Painting & Drawing Undergraduate Studies

Various paintings hanging up in a studio.

Kwame Gomez

Painting and Drawing Undergraduate Overview

With up to 80 courses offered in the Department of Painting and Drawing at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC) each semester, students have the choice, freedom, and openness to design a painting and drawing curriculum tailored to their creative needs while developing the skills and conceptual foundations necessary for a sustainable art practice.

Choose from:

1. Painting Practice Classes: This is an introductory prerequisite course for all other painting classes. It is taught by a variety of faculty, each with their own pedagogical approach. Students learn the fundamentals of painting with a strong emphasis on developing proficiency with fundamental formal and material processes. Students also become familiar with various forms of visual and critical engagement in order to catalyze their conceptual development.

2. Painting Studio: Multi-Level Classes: These classes offer a fertile environment for the development of individual practice while advancing technical skill. General sections are open to students who have completed Painting Practice. Advanced, topic-based sections are also available. Topics include but are not limited to:

The Abstract Image
Cheap TV
Conceptual Approach
The Dream
Exploding Paint
Expressionism
Funny Painting
Painting after Painting

3. Studio Drawing: Multi-Level Classes: Taught by a diverse group of faculty who approach drawing with critical rigor, students learn and develop drawing fundamentals, as well as explore experimental, narrative and conceptual approaches with different media. General sections, as well as specialized, topic-based sections are available without prerequisite course requirements. Topics include, but are not limited to:

Wild Combination
Mixed Media
Abstraction/Representation
Ink Painting: the Brush of Zen
Large Format Painting
Collage: Concepts and Techniques
Landscape Narratives

Figure Drawing and Painting Classes

Dedicated to the study of the body, these classes prioritize various approaches to the line, shape, volume, and anatomy of the human form. Approaches range from perceptually traditional to radically conceptual. Topics include but are not limited to:

Anatomy
Figures in Space
Large Format
The Portrait
Advanced: Inside and Out
Advanced: Narrative Figuration
Advanced: Photo to Memory

Materials and Techniques Classes

These classes, offered in our new state of the art StudioLab, focus on the production, preparation and application of various traditional and contemporary paint systems. Students have the opportunity to make their own paints and drawing materials, such as egg tempera, gesso, casein, encaustic, oil paint, advanced acrylic processes, as well as silverpoint, conte-crayon and walnut ink. Students are also encouraged to develop their own material processes and recipes.

Comics Classes

These courses, taught in classrooms dedicated to the specific needs of comic production, cover aspects of narrative development, cell layout, illustration, zine creation and a variety of other approaches. Topics include but are not limited to:

Autobiography
Advanced Comics
Capstone: Publish or Perish
Cartooning the Figure
Drawing Outside the Boxes
Independent Comics

Sophomore Seminars, Professional Practices, and Senior Capstone Classes

The Academic Spine is a required three-course sequence for all undergraduate degrees. The three courses provide a structure of peer support and intensive faculty mentoring as students navigate SAIC’s open curriculum. Please see here for more information.

Advanced Painting Studio: Each semester, advanced students can apply to one of two sections of Advanced Painting Studio. Students share dedicated, private studio spaces from one to three consecutive semesters, working with faculty members three days per week. In many ways, this highly competitive course begins to approach the intensity of a graduate program, requiring dedicated independent studio practice and rigorous conceptual development.

Summer Institute: Painting Residency/Drawing Residency: These three-week summer intensives are taught in the Advanced Painting studios. Offering a residency experience, students are provided with an individual studio space, instruction from two faculty members, and access to an established visiting artist-in-residence who works alongside the students. While studio practice is primary, topical lectures and periodic visits to the Art Institute of Chicago are a consistent attribute of the course.

Recent Visiting Artists-in-Residence include:

Kristin Calabrese
Michael Cline
Dana DeGuilio
Karen Heagle
Salomon Huerta
Jessica Jackson Hutchins
Diego Leclery
Rebecca Morgan
Ralph Pugay
Christine Tien Wang

Admissions Requirements & Curriculum Overview

To apply to the School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC), you will need to fill out an application and submit your transcripts, artist's statement, and letters of recommendation. And most importantly, we require a portfolio of your best and most recent work—work that will give us a sense of you, your interests, and your willingness to explore, experiment, and think beyond technical art, design, and writing skills.
In order to apply, please submit the following items:
Online Application
Artist’s Statement
Transcripts
Letter of Recommendation
Test Scores
Portfolio

Bachelor of Fine Arts in Studio Portfolio
Submit 10–15 pieces of your best and most recent work. We will review your portfolio and application materials for merit scholarship once you have been admitted to SAIC.
When compiling a portfolio, you may concentrate your work in a single discipline or show work in a breadth of media. The portfolio may include drawings, prints, photographs, paintings, film, video, audio recordings, sculpture, ceramics, fashion designs, graphic design, furniture, objects, architectural designs, websites, video games, sketchbooks, scripts, storyboards, screenplays, zines, or any combination of the above.

Curriculum

Studio	69
CP 1010 Core Studio Practice I (3) CP 1011 Core Studio Practice II (3) CP 1020 Research Studio I (3) CP 1022 Research Studio II (3) SOPHSEM 2900 (3) PROFPRAC 3900 (3) CAPSTONE 4900 (3) Studio Electives (48)
Art History	15
ARTHI 1001 World Cultures/Civilizations: Pre-History—19th Century Art and Architecture (3) Art History Elective at 1000 level (3) Art History Electives (9)
Liberal Arts	30
ENGLISH 1001 First Year Seminar I (3) ENGLISH 1005 First Year Seminar II (3) Natural Science (6) Social Science (6) Humanities (6) Liberal Arts Electives (6)
General Electives	6
Studio, Art History, Liberal Arts, AAP, or EIS
Total Credit Hours	120

* BFA students must complete at least 6 credit hours in a class designated as "off campus study." These credits can also fulfill any of the requirements listed above and be from any of the divisions (Art History, Studio, Liberal Arts, or General Electives).

BFA With Distinction—SAIC Scholars Program: The SAIC Scholars program is a learning community of BFA students pursuing rigorous study in both their academic coursework and their studio pathways. There are two opportunities for interested students to apply to the SAIC Scholars Program: at the time of admission to the school, and after they have completed 30 credits of study at SAIC. Students pursuing the latter option are required to formally submit an application to the Undergraduate Division. Once admitted to the SAIC Scholars Program, students are required to successfully complete a minimum of six designated scholars courses. Students who complete the program will graduate with distinction.

BFA in Studio with Thesis Option (Liberal Arts or Visual Critical Studies)

BFA students may complete a nine-credit, research-based academic thesis as part of their studies within the 126 credits for the BFA in Studio degree. BFA with Thesis course sequences are offered over 3 semesters through the departments of Liberal Arts or Visual and Critical Studies (VCS). Students who are interested in one of the thesis options should follow the steps outlined below in the beginning of the junior year.

Requirements for the BFA: Studio Art with Liberal Arts Thesis

Step One: Students are required to meet with the Chair of the Liberal Arts department in the beginning of their junior year.

Step Two: With the Department Chair's approval, the student enrolls in the following courses beginning in the spring term of their junior year:

SOCSCI or HUMANITY 3900 Academic Research and Writing (3 credits)
LIBARTS 4800 Undergraduate Thesis: Research/Writing I (3 credits)
CAPSTONE 4900 Liberal Arts Undergraduate Thesis: Research/Writing II (3 credits)

Step Three: The completed thesis must be approved by both the Thesis II instructor and the Chair of Liberal Arts. Students must make a formal presentation and participate in the Undergraduate Thesis Symposium in their senior year.

Requirements for the BFA: Studio Art with Visual and Critical Studies (VCS) Thesis

Step One: Students are required to meet with the Visual and Critical Studies Undergraduate Coordinator in or by the beginning of their junior year.

