ART 141 – SCHEDULE (SPRING
2015)
Please note: The instructor reserves the right to add, delete and re-arrange elements of the schedule in order to respond to and meet the particular needs of the class. Slide talks to introduce and illustrate concepts will be presented regularly. Reading/writing assignments and critiques will be incorporated into drawing assignments.
Week 1
M - Jan. 12th
Syllabus and Schedule
Please note: Pick up Design Kits at ART MART, cost approximately $95
W - Jan. 14th
Slide Talk – What is Design?
Assignment 01 – Due Week 2
Assignment 02 - Abbreviated Biography – QR Code (Outside Assignment) – Due
Week 2
Week 2
M - Jan. 19th
MARTIN LUTHER KING DAY - NO CLASS!
W - Jan. 21rst
Go over supplies in kit
Discuss Design Example and QR + B & W Pattern
Creative QR (outside assignment)
Cracker Aesthetics/What is a critique?
Envisioning Change presentation – project-based learning
Work on Creative QR
USM Art Faculty & Alumni INVITATIONAL Exhibition
USM ART GALLERY, Gorham campus
Opening Reception: Thursday, January 22nd, 5-7 p.m.
*Faculty Talks: 5:30-6:30 p.m.
Snow DATE: Thursday, January 29th, 5-7 p.m.
A field trip to the USM Art Faculty Exhibition at the USM Art Gallery in Gorham and a response paper will be required. Attending the opening reception and faculty talks is recommended. This is an outside assignment. Response papers are due no later than March 02.
Week 3
M - Jan. 26th
Slide Talk – Points and Lines
Assignment 03: Cracker Interpretation/Points, Value, Form
W - Jan. 28th
Work on Cracker Interpretation
Outside Assignment: Stippling – Smashed Cracker
Week 4
M - Feb. 2nd
Group Discussion of Cracker Interpretation
Assignment 04 – Personality of Line
W - Feb. 4th
Slide Show on Line
Work on Assignment 04
Week 5
M - Feb. 09th
Personality of Line Critique
Assignment 05: Name Design
W - Feb. 11th
Work on Name Design
Week 6
M - Feb. 16th
Winter BREAK
W - Feb. 18th
Winter BREAK!
Week 7
M - Feb. 23rd
Name Design Critique
Introduction to Visual Texture
Outside Assignment – Visual Texture
W - Feb. 25th
Value and Intensity Scales
MID-TERM PORTFOLIO REVIEWS
Week 8
M - March 2nd
Value Conversion Reduction – Master Painting
Continued Portfolio Reviews
W - March 4th
Value conversion reduction – Master Painting
Continued Portfolio Reviews
VISITING ARTISTS TALK
Tectonic Industries: a collaborative art partnership of Danish artist Lars Boye Jeriach and British artist Helen Stringfellow
Friday, March at noon
Robie Andrews Hall, Gorham Campus
Snow Date: February 6th at noon
Week 9
M - March 09th
Critiques – Value Reduction
Kara Walker Movie
Collaborative Wall installation
W - March 11th
Collaborative Wall Installation
USM Juried Student Exhibition
Burnham Lounge, Robie Andrews
March 12 – 26th
Opening Reception: Thursday, March 12, 5-7 p.m.
Week 10
M - March 16th
Color Wheel
W - March 18th
Monochromatic and Intensity Scales
Week 11
M - March 23rd
Color contrast assignment
W - March 25th
Color contrast assignment
Week 12
M - March 30th
Spring BREAK!
W - April 1rst
Spring BREAK!
Week 13
M - April 06th
Color Contrast
W - April 08th
Color Contrast
Week 14
M - April 13
Words and Images
W - April 15th
Words and Images
EXHIBITION RECEPTION TRACI MOLLOY
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 15TH, 4-6 p.m.
AREA Gallery, Woodbury Campus Center
Portland Campus
2015 BFA & BA Exhibition
APRIL 18TH - May 1
Art Gallery, Gorham
Opening Reception: Friday, April 17, 6-8 p.m.
Week 15
M - April 20th
Final Project
W - April 22nd
Final Project
VISITING ARTIST'S TALK
Anne Harris - acclaimed figurative painter
FRIDAY, APRIL 24TH, noon
Burnham Lounge, Robie Andrews Hall
Gorham Campus
Week 16
M – April 27th
Work on Final Project
W– April 29th
Final Project Critique
FINAL PORTFOLIOS DUE!!!
Week 17
May 2nd – 8th
Final Exams Wk. - Pick up graded portfolios.