ARTS 100 Foundations in Visual Arts

Designed for the visual arts major, this course will provide a practical and theoretical introduction to the study of visual arts. This course should be taken at the beginning of the art program. Students will identify aesthetic approaches and the academic study of, and career paths within, drawing, painting, printmaking, ceramics, photography, time-based media, graphic design, and interactive design. Students will discuss ethical issues within the arts, develop the analytical strategies essential to the critiquing process, explore the creative process from initial idea to final piece, and review transfer portfolio requirements for admission to arts programs at local universities.

Credits

1

Prerequisite

Eligible to enroll in ENGL 121. Pre- or corequisite: ARTS 101, ARTS 102, or ARTS 103

Hours Weekly

1

Course Objectives

1. Recognize important ethical issues inherent within the arts, identify one's core beliefs in relation to those issues, and apply alternative ethical perspectives to those issues.
2. Research, discuss, and present the variety of academic resources that are available for the study of drawing, painting, printmaking, ceramics, photography, time-based media, graphic design, and interactive design disciplines and the professional options available with a degree.
3. Recognize the importance of the artist's statement and demonstrate its role in the context of academic and contemporary artistic practices.
4. Utilize best practices for artwork documentation and identify a range of discipline-specific portfolio platforms appropriate to meeting academic and professional standards.
5. Explore the sketchbook, process book, or artist journal as a tool of the creative process for research, idea generation, critique, and refinement.
6. Describe, analyze, interpret, and evaluate the content and construction of a work of art through critique.

Course Objectives

1. Recognize important ethical issues inherent within the arts, identify one's core beliefs in relation to those issues, and apply alternative ethical perspectives to those issues.

   Procedure for Assessing Student Learning

   • Ethics Rubric

   Ethics Goals

   • ET1
   • ET2
   • ET3

   Program Goal(s)

   Degree: Visual Arts - A.A. Degree (Transfer)

   Identify, understand, evaluate, and apply ethical reasoning as it applies to visual and commercial arts.

2. Research, discuss, and present the variety of academic resources that are available for the study of drawing, painting, printmaking, ceramics, photography, time-based media, graphic design, and interactive design disciplines and the professional options available with a degree.

   This objective is a course Goal Only

3. Recognize the importance of the artist's statement and demonstrate its role in the context of academic and contemporary artistic practices.

   This objective is a course Goal Only

4. Utilize best practices for artwork documentation and identify a range of discipline-specific portfolio platforms appropriate to meeting academic and professional standards.

   This objective is a course Goal Only

5. Explore the sketchbook, process book, or artist journal as a tool of the creative process for research, idea generation, critique, and refinement.

   This objective is a course Goal Only

6. Describe, analyze, interpret, and evaluate the content and construction of a work of art through critique.

   This objective is a course Goal Only