Step Two: With the VCS Coordinator's approval, the student enrolls in the first of the three-course sequence beginning in the spring term of their junior year:

VCS 3010 Tutorial in Visual & Critical Studies (3 credits)
VCS 4800 Undergraduate Thesis Seminar: Research & Writing I (3 credits)
CAPSTONE 4900 VCS Undergraduate Thesis Seminar: Research & Writing II (3 credits)

Step Three: Completion of thesis must be approved by both the Thesis II instructor and the VCS Undergraduate Coordinator. Students must make a formal presentation and participate in the Undergraduate VCS Thesis Symposium in the senior year.

Total credits required for minimum residency	66
Minimum Studio credit	42

Learn more about applying to SAIC's Bachelor of Fine Arts in Studio, or view our portfolio preparation guide for more information.

Course Listing

Title	Catalog	Instructor	Schedule
Painting Practice	2001 (001)	Lisa DeAbreu	Mon 9:00 AM - 3:00 PM In Person
Description Painting Practice is an introductory painting course offering. The curriculum addresses basic skills as related to a painting studio practice. Topics and curricular goals include material, facility and technique, space and color, as well as concept. This course is a prerequisite for all Multi-level Painting, Figure Painting and Advanced Painting Studio classes.	Class Number 1913	Credits 3	Department Painting and Drawing Location 280 Building Rm 323
Painting Practice	2001 (002)	Larissa Setareh Borteh	Mon 9:00 AM - 3:00 PM In Person
Description Painting Practice is an introductory painting course offering. The curriculum addresses basic skills as related to a painting studio practice. Topics and curricular goals include material, facility and technique, space and color, as well as concept. This course is a prerequisite for all Multi-level Painting, Figure Painting and Advanced Painting Studio classes.	Class Number 1914	Credits 3	Department Painting and Drawing Location 280 Building Rm 325
Painting Practice	2001 (003)	Jonathan Worcester	Mon/Wed 6:45 PM - 9:15 PM In Person
Description Painting Practice is an introductory painting course offering. The curriculum addresses basic skills as related to a painting studio practice. Topics and curricular goals include material, facility and technique, space and color, as well as concept. This course is a prerequisite for all Multi-level Painting, Figure Painting and Advanced Painting Studio classes.	Class Number 1915	Credits 3	Department Painting and Drawing Location 280 Building Rm 305
Painting Practice	2001 (004)	Diana Motta	Mon/Wed 6:45 PM - 9:15 PM In Person
Description Painting Practice is an introductory painting course offering. The curriculum addresses basic skills as related to a painting studio practice. Topics and curricular goals include material, facility and technique, space and color, as well as concept. This course is a prerequisite for all Multi-level Painting, Figure Painting and Advanced Painting Studio classes.	Class Number 1916	Credits 3	Department Painting and Drawing Location 280 Building Rm 323
Painting Practice	2001 (005)	Francesca Bayegan	Mon/Wed 6:45 PM - 9:15 PM In Person
Description Painting Practice is an introductory painting course offering. The curriculum addresses basic skills as related to a painting studio practice. Topics and curricular goals include material, facility and technique, space and color, as well as concept. This course is a prerequisite for all Multi-level Painting, Figure Painting and Advanced Painting Studio classes.	Class Number 1917	Credits 3	Department Painting and Drawing Location 280 Building Rm 325
Painting Practice	2001 (006)	Peter Jorge Fagundo	Tues 9:00 AM - 3:00 PM In Person
Description Painting Practice is an introductory painting course offering. The curriculum addresses basic skills as related to a painting studio practice. Topics and curricular goals include material, facility and technique, space and color, as well as concept. This course is a prerequisite for all Multi-level Painting, Figure Painting and Advanced Painting Studio classes.	Class Number 1918	Credits 3	Department Painting and Drawing Location 280 Building Rm 323
Painting Practice	2001 (007)	Steven Husby	Tues 9:00 AM - 3:00 PM In Person
Description Painting Practice is an introductory painting course offering. The curriculum addresses basic skills as related to a painting studio practice. Topics and curricular goals include material, facility and technique, space and color, as well as concept. This course is a prerequisite for all Multi-level Painting, Figure Painting and Advanced Painting Studio classes.	Class Number 1919	Credits 3	Department Painting and Drawing Location 280 Building Rm 325
Painting Practice	2001 (008)	Alexis de Chaunac	Tues 3:30 PM - 9:15 PM In Person
Description Painting Practice is an introductory painting course offering. The curriculum addresses basic skills as related to a painting studio practice. Topics and curricular goals include material, facility and technique, space and color, as well as concept. This course is a prerequisite for all Multi-level Painting, Figure Painting and Advanced Painting Studio classes.	Class Number 1920	Credits 3	Department Painting and Drawing Location 280 Building Rm 323
Painting Practice	2001 (009)	Atticus Gordon	Tues 3:30 PM - 9:15 PM In Person
Description Painting Practice is an introductory painting course offering. The curriculum addresses basic skills as related to a painting studio practice. Topics and curricular goals include material, facility and technique, space and color, as well as concept. This course is a prerequisite for all Multi-level Painting, Figure Painting and Advanced Painting Studio classes.	Class Number 1921	Credits 3	Department Painting and Drawing Location 280 Building Rm 325
Painting Practice	2001 (010)	Amanda Joy Calobrisi	Wed 9:00 AM - 3:00 PM In Person
Description Painting Practice is an introductory painting course offering. The curriculum addresses basic skills as related to a painting studio practice. Topics and curricular goals include material, facility and technique, space and color, as well as concept. This course is a prerequisite for all Multi-level Painting, Figure Painting and Advanced Painting Studio classes.	Class Number 1922	Credits 3	Department Painting and Drawing Location 280 Building Rm 321
Painting Practice	2001 (011)	Richard Hull	Wed 9:00 AM - 3:00 PM In Person
Description Painting Practice is an introductory painting course offering. The curriculum addresses basic skills as related to a painting studio practice. Topics and curricular goals include material, facility and technique, space and color, as well as concept. This course is a prerequisite for all Multi-level Painting, Figure Painting and Advanced Painting Studio classes.	Class Number 1923	Credits 3	Department Painting and Drawing Location 280 Building Rm 323
Painting Practice	2001 (012)	Erin Washington	Wed 9:00 AM - 3:00 PM In Person
Description Painting Practice is an introductory painting course offering. The curriculum addresses basic skills as related to a painting studio practice. Topics and curricular goals include material, facility and technique, space and color, as well as concept. This course is a prerequisite for all Multi-level Painting, Figure Painting and Advanced Painting Studio classes.	Class Number 1924	Credits 3	Department Painting and Drawing Location 280 Building Rm 325
Painting Practice	2001 (013)	Josh Dihle	Thurs 9:00 AM - 3:00 PM In Person
Description Painting Practice is an introductory painting course offering. The curriculum addresses basic skills as related to a painting studio practice. Topics and curricular goals include material, facility and technique, space and color, as well as concept. This course is a prerequisite for all Multi-level Painting, Figure Painting and Advanced Painting Studio classes.	Class Number 1925	Credits 3	Department Painting and Drawing Location 280 Building Rm 323
Painting Practice	2001 (014)	Israel Aten	Thurs 3:30 PM - 9:15 PM In Person
Description Painting Practice is an introductory painting course offering. The curriculum addresses basic skills as related to a painting studio practice. Topics and curricular goals include material, facility and technique, space and color, as well as concept. This course is a prerequisite for all Multi-level Painting, Figure Painting and Advanced Painting Studio classes.	Class Number 1926	Credits 3	Department Painting and Drawing Location 280 Building Rm 305
Painting Practice	2001 (015)	Noah Rorem	Thurs 3:30 PM - 9:15 PM In Person
Description Painting Practice is an introductory painting course offering. The curriculum addresses basic skills as related to a painting studio practice. Topics and curricular goals include material, facility and technique, space and color, as well as concept. This course is a prerequisite for all Multi-level Painting, Figure Painting and Advanced Painting Studio classes.	Class Number 1927	Credits 3	Department Painting and Drawing Location 280 Building Rm 323
Painting Practice	2001 (016)	Ro Miller	Thurs 3:30 PM - 9:15 PM In Person
