the concurrent complex social and political conditions.
INSTRUCTOR BIO: Anahit Ter-Stepanian holds an MS in Architecture from Yerevan Polytechnic Institute in Armenia and a PhD in Architecture Theory and History from the Moscow Architectural Institute.

CSA231X-C1 American Art and Visual Culture: 1600 to the Present

DATE/DAY/TIME: Jun 3-Jul 17 / Tu & Th / 6:30p-9:30p
SPECIAL SCHEDULE:
INSTRUCTOR: Renn, Melissa
LOCATION: Tower-505
CREDIT: 3
FEE: 775
CATEGORY 1: Art History
CATEGORY 2:
COURSE DESCRIPTION: A survey of American painting, architecture, sculpture, prints and photography from 1600 to the present, covering a wide range of movements including Early American Art, Native American Art, Civil War era photography, Gilded Age painting and architecture, the Ashcan School, Early American Modernism, Regionalism, Surrealism, Abstract Expressionism, Earth Art, and Public Art. The course will include visits to local museums and institutions that house some of the finest collections of American Art in the country, including the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, and the Fogg Museum. We will examine style, technique, and iconography in their historical and cultural contexts, considering the political, social, and intellectual climates articulated in the arts, including systems of patronage and public reception.
INSTRUCTOR BIO: Melissa Renn is currently a PhD candidate at Boston University where she received her MA in Art History with a specialization in 20th century American Art, Architecture and Visual Culture. She holds a BA from Stanford University. In 2005, she received the Carroll L. V. Meeks Fellowship and from 2004-2007 she has been the Jan and Warren Adelson Fellow in American Art at Boston University. She teaches at CambridgeCollege and MassArt.

CSA232X-C1 The Anthropology of Art: World Art

DATE/DAY/TIME: Jun 3-Jul 17 / Tu & Th / 2p-5p
SPECIAL SCHEDULE:
INSTRUCTOR: Silverman, Eric
LOCATION: Tower-513
CREDIT: 3
FEE: 775
CATEGORY 1: Art History
CATEGORY 2:
COURSE DESCRIPTION: This course is an introduction to how anthropologists study the art of other cultures, focusing on New Guinea (where your instructor studies), Aboriginal Australia, native North America, and Africa as well as the art you display in your own living space and non-Western art in Boston museums. We will focus on three general topics. First, we will begin with general theories on the role and meaning of art in traditional societies. We will then, second, shift to how art from other cultures is displayed in museums around Boston. Third, we will discus tourist art and souvenirs and the question of authenticity. Students will read essays and several books, and write three essays that (i) analyze the art in their own living spaces, (ii) critique museum displays, and (iii) review a book.
INSTRUCTOR BIO: Eric Silverman is a cultural anthropologist at Wheelock College with several years experience studying art, culture, and tourism in a Papua New Guinean village. He has written several books, and many articles and book chapters.

CSA233X-C1 Art and Revolution

DATE/DAY/TIME: Jun 9-Jul 21 / Online / ---
SPECIAL SCHEDULE:
INSTRUCTOR: Ter-Stepanian, Anahit
LOCATION: ---
CREDIT: 3
FEE: 855
CATEGORY 1: Art History
CATEGORY 2: online
COURSE DESCRIPTION: This course explores cultural and artistic developments associated with and resulting from the major modern social and political revolutions between the end of the 18th and 20th centuries. The course mainly concentrates on rarely covered artistic responses to political, social, and religious revolutions of the 20th century, and briefly covers art during revolutions of the 18th and 19th centuries. Historical, political, philosophical currents and their impact on painting, sculpture, and architecture will be analyzed. Using a cross-cultural and interdisciplinary approach, the visual arts will be viewed in the context of their relationships to political, social, and religious events of their representative time periods.
INSTRUCTOR BIO: Anahit Ter-Stepanian holds an MS in Architecture from Yerevan Polytechnic Institute in Armenia and a PhD in Architecture Theory and History from the Moscow Architectural Institute.

CSA240X-C1 History of Sound Art

DATE/DAY/TIME: Jun 9-Jul 21 / Online / ---
SPECIAL SCHEDULE:
INSTRUCTOR: Dunaway, Judy
LOCATION: ---
CREDIT: 3
FEE: 855
CATEGORY 1: Art History
CATEGORY 2:
COURSE DESCRIPTION: Imagine instruments played without touching, orchestras with airplane propellers, mind-bending sound pieces using only the echo of a space, vegetable instruments that turn into soup, a "Sound Chair" that propels you through the room, and meditations that reveal sounds in daily life that you never dreamed were there. The course examines works by artists who blur traditional boundaries between music and other disciplines including science, design, visual arts and philosophy. This course is ideal for artists engaged in multi-media work that incorporates sound as well as people interested in experimental music of any genre. Each week will include substantial listening and reading, along with questions about the material and discussion. No previous experience with sound or music needed. Course requires access to an MP3 player and either headphones or external speakers. Built-in computer speakers are not adequate. Sound examples may be downloaded to an iPod. For more information please contact: Judy.Dunaway@massart.edu
INSTRUCTOR BIO: Judy Dunaway is an internationally known sound artist whose works have been presented throughout North America and Europe including the Roy and Edna Disney Center, Lincoln Center Out-of-Doors, ZKM, New Museum of Contemporary Art, Everson Art Museum and many other venues. Awards/grants/residencies include Aaron Copland Fund, American Composers Forum, Meet the Composer, ZKM, Harvestworks, NEA. She received an MA from Wesleyan University, and PhD fromSUNY Stony Brook. For more information visit: http://jdunaway.web.wesleyan.edu

CSA242X-C1 The Materials and Techniques of Medieval Art

DATE/DAY/TIME: Jun 2-Jul 16 / M & W / 6:30p-9:30p
SPECIAL SCHEDULE:
INSTRUCTOR: Givans, Duncan
LOCATION: Tower-503
CREDIT: 3
FEE: 775
CATEGORY 1: Art History
CATEGORY 2:
COURSE DESCRIPTION: This course will examine the making of the diverse range of artistic media produced during the Middle Ages from monumental architecture, stone sculpture and wall painting, to manuscript illumination, textiles and metal work. Attention will be given to the methods used during the Middle Ages, the materials that were available, and the status of the people at work.
INSTRUCTOR BIO: Duncan Givans holds an MA from St. Andrews University (UK) and PhD from the University of Warwick (UK). He received grants from the Henry Moore Foundation, the British Archaeological Association and the Royal Archaeological Association.

CSA243X-C1 Arts of Japan

DATE/DAY/TIME: Jun 30-Aug 6 / M & W / 2p-5:30p
SPECIAL SCHEDULE:
INSTRUCTOR: Jones, Meghen
LOCATION: Tower-503
CREDIT: 3
FEE: 775
CATEGORY 1: Art History
CATEGORY 2:
COURSE DESCRIPTION: As an introduction to the visual arts of Japan, we will examine key works of Japanese visual arts, architecture, and material culture. The course will move chronologically as well as thematically through the stages of Japanese history beginning with Jômon archaeological findings and ending with contemporary installation art. Major monuments and works in a variety of media will be studied, including painting, sculpture, crafts works, prints, and architecture. The historical, social, and religious contexts surrounding Japanese art will be discussed along with formal visual analysis of particular works. Course format consists of lectures, discussions, student presentations, and direct analysis of art objects at area collections and exhibitions.
INSTRUCTOR BIO: Meghen Jones is a PHd candidate in Japanese Art History at Boston University where she received an MA in Asian Studies and Certificate of Museum Studies. She has an MFA from Musashino Art University in Japan, specializing in Industrial, Interior and Crafts Design and a BA from Earlham College. She is currently Assistant Professor of Art History at Berklee College of Music.

CSA244X-C1 Arts of Africa

DATE/DAY/TIME: Jun 2-Jul 16 / M & W / 2p-5p
SPECIAL SCHEDULE:
INSTRUCTOR: Borgatti, Jean
LOCATION: TBA-TBA
CREDIT: 3
FEE: 755
CATEGORY 1: Art History
CATEGORY 2:
COURSE DESCRIPTION: The purpose of this class is to stimulate thought and challenge your imagination with extraordinary images from Africa, from the distant past to the post-modern present, from North to South and West to East, in short, a survey of the rich and diverse artistic heritage of this vast continent. We will take a thematic approach with case studies of art in context. Slides that you will be responsible for will be posted for the final. A thematic approach allows for an exploration of ideas that cut across many cultural zones. Case studies provide a more complex view of artworks, their aesthetic and their communicative/symbolic functions within specific societies at a particular point in time.
INSTRUCTOR BIO: Jean Borgatti has a BA from Wellesley College and MA and PhD from UCLA. She is a research associate at Clark University and teaches at Simmons College and Salem State College. She is a lifetime member of the African Studies Association and the author of numerous books and articles. See more: http://Clarku.edu/~jborgatt/

CSA285-C1 History of Photography

DATE/DAY/TIME: Aug 13-Aug 26 / Special Sched (see description) / 9a-5p
SPECIAL SCHEDULE: M,W,F, 9a-5p, Aug 13-25 & T, 9a-5p, Aug 26
INSTRUCTOR: Lukitsh, Joanne
LOCATION: Tower-555A
CREDIT: 3
FEE: 775
CATEGORY 1: Art History
CATEGORY 2:
COURSE DESCRIPTION: The course introduces the history of photography from the inventions of Daguerre and Fox Talbot to the 20th century masters. The course addresses problems and issues arising from the different techniques of, and the interrelationships between, art, photography, science, and society.
INSTRUCTOR BIO: Joanne Lukitsh is Professor of Art History at MassArt. She received her BA from Wesleyan University, MA from the University of New Mexico, and Ph.D. from the University of Chicago. Her fellowships and grants include: Mellon Curatorial Fellowship at George Eastman House; Mellon Post-Doctoral Fellowship; American Council of Learned Societies; National Endowment for the Humanities Summer Stipend.

CSA301-C1 Painting & the Cinematic Image

DATE/DAY/TIME: Aug 4-Aug 21 / M-Th / 9a-12:30
SPECIAL SCHEDULE:
INSTRUCTOR: Karetnikova, Inga
LOCATION: Tower-513
CREDIT: 3
FEE: 775
CATEGORY 1: Art History
CATEGORY 2:
COURSE DESCRIPTION: This course is about the relationship between painting and film and their influence on each other. The topics of discussion include: Expressionism and Surrealism in painting and film: Cubism and Film Montage; Chiaroscuro (light and shadow)-from Caravaggio to Bergman; portrait and the close-up; landscape in painting and film; drawings of movie directors.
INSTRUCTOR BIO: Inga Karetnikova holds an MA in Cinema and a PhD in Art History from the Academy of Arts, USSR. She is a former Carnegie Mellon and Guggenheim Fellow, as well as Associate Professor, Boston University. Ms. Karetnikova has published several books, including How Scripts are Made and Mexico According to Eisenstein as well as numerous articles on film and art in her native Moscow and Europe. She is also a scriptwriter and currently writes for the BBC in London. She just completed Films of the 1940s, published by Heinemann Publishing Co.

