Studio: Design promotes multidisciplinary studio experimentation across an array of media and processes. Students explore the organization of visual and other sensory elements in order to understand perceptual attributes and the production of meaning. Using various methods of expression, students may create objects, spaces, and experiences that demonstrate their analysis of composition, color, narrative, motion, systems, and cultural signification. Assignments allow for inquiries into scientific, social, cultural, historical, philosophical, technological, and political topics. Critical and experimental utilization of design principles, which underpin all of the arts, are emphasized. Students are guided through progressive investigations, in which the act of seeing is amplified by the study of physiological and cognitive factors that generate perception. Examined subjects are taken through stages of representation, abstraction, and/or symbolic interpretation to reveal essential communicative properties.

Enrollment is limited to first-year Undergraduate Students.

Major Requirement | BFA

Handmade papermaking dates back as far as 200 BC, with the traditions and practices of this technique varying among different cultures and locations throughout history. Paper has been used to archive and disseminate integral cultural knowledge, as well as to fabricate utilitarian items from clothing to furniture and beyond. The need for a surface for documentation, writing, and recording events and daily life led to the discovery of paper, and subsequent exploration and experimentation with diverse materials introduced papermaking as an art and craft practice. As the need for paper continues, people
have become more creative and experimental with traditional approaches. The course will help you learn the basics of sheet formation and vat preparation while also allowing you to experiment with unique materials for papermaking. Additionally, the course provides insight into incorporating colors and expanding techniques beyond the traditional 2D sheet making. By the end of the course, you will have a solid understanding of the fundamentals of papermaking and will be able to create beautiful handmade paper using traditional methods.

Elective

Studio: Design promotes multidisciplinary studio experimentation across an array of media and processes. Students explore the organization of visual and other sensory elements in order to understand perceptual attributes and the production of meaning. Using various methods of expression, students may create objects, spaces, and experiences that demonstrate their analysis of composition, color, narrative, motion, systems, and cultural signification. Assignments allow for inquiries into scientific, social, cultural, historical, philosophical, technological, and political topics. Critical and experimental utilization of design principles, which underpin all of the arts, are emphasized. Students are guided through progressive investigations, in which the act of seeing is amplified by the study of physiological and cognitive factors that generate perception. Examined subjects are taken through stages of representation, abstraction, and/or symbolic interpretation to reveal essential communicative properties.

Enrollment is limited to first-year undergraduate students.

Major Requirement | BFA