Description Painting Practice is an introductory painting course offering. The curriculum addresses basic skills as related to a painting studio practice. Topics and curricular goals include material, facility and technique, space and color, as well as concept. This course is a prerequisite for all Multi-level Painting, Figure Painting and Advanced Painting Studio classes.	Class Number 1947	Credits 3	Department Painting and Drawing Location 280 Building Rm 325
Painting Practice	2001 (017)	Herman Aguirre	Fri 9:00 AM - 3:00 PM In Person
Description Painting Practice is an introductory painting course offering. The curriculum addresses basic skills as related to a painting studio practice. Topics and curricular goals include material, facility and technique, space and color, as well as concept. This course is a prerequisite for all Multi-level Painting, Figure Painting and Advanced Painting Studio classes.	Class Number 1949	Credits 3	Department Painting and Drawing Location 280 Building Rm 323
Painting Practice	2001 (018)	Kaylee Rae Wyant	Fri 9:00 AM - 3:00 PM In Person
Description Painting Practice is an introductory painting course offering. The curriculum addresses basic skills as related to a painting studio practice. Topics and curricular goals include material, facility and technique, space and color, as well as concept. This course is a prerequisite for all Multi-level Painting, Figure Painting and Advanced Painting Studio classes.	Class Number 1955	Credits 3	Department Painting and Drawing Location 280 Building Rm 325
Painting Practice	2001 (019)	Frank Vega	Sat 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM In Person
Description Painting Practice is an introductory painting course offering. The curriculum addresses basic skills as related to a painting studio practice. Topics and curricular goals include material, facility and technique, space and color, as well as concept. This course is a prerequisite for all Multi-level Painting, Figure Painting and Advanced Painting Studio classes.	Class Number 1959	Credits 3	Department Painting and Drawing Location 280 Building Rm 323
Painting Practice	2001 (020)	Eleana Grace Daniel	Sat 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM In Person
Description Painting Practice is an introductory painting course offering. The curriculum addresses basic skills as related to a painting studio practice. Topics and curricular goals include material, facility and technique, space and color, as well as concept. This course is a prerequisite for all Multi-level Painting, Figure Painting and Advanced Painting Studio classes.	Class Number 1960	Credits 3	Department Painting and Drawing Location 280 Building Rm 325
Comics	2002 (001)	Johnny Sampson	Mon 9:00 AM - 3:00 PM In Person
Description The Department of Painting and Drawing offers a wide variety of comics courses, ranging from traditional to experimental methods and techniques. Each course is designed to focus on a specific area of comics production. To learn more about the topic of a specific comics course in which you are interested, please review the course description for that particular class.	Class Number 1934	Credits 3	Department Painting and Drawing Area of Study Illustration, Comics and Graphic Novels, Books and Publishing Location 280 Building Rm 306
Comics	2002 (002)	Cecilia Beaven	Mon/Wed 6:45 PM - 9:15 PM In Person
Description The Department of Painting and Drawing offers a wide variety of comics courses, ranging from traditional to experimental methods and techniques. Each course is designed to focus on a specific area of comics production. To learn more about the topic of a specific comics course in which you are interested, please review the course description for that particular class.	Class Number 1935	Credits 3	Department Painting and Drawing Area of Study Illustration, Comics and Graphic Novels, Books and Publishing Location 280 Building Rm 306
Comics	2002 (003)	MJ Lounsberry	Tues 9:00 AM - 3:00 PM In Person
Description The Department of Painting and Drawing offers a wide variety of comics courses, ranging from traditional to experimental methods and techniques. Each course is designed to focus on a specific area of comics production. To learn more about the topic of a specific comics course in which you are interested, please review the course description for that particular class.	Class Number 1936	Credits 3	Department Painting and Drawing Area of Study Illustration, Comics and Graphic Novels, Books and Publishing Location 280 Building Rm 306
Comics	2002 (004)	MJ Lounsberry	Tues 3:30 PM - 9:15 PM In Person
Description The Department of Painting and Drawing offers a wide variety of comics courses, ranging from traditional to experimental methods and techniques. Each course is designed to focus on a specific area of comics production. To learn more about the topic of a specific comics course in which you are interested, please review the course description for that particular class.	Class Number 1937	Credits 3	Department Painting and Drawing Area of Study Illustration, Comics and Graphic Novels, Books and Publishing Location 280 Building Rm 306
Comics	2002 (005)	Johnny Sampson	Tues 3:30 PM - 9:15 PM In Person
Description The Department of Painting and Drawing offers a wide variety of comics courses, ranging from traditional to experimental methods and techniques. Each course is designed to focus on a specific area of comics production. To learn more about the topic of a specific comics course in which you are interested, please review the course description for that particular class.	Class Number 1938	Credits 3	Department Painting and Drawing Area of Study Illustration, Comics and Graphic Novels, Books and Publishing Location 280 Building Rm 308
Comics	2002 (006)	Sara Varon	Wed 9:00 AM - 3:00 PM In Person
Description The Department of Painting and Drawing offers a wide variety of comics courses, ranging from traditional to experimental methods and techniques. Each course is designed to focus on a specific area of comics production. To learn more about the topic of a specific comics course in which you are interested, please review the course description for that particular class.	Class Number 1939	Credits 3	Department Painting and Drawing Area of Study Illustration, Comics and Graphic Novels, Books and Publishing Location 280 Building Rm 306
Comics: Graphic Journalism	2002 (007)	Anya Pauline Davidson	Thurs 9:00 AM - 3:00 PM In Person
Description For over a century, illustrators have used the comics medium to document current events and disseminate information, but due to globalization, the ascent of the graphic novel and the birth of the internet, the practice is now more vital than ever. From global conflicts to cultural events, cartoonists are documenting the defining moments of our era as they happen, and are creating works that help readers comprehend the complex historical, political and cultural forces shaping our world. In this class, students will read classic works of graphic journalism, learn best practices for artists in the field, and create their own short works that explore various aspects of contemporary life in Chicago and beyond.	Class Number 1940	Credits 3	Department Painting and Drawing Area of Study Illustration, Comics and Graphic Novels, Books and Publishing Location 280 Building Rm 306
Comics	2002 (008)	Marnie Galloway	Thurs 3:30 PM - 9:15 PM In Person
Description The Department of Painting and Drawing offers a wide variety of comics courses, ranging from traditional to experimental methods and techniques. Each course is designed to focus on a specific area of comics production. To learn more about the topic of a specific comics course in which you are interested, please review the course description for that particular class.	Class Number 1941	Credits 3	Department Painting and Drawing Area of Study Illustration, Comics and Graphic Novels, Books and Publishing Location 280 Building Rm 306
Comics	2002 (009)	Sam Sharpe	Thurs 3:30 PM - 9:15 PM In Person
Description The Department of Painting and Drawing offers a wide variety of comics courses, ranging from traditional to experimental methods and techniques. Each course is designed to focus on a specific area of comics production. To learn more about the topic of a specific comics course in which you are interested, please review the course description for that particular class.	Class Number 1942	Credits 3	Department Painting and Drawing Area of Study Illustration, Comics and Graphic Novels, Books and Publishing Location 280 Building Rm 308
Comics: Remote	2002 (010)	Aaron Renier	Thurs 6:45 PM - 9:30 PM All Online
Description The Department of Painting and Drawing offers a wide variety of comics courses, ranging from traditional to experimental methods and techniques. Each course is designed to focus on a specific area of comics production. To learn more about the topic of a specific comics course in which you are interested, please review the course description for that particular class.	Class Number 1948	Credits 3	Department Painting and Drawing Area of Study Illustration, Comics and Graphic Novels, Books and Publishing Location Online
Comics	2002 (011)	Sam Sharpe	Fri 9:00 AM - 3:00 PM In Person