CSA320X-C1 Folk Art, Folk Craft & Material Culture

DATE/DAY/TIME: Jun 3-Jul 17 / Tu & Th / 6:30p-9:30p
SPECIAL SCHEDULE:
INSTRUCTOR: Correll, Timothy
LOCATION: Tower-503
CREDIT: 3
FEE: 775
CATEGORY 1: Art History
CATEGORY 2:
COURSE DESCRIPTION: This course introduces major analytic approaches and issues in the study of traditional expressive behavior that employs artifacts. We explore how cultural groups use material expression to articulate worldview, values and social relations. We will consider such diverse forms of folk art as the scrimshaw carved by whalers, gravestones in Colonial New England, Hmong storycloths, Hopi Katsina, Haitian Vodou flags, graffiti in New York City, political murals in Northern Ireland and Samoan tattooing.
INSTRUCTOR BIO: Dr. Timothy C. Correll has a PhD in Folklore from the University of California, Los Angeles. He was a Fulbright scholar to Ireland 1999-2000. He has published a number of articles and books on folklore and folk art and has curated exhibitions at the Craft and Folk Art Museum as well as the Fowler Museum of Cultural History in Los Angeles. Dr. Correll has taught classes on folklore, material culture, and oral history at Harvard University, Harvard Extension School, Massachusetts College of Art, and Northeastern University.

CSA321-C1 History of Modern Architecture

DATE/DAY/TIME: Jun 2-Jun 19 / M-Th / 9:30a-1p
SPECIAL SCHEDULE:
INSTRUCTOR: Finstein, Amy
LOCATION: Tower-503
CREDIT: 3
FEE: 775
CATEGORY 1: Art History
CATEGORY 2:
COURSE DESCRIPTION: In this course, we investigate the designed and built environment, from the end of the 19th century to the present day. This course examines the influence of technology, aesthetics, politics, social history and economics on modern architecture and urban planning, including the Chicago School, Art Nouveau, international modernism of the 1920s to the 1960s, post-modernism, deconstructivism and worldwide contemporary theory and practice. We will also focus on modern and contemporary developments in the architecture of Boston.
INSTRUCTOR BIO: Amy Finstein is a PhD candidate at the University of Virginia. She has a BA from Brandeis University and a Master of Architectural History from the University of Virginia. She has taught at the Art Institute of Boston at Lesley University, BAC, and Wheaton College.

CSA326X-C1 Art in Theory

DATE/DAY/TIME: Jul 7-Jul 24 / M-Th / 1p-4:30p
SPECIAL SCHEDULE:
INSTRUCTOR: Scibilia, Anthony
LOCATION: Tower-521
CREDIT: 3
FEE: 775
CATEGORY 1: Art History
CATEGORY 2:
COURSE DESCRIPTION: In this course we will discuss and attempt to define many of the key movements and terms that form a central part of the language of artists and art critics today – What is Modernism? What is Postmodernism? What is structuralism? What is poststructuralism? What is the "Death of the Author?" What is Deconstruction? How might knowledge of these historical and philosophical ideas affect an artist’s practice today? And why have these developments – often confusing to young artists - become an indispensable part of the language of artists and critics in recent years? Throughout the course, special emphasis will be given to the central role of politics in artistic discourse and practice.
INSTRUCTOR BIO: Anthony Scibilia holds a BA from Cornell University, and MA, MPhil and PhD (ABD) from Columbia University. He teaches at Rhode Island School of Design and MassArt. He is also a photographer with work in the collections of numerous academic institutions as well as the Fogg Museum, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY and The National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC. anthonyscibilia.com

CSA403X-C1 Topics in Contemporary Art

DATE/DAY/TIME: Jun 16- / Online / ---
SPECIAL SCHEDULE:
INSTRUCTOR: TBA, TBA
LOCATION: ---
CREDIT: 3
FEE: 855
CATEGORY 1: Art History
CATEGORY 2: Online
COURSE DESCRIPTION: Despite the repeated pronouncements of the ’end of painting,’ painting continues to thrive, often in startling new ways. This course will be structured around topics of interest to two-dimensional media practitioners. We will trace the historical development of painters and balance that with an examination of contemporary practitioners. Topics include abstraction from Jackson Pollock and Helen Frankenthaler to artists such as Ross Bleckner and Jodie Manesivit; figurative painters from Lucian Freud and David Park to Jenny Saville and Chuck Close; neo-expressionist and conceptual painters such as Gerhard Richter and Anselm Kiefer. Site specific 2D practitioners from Sol Le Witt to Glexis Novoa and Lily van der Stokker also have an impact on the contemporary scene. In addition, narrative art in the inventive work of William Kentridge, Jeff Wall, Hiroshi Sugimoto merits close study. No account of contemporary art would be complete without examining of the profound effect of film on art, so the work of artists such as Matthew Barney, Douglas Gordon, Bill Viola, and Chloe Piene will also be examined.
INSTRUCTOR BIO: To Be Announced

CSB150-C1 American Thought & Government (Online)

DATE/DAY/TIME: Jun 2-Jul 18 / Online / ---
SPECIAL SCHEDULE:
INSTRUCTOR: Pak, Michael S
LOCATION: ---
CREDIT: 3
FEE: 855
CATEGORY 1: Critical Studies
CATEGORY 2: Online
COURSE DESCRIPTION: When did "globalization" start and what have been its driving forces? What are the historical origins of the environmental movement? How does the electoral college actually work? This is a survey course on American society, culture, and politics, with a special emphasis on "the history you never learned in school." While the course fulfills social science requirements, it deals with topics, readings, and films that should be of special interest to those who work in the creative fields (artists, humanists, and scientists), as well as anyone who seeks an informed understanding of the contemporary world and the history that has made it.
INSTRUCTOR BIO: Michael Pak is a historian and is Adjunct Professor in Critical Studies at MassArt He earned his BA from UC Berkley and PhD from Harvard University where he is currently a Visiting Lecturer in the Department of History.

CSB201-C1 History of Civilization: Belief Systems & Cultures (Online)

DATE/DAY/TIME: Jun 2-Jul 18 / Online / ---
SPECIAL SCHEDULE:
INSTRUCTOR: Pak, Michael S
LOCATION: ---
CREDIT: 3
FEE: 855
CATEGORY 1: Critical Studies
CATEGORY 2: Online
COURSE DESCRIPTION: This course introduces students to major civilizations and cultural traditions around the world. It surveys civilizations that have existed in the Middle East, India, Far East, Europe, Africa, and America before the arrival of Europeans. The course focuses particularly on various belief systems—philosophy, religion, and spiritual traditions—that emerged from various civilizations and shaped their course of development. Included in this survey are Islam and Sufism, Hinduism, Jainism, and Buddhism, Confucianism and Daoism, African and Native-American spiritual traditions, and some of the forgotten philosophical traditions of the West. We will bring our survey up to date by reviewing the implications of globalization for the survival of traditional civilizations and cultural diversity.
INSTRUCTOR BIO: Michael Pak is a historian and is Adjunct Professor in Critical Studies at MassArt He earned his BA from UC Berkley and PhD from Harvard University where he is currently a Visiting Lecturer in the Department of History.

CSB215X-C1 Corporate Globalization and Its Discontents

DATE/DAY/TIME: Jun 2-Jul 16 / M & W / 6:30p-9:30p
SPECIAL SCHEDULE:
INSTRUCTOR: Hess, Jake
LOCATION: Tower-540
CREDIT: 3
FEE: 775
CATEGORY 1: Critical Studies
CATEGORY 2:
COURSE DESCRIPTION: Over the last fifty years, an economic and social model known as neoliberal capitalism -- emphasizing market deregulation, ’free trade’, fiscal austerity, and privatization -- has swept across most of the world. This course will critically examine "corporate globalization" (as the international spread of neoliberalism is often called) and its impacts on economic development, inequality, and social conditions in the developing world. Special attention will be paid to emerging challenges to neoliberal hegemony, including alternative political and development models under construction in India and Venezuela, and the growth of transnational social movements. The course will be of interest to students interested in the nature of power and contestation in international politics and the challenges of building more inclusive and humane societies in today’s world.
INSTRUCTOR BIO: Jake Hess has a BA in International Affairs from Suffolk University and an MA in History of Developing Countries from Brown University. He has written extensively on international politics and US foreign policy and has conducted field research in Tanzania (east Africa) and Northern Ireland.

CSB216X-C1 Beyond the Palm Trees: Pacific Island Cultures

DATE/DAY/TIME: Jun 3-Jul 17 / Tu & Th / 9a-12p
SPECIAL SCHEDULE:
INSTRUCTOR: Silverman, Eric
LOCATION: Tower-521
CREDIT: 3
FEE: 775
CATEGORY 1: Critical Studies
CATEGORY 2:
COURSE DESCRIPTION: This class is a survey of the different cultures in the Pacific Islands, including New Guinea (where your instructor conducts research), Hawaii, and Samoa. We are interested in studying how Pacific Islanders today try to create meaningful lives amid the massive changes since contact with Europeans changes that include global capitalism, cash economy, tourism, Christianity, alcohol, literacy, US nuclear bomb testing, coffee, the Hawaiian sovereignty movement (whereby some native Hawaiians seek independence from the United States), and the very definition of what it is to be a person. We will also get a sense for traditional social life in these societies. Students will read articles and several books, and write essays that include a book review.
INSTRUCTOR BIO: Eric Silverman is a cultural anthropologist at Wheelock College with several years experience studying art, culture, and tourism in a Papua New Guinean village. He has written several books, and many articles and book chapters.

