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DIGITAL CONCENTRATION: PRINT DESIGN
How do you evolve as a designer while developing a unique artistic voice? This course
focuses on developing advanced digital skills in the various 昀椀elds of graphic design and
print media, utilizing the Adobe Creative Suite. Students translate ideas into designed
realities using applied arts and digital tools. They also investigate theories of design by
examining principles found in historical and contemporary design, advertising, illustration,
and related communication arts. As we emphasize the creative process, students delve
into typography, digital illustration and image making, color theory, product development,
and the creation of brand identities. Students explore the relationship between digital
art and other visual and narrative creative practices. They gain insight into design’s
profound in昀氀uence and impact on daily life and popular culture as we consider the
ways that communication design, commercial art, and 昀椀ne art in昀氀uence each other.
Through participation in the development and execution of real-world material for
clients of our student-led design agencies, student artists produce a portfolio of work
that demonstrates expanded conceptual thinking and a variety of techniques and skill
development.
Prerequisite: Digital Foundations or department chair approval. This course may
be repeated. Each year in the class is a unique experience.
PHOTOGRAPHY FOUNDATIONS
Note: 120mm Holga cameras are provided to students. 35mm 昀椀lm cameras may
be checked out for coursework or students may provide their own 35mm 昀椀lm
STUDIO
What do you get when you mix physics, chemistry, and art? Developing skills!
In Photography Foundations, students explore the fundamentals of the 35mm
and 120mm 昀椀lm cameras and the language used in visual communication.
Students learn how to develop, enlarge, and print negatives through speci昀椀c
photo assignments, personal projects, class critiques, and a 昀椀nal set of images
representing their best photos for each semester. While students explore
many forms and styles throughout the year, coursework emphasizes snapshot,
portraiture, landscape, and ultimately the sequencing of images to construct
a visual narrative. Students learn to perform formal analysis of historical and
contemporary art photography to provide context and inspiration to their own
artistic expression. They also engage in peer critique and work to build productive
studio habits. Students have access to digital cameras and editing suites to
facilitate their early focus on self-expression, framing, and composition. Students
display representative pieces of their work throughout the year, culminating in an
exhibition in May.