Description The Department of Painting and Drawing offers a wide variety of comics courses, ranging from traditional to experimental methods and techniques. Each course is designed to focus on a specific area of comics production. To learn more about the topic of a specific comics course in which you are interested, please review the course description for that particular class.	Class Number 1961	Credits 3	Department Painting and Drawing Area of Study Illustration, Comics and Graphic Novels, Books and Publishing Location 280 Building Rm 306
Comics:Advanced	2002 (012)	Jeremy R Tinder	Sat 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM In Person
Description The Department of Painting and Drawing offers a wide variety of comics courses, ranging from traditional to experimental methods and techniques. Each course is designed to focus on a specific area of comics production. To learn more about the topic of a specific comics course in which you are interested, please review the course description for that particular class.	Class Number 1962	Credits 3	Department Painting and Drawing Area of Study Illustration, Comics and Graphic Novels, Books and Publishing Location 280 Building Rm 306
Comics	2002 (013)	Dove Drury Hornbuckle	Sat 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM In Person
Description The Department of Painting and Drawing offers a wide variety of comics courses, ranging from traditional to experimental methods and techniques. Each course is designed to focus on a specific area of comics production. To learn more about the topic of a specific comics course in which you are interested, please review the course description for that particular class.	Class Number 1963	Credits 3	Department Painting and Drawing Area of Study Illustration, Comics and Graphic Novels, Books and Publishing Location 280 Building Rm 308
Color	2003 (001)	Jo Hormuth	Mon 9:00 AM - 3:00 PM In Person
Description This studio course will provide a hands-on introduction to the fundamental understanding and use of color. Students will gain practical experience working with material color in order to improve their understanding of how color works. Assignments will be introduced in class to help students develop a working knowledge of the basic concepts of hue, value, and chroma, and the relationship between these concepts and those of color harmony and organization. By working with color in context students will gain a practical understanding of color interaction and develop strategies for approaching color with greater sophistication and specificity in their own practice. In addition to our investigations with color in the classroom, this course will examine the ways in which artists and scholars have worked with color art historically as a medium of expression, and thought about color scientifically as an index of an underlying natural order, as well as culturally as a system of signs reflecting our biases back to us to be interpreted. Reliable perceptual phenomena like simultaneous contrast and afterimages will be considered alongside more unstable notions like synesthesia and color music, as well as the complicated history of thinking about color as evidence of that which is ?other.? Course work will include exercises to help students develop their approach to color, and a final project in which they put their understanding to work.	Class Number 1943	Credits 3	Department Painting and Drawing Area of Study Graphic Design, Illustration Location 280 Building Rm 308
Color	2003 (002)	Steven Husby	Fri 9:00 AM - 3:00 PM In Person
Description This studio course will provide a hands-on introduction to the fundamental understanding and use of color. Students will gain practical experience working with material color in order to improve their understanding of how color works. Assignments will be introduced in class to help students develop a working knowledge of the basic concepts of hue, value, and chroma, and the relationship between these concepts and those of color harmony and organization. By working with color in context students will gain a practical understanding of color interaction and develop strategies for approaching color with greater sophistication and specificity in their own practice. In addition to our investigations with color in the classroom, this course will examine the ways in which artists and scholars have worked with color art historically as a medium of expression, and thought about color scientifically as an index of an underlying natural order, as well as culturally as a system of signs reflecting our biases back to us to be interpreted. Reliable perceptual phenomena like simultaneous contrast and afterimages will be considered alongside more unstable notions like synesthesia and color music, as well as the complicated history of thinking about color as evidence of that which is ?other.? Course work will include exercises to help students develop their approach to color, and a final project in which they put their understanding to work.	Class Number 1944	Credits 3	Department Painting and Drawing Area of Study Graphic Design, Illustration Location 280 Building Rm 308
Figure Drawing: Multi-Level	2030 (001)	Noelle Africh	Mon 9:00 AM - 3:00 PM In Person
Description Students draw from the model as a means of understanding form, shape, and line using a variety of media. The course emphasizes shorter poses as training in immediate response to gesture and form. This course serves as a requirement and preparation for topic-based Figure Drawing B classes.	Class Number 1873	Credits 3	Department Painting and Drawing Area of Study Illustration, Comics and Graphic Novels Location 280 Building Rm 124
Figure Drawing: Multi-Level	2030 (002)	Mary Griffin	Mon 9:00 AM - 3:00 PM In Person
Description Students draw from the model as a means of understanding form, shape, and line using a variety of media. The course emphasizes shorter poses as training in immediate response to gesture and form. This course serves as a requirement and preparation for topic-based Figure Drawing B classes.	Class Number 1874	Credits 3	Department Painting and Drawing Area of Study Illustration, Comics and Graphic Novels Location 280 Building Rm 320
Figure Drawing: Multi-Level	2030 (003)	Ruth Poor	Tues 9:00 AM - 3:00 PM In Person
Description Students draw from the model as a means of understanding form, shape, and line using a variety of media. The course emphasizes shorter poses as training in immediate response to gesture and form. This course serves as a requirement and preparation for topic-based Figure Drawing B classes.	Class Number 1875	Credits 3	Department Painting and Drawing Area of Study Illustration, Comics and Graphic Novels Location 280 Building Rm 124
Figure Drawing: Multi-Level	2030 (004)	Sebastian Thomas	Tues 3:30 PM - 9:15 PM In Person
Description Students draw from the model as a means of understanding form, shape, and line using a variety of media. The course emphasizes shorter poses as training in immediate response to gesture and form. This course serves as a requirement and preparation for topic-based Figure Drawing B classes.	Class Number 1876	Credits 3	Department Painting and Drawing Area of Study Illustration, Comics and Graphic Novels Location 280 Building Rm 320
Figure Drawing: Multi-Level	2030 (005)	Jessica Du Preez	Tues 3:30 PM - 9:15 PM In Person
Description Students draw from the model as a means of understanding form, shape, and line using a variety of media. The course emphasizes shorter poses as training in immediate response to gesture and form. This course serves as a requirement and preparation for topic-based Figure Drawing B classes.	Class Number 1877	Credits 3	Department Painting and Drawing Area of Study Illustration, Comics and Graphic Novels Location 280 Building Rm 124
Figure Drawing: Multi-Level	2030 (006)	Mary Griffin	Wed 9:00 AM - 3:00 PM In Person
Description Students draw from the model as a means of understanding form, shape, and line using a variety of media. The course emphasizes shorter poses as training in immediate response to gesture and form. This course serves as a requirement and preparation for topic-based Figure Drawing B classes.	Class Number 1878	Credits 3	Department Painting and Drawing Area of Study Illustration, Comics and Graphic Novels Location 280 Building Rm 315
Figure Drawing: Multi-Level	2030 (007)	Josiah Ellner	Wed 9:00 AM - 3:00 PM In Person
Description Students draw from the model as a means of understanding form, shape, and line using a variety of media. The course emphasizes shorter poses as training in immediate response to gesture and form. This course serves as a requirement and preparation for topic-based Figure Drawing B classes.	Class Number 1879	Credits 3	Department Painting and Drawing Area of Study Illustration, Comics and Graphic Novels Location 280 Building Rm 320
Figure Drawing: Multi-Level	2030 (008)		Thurs 3:30 PM - 9:15 PM In Person
Description Students draw from the model as a means of understanding form, shape, and line using a variety of media. The course emphasizes shorter poses as training in immediate response to gesture and form. This course serves as a requirement and preparation for topic-based Figure Drawing B classes.	Class Number 1880	Credits 3	Department Painting and Drawing Area of Study Illustration, Comics and Graphic Novels Location 280 Building Rm 124
Figure Drawing: Multi-Level	2030 (009)	Daniel Lloyd-Miller	Thurs 3:30 PM - 9:15 PM In Person