CSB32X-C1 Cortés, Kahlo and Cholera: An Overview of Latin American History, Art and Literature

DATE/DAY/TIME: Jun 2-Jul 16 / M & W / 5p-8p
SPECIAL SCHEDULE:
INSTRUCTOR: McCarthy, Carol
LOCATION: Tower-539
CREDIT: 3
FEE: 775
CATEGORY 1: Critical Studies
CATEGORY 2:
COURSE DESCRIPTION: Using DVD’s, slides, lectures and discussion, this course takes a broad overview of Latin American history, beginning with the Reconquest of Spain and the attitudes toward race, religion and gender that the Spaniards brought with them to the New World. We take a look at the pre-Columbian civilizations in place before continuing with the conquest of Mexico and Peru, the colonial period, and the revolutions of the early 19th century in Mexico, Central America the Caribbean and Latin America. We follow the adventures of Pancho Villa in the early 20th century. With this historical context clearly in mind, we study the art and architecture of native and colonial artists, then José Guadalupe Posada, the engraver whose work helped to popularize the Day of the Dead, Diego Rivera, Frida Kahlo, Fernando Botero and Miguel Antonio Bravo. The literature portion covers writings of the conquerors and the conquered in the early 16th century, the writings of Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz, the brilliant Mexican nun, colonial and revolutionary poetry from Spanish-speaking countries. We will sing revolutionary songs. The works of Gabriel García-Márquez , his use of magical realism, the novels of Carlos Fuentes and Mario Vargas Llosa will be read and discussed. Parts of the movies Love in the Time of Cholera, (based on the novel of García-Márquez) and Laura Esquivel’s novel of love and cooking, Like Water for Chocolate will be shown and compared with the novels.
INSTRUCTOR BIO: Carol McCarthy received her ALM in Spanish Language and Literature from Harvard University in June 2007, with an award-winnding thesis on Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz and Frida Kahlo, two Mexican feminists. She currently teaches Spanish and French at Hellenic College, and does FDA-mandated reviews of clinical drug trials as an attorney. Carol taught Advanced Placement Spanish and Honors French at the Boston Latin School for 20 years, travelling to Mexico, Spain, and Central and South America with her students. She also volunteers as a poverty lawyer at Greater Boston Legal Services.

CSB36X-C1 Memory & Dreams

DATE/DAY/TIME: Jun 9-Jul 23 / M & W / 2p-5p
SPECIAL SCHEDULE:
INSTRUCTOR: Rosenstein, Harriet
LOCATION: Tower-505
CREDIT: 3
FEE: 775
CATEGORY 1: Critical Studies
CATEGORY 2:
COURSE DESCRIPTION: Think of this as a tapestry, a flying carpet: multicolored, moving through territories light and dark. We’ll read neuroscience and fiction; see films and paintings. We’ll go easy on hard science and deep into art. We’ll explore the construction of memory; recovered memory; false memory. Is memory ever true? What is the relation between memory and identity? We’ll study dream theory and dream interpretation and investigate the making of art out of dream and memory. Readings include: Sacks, Jung, Plath, Borges, Kafka. Viewings: Portions of Memento, Vertigo; deChirico, Magritte.
INSTRUCTOR BIO: Harriet Rosenstein is a psychotherapist, teacher and writer. She holds a BS from Northwestern University, MA and PhD from Brandeis University, and MSW from Boston University. She has taught at Simmons College, Tufts University, and MIT.

CSC100-C1 Written Communication

DATE/DAY/TIME: Jun 9-Jul 23 / M & W / 2p-5p
SPECIAL SCHEDULE:
INSTRUCTOR: Beaulieu, Sara-Anne
LOCATION: Tower-551
CREDIT: 3
FEE: 775
CATEGORY 1: Critical Studies
CATEGORY 2:
COURSE DESCRIPTION: As an introduction to essay writing, this course will require six to eight writing assignments, concentrating on the expository and critical essay, as well as writing in the rhetorical modes and a research paper. Students will also read, discuss and write about outstanding pieces of prose, poetry, fiction, and a film.
INSTRUCTOR BIO: Sara-Anne Beaulieu is a graduate of Roger Williams University (BFA, Creative Writing) and New England College (MFA, Poetry) and is currently adjunct faculty at MassArt and Fisher College, where she teaches rhetoric. Beaulieu is the former Program Director of Literature and Poetry for Mad Poets Cafe, a monthly poetry night that was held at the Warwick Museum of Art and hosted by Boston poet Harris Gardner. While with Mad Poets Cafe, Beaulieu worked with poets such as Don Share, Forest Gander, and Franz Wright.Beaulieu has completed a manuscript and has publications by The New York Writer Coalition (Plum Biscuit) Tattooed Highway, My Favorite Bullet, and is published in the anthology In Our Own Words.

CSC200-C1 Literary Traditions

DATE/DAY/TIME: Jun 2-Jul 16 / M & W / 2p-5p
SPECIAL SCHEDULE:
INSTRUCTOR: Cohen, Joshua
LOCATION: Tower-535
CREDIT: 3
FEE: 775
CATEGORY 1: Critical Studies
CATEGORY 2:
COURSE DESCRIPTION: This course explores the sources of culture through a survey of some of the literary masterpieces, from the ancient world to the 19th century. Readings include Gilgamesh, Genesis, The Iliad, Poems of Sappho, Monkey and Hamlet.
INSTRUCTOR BIO: Joshua Cohen holds a BA from Haverford College, and an MA and PhD from Boston University. He is Professor of English at MassArt. He has been published in the Classic Record Collector.

CSC203-C1 Film Viewing & Criticism (On-Line)

DATE/DAY/TIME: Jun 2-Jun 22 / Online / ---
SPECIAL SCHEDULE:
INSTRUCTOR: Gerst, Robert E
LOCATION: ---
CREDIT: 3
FEE: 855
CATEGORY 1: Critical Studies
CATEGORY 2:
COURSE DESCRIPTION: How filmmakers achieve meaning using the expressive elements of film is the theme of this course. How to watch a well-made movie is the counterpoint. There are weekly assignments requiring students to read a film textbook, view brief essays and quizzes, and participate in on-line class discussions and chats with the professor and other students on the class website.This course introduces students to the fundamental building blocks of film art, including camera, lighting, composition, editing, acting, and script. In addition to access to the internet, students need access to a DVD player.
INSTRUCTOR BIO: Robert Gerst is Professor of Literature and Film at MassArt. He holds a B.A. from Wesleyan University, an MA from the University of Pennsylvania, and a PhD from State University of New York at Buffalo. His current areas of scholarly interest include 20th century American and European film and psychoanalytic approaches to literature and film.

CSC308X-C1 Monster Madness

DATE/DAY/TIME: Jun 3-Jul 17 / Tu & Th / 2p-5p
SPECIAL SCHEDULE:
INSTRUCTOR: Cohen, Joshua
LOCATION: Tower-535
CREDIT: 3
FEE: 775
CATEGORY 1: Critical Studies
CATEGORY 2:
COURSE DESCRIPTION: Of course, we will be rounding up the usual suspects: the appalling and tragic monster and his equally appalling and tragic creator, the charismatic vampire and his bevy of vamps; a commonplace fellow who wakes up to find himself transformed into a giant insect. But, more broadly, we will examine the idea of the monstrous, the shadow side of human nature and human experience that we refuse to acknowledge as our own. In addition to physical monsters, we will encounter monstrous actions (incest, murder, cannibalism), monstrous thoughts, and monstrous transformations of the soul. Our syllabus includes: "Frankenstein", Dracula, Kafka’s "Metamorphosis", John Ford’s "Tis Pity She’s A Whore", and John Gardner’s "Grendel".
INSTRUCTOR BIO: Joshua Cohen holds a BA from Haverford College, and an MA and PhD from Boston University. He is Professor of English at MassArt. He has been published in the Classic Record Collector.

CSC319X-C1 The Graphic Novel

DATE/DAY/TIME: Jun 2-Jun 19 / M-Th / 9:30a-1p
SPECIAL SCHEDULE:
INSTRUCTOR: Cohen, Joshua
LOCATION: Tower-535
CREDIT: 3
FEE: 775
CATEGORY 1: Critical Studies
CATEGORY 2:
COURSE DESCRIPTION: In recent years, graphic novels (long narratives in comic book form, combining words and images) have risen from the ranks of purely popular literature to a narrative form deemed worthy of review in The New York Times Book Review and studied in college courses. The case of the graphic novel as an example of progressive integration of so-called "serious" and "popular" forms of art is only one point of interest. The graphic novel can also be studied as a direct descendent of perhaps the oldest form of non-verbal narrative, a form going back to cave paintings as picture-story. The course traces the evolution of the graphic novel from its primitive origins through its historical stages of development into the twentieth century and the conjunction of word and image in the comic strip. As a primary textbook, we will be using Scott McCloud’s "Understanding Comics".
INSTRUCTOR BIO: Joshua Cohen holds a BA from Haverford College, and an MA and PhD from Boston University. He is Professor of English at MassArt. He has been published in the Classic Record Collector.

CSC351X-C1 Collaborations: Novels to Movies, Ideas to Performances

DATE/DAY/TIME: Jun 2-Jul 16 / M & W / 1:30p-4:30p
SPECIAL SCHEDULE:
INSTRUCTOR: Corman, Kristen
LOCATION: Tower-539
CREDIT: 3
FEE: 775
CATEGORY 1: Critical Studies
CATEGORY 2:
COURSE DESCRIPTION: When artists launch a joint project, what ideas are buffed-up or cut-down between visual, literary, and musical media? Three award-winning movies on outcasts and love showcase collaborative strategies. West Side Story (Wise/Robbins), its screenplay, and musical recording (Bernstein) scrawl out visual, kinetic, and cultural street dynamics. The triple plot movie, The Hours (Rudin/Fox; Hare) re-threads multiple sites of consciousness from Woolf’s novel, Mrs. Dalloway. Blade Runner (Scott) exchanges ideas with Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep (Dick). Each film assimilates outcast identity from narratives into popularized movie culture. Creative interests in stories, cinematography, set/lighting design, casting, dancing, and musical-scoring will find a free-ranging imaginative space here.
INSTRUCTOR BIO: Kristen Corman’s research explores how bodily, perceptual experience grounds creative thinking. Awarded the Jacob K. Javits Fellowship for doctoral research on cognition and metaphoric imagery in fiction, her interdisciplinary work focuses on kinetics, embodied metaphor, and cross-modal vision and touch. These interests spring from a professional career as principal dancer in both neo-classic and modern dancecompanies. She has also trained dancers. In her academic posts, she integrates performing and liberal arts. She holds a BA from Trinity College, and a PhD in English from Boston College.

