ARTS 129 Creativity: The Artist's Process

Students will focus on the techniques and practices of a single art medium while learning to apply the creative process. Through lecture, discussion, critique, and the creation of original artwork, students will gain a better understanding of the creative process, as presented by a master artist working in their respective medium, while developing their creative and critical thinking skills. Faculty will modify the major topics of the course each offering in order to present students with discipline-specific techniques and terminology.

Credits

3

Hours Weekly

4

Course Objectives

1. Identify and organize information and ideas to develop preliminary concepts as part of the creative process.
2. Generate ideas, explore possibilities, and consider alternatives to reinforce preliminary concepts.
3. Analyze and evaluate ideas or outcomes throughout the creative process.
4. Apply information and ideas gathered through a creative process to other contexts.
5. Identify, define, and demonstrate the stages of the creative process through observation and the creation of original artwork.
6. Produce original artwork that shows the understanding of fundamental design principles inherent to the medium.
7. Produce original artwork that effectively uses the materials and visual organization to convey the intended theme, intent, and expression.

Course Objectives

1. Identify and organize information and ideas to develop preliminary concepts as part of the creative process.

   Learning Activity Artifact

   • Other (please fill out box below)
   • Process Book

   Procedure for Assessing Student Learning

   • Critical and Creative Thinking Rubric

   Critical Thinking

   • CT1
2. Generate ideas, explore possibilities, and consider alternatives to reinforce preliminary concepts.

   Learning Activity Artifact

   • Other (please fill out box below)
   • Process Book

   Procedure for Assessing Student Learning

   • Critical and Creative Thinking Rubric

   Critical Thinking

   • CT2
3. Analyze and evaluate ideas or outcomes throughout the creative process.

   Learning Activity Artifact

   • Other (please fill out box below)
   • Process Book

   Procedure for Assessing Student Learning

   • Critical and Creative Thinking Rubric

   Critical Thinking

   • CT3
4. Apply information and ideas gathered through a creative process to other contexts.

   Learning Activity Artifact

   • Other (please fill out box below)
   • Process Book

   Procedure for Assessing Student Learning

   • Critical and Creative Thinking Rubric

   Critical Thinking

   • CT4
5. Identify, define, and demonstrate the stages of the creative process through observation and the creation of original artwork.

   This objective is a course Goal Only

   Learning Activity Artifact

   • Other (please fill out box below)
   • TBD

   Procedure for Assessing Student Learning

   • Other (please fill out box below)
   • TBD
6. Produce original artwork that shows the understanding of fundamental design principles inherent to the medium.

   This objective is a course Goal Only

   Learning Activity Artifact

   • Other (please fill out box below)
   • TBD

   Procedure for Assessing Student Learning

   • Other (please fill out box below)
   • TBD
7. Produce original artwork that effectively uses the materials and visual organization to convey the intended theme, intent, and expression.

   This objective is a course Goal Only

   Learning Activity Artifact

   • Other (please fill out box below)
   • TBD

   Procedure for Assessing Student Learning

   • Other (please fill out box below)
   • TBD