Description Students draw from the model as a means of understanding form, shape, and line using a variety of media. The course emphasizes shorter poses as training in immediate response to gesture and form. This course serves as a requirement and preparation for topic-based Figure Drawing B classes.	Class Number 1881	Credits 3	Department Painting and Drawing Area of Study Illustration, Comics and Graphic Novels Location 280 Building Rm 315
Figure Drawing: Multi-Level	2030 (010)	Larissa Setareh Borteh	Fri 9:00 AM - 3:00 PM In Person
Description Students draw from the model as a means of understanding form, shape, and line using a variety of media. The course emphasizes shorter poses as training in immediate response to gesture and form. This course serves as a requirement and preparation for topic-based Figure Drawing B classes.	Class Number 1882	Credits 3	Department Painting and Drawing Area of Study Illustration, Comics and Graphic Novels Location 280 Building Rm 124
Figure Drawing: Multi-Level	2030 (011)	Michelle Alexander, Nik Cho	Fri 9:00 AM - 3:00 PM In Person
Description Students draw from the model as a means of understanding form, shape, and line using a variety of media. The course emphasizes shorter poses as training in immediate response to gesture and form. This course serves as a requirement and preparation for topic-based Figure Drawing B classes.	Class Number 1883	Credits 3	Department Painting and Drawing Area of Study Illustration, Comics and Graphic Novels Location 280 Building Rm 320
Figure Drawing: Multi-Level	2030 (011)	Michelle Alexander, Nik Cho	Fri 9:00 AM - 3:00 PM In Person
Description Students draw from the model as a means of understanding form, shape, and line using a variety of media. The course emphasizes shorter poses as training in immediate response to gesture and form. This course serves as a requirement and preparation for topic-based Figure Drawing B classes.	Class Number 1883	Credits 3	Department Painting and Drawing Area of Study Illustration, Comics and Graphic Novels Location 280 Building Rm 320
Fig Draw:Anatomy	2030 (012)	Melinda Whitmore	Wed 9:00 AM - 3:00 PM In Person
Description This course is designed to enlighten and empower the student?s knowledge of basic anatomy in skeletal and superficial musculature forms and to apply it in a drawing context with confidence and fidelity. Not only will the student become better familiarized with anatomical structures through class lectures and life drawing sessions, but a greater understanding of the dynamics of form and movement in space will be achieved through practice and repetition of procedures learned throughout the course.	Class Number 1957	Credits 3	Department Painting and Drawing Area of Study Illustration, Comics and Graphic Novels Location 280 Building Rm 124
Fig Draw: Adv Draw Inside/Out	2031 (001)	Anne Harris	Tues 9:00 AM - 3:00 PM In Person
Description This course will concentrate on drawing the figure with an emphasis on sculptural form. The objective will be to use drawing?particularly line?to investigate the body three-dimensionally. You will work from the inside out, drawing internal volume and topography, rather than an outside edge. The goal will be to rotate the body and move it through space, to understand its basic structure and movement and, through that understanding, to learn about drawing as a tool for investigation, a way of exploring and structuring space, weight, and form. By semester's end you will be able to invent a body in space. This ability is key to the tradition of figurative art found in artists ranging from Peter Paul Rubens to Kerry James Marshall and Nicole Eisenman. Throughout the course we will be looking at and learning from a range of figurative artists, both historical and contemporary, via lectures and visits to the museum, including the AIC?s Prints and Drawings viewing room. This is a highly structured course, akin to an intensive workshop. New information will be introduced every class. There will be regular outside assignments. Prerequisites Prerequisite: PTDW 2030.	Class Number 1929	Credits 3	Department Painting and Drawing Location 280 Building Rm 320
Fig Draw:Adv:Narr/Figuration	2031 (002)	Amanda Joy Calobrisi	Thurs 9:00 AM - 3:00 PM In Person
Description This studio drawing course explores how narrative operates in the history and traditions of figure painting. The class incorporates a range of methods; visits to the museum and galleries; introduce written material into drawn images; and analyze forms of narrative, including short film, graphic novels, abstraction, and sculpture. Sessions will focus on how mood, color, light and the passing of time influence how we read and produce a narrative image. Prerequisites Prerequisite: PTDW 2030.	Class Number 1930	Credits 3	Department Painting and Drawing Location 280 Building Rm 315
Studio Drawing: Multi-Level	2040 (001)	Sabrina Zhao, Jenny Halpern	Mon 9:00 AM - 3:00 PM In Person
Description This drawing studio serves as a broad introduction to historical and contemporary drawing practices. This course presents drawing as an organizer of thought, experience, and image. Students will investigate a full range of drawing materials and supports. Lectures and exercises introduce various concepts of drawing, possibly including illusionistic form and space, gesture and expressive mark-making, or collage and found imagery, depending on the instructor?s emphasis. Designed to accommodate many skill levels, students can explore various creative strategies through technical drawing exercises, material explorations, and individual projects. Structured classroom critiques will bring drawing concepts into personal student work.	Class Number 1884	Credits 3	Department Painting and Drawing Area of Study Illustration Location 280 Building Rm 125
Studio Drawing: Multi-Level	2040 (001)	Sabrina Zhao, Jenny Halpern	Mon 9:00 AM - 3:00 PM In Person
Description This drawing studio serves as a broad introduction to historical and contemporary drawing practices. This course presents drawing as an organizer of thought, experience, and image. Students will investigate a full range of drawing materials and supports. Lectures and exercises introduce various concepts of drawing, possibly including illusionistic form and space, gesture and expressive mark-making, or collage and found imagery, depending on the instructor?s emphasis. Designed to accommodate many skill levels, students can explore various creative strategies through technical drawing exercises, material explorations, and individual projects. Structured classroom critiques will bring drawing concepts into personal student work.	Class Number 1884	Credits 3	Department Painting and Drawing Area of Study Illustration Location 280 Building Rm 125
Std Draw:Large Format	2040 (002)	Steven Husby	Mon 9:00 AM - 3:00 PM In Person
Description How big is big? Does the size of a drawing alter our ideas of what we?re about while we?re producing it? How do relationships of internal scale alter our sense of the surrounding space, and how do the sizes of the materials and the support alter our own awareness of scale? In this course we will explore the potential for large format drawing in the perceptual, material, narrative and conceptual senses. We will work towards expanding notions of Large, Format, Studio and Drawing. We will work towards specificity and developing each student's individual concerns. Bring your ambition, you'll need it. Most time in class will be spent working on studio projects, which will be supplemented by museum visits, slide lectures, student led reading discussions and presentations, and in depth critique. Readings and artists looked at will vary, but will typically include texts which attempt a broad overview of the state of drawing within the field of contemporary art like Vitamin D2 and Drawing Now: Eight Propositions, and include contemporary artists working with drawing at ambitious scale such as Toba Khedoori, Amy Sillman, and William Kentridge, and more historical examples like Willem de Kooning, Cy Twombly, Lee Krasner, and Jasper Johns. There will be a long form mid-term critique and a shorter final critique. Students will be expected to complete multiple large scale works for each.	Class Number 1885	Credits 3	Department Painting and Drawing Area of Study Illustration Location 280 Building Rm 321
Studio Drawing: Multi-Level	2040 (003)	Josiah Ellner	Mon/Wed 6:45 PM - 9:15 PM In Person
Description This drawing studio serves as a broad introduction to historical and contemporary drawing practices. This course presents drawing as an organizer of thought, experience, and image. Students will investigate a full range of drawing materials and supports. Lectures and exercises introduce various concepts of drawing, possibly including illusionistic form and space, gesture and expressive mark-making, or collage and found imagery, depending on the instructor?s emphasis. Designed to accommodate many skill levels, students can explore various creative strategies through technical drawing exercises, material explorations, and individual projects. Structured classroom critiques will bring drawing concepts into personal student work.	Class Number 1886	Credits 3	Department Painting and Drawing Area of Study Illustration Location 280 Building Rm 321