CSC352X-C1 Mythology and Literature

DATE/DAY/TIME: Jun 9-Jul 21 / Online / ---
SPECIAL SCHEDULE:
INSTRUCTOR: Mawhinney, Elaine
LOCATION: ---
CREDIT: 3
FEE: 855
CATEGORY 1: Critical Studies
CATEGORY 2: Online
COURSE DESCRIPTION: Using texts ranging from the Bible and Homer’s epics to contemporary literary works, this course introduces mythological approaches to such subjects as heroism, place, time, family, and human nature.
INSTRUCTOR BIO: Elaine Mawhinney Professor Emerita of English, Dance, and Creative Arts at Northern Essex Community College. She has designed and presented online courses since 2004 in Western Literature and Exploring the Arts. She received an AB from Emmanuel College, MA from Northeastern University and MM in Music from the University of Massachusetts. In 2007, her online course, Western Literature II, was awarded Online Course of the Year (Mass Colleges Online).

CSC400-C2 Writing Poems: Directed Study

DATE/DAY/TIME: Jun 3-Jul 17 / Tu & Th / 1p-4p
SPECIAL SCHEDULE:
INSTRUCTOR: Richer, Ted
LOCATION: Tower-539
CREDIT: 3
FEE: 775
CATEGORY 1: Critical Studies
CATEGORY 2:
COURSE DESCRIPTION: We will explore the writing of serious, artful poems. Class meetings include individual discussion of students’ work.
INSTRUCTOR BIO: Ted Richer holds a BA from the University of Minnesota and an MFA from the University of Iowa, Iowa Writers’ Workshop. Writing honors include: Iowa Writers’ Workshop, Fellowship in Creative Writing, University of Iowa; Finalist, Playwriting, Massachusetts Arts and Humanities Foundation. He is author of The Writer in the Story and Other Figurations.

CSC401-C1 Children’s Books: How to Write Them, How to Publish Them

DATE/DAY/TIME: Aug 4-Aug 22 / M-F / 9a-12p
SPECIAL SCHEDULE:
INSTRUCTOR: Steinmetz, Leon
LOCATION: Tower-535
CREDIT: 3
FEE: 775
CATEGORY 1: Critical Studies
CATEGORY 2:
COURSE DESCRIPTION: This course is for both aspiring writers in general, and those who want to write specifically for children. Through lectures, discussions, writing assignments and individual student projects, novice writers enter the world of children’s literature. More advanced writers or poets will have an opportunity to expand their writing skills in this exciting new genre, or continue a project they have started. In addition, the questions of author- publisher-agent relationship, publicity, royalty, and the current market will also be explored.
INSTRUCTOR BIO: Leon Steinmetz is an author, illustrator, and painter who holds a Diploma from the Moscow Academy of Art. He has been awarded First Prize, Biennalle of European Artists and Sculptors, Latina, Italy, and CRRT Book Award for children’s book Hans Clodhopper. His children’s books have been published by major publishers in the U.S. and England.

DE201X-C1 Communication and Form

DATE/DAY/TIME: Jun 2-Aug 4 / M / 6p-10p
SPECIAL SCHEDULE:
INSTRUCTOR: Hurley, Heidi
LOCATION: Tower-603
CREDIT: 3
FEE: 775
CATEGORY 1: Graphic Design
CATEGORY 2:
COURSE DESCRIPTION: Building on a foundation of drawing skills and familiarity with the elements of two-dimensional form, this course develops students’ sensitivity to the graphic language of design through an understanding of how graphic form is manipulated to convey meaning. Working mostly in traditional media, students explore form, color, texture, image, sequence and narrative, learning to harness these elements to communicate concepts effectively and expressively. Prerequisites: Recent drawing course and/or basic design course such as SF182X Visual Issues 1, basic skills in Adobe Illustrator.
INSTRUCTOR BIO: Heidi Hurley is an art teacher and freelance graphic designer. She holds a BFA and MSAE from MassArt.

DE204X-C1 Drawing for Communication

DATE/DAY/TIME: Jun 3-Jul 24 / Tu & Th / 6:30p-9:30p
SPECIAL SCHEDULE:
INSTRUCTOR: Kaza, Gunta
LOCATION: Tower-621
CREDIT: 3
FEE: 775
CATEGORY 1: Graphic Design
CATEGORY 2:
COURSE DESCRIPTION: Drawing is a fundamentally important skill for graphic designers. How do you use this skill to communicate experiences on a single surface and as a sequence or narrative? Where does the "uniqueness" of an idea originate? How can we express ideas visually? In this class students develop conceptual thinking habits by exploring mind mapping, sketching, drawing and mark-making as a process of inquiry and design problem-solving. Prerequisites: Basic drawing skills. (Note: this course replaces DE224 Conceptual Drawing as a required course in the Graphic Design Certificate Program.).
INSTRUCTOR BIO: Gunta Kaza is Associate Professor of Graphic Design at MassArt. She holds a BFA from the Center for Creative Studies, College of Art and Design, and is a visiting lecturer at Boston University and Northeastern University, and a guest critic at Yale University.

DE260-C1 Typography

DATE/DAY/TIME: Jun 3-Aug 5 / Tu / 6p-10p
SPECIAL SCHEDULE:
INSTRUCTOR: Resnick, Elizabeth
LOCATION: Tower-605
CREDIT: 3
FEE: 775
CATEGORY 1: Graphic Design
CATEGORY 2:
COURSE DESCRIPTION: This course is a study of the design and use of basic letter forms, typographic contrast, hierarchy of information, major type families and their characteristics, history of design and typographic grids. Building on previous drawing experience and an understanding of design elements including line, shape, and positive/negative space, students build skills for the art of typesetting and typographic layout and for expressive typography and conceptual thinking. Prerequisites: Communication and Form, working knowledge of either Quark Xpress or InDesign
INSTRUCTOR BIO: Elizabeth Resnick is Professor of Graphic Design at MassArt. She is principal of Elizabeth Resnick Design and was a member of the Board of Directors of AIGA, Boston chapter from 1989-2005. Professor Resnick has organized numerous graphic design lectures and events over the past 15 years and has been design co-curator for four large exhibitions: "Russell Mills: Within/Without," "Dutch Graphic Design: 1918-1945," "Makoto Saito: Art of the Poster," and "The Graphic Imperative: International Posters of Peace, Social Justice and The Environment." Her publications include Design for Communication: Conceptual Graphic Design Basics, John Wiley & Sons Publishers, 2003. She holds a BFA and MFA from Rhode Island School of Design.

DE2X9-C1 Intermediate Typography

DATE/DAY/TIME: Jun 3-Jul 29 / Special Sched (see description) / 6:30p-9:30p
SPECIAL SCHEDULE: Jun 3-Jul 29, TuTh, 6:30p-9:30p, No Class July 3, 7, 10
INSTRUCTOR: Eisenman, Sara
LOCATION: Tower-603
CREDIT: 3
FEE: 775
CATEGORY 1: Graphic Design
CATEGORY 2:
COURSE DESCRIPTION: Through a series of applied multi-page publication design projects, students strengthen skills in understanding and building typographic relationships and detail. Students also develop their ability to create sophisticated typographic layouts including dynamic use of the grid. Students will increase their control over type use and choices and also build skills for expressive, conceptually-based typographic design. Prerequisites: DE201X Communication and Form, DE260 Typography, proficiency in either Quark Xpress or InDesign, basic Photoshop skills. Adobe Illustrator skills helpful but not necessary. (Note: this is a required course for students in the Graphic Design Certificate Program admitted 5/05 or later.)
INSTRUCTOR BIO: Sara Eisenman has been a designer and art director in book publishing for 30 years. She began her career in New York City at Alfred A Knopf and was appointed art director in 1984, after six years as a staff book designer. She moved to Boston in 1987 and was art director for Houghton Mifflin’s Trade and Reference list for four years. In 1993, she became Art Director and later Creative Director at Beacon Press. Sara is author of Building Design Portfolios and is a freelance art book and book jacket designer. In addition, she has lectured all over the US and taught graphic design at RISD and at the Columbia (formerly Harvard) Publishing Course.

DE301X-C1 Flash Interactive Design

DATE/DAY/TIME: Jun 10-Jun 24 / Tu & Th / 6p-10p
SPECIAL SCHEDULE:
INSTRUCTOR: Byrd, Violet
LOCATION: Tower-306
CREDIT: 1.5
FEE: 495
CATEGORY 1: Computer Arts
CATEGORY 2:
COURSE DESCRIPTION: This is an introductory workshop in animation that covers the user interface, tools and techniques specific to Macromedia’s Flash software. Topics include: basic key frame animation principles, the use of vector graphics, tweening, creating graphic symbols, buttons and movie clips for the library along with an introduction to some simple actions for interactivity. Learn to trace, edit, animate, and tile import bitmap images. Strong computer skills required. Experience with vector graphics (Illustrator) is helpful. This class is useful for designers who want to learn animation, and for programmers who want to focus on aesthetics and learn the Flash drawing and animating tools.
INSTRUCTOR BIO: Violet Byrd is a photographer and animator. She has lectured on creative new media and interactive design for web broadcast at the Art Institute of Boston, Lesley University, New England School of Art and Design, Suffolk University and the Harvard University Summer School. www.violetbyrd.com

DE301X-C2 Flash Interactive Design

DATE/DAY/TIME: Jun 21-Jun 29 / Sa & Su / 10a-4:30p
SPECIAL SCHEDULE:
INSTRUCTOR: Byrd, Violet
LOCATION: Tower-306
CREDIT: 1.5
FEE: 495
CATEGORY 1: Computer Arts
CATEGORY 2:
COURSE DESCRIPTION: This is an introductory workshop in animation that covers the user interface, tools and techniques specific to Macromedia’s Flash software. Topics include: basic key frame animation principles, the use of vector graphics, tweening, creating graphic symbols, buttons and movie clips for the library along with an introduction to some simple actions for interactivity. Learn to trace, edit, animate, and tile import bitmap images. Strong computer skills required. Experience with vector graphics (Illustrator) is helpful. This class is useful for designers who want to learn animation, and for programmers who want to focus on aesthetics and learn the Flash drawing and animating tools.
INSTRUCTOR BIO: Violet Byrd is a photographer and animator. She has lectured on creative new media and interactive design for web broadcast at the Art Institute of Boston, Lesley University, New England School of Art and Design, Suffolk University and the Harvard University Summer School. www.violetbyrd.com

DE306-C1 Introduction to Web Design

DATE/DAY/TIME: Jun 2-Jul 9 / M & W / 6:30p-10p
SPECIAL SCHEDULE:
INSTRUCTOR: Lucier, Brian
LOCATION: Tower-306
CREDIT: 3
FEE: 990
CATEGORY 1: Computer Arts
CATEGORY 2:
COURSE DESCRIPTION: In this project-based class, learn web design starting with the basics. Layout page design ideas, make the elements (images, buttons, titles) in Photoshop, and then create the site in Dreamweaver. Start with the basics of HTML, make a page layout with links and design any kind of page you can imagine. Learn the structure of tables, and then nested tables, navigation techniques, including frames, image maps, even drop-down menus. We will also take a look at animated GIF files and have a short demo on Flash. Then students will explore techniques to make workflow smoother, like templates and cascading style sheets. By semester’s end, each student will have created one complete web site. Prerequisites: Photoshop or Illustrator, or written permission of instructor.
INSTRUCTOR BIO: Brian Lucier is Art Director for Interactive/Print at Fidelity Investments and received a BFA from MassArt with a concentration in computer graphics and color theory. He also received certification in Flash from American Graphic Institute and Cyber Solutions. He is former Creative Director and Owner of Lucier Illustration & Design (www.lid.com). He is the recipient of numerous awards including the Mary T. Holland Competition for Creative Excellence.