Stu Dwg: Collage	2040 (004)	MaryLou Zelazny	Tues 9:00 AM - 3:00 PM In Person
Description This multi-level studio will cover all of the various traditional methods of assembling cut paper into a complete work of art. Additionally, we will touch upon the use of unorthodox materials for 2D assemblage and bas-relief. The class will review historic and contemporary approaches, using them as an inspiration for projects. Individual as well as group instruction will provide a flexible educational environment, accommodating both the novice and accomplished collagist. Examples from the rich history of collage will be shown, as well as field trips to related exhibitions.	Class Number 1887	Credits 3	Department Painting and Drawing Area of Study Illustration Location 280 Building Rm 125
Studio Dwg:Mixed Media Paper	2040 (005)	Noelle Africh	Tues 9:00 AM - 3:00 PM In Person
Description Simply put, this class is about exploring possibilities-- the use of various combinations of materials used, wet and/or dry, on any paper related products, from fine drawing sheets to left over cardboard, as long as the what and how of it is on/with a paper support...the individual pursuit for a personal visual voice is encouraged...during the first several weeks, various 'problems' will be given to start things moving?	Class Number 1888	Credits 3	Department Painting and Drawing Area of Study Illustration Location 280 Building Rm 308
Std Draw:Representn/Abstractn	2040 (006)	Judith Geichman	Tues 9:00 AM - 3:00 PM In Person
Description Manipulate Space, Deconstruct Form, Re-Invent Your Visual World. This course will explore different form and space making systems as they relate to abstraction. Slide presentations throughout the semester will focus on abstraction and different artist, art movements, elements of visual language, and concepts past and present, all to engage and open students visual ideas and art making practice. Students will be encouraged to pursue their own ideas and imagery as they work with the course material. Painterly drawing will be explored, as well as drawing from a live model. Field trips are scheduled in the curriculum.	Class Number 1889	Credits 3	Department Painting and Drawing Area of Study Illustration Location 280 Building Rm 321
Studio Drawing: Multi-Level	2040 (007)	Emily Nicole Murray, Su Kaiden Cho	Tues 3:30 PM - 9:15 PM In Person
Description This drawing studio serves as a broad introduction to historical and contemporary drawing practices. This course presents drawing as an organizer of thought, experience, and image. Students will investigate a full range of drawing materials and supports. Lectures and exercises introduce various concepts of drawing, possibly including illusionistic form and space, gesture and expressive mark-making, or collage and found imagery, depending on the instructor?s emphasis. Designed to accommodate many skill levels, students can explore various creative strategies through technical drawing exercises, material explorations, and individual projects. Structured classroom critiques will bring drawing concepts into personal student work.	Class Number 1890	Credits 3	Department Painting and Drawing Area of Study Illustration Location 280 Building Rm 125
Studio Drawing: Multi-Level	2040 (007)	Emily Nicole Murray, Su Kaiden Cho	Tues 3:30 PM - 9:15 PM In Person
Description This drawing studio serves as a broad introduction to historical and contemporary drawing practices. This course presents drawing as an organizer of thought, experience, and image. Students will investigate a full range of drawing materials and supports. Lectures and exercises introduce various concepts of drawing, possibly including illusionistic form and space, gesture and expressive mark-making, or collage and found imagery, depending on the instructor?s emphasis. Designed to accommodate many skill levels, students can explore various creative strategies through technical drawing exercises, material explorations, and individual projects. Structured classroom critiques will bring drawing concepts into personal student work.	Class Number 1890	Credits 3	Department Painting and Drawing Area of Study Illustration Location 280 Building Rm 125
Studio Drawing: Multi-Level	2040 (008)	Jessica Zawadowicz	Thurs 3:30 PM - 9:15 PM In Person
Description This drawing studio serves as a broad introduction to historical and contemporary drawing practices. This course presents drawing as an organizer of thought, experience, and image. Students will investigate a full range of drawing materials and supports. Lectures and exercises introduce various concepts of drawing, possibly including illusionistic form and space, gesture and expressive mark-making, or collage and found imagery, depending on the instructor?s emphasis. Designed to accommodate many skill levels, students can explore various creative strategies through technical drawing exercises, material explorations, and individual projects. Structured classroom critiques will bring drawing concepts into personal student work.	Class Number 1891	Credits 3	Department Painting and Drawing Area of Study Illustration Location 280 Building Rm 321
Studio Draw:Landscape	2040 (009)	Olivia Petrides	Wed 9:00 AM - 3:00 PM In Person
Description From the sublime to the technological, contemporary artists are reinventing the landscape genre and examining its relevance. This multi-level studio course provides an opportunity to explore individual perceptions of the natural world in light of current landscape painting narratives. There will be presentations and readings on issues pertinent to the landscape as subject.	Class Number 1892	Credits 3	Department Painting and Drawing Area of Study Illustration Location 280 Building Rm 125
Studio Drawing: Multi-Level	2040 (010)	Scott Reeder	Wed 9:00 AM - 3:00 PM In Person
Description This drawing studio serves as a broad introduction to historical and contemporary drawing practices. This course presents drawing as an organizer of thought, experience, and image. Students will investigate a full range of drawing materials and supports. Lectures and exercises introduce various concepts of drawing, possibly including illusionistic form and space, gesture and expressive mark-making, or collage and found imagery, depending on the instructor?s emphasis. Designed to accommodate many skill levels, students can explore various creative strategies through technical drawing exercises, material explorations, and individual projects. Structured classroom critiques will bring drawing concepts into personal student work.	Class Number 1893	Credits 3	Department Painting and Drawing Area of Study Illustration Location 280 Building Rm 308
Studio Drawing: Multi-Level	2040 (011)	Israel Aten	Thurs 9:00 AM - 3:00 PM In Person
Description This drawing studio serves as a broad introduction to historical and contemporary drawing practices. This course presents drawing as an organizer of thought, experience, and image. Students will investigate a full range of drawing materials and supports. Lectures and exercises introduce various concepts of drawing, possibly including illusionistic form and space, gesture and expressive mark-making, or collage and found imagery, depending on the instructor?s emphasis. Designed to accommodate many skill levels, students can explore various creative strategies through technical drawing exercises, material explorations, and individual projects. Structured classroom critiques will bring drawing concepts into personal student work.	Class Number 1894	Credits 3	Department Painting and Drawing Area of Study Illustration Location 280 Building Rm 125
Studio Drawing: Multi-Level	2040 (012)	Robert Burnier	Thurs 9:00 AM - 3:00 PM In Person
Description This drawing studio serves as a broad introduction to historical and contemporary drawing practices. This course presents drawing as an organizer of thought, experience, and image. Students will investigate a full range of drawing materials and supports. Lectures and exercises introduce various concepts of drawing, possibly including illusionistic form and space, gesture and expressive mark-making, or collage and found imagery, depending on the instructor?s emphasis. Designed to accommodate many skill levels, students can explore various creative strategies through technical drawing exercises, material explorations, and individual projects. Structured classroom critiques will bring drawing concepts into personal student work.	Class Number 1895	Credits 3	Department Painting and Drawing Area of Study Illustration Location 280 Building Rm 308
Studio Drawing: Multi-Level	2040 (013)	Jessica Jackson Hutchins	Thurs 9:00 AM - 3:00 PM In Person
Description This drawing studio serves as a broad introduction to historical and contemporary drawing practices. This course presents drawing as an organizer of thought, experience, and image. Students will investigate a full range of drawing materials and supports. Lectures and exercises introduce various concepts of drawing, possibly including illusionistic form and space, gesture and expressive mark-making, or collage and found imagery, depending on the instructor?s emphasis. Designed to accommodate many skill levels, students can explore various creative strategies through technical drawing exercises, material explorations, and individual projects. Structured classroom critiques will bring drawing concepts into personal student work.	Class Number 1896	Credits 3	Department Painting and Drawing Area of Study Illustration Location 280 Building Rm 321