DE307X-C1 Print Production

DATE/DAY/TIME: May 31-Jun 15 / Special Sched (see description) / 9:30a-4:30p
SPECIAL SCHEDULE: Sa/Su, 9:30a-4:30p, May 31, Jun 1, 14, 15
INSTRUCTOR: Fairchild, Jason
LOCATION: Tower-306
CREDIT: 2
FEE: 615
CATEGORY 1: Graphic Design
CATEGORY 2: Computer Arts
COURSE DESCRIPTION: What are the steps between design and printing? What do you need to know to ensure that your final printed piece comes out the way you intended? How do you avoid delays and extra costs? This course introduces the basics involved in print production for graphic designers. Students learn how to acquire printing estimates, what it means to "preflight" your work, font management, and color use in print production. The class is structured to show students the challenges of print production and how to deal with them. Prerequisites: Graphic Design II and familiarity with Quark Xpress or InDesign; or permission of instructor. Course includes printing press tour to be arranged.
INSTRUCTOR BIO: Jason Fairchild is an artist and graphic designer who began his career as a commercial printer in the late 1980s. In the mid 90s, he transitioned from printing to graphic design, eventually becoming senior design of Hobbamock Design. He is currently staff designer and pre-press manager of Recycled Paper Printing, Inc.

DE309-C1 Intro to Computer Design with the Adobe Creative Suite

DATE/DAY/TIME: Jul 8-Aug 5 / Tu & Th / 6p-10p
SPECIAL SCHEDULE:
INSTRUCTOR: Fairchild, Jason
LOCATION: Tower-308
CREDIT: 3
FEE: 990
CATEGORY 1: Computer Arts
CATEGORY 2: Graphic Design
COURSE DESCRIPTION: Discover the synergy between Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop and InDesign with course work based on the real life model of an actual project. We will outline the challenges to produce "best practice" formatting solutions for seamless integration between graphics creation and desktop publishing applications. We will also review file formatting protocol for saving work cross-platform from Macs to PCs. The class will focus on the functions and features of each program as a tool: Adobe Illustrator as a vector based tool for creating logos, digital illustrations, and graphics for the web; Photoshop for editing images and creating special effects for web, broadcast, or print design and InDesign as a desktop publishing application used to prepare files for printing, creating PDFs, and layout. InDesign may be used to produce posters, CD jackets, books, magazine ads, and brochures.
INSTRUCTOR BIO: Jason Fairchild is an artist and graphic designer who began his career as a commercial printer in the late 1980s. In the mid 90s, he transitioned from printing to graphic design, eventually becoming senior design of Hobbamock Design. He is currently staff designer and pre-press manager of Recycled Paper Printing, Inc.

DE309-C2 Intro to Computer Design with the Adobe Creative Suite

DATE/DAY/TIME: Jul 8-Aug 7 / Tu & Th / 6:30p-10p
SPECIAL SCHEDULE:
INSTRUCTOR: DeFrancesco, Chris
LOCATION: Tower-306
CREDIT: 3
FEE: 990
CATEGORY 1: Computer Arts
CATEGORY 2: Graphic Design
COURSE DESCRIPTION: Discover the synergy between Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop and InDesign with course work based on the real life model of an actual project. We will outline the challenges to produce "best practice" formatting solutions for seamless integration between graphics creation and desktop publishing applications. We will also review file formatting protocol for saving work cross-platform from Macs to PCs. The class will focus on the functions and features of each program as a tool: Adobe Illustrator as a vector based tool for creating logos, digital illustrations, and graphics for the web; Photoshop for editing images and creating special effects for web, broadcast, or print design and InDesign as a desktop publishing application used to prepare files for printing, creating PDFs, and layout. InDesign may be used to produce posters, CD jackets, books, magazine ads, and brochures.
INSTRUCTOR BIO: Chris DeFrancesco is Principal and Creative Director for Alphabetica Design Collaborative. He has a BFA from Montserrat College of Art.

DE316X-C1 Dreamweaver

DATE/DAY/TIME: May 28-Jul 2 / Special Sched (see description) / 6p-9p
SPECIAL SCHEDULE: May 28-Jul 2, W, 6-9pm & M, 6-9pm, Jun23
INSTRUCTOR: Ramirez, Camilo
LOCATION: Tower-310
CREDIT: 1.5
FEE: 495
CATEGORY 1: Computer Arts
CATEGORY 2:
COURSE DESCRIPTION: In this course, students learn the industry standard program for web site design and production. Topics include: basic HTML, web safe color, web ready images, layout, navigation, content, and principles of information design. Strong computer skills required.
INSTRUCTOR BIO: Camilo Ramirez is a photographer and graphic designer. He received a BFA from Florida International University, an Associate of Arts in Computer Graphics from the International Fine Arts College and MFA from MassArt. He taught classes on topics related to contemporary graphic design and software at Miami Dade College and has participated in numerous group exhibitions in Florida including a solo exhibition "Between Realities", Books and Books, Coral Gables, FL. He is skilled in graphics software programs as well as videography and photography.

DE318X-C1 Advanced Photoshop & Illustrator: Well Beyond the Basics

DATE/DAY/TIME: Jul 12-Jul 27 / Special Sched (see description) / 10a-4:30p
SPECIAL SCHEDULE: Sa/Su, Jul 12, 13, 26, 27
INSTRUCTOR: Randhahn, Andreas A
LOCATION: Tower-306
CREDIT: 1.5
FEE: 495
CATEGORY 1: Computer Arts
CATEGORY 2:
COURSE DESCRIPTION: This is a quick-paced creative problem-solving class which helps students move into Photoshop and Illustrator power-user territory. Through demonstrations and experimentation with the latest software versions, students explore and learn the individual strengths of each package and how they work together as a cohesive whole. Moving from basics to new tools, students will work on assignments which reflect real life scenarios and are based on personal goals. Usage for print and web will be discussed in depth. Prerequisites: intermediate understanding of each program. Students should bring 2CDs, 2 USB flash drives or a small Firewire/USB external drive for backup. A notebook, some photos and a bag lunch are also useful.
INSTRUCTOR BIO: Andreas Randhahn is a Designer, Illustrator, and Web Designer who holds a BFA from University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth and an MFA from MassArt in Illustration. His clients include: Pepsi, Gillette, Dreamworks, and Reebok.

DE31X-C1 Image Processing with Adobe Photoshop

DATE/DAY/TIME: Jul 12-Jul 20 / Sa & Su / 10a-4:30p
SPECIAL SCHEDULE:
INSTRUCTOR: Shiloh, Azriel
LOCATION: Tower-310
CREDIT: 1.5
FEE: 495
CATEGORY 1: Computer Arts
CATEGORY 2:
COURSE DESCRIPTION: This course introduces Photoshop as an image processing tool. Students learn to digitize and manipulate scanned color and grayscale images using Photoshop’s basic tools and filters. Prerequisite: Basic Macintosh skills.
INSTRUCTOR BIO: Azriel Shiloh is Exhibit Designer at the Museum of Science, Boston, and holds a BFA from MassArt. He has developed a number of large, permanent exhibits and designs and produces graphics for displays, posters and multi-media applications.

DE323X-C1 Designing with InDesign

DATE/DAY/TIME: Jun 7-Jun 15 / Sa/Su / 10a-4:30p
SPECIAL SCHEDULE:
INSTRUCTOR: Guerriero, Maria
LOCATION: Tower-310
CREDIT: 1.5
FEE: 495
CATEGORY 1: Computer Arts
CATEGORY 2:
COURSE DESCRIPTION: This hands-on intensive course will introduce students to InDesign as a powerful set of tools for graphic design. Some topics to be covered: creating single and multi-page documents; type and paragraph controls; transparency and drop shadows; layers; drawing tools; imported graphics and links; master pages; palettes; InDesign’s integration with Photoshop and Illustrator; printing options; preflighting and packaging for print; and creating PDF files. In addition, new features such as Object Styles, the Adobe Bridge, backward compatibility, Snippets, and Photoshop and PDF layer support will be shown. Macintosh and OS X familiarity are required. Basic to intermediate-level graphic design and typography skills are strongly recommended.
INSTRUCTOR BIO: Maria Guerriero is a freelance graphic designer currently working at Lindsay Hill Design. She has a BFA from Emerson College and a Certificate in Graphic Design from MassArt.

DE332X-C1 Letterpress Fundamentals Workshop

DATE/DAY/TIME: Aug 15-Aug 17 / Special Sched (see description) /
SPECIAL SCHEDULE: Aug 15-17, F, 6-9p; Sa/Su, 9a-6p
INSTRUCTOR: Cross, Keith
LOCATION: Tower-912
CREDIT: 1.5
FEE: 415
CATEGORY 1: Book Arts
CATEGORY 2:
COURSE DESCRIPTION: A love for ink on paper and a modicum of manual dexterity are required! This workshop will demonstrate typesetting by hand, on-press page composition and printing multiples on a Vandercook cylinder press. You will explore the nuances of impression, inking and paper selection as well as improve your typographic sensitivity. We will also experiment with overprinting colors and printing illustrations. Please bring words and ideas for your project to the first meeting.
INSTRUCTOR BIO: Keith D. Cross is a designer, printer, educator and principal of Milk Row Studio, a creative design studio in Worcester, MA. He offers clients and students the individual attention of a creative professional with traditional hot metal and digital typography experience and resources. He holds a BFA from MassArt in Graphic Design and Printmaking and continues to teach letterpress design/printing at the MassArt Press. Keith is also a member and former President of The Letterpress Guild of New England as well as a Board member of Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts of Massachusetts.