Studio Drawing: Multi-Level	2040 (014)	Matt Morris	Thurs 3:30 PM - 9:15 PM In Person
Description This drawing studio serves as a broad introduction to historical and contemporary drawing practices. This course presents drawing as an organizer of thought, experience, and image. Students will investigate a full range of drawing materials and supports. Lectures and exercises introduce various concepts of drawing, possibly including illusionistic form and space, gesture and expressive mark-making, or collage and found imagery, depending on the instructor?s emphasis. Designed to accommodate many skill levels, students can explore various creative strategies through technical drawing exercises, material explorations, and individual projects. Structured classroom critiques will bring drawing concepts into personal student work.	Class Number 1950	Credits 3	Department Painting and Drawing Area of Study Illustration Location 280 Building Rm 125
Studio Drawing: Multi-Level	2040 (015)	George Liebert	Fri 9:00 AM - 3:00 PM In Person
Description This drawing studio serves as a broad introduction to historical and contemporary drawing practices. This course presents drawing as an organizer of thought, experience, and image. Students will investigate a full range of drawing materials and supports. Lectures and exercises introduce various concepts of drawing, possibly including illusionistic form and space, gesture and expressive mark-making, or collage and found imagery, depending on the instructor?s emphasis. Designed to accommodate many skill levels, students can explore various creative strategies through technical drawing exercises, material explorations, and individual projects. Structured classroom critiques will bring drawing concepts into personal student work.	Class Number 1952	Credits 3	Department Painting and Drawing Area of Study Illustration Location 280 Building Rm 125
Studio Drawing: Multi-Level	2040 (016)	Israel Aten	Fri 9:00 AM - 3:00 PM In Person
Description This drawing studio serves as a broad introduction to historical and contemporary drawing practices. This course presents drawing as an organizer of thought, experience, and image. Students will investigate a full range of drawing materials and supports. Lectures and exercises introduce various concepts of drawing, possibly including illusionistic form and space, gesture and expressive mark-making, or collage and found imagery, depending on the instructor?s emphasis. Designed to accommodate many skill levels, students can explore various creative strategies through technical drawing exercises, material explorations, and individual projects. Structured classroom critiques will bring drawing concepts into personal student work.	Class Number 1951	Credits 3	Department Painting and Drawing Area of Study Illustration Location 280 Building Rm 321
Studio Drawing: Multi-Level	2040 (017)	Ziyi Zhang	Sat 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM In Person
Description This drawing studio serves as a broad introduction to historical and contemporary drawing practices. This course presents drawing as an organizer of thought, experience, and image. Students will investigate a full range of drawing materials and supports. Lectures and exercises introduce various concepts of drawing, possibly including illusionistic form and space, gesture and expressive mark-making, or collage and found imagery, depending on the instructor?s emphasis. Designed to accommodate many skill levels, students can explore various creative strategies through technical drawing exercises, material explorations, and individual projects. Structured classroom critiques will bring drawing concepts into personal student work.	Class Number 1956	Credits 3	Department Painting and Drawing Area of Study Illustration Location 280 Building Rm 125
Studio Drawing: Multi-Level	2040 (018)	Herman Aguirre	Sat 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM In Person
Description This drawing studio serves as a broad introduction to historical and contemporary drawing practices. This course presents drawing as an organizer of thought, experience, and image. Students will investigate a full range of drawing materials and supports. Lectures and exercises introduce various concepts of drawing, possibly including illusionistic form and space, gesture and expressive mark-making, or collage and found imagery, depending on the instructor?s emphasis. Designed to accommodate many skill levels, students can explore various creative strategies through technical drawing exercises, material explorations, and individual projects. Structured classroom critiques will bring drawing concepts into personal student work.	Class Number 1958	Credits 3	Department Painting and Drawing Area of Study Illustration Location 280 Building Rm 321
Painting Studio A: Multi-Level	3001 (001)	Brianna Perry	Mon 9:00 AM - 3:00 PM In Person
Description This course investigates painting materials, application, color, form, and ideas through contemporary and traditional methodologies. Designed to accommodate many skill levels, students can explore various creative strategies through a skill-based curriculum as well as individual projects. This course serves as a requirement and preparation for topic-based Painting Studio Multi-Level B classes. Prerequisites Prerequisite: PTDW 1101, 2001, 2004 or PTDW 3003	Class Number 1898	Credits 3	Department Painting and Drawing Location 280 Building Rm 305
Painting Studio A: Multi-Level	3001 (002)	Erin Washington	Mon 9:00 AM - 3:00 PM In Person
Description This course investigates painting materials, application, color, form, and ideas through contemporary and traditional methodologies. Designed to accommodate many skill levels, students can explore various creative strategies through a skill-based curriculum as well as individual projects. This course serves as a requirement and preparation for topic-based Painting Studio Multi-Level B classes. Prerequisites Prerequisite: PTDW 1101, 2001, 2004 or PTDW 3003	Class Number 1899	Credits 3	Department Painting and Drawing Location 280 Building Rm 318
Painting Studio A: Multi-Level	3001 (003)	Paola Cabal	Tues 3:30 PM - 9:15 PM In Person
Description This course investigates painting materials, application, color, form, and ideas through contemporary and traditional methodologies. Designed to accommodate many skill levels, students can explore various creative strategies through a skill-based curriculum as well as individual projects. This course serves as a requirement and preparation for topic-based Painting Studio Multi-Level B classes. Prerequisites Prerequisite: PTDW 1101, 2001, 2004 or PTDW 3003	Class Number 1900	Credits 3	Department Painting and Drawing Location 280 Building Rm 318
Painting Studio A: Multi-Level	3001 (004)	Andrew Falkowski	Tues 9:00 AM - 3:00 PM In Person
Description This course investigates painting materials, application, color, form, and ideas through contemporary and traditional methodologies. Designed to accommodate many skill levels, students can explore various creative strategies through a skill-based curriculum as well as individual projects. This course serves as a requirement and preparation for topic-based Painting Studio Multi-Level B classes. Prerequisites Prerequisite: PTDW 1101, 2001, 2004 or PTDW 3003	Class Number 1901	Credits 3	Department Painting and Drawing Location 280 Building Rm 305
Painting Studio A: Multi-Level	3001 (005)	Don Southard	Tues 9:00 AM - 3:00 PM In Person
Description This course investigates painting materials, application, color, form, and ideas through contemporary and traditional methodologies. Designed to accommodate many skill levels, students can explore various creative strategies through a skill-based curriculum as well as individual projects. This course serves as a requirement and preparation for topic-based Painting Studio Multi-Level B classes. Prerequisites Prerequisite: PTDW 1101, 2001, 2004 or PTDW 3003	Class Number 1902	Credits 3	Department Painting and Drawing Location 280 Building Rm 318
Painting Studio A: Multi-Level	3001 (006)	Larissa Setareh Borteh	Tues 3:30 PM - 9:15 PM In Person
Description This course investigates painting materials, application, color, form, and ideas through contemporary and traditional methodologies. Designed to accommodate many skill levels, students can explore various creative strategies through a skill-based curriculum as well as individual projects. This course serves as a requirement and preparation for topic-based Painting Studio Multi-Level B classes. Prerequisites Prerequisite: PTDW 1101, 2001, 2004 or PTDW 3003	Class Number 1903	Credits 3	Department Painting and Drawing Location 280 Building Rm 305
Painting Studio A: Multi-Level	3001 (007)	Judith Geichman	Wed 9:00 AM - 3:00 PM In Person