DE335X-C1 Interactive Communication for Advanced Design Students

DATE/DAY/TIME: May 27-Jul 29 / Tu / 6p-10p
SPECIAL SCHEDULE:
INSTRUCTOR: Doubek, Erich
LOCATION: Tower-310
CREDIT: 3
FEE: 990
CATEGORY 1: Graphic Design
CATEGORY 2: Computer Arts
COURSE DESCRIPTION: This course introduces advanced design students to basic concepts and techniques of interactive design for the Web. Students will develop a professional understanding of the technological processes inherent to the media and unique approaches to interactive problem solving while continuing to build skills in visual form, typography, sequence, word and image integration, idea generation, and color. Students are provided with brief tutorials in key web applications including HTML, Dreamweaver, and Flash and develop basic skills in these programs through applied use in web site designs. As the final project, students produce an individualized online portfolio site. Prerequisites: GD310 Graphic Design 2, DE2X9 Intermediate Typography or DE361 Typography 2/Advanced (Graphic Design Certificate students: Intermediate Portfolio required), proficiency in Photoshop and Illustrator on a Macintosh platform. Knowledge of a page layout program helpful. (Note: this is a required course for students in the Graphic Design Certificate Program admitted 5/05 or later).
INSTRUCTOR BIO: Erich Doubek received a BFA from the University of Connecticut and an MFA from MassArt’s DMI Program. He has worked as a freelance web site designer and developer and is skilled in Flash, After Effects, Photoshop, Illustrator, Dreamweaver, etc. — 3cell.net

DE339X-C1 Intermediate Flash Animation

DATE/DAY/TIME: Jul 2-Jul 30 / W / 6p-10p
SPECIAL SCHEDULE:
INSTRUCTOR: Byrd, Violet
LOCATION: Tower-310
CREDIT: 1.5
FEE: 495
CATEGORY 1: Computer Arts
CATEGORY 2:
COURSE DESCRIPTION: In this project based class, you will learn and use many powerful features of Flash through the process of creating your interactive project. Learn how to create and program a fast-loading preload animation using nested movie clips. Create animation synced to music or voice-over. Use ActionScript to dynamically load bitmaps and Flash movies. Learn how to add video to your Flash movies. This class is essentially an introduction to ActionScripting, Flash’s programming language, and you will gain experience with targeting movie clips and working with movie clip properties. In five weeks, you will acquire the basic skills to create commercial Flash website design! Knowledge of the Flash interface, skills in Flash motion tweening and the ability to create simple navigation are prerequisites.
INSTRUCTOR BIO: Violet Byrd is a photographer and animator. She has lectured on creative new media and interactive design for web broadcast at the Art Institute of Boston, Lesley University, New England School of Art and Design, Suffolk University and the Harvard University Summer School. www.violetbyrd.com

DE33X-C1 Adobe Illustrator

DATE/DAY/TIME: May 31-Jun 8 / Sa & Su / 10a-4:30p
SPECIAL SCHEDULE:
INSTRUCTOR: Shiloh, Azriel
LOCATION: Tower-310
CREDIT: 1.5
FEE: 495
CATEGORY 1: Computer Arts
CATEGORY 2:
COURSE DESCRIPTION: This hands-on course introduces Adobe Illustrator, a primary tool for illustration and design layouts. While students can import images and artwork, the emphasis is placed primarily on creating new images. Basic tools and techniques are covered. Prerequisite: Basic Macintosh skills. Limited to 16 students.
INSTRUCTOR BIO: Azriel Shiloh is Exhibit Designer at the Museum of Science, Boston, and holds a BFA from MassArt. He has developed a number of large, permanent exhibits and designs and produces graphics for displays, posters and multi-media applications.

DE345X-C1 Interactive Flash Portfolio

DATE/DAY/TIME: May 28-Jun 25 / W / 1p-5p
SPECIAL SCHEDULE:
INSTRUCTOR: Doubek, Erich
LOCATION: Tower-306
CREDIT: 1.5
FEE: 495
CATEGORY 1: Professional Practice
CATEGORY 2: Computer Arts
CATEGORY 3: Graphic Design
COURSE DESCRIPTION: This course will walk you through the basics of creating an interactive online portfolio as directly related to Flash. The course will cover basic vector animation, simple interactivity through buttons and movie clips, website navigation fundamentals, sound, and referenced images, Flash video, and content. A current collection or portfolio for use as material is suggested; as is a USB drive to back up in class work.
INSTRUCTOR BIO: Erich Doubek received a BFA from the University of Connecticut and an MFA from MassArt’s DMI Program. He has worked as a freelance web site designer and developer and is skilled in Flash, After Effects, Photoshop, Illustrative, Dreamweaver, etc. 3cell.net

FA100-C1 Introduction to Painting

DATE/DAY/TIME: Jun 3-Jul 17 / Tu & Th & 1 Sat, 9a-5p, tba / 6p-10p
SPECIAL SCHEDULE: & 1 Sat, 9a-5p, tba
INSTRUCTOR: Chippendale, Christopher
LOCATION: Kennedy-507
CREDIT: 3
FEE: 855
CATEGORY 1: Painting
CATEGORY 2:
COURSE DESCRIPTION: Begin painting in this exploration of new and traditional directions and techniques, primarily in oil. The basis of the course is studio work (including use of models), supported by lectures and demonstrations. Attention is given to color and composition theory, and the study of form, space and light. Previous experience with drawing helpful.
INSTRUCTOR BIO: Christopher Chippendale is Associate Professor of Painting at MassArt. He holds a BA from Marlboro College; a BFA from MassArt, and an MFA, Boston University School of Visual Arts. His awards include: Saint Botolph Club Foundation Grant, 2000; Blanche E. Colman Award, 1997. Recent exhibitions include: "Prevailing Tides", South Shore Art Center, Cohasset, MA, Gallery Sopafina, Boston, and "Artists for the 21st Century", Concord Art Association, Concord, MA.

FA103-C1 Watercolor

DATE/DAY/TIME: Aug 4-Aug 15 / M-F / 9a-4p
SPECIAL SCHEDULE:
INSTRUCTOR: Kayiga, Kofi
LOCATION: Kennedy-402
CREDIT: 3
FEE: 855
CATEGORY 1: Painting
CATEGORY 2:
COURSE DESCRIPTION: This course explores the fundamental techniques of transparent watercolor media, such as wet on wet, drybrush, glazing and knowledge of painting tools. Emphasis is on color vocabulary development, exploring composition, and the history of watercolor painting.
INSTRUCTOR BIO: Kofi Kayiga is Professor of Painting at MassArt. He holds a BFA from Jamaica School of Art and an MFA from the Royal College of Art. His exhibitions include Dallas Museum of Art, Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston; Museum of the National Center of Afro-American Artists; High Museum; Milwaukee Art Museum; Museum of Fine Art, Richmond, VA; and Fuller Art Museum.

FA202-C1 Life Drawing

DATE/DAY/TIME: Jun 3-Jul 24 / Tu & Th / 6p-10p
SPECIAL SCHEDULE:
INSTRUCTOR: Rahilly, Paul
LOCATION: South-309
CREDIT: 3
FEE: 855
CATEGORY 1: Drawing
CATEGORY 2:
COURSE DESCRIPTION: Designed for students of all levels, this course explores basic issues essential to those who use the figure in their work. Gesture, perspective, light and shade and working from memory are examined in relation to line and structure. Drawings from the Renaissance to the present era are examined in slide presentations with a view toward identifying underlying ideas and finding common themes and common language. The emphasis is on line to describe action, relate forms, organize shapes and define space.
INSTRUCTOR BIO: Paul Rahilly holds an MFA from MassArt and studied at the Art Students League of New York. He received an Adolph and Esther Gottlieb Foundation Grant, National Endowment for the Arts Visual Artists Fellowship for Painting, and Massachusetts Artists Fellowship in Painting. Mr. Rahilly exhibits at Gallery Naga, Boston and at the Hirschl & Adler Modern, NY.

FA202-C2 Life Drawing

DATE/DAY/TIME: Jul 28-Aug 8 / M-F / 9:30a-4p
SPECIAL SCHEDULE:
INSTRUCTOR: Hoag, Gerry
LOCATION: South-308
CREDIT: 3
FEE: 855
CATEGORY 1: Drawing
CATEGORY 2:
COURSE DESCRIPTION: Designed for students of all levels, this course explores basic issues essential to those who use the figure in their work. Gesture, perspective, light and shade and working from memory are examined in relation to line and structure. Drawings from the Renaissance to the present era are examined in slide presentations with a view toward identifying underlying ideas and finding common themes and common language. The emphasis is on line to describe action, relate forms, organize shapes and define space.
INSTRUCTOR BIO: Gerry Hoag holds a BFA from MassArt and an MFA from Boston University School for the Arts. He has taught art at Boston University, New York Academy of Art, Graduate School of Figurative Art, Harvard University, and the Art Institute of Boston at Lesley University.

FA205-C1 Painting

DATE/DAY/TIME: Jun 9-Jun 27 / M-F / 9a-6p
SPECIAL SCHEDULE:
INSTRUCTOR: Dunn, Sharon
LOCATION: Kennedy-402
CREDIT: 6
FEE: 1710
CATEGORY 1: Painting
CATEGORY 2:
COURSE DESCRIPTION: This painting studio is for the student who wants an intensive day long studio experience. The class provides individual instruction at all levels of experience and knowledge. Students work within a continuum from realism to abstraction. Formal concerns are emphasized and tied to personal expression. Also includes use of model. Class critiques, slide talks and field trips enrich the painting experience. Pre-requisite: Some painting and drawing experience is helpful.
INSTRUCTOR BIO: Sharon Dunn is Professor of Studio Foundation at MassArt. She holds a BFA from Boston University and a MSVS from MIT. Solo and group exhibitions include: Mobius, "Women’s Work" Banyon Gallery, North Carolina, and "Caribbean and West African Influences," Own/ Patrick Gallery, Philadelphia, among others.

FA211-C1 Abstract Painting

DATE/DAY/TIME: Jun 3-Jul 24 / Tu & Th / 6p-10p
SPECIAL SCHEDULE:
INSTRUCTOR: Tandy, David
LOCATION: Kennedy-307
CREDIT: 3
FEE: 855
CATEGORY 1: Painting
CATEGORY 2:
COURSE DESCRIPTION: This course explores the essence of painting, sorting out the meaning and language of abstraction, and the techniques which give rise to original ideas. The understanding of the meaning of abstraction gives strength and energy to all other types of media, from computer art to design. The class is designed for all levels of ability and experience. Acrylics are preferred for their versatility and adaptability to different application techniques and surfaces.
INSTRUCTOR BIO: David Tandy holds a BA from Chelsea School of Art, London, and an MFA from MassArt. He has had numerous solo exhibitions in Boston, New York, London, Europe and most recently in Cyprus, 2006. View his work at http://tandy.gdsconnect.com

FA218X-C1 Summer Solstice Painting

DATE/DAY/TIME: Jun 12-Jun 26 / Special Sched (see description) /
SPECIAL SCHEDULE: Jun 12 & 26: Th, 6:30-9:30p at MassArt;
Jun 14, 15, 21, 22: Sa/Su, 1-7p at the Arboretum
INSTRUCTOR: McCarthy, Nancy
LOCATION: Kennedy-510
CREDIT: 1.5
FEE: 415
CATEGORY 1: Painting
CATEGORY 2:
COURSE DESCRIPTION: In this intensive landscape painting class, we will take advantage of the long days to paint in natural light. We will concentrate on simplifying complex vistas into shapes, paying attention to tonal and color-temperature relationships. Students will be encouraged to work rapidly with large brushes and palette knives. During the evening sessions we will look at contemporary and historical landscape painters, and discuss tools and procedures unique to painting outdoors. In the second evening we will review the paintings produced and discuss future projects and directions for each student. We will paint in the Arnold Arboretum in Jamaica Plain. Evening classes will be held at MassArt.
INSTRUCTOR BIO: Nancy McCarthy’s work is represented by the William-Scott Gallery in Provincetown. She holds a BFA from MassArt and an MFA from the Art Institute of Boston. Exhibitions include Simmons College, Boston, Bromfield Gallery, Boston, MFA Circle Gallery, Annapolis, MD, First Street Gallery, NY, NY, Bowery Gallery, NY. Awards include: Artist’s Grant, Vermont Studio Center and a Ragdale Foundation Fellowship. Her work can be viewed at: www.nancymccarthy.net.

FA221-C1 Renaissance Painting Techniques

DATE/DAY/TIME: Jun 3-Jul 21 / Tu & Th / 6p-10p
SPECIAL SCHEDULE:
INSTRUCTOR: Small, David
LOCATION: South-311
CREDIT: 3
FEE: 855
CATEGORY 1: Painting
CATEGORY 2:
COURSE DESCRIPTION: This course is a study of the process of making luminous painting in the style of the Flemish masters (Hugo Vander Goes, the Van Eycks & Dirk Bouts). The first half is devoted to exercises for understanding stages of the technique underpainting on a gesso ground; methods of applying layers of egg tempera; oil resin glazes. Thereafter, students apply Renaissance techniques to their own subjects. No prerequisites.
INSTRUCTOR BIO: David Small is a painter who holds a BFA from University of Massachusetts, Amherst, and an MFA from MassArt. His work has been exhibited internationally including: Mills Gallery, Boston Center for the Arts, Brockton Art Museum Triennial, Castle Scholz-Reichenau, Austria, Franklin Silverstone Gallery, Montreal, 1990; and Vanderbilt University.

FA235-C1 Drawing for Painting

DATE/DAY/TIME: Jun 2-Jul 21 / M & W / 6p-10p
SPECIAL SCHEDULE:
INSTRUCTOR: Garrett, Michael J
LOCATION: Kennedy-404
CREDIT: 3
FEE: 855
CATEGORY 1: Drawing
CATEGORY 2:
COURSE DESCRIPTION: This course examines the relationship of drawing to painting. A variety of media is explored, developing a dialogue between process and idea. The paintings of the individual students are used as a point of departure, making the drawing process a tool to expand and articulate the ambitions of their work.
INSTRUCTOR BIO:

FA257X-C1 Drawing from Observation

DATE/DAY/TIME: Aug 18-Aug 29 / M-F / 9a-4p
SPECIAL SCHEDULE:
INSTRUCTOR: Zachary, Michael
LOCATION: Kennedy-404
CREDIT: 3
FEE: 855
CATEGORY 1: Drawing
CATEGORY 2:
COURSE DESCRIPTION: This course investigates drawing as a process of seeing. Projects are designed to develop skills of drawing and close observation as well as fundamental visual concepts. In class exercises focus on still life and landscape. Assignments consist of a sustained project exploring a single space chosen by the student. The course concludes with a final project based on the student’s chosen space and portfolio review.
INSTRUCTOR BIO: Michael Zachary earned his BA from Bowdoin College. He is currently an MFA candidate in painting at MassArt. He has exhibited his work at The Boston Center for the Arts, The Center for Maine Contemporary Art, SPACE in Portland, ME, and The Contemporary Artists Center in North Adams. He has also been awarded a residency at the Vermont Studio Center and a research grant in painting from SURDNA Foundation.

FA259-C1 Anatomy for Life Drawing

DATE/DAY/TIME: Jul 7-Jul 24 / M-F / 9a-1p
SPECIAL SCHEDULE:
INSTRUCTOR: Monafo, Janet
LOCATION: South-308
CREDIT: 3
FEE: 855
CATEGORY 1: Drawing
CATEGORY 2: Sculpture
COURSE DESCRIPTION: This course is designed for beginners as well as more experienced students who desire a sophisticated understanding of the structure of the human figure. By analyzing the skeleton and musculature through lectures and drawing from the nude, the surface forms of the body become understandable. The student will also learn about proportion, modeling forms in light and shade and many other skills needed for successful figure drawing.
INSTRUCTOR BIO: Janet Monafo is the recipient of numerous grants for painting. Her one person shows include the Allan Stone Gallery and Sherry French Galleries in New York. She has also exhibited at the American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters in NY, the National Academy of Design, NY, The Fuller Museum and the DeCordova Museum. Her work is in public collections including the Allan Stone Gallery, Arkansas Art Center and the Delaware Art Museum. She holds a BA from Regis College and studied at MassArt.

FA264-C1 Collage/Assemblage

DATE/DAY/TIME: May 27-July 1 / MTu / 6p-10p
SPECIAL SCHEDULE:
INSTRUCTOR: Hyde, Budge
LOCATION: Greenfield Community College
CREDIT: 3
FEE: 775
CATEGORY 1: Greenfield Community College
CATEGORY 2:
COURSE DESCRIPTION: Drawing, painting, using found objects, appropriated images, letter-forms, texts, and personal memorabilia. Class discussions concern the history of collage and assemblage. Class held at Greenfield Community College.
INSTRUCTOR BIO: TBA

FA305-C1 Painting

DATE/DAY/TIME: Jun 9-Jun 27 / M-F / 9a-6p
SPECIAL SCHEDULE:
INSTRUCTOR: Dunn, Sharon
LOCATION: Kennedy-402
CREDIT: 6
FEE: 1710
CATEGORY 1: Painting
CATEGORY 2:
COURSE DESCRIPTION: This painting studio is for the student who wants an intensive day long studio experience. The class provides individual instruction at all levels of experience and knowledge. Students work within a continuum from realism to abstraction. Formal concerns are emphasized and tied to personal expression. Also includes use of model. Class critiques, slide talks and field trips enrich the painting experience. Pre-requisite: Some painting and drawing experience is helpful.
INSTRUCTOR BIO: Sharon Dunn is Professor of Studio Foundation at MassArt. She holds a BFA from Boston University and a MSVS from MIT. Solo and group exhibitions include: Mobius, "Women’s Work" Banyon Gallery, North Carolina, and "Caribbean and West African Influences," Own/ Patrick Gallery, Philadelphia, among others.

FA333X-C1 Painting: Mixed Media

DATE/DAY/TIME: Jun 16-Jun 27 / M-F / 9a-4p
SPECIAL SCHEDULE:
INSTRUCTOR: Held, Jessica
LOCATION: Kennedy-307
CREDIT: 3
FEE: 855
CATEGORY 1: Painting
CATEGORY 2:
COURSE DESCRIPTION: This mixed media course focuses on integrating texture and sculptural relief in painting. Students will experiment with traditional and nontraditional materials (plaster, sand, paper mache, found objects, etc.) to build tactile two-dimensional surfaces. Each student will choose a theme and develop it by experimenting with a variety of paint applications and formulas.
INSTRUCTOR BIO: Jessica Held is a mixed media painter who received her BFA from the UMass/Amherst, and an MFA from Indiana University. Her recent painting awards include: a NASL Visual Arts Competition Finalist Award and Rosemary Fraser Merit Award. She studied painting in Italy and France. Exhibitions include "Build-Up" Indiana University Art Museum, Bloomington, IA, "Vibrations" Merwin Gallery, Wesleyan University, Bloomington, IL. jessheld.com

FA351X-C1 Painting the Figure

DATE/DAY/TIME: May 29-Aug 21 / Th & 2 Sat, tba / 6p-10p
SPECIAL SCHEDULE: & 2 Sat, tba
INSTRUCTOR: Kehoe, Catherine
LOCATION: Kennedy-407
CREDIT: 3
FEE: 855
CATEGORY 1: Painting
CATEGORY 2:
COURSE DESCRIPTION: The figure is one of the most meaningful and compelling subjects in art. In this course we will look at the body in all its complexity and subtlety and search for simple, yet accurate means to state it in paint. Examining fundamental ways of getting angles and proportions correct provides a structure for individual and personal approaches to paint handling. We will seek to relate the figure to the space it occupies, primarily by being truthful to the tonal and color relationships that are the building blocks of painting from observation. One painting per week done outside of class is required. Oil paint is the suggested medium.
INSTRUCTOR BIO: Catherine Kehoe’s work is represented by the Howard Yezerski Gallery in Boston. Kehoe studied in the Yale Norfolk program and holds a BFA in painting from MassArt and an MFA in painting from Boston University. She is the recipient of a Pollock-Krasner grant, two Blanche Colman awards, a Berkshire Taconic ART grant, a St. Botolph Club Foundation grant and a Golden Foundation grant. www.catherinekehoe.com

FA405-C1 Painting

DATE/DAY/TIME: Jun 9-Jun 27 / M-F / 9a-6p
SPECIAL SCHEDULE:
INSTRUCTOR: Dunn, Sharon
LOCATION: Kennedy-402
CREDIT: 6
FEE: 1710
CATEGORY 1: Painting
CATEGORY 2:
COURSE DESCRIPTION: This painting studio is for the student who wants an intensive day long studio experience. The class provides individual instruction at all levels of experience and knowledge. Students work within a continuum from realism to abstraction. Formal concerns are emphasized and tied to personal expression. Also includes use of model. Class critiques, slide talks and field trips enrich the painting experience. Pre-requisite: Some painting and drawing experience is helpful.
INSTRUCTOR BIO: Sharon Dunn is Professor of Studio Foundation at MassArt. She holds a BFA from Boston University and a MSVS from MIT. Solo and group exhibitions include: Mobius, "Women’s Work" Banyon Gallery, North Carolina, and "Caribbean and West African Influences," Own/ Patrick Gallery, Philadelphia, among others.