Description This course investigates painting materials, application, color, form, and ideas through contemporary and traditional methodologies. Designed to accommodate many skill levels, students can explore various creative strategies through a skill-based curriculum as well as individual projects. This course serves as a requirement and preparation for topic-based Painting Studio Multi-Level B classes. Prerequisites Prerequisite: PTDW 1101, 2001, 2004 or PTDW 3003	Class Number 1904	Credits 3	Department Painting and Drawing Location 280 Building Rm 305
Painting Studio A: Multi-Level	3001 (008)	Karen Azarnia	Wed 9:00 AM - 3:00 PM In Person
Description This course investigates painting materials, application, color, form, and ideas through contemporary and traditional methodologies. Designed to accommodate many skill levels, students can explore various creative strategies through a skill-based curriculum as well as individual projects. This course serves as a requirement and preparation for topic-based Painting Studio Multi-Level B classes. Prerequisites Prerequisite: PTDW 1101, 2001, 2004 or PTDW 3003	Class Number 1905	Credits 3	Department Painting and Drawing Location 280 Building Rm 318
Painting Studio A: Multi-Level	3001 (009)	Susan Kraut	Thurs 9:00 AM - 3:00 PM In Person
Description This course investigates painting materials, application, color, form, and ideas through contemporary and traditional methodologies. Designed to accommodate many skill levels, students can explore various creative strategies through a skill-based curriculum as well as individual projects. This course serves as a requirement and preparation for topic-based Painting Studio Multi-Level B classes. Prerequisites Prerequisite: PTDW 1101, 2001, 2004 or PTDW 3003	Class Number 1953	Credits 3	Department Painting and Drawing Location 280 Building Rm 318
Painting Studio A: Multi-Level	3001 (010)	Dylan Rabe	Fri 9:00 AM - 3:00 PM In Person
Description This course investigates painting materials, application, color, form, and ideas through contemporary and traditional methodologies. Designed to accommodate many skill levels, students can explore various creative strategies through a skill-based curriculum as well as individual projects. This course serves as a requirement and preparation for topic-based Painting Studio Multi-Level B classes. Prerequisites Prerequisite: PTDW 1101, 2001, 2004 or PTDW 3003	Class Number 1954	Credits 3	Department Painting and Drawing Location 280 Building Rm 305
Ptg Std B:The Abstract Image	3002 (001)	Richard Hull	Thurs 9:00 AM - 3:00 PM In Person
Description This studio class will be an exploration of the premise that all paintings are abstract. Whether an image is found and formed from observation or imagination, that image is ultimately an abstraction of its source. We will address issues of Abstraction, Representation, and Conceptualism. Shape, color, composition and intent--no matter what the image--will be the class's focus. This is a studio class. There will be no readings. Examples of other artist work will be given in response to the individual student's work. Every assignment is based on the students own work. All the assignments are surprises. The students will work a lot, some make more work than others. Prerequisites Prerequisite: PTDW 3001, 3003 or 3030	Class Number 1931	Credits 3	Department Painting and Drawing Location 280 Building Rm 305
Ptg Std B:Exploding Paint	3002 (002)	Claire Ashley	Tues 3:30 PM - 9:15 PM In Person
Description Using an irreverent love of painting and an absurdly oedipal desire to destroy it, this class looks at ways to create fantastical, hybridized, bastardized offspring ?paintings? in the expanded field. We will connect painterly gestures with non-traditional surfaces such as modular, flat-pack, and portable sculptural form, found objects, architectural space, virtual space, video projection, performative action, and the body. Color workshops, woodshop authorizations, material sourcing field trips, video projection/performance workshops, and site-specific installations will be components of this class. A willingness to experiment, invent, imagine, and fail is required. Artists shown will range from historical figures such as Robert Rauschenberg, Sam Gilliam, Elizabeth Murray, Lynda Benglis, and Eva Hesse, to contemporary practitioners such as Jessica Stockholder, Katharina Grosse, Tomashi Jackson, Anna Betbeze, Liu Bolin, Abigail DeVille, Yvette Mayorga, Alexis Teplin, Brian Bress, Donna Huanca, Rachel Rose, Takeshi Murata, Ben Jones, and Lee Wen. Readings will vary but typically include Thomas McEvilley's 'Thirteen Ways of Addressing a Blackbird', 'Mapping: The Intelligence of Artistic Work' by Anne West, and ?Painting 2.0: Expression in the Information Age? edited by Ammer, Hochdorfer, and Joselit. The semester will consist of three ambitious projects and critiques: 1. Draped Skins; 2. Goopy Objects; 3. Body Actions. Slide presentations and required readings will be assigned. Prerequisites Prerequisite: PTDW 3001, 3003 or 3030	Class Number 1932	Credits 3	Department Painting and Drawing Location 280 Building Rm 321
Ptg Std B:Ink Paint:Brush Zen	3002 (003)	Su Kaiden Cho	Fri 9:00 AM - 3:00 PM In Person
Description This class will begin with an introduction to the basics of ink and brush painting (Sumi-e), learn how to use tools, materials and developing ideas and techniques for creating paintings. An introduction to the Eastern philosophy of Zen will be made as well as the basic practice of Zen meditation, concentration, self-reflection, and inner strength building. Students will develop basic skills of the ink medium; they will be encouraged to explore their creativity through meditating and experimenting within the possibilities of the ink medium. Two slides presentations will be given for the class: Slides presentation A: A brief history of bamboo paintings. Study of works by old masters: Wen Tong (1018-1079), Ke Jiusi (1290-1343), Zhen Xi (1693-1765, one of eight eccentrics of Yangzhou School, his theory and practice) Shi Tao (1641-1707, a master of Huang Shan School), Pu Hua (1836-1911, a Shanghai master of the late 19th century. Slides presentation B: An introduction of comparative study to Chinese modern and contemporary ink painting. Works by Qi Bai Shi (1863-1957), Lin Fengmian (1900-1991), Li Jing (born: 1958), Chai Yiming (born: 1965) and others artist's works will be showed and discussed. Besides weekly assignments, a body of work (approximate 10 pieces in fair sizes) and an artist statement are needed to be presented at final critique. Prerequisites Prerequisite: PTDW 3001, 3003 or 3030	Class Number 1965	Credits 3	Department Painting and Drawing Location 280 Building Rm 318
Painting Studio: Remote	3003 (001)	Kevin Carr	Wed 6:45 PM - 9:30 PM All Online
Description This course investigates strategies to develop and maintain a painting practice within the context of a home or off-campus studio. Painting materials, application, color, form, and contemporary and traditional methodologies will all be examined. Focus will be given to the development of safe home studio practices. Designed to accommodate many skill levels, students will explore various creative strategies through a skill-based curriculum as well as individual projects Lectures and assignments will focus on developing a home studio practice, as well as contemporary painting in general. Students will review a wide variety of current and past painters, with emphasis placed on diversity and recontextualization of the traditional canon. PTDW/StudioLab-developed content for a safe home studio practice, including readings and video tutorials, will be shared and explored. Other critical readings may be assigned at the discretion of the faculty. The course leaves room for differing approaches by section and faculty, much like a Multi-level Painting course, but with an added focus on home studio practice. Course work will vary by section, but will typically include a mixture of short, focused studio assignments, in combination with longer, individually driven projects. Critiques and one-on-one discussion will occur throughout the semester, culminating in a final critique, based on work created throughout the semester, or on a culminating independent project. Readings and tutorials on home studio practice will be assigned throughout the semester as needed.	Class Number 1946	Credits 3	Department Painting and Drawing Area of Study Community & Social Engagement, Illustration, Animation Location Online
Visionary Drawing	3006 (001)	Jaak Jurisson	Thurs 9:00 AM - 3:00 PM In Person
Description Visionary Drawing combines research and studio practice in the exploration at drawings and images that are uniquely compelling and have the power to advance visionary proposals in the realms or art, architecture, film, and spatial invention. Examination of historic and contemporary sources will be combined with active studio practice in making drawings of visions, worlds, speculations and proposals for spaces, buildings, sculptures and future monuments. We will study an extensive variety and number or artists and architects ranging tram Mies van der Rohe to Henry Darger, Zaha Hadid to Hieronymus Bosch, the Crystal Chain to Boullee. Walter Demarta to the Bechers to