FD202X-C1 Handbag Design

DATE/DAY/TIME: Jul 14-Aug 20 / M & W / 6p-10p
SPECIAL SCHEDULE:
INSTRUCTOR: Sarian, Shaunt
LOCATION: Tower-640
CREDIT: 3
FEE: 855
CATEGORY 1: Fashion Design
CATEGORY 2:
COURSE DESCRIPTION: Everyone knows that accessories make the outfit and constitute a major part of the fashion industry. Explore handbag design as a specialization. Topics and projects include a brief history of the handbag, researching present trends and creating your own designs. Using industry standards, students will design and construct a clutch, soft shoulder and constructed handbag. Basic materials and tools will be supplied along with a resource list for individual project materials.
INSTRUCTOR BIO: Shaunt Sarian is a collection-level designer who has been developing, designing and manufacturing handbags and accessories for the fashion industry since 1994. He has worked directly with numerous top designers to develop new lines that reflect their design aesthetic as well as overseeing their production. He has shown at Accessories Circuit during Market Week and his designs have appeared in Women’s Wear Daily, Accessories Magazine and En Moda. sariandesigns.com.

FD215X-C1 Fashion Illustration 1

DATE/DAY/TIME: May 29-Jul 10 / Tu & Th / 6p-10p
SPECIAL SCHEDULE:
INSTRUCTOR: Chan, Andy
LOCATION: Tower-641
CREDIT: 3
FEE: 855
CATEGORY 1: Fashion Design
CATEGORY 2:
COURSE DESCRIPTION: This course introduces the methods of illustration for the fashion designer. Basic anatomy and analysis of the idealized female and male fashion figure will be emphasized through demonstrations and in-class exercises. Students will illustrate color fashion plates with apparel details, fashion silhouettes, and textile rendering using magic marker, watercolor, acrylic, and gouache. Basic layout skills, critique and editing processes are critical foundation teachings. Flat sketch, technical drawing skills are taught.
INSTRUCTOR BIO: Andy Chan holds a BFA from MassArt and Master of Education from UMass Boston. His designs have been exhibited at the Waldorf Astoria, NYC; Park Plaza, Boston, MA; Sheraton Commander, Cambridge, MA and the Copley Plaza, Boston. His awards include Lord & Taylor "Dress for America" Top 5 Finalist. His work has been published in Boston Magazine’s annual "Faces to Watch"; Stuff Magazine; Boston Phoenix and the Boston Sunday Globe. He also taught at Lasell College and Newbury College. Aside from fashion design, Chan is also a corporate trainer, specializing in E-learning and curriculum development for large corporations.

FD215X-C2 Fashion Illustration 1

DATE/DAY/TIME: Jul 15-Aug 21 / Tu & Th / 6p-10p
SPECIAL SCHEDULE:
INSTRUCTOR: Chan, Andy
LOCATION: Tower-641
CREDIT: 3
FEE: 855
CATEGORY 1: Fashion Design
CATEGORY 2: Illustration
COURSE DESCRIPTION: This course introduces the methods of illustration for the fashion designer. Basic anatomy and analysis of the idealized female and male fashion figure will be emphasized through demonstrations and in-class exercises. Students will illustrate color fashion plates with apparel details, fashion silhouettes, and textile rendering using magic marker, watercolor, acrylic, and gouache. Basic layout skills, critique and editing processes are critical foundation teachings. Flat sketch, technical drawing skills are taught.
INSTRUCTOR BIO: Andy Chan holds a BFA from MassArt and Master of Education from UMass Boston. His designs have been exhibited at the Waldorf Astoria, NYC; Park Plaza, Boston, MA; Sheraton Commander, Cambridge, MA and the Copley Plaza, Boston. His awards include Lord & Taylor "Dress for America" Top 5 Finalist. His work has been published in Boston Magazine’s annual "Faces to Watch"; Stuff Magazine; Boston Phoenix and the Boston Sunday Globe. He also taught at Lasell College and Newbury College. Aside from fashion design, Chan is also a corporate trainer, specializing in E-learning and curriculum development for large corporations.

FIB200X-C1 Sculptural Weaving

DATE/DAY/TIME: Jul 22-Aug 14 / Tu & Th / 6p-10p
SPECIAL SCHEDULE:
INSTRUCTOR: Miebach, Nathalie
LOCATION: North-375
CREDIT: 1.5
FEE: 415
CATEGORY 1: Fibers
CATEGORY 2:
COURSE DESCRIPTION: Learn basic weaving techniques using traditional and non-traditional materials to apply to sculpture, architecture, fashion design, traditional basket weaving and more. This course covers basic sculptural weaving techniques (twining coiling, plaiting and random weave) as well as techniques for connecting smaller components to build larger structures. Techniques for treating surfaces, such as dyeing, embellishment, over-weaves and painting will also be explored. Hands-on work will be complemented with slide lectures and discussions examining the history, cultural adaptations and significance of weaves in different cultures, and how contemporary artists are integrating weaves into works across disciplines.
INSTRUCTOR BIO: Nathalie Miebach holds a BA from Oberlin College, an MSAE and MFAfrom MassArt and studied astronomy and physics at Harvard Extension School. She is the recipient of a Visual Arts Fellowship at the Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown, MA and Artist Residency at Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts in Omaha, NB. She has recently exhibited at the Peabody Essex Museum, Nielsen Gallery, and Fine Arts Work Center. She is represented by the Nielsen Gallery in Boston and Reeves Contemporary, New York City, NY. nathaliemiebach.com

FIB203X-C1 WET: Surface & Form in Handmade Paper

DATE/DAY/TIME: Jul 26-Aug 1 / Sa-F / 9a-6p
SPECIAL SCHEDULE:
INSTRUCTOR: Klotz, Deborah P.
LOCATION: Collins-310
CREDIT: 3
FEE: 855
CATEGORY 1: Fibers
CATEGORY 2: Printmaking
COURSE DESCRIPTION: In this weeklong course, students will learn traditional techniques and contemporary methods of working with handmade paper. The course addresses topics of particular interest to printmakers: producing custom stock for an edition, shaped deckles, watermarking , stenciled "blowouts", casting with printed papers, as well as developing a personal and structural vocabulary of paper choices for printing (controlling size, shape, thickness, absorbency, and texture of papers used for a variety of printing techniques). We will work with both Western and Eastern fibers including cotton, abaca, flax, gampi, kozo, and sabai. We will also produce recycled pulp from a variety of sources including print fragments. Topics include pulp preparation, 2-d sheet forming and controlled drying, 3-d construction methods of vacuum forming, casting, and spraying, surface imaging through painting with overbeaten pulps, laminations, embossings and watermarking. This class is open to students from all backgrounds and levels, this course is also suited for those experienced students wishing a more in depth studio work to pursue independent paper projects with technical and conceptual support
INSTRUCTOR BIO: Deborah Klotz is a sculptor who holds a BA from Brandeis University and a BFA and MFA from MassArt. She teaches both undergraduate and graduate courses in fibers and sculpture at MassArt, Maine College of Art , and Southern Maine Community College in Portland. She has exhibited at the DeCordova Museum, the Fuller Museum, Maine Coast Artists and recently at the Kiznick Gallery, Brandeis University. Her silkscreen work has been published in Hausfrau Magazine.

FIB222-C1 Introduction to Weaving

DATE/DAY/TIME: Jun 3-Jul 31 / Special Sched (see description) / 9a-1:30p
SPECIAL SCHEDULE: Jun 3-Jul 31 / TuTh / No class: July 3, July 15, 17
INSTRUCTOR: Fields, Samantha
LOCATION: North-371
CREDIT: 3
FEE: 855
CATEGORY 1: Fibers
CATEGORY 2:
COURSE DESCRIPTION: This course is an introduction to weaving on the floor loom, and an investigation of the use of weaving in both two and three-dimensional contemporary art. Learn the basics of weaving, including warp preparation, dressing the loom, pattern drafting, and loom-controlled/weaver-controlled weaves. The workings of the loom and the uses of different materials are learned through the construction of a series of samples that will inspire the creation of a final piece. Through class critiques and one-on-one consultation with the instructor, students are challenged to think about craft, concept, and formal issues within their work. Experimentation is encouraged.
INSTRUCTOR BIO: Samantha Fields is a fiber artist and sculptor who holds a BFA from MassArt and an MFA from Tufts/The School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. She has led numerous workshops in natural dyeing, spinning and weaving. Her exhibitions include: School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Kingston Gallery, Open Studios, Jamaica Plain, and MassArt. Her work is included in both public and private collections.

FIB23X-C1 Clothing Construction Techniques

DATE/DAY/TIME: Jun 2-Jul 21 / M & W / 6p-10p
SPECIAL SCHEDULE:
INSTRUCTOR: Farrell, Maritza Cantero
LOCATION: North-375
CREDIT: 3
FEE: 855
CATEGORY 1: Fibers
CATEGORY 2:
COURSE DESCRIPTION: This course familiarizes the student with clothing construction and sewing techniques. Students learn hand-sewing techniques, the use of the sewing machine, techniques for taking and recording body measurements, and selecting appropriate pattern sizes. Students also learn how to prepare finishing techniques. Students will use individual designs and patterns with emphasis on fit, construction and problem solving. Students should have basic machine sewing skills.
INSTRUCTOR BIO: Maritza Cantero Farrell is a fashion designer and artist. She completed graduate studies at the School of Fashion Design, Boston and New England School of Art and Design. She holds an MSAE from MassArt. She is proprietor of New Wedding Images, a custom wedding dress design studio and Cantero Design, specializing in graphics for the fashion industry. She also teaches at Lasell College.

FM218X-C1 Advanced Editing with Final Cut Pro

DATE/DAY/TIME: Jul 19-Jul 27 / Sa & Su / 10a-4:30p
SPECIAL SCHEDULE:
INSTRUCTOR: Gilmore, Janet
LOCATION: Tower-310
CREDIT: 1.5
FEE: 495
CATEGORY 1: Film/Video
CATEGORY 2:
COURSE DESCRIPTION: This course takes a more in-depth look at the art of editing using Apple’s Final Cut Pro. Techniques will include motion effects, compositing, project management and finishing techniques. Students must have a basic working knowledge of Final Cut Pro and are asked to provide their own mini DV media to work with in class. Pre-requisite: basic working knowledge of Final Cut Pro.
INSTRUCTOR BIO: Janet Gilmore received her MFA from MassArt. Her exhibitions include San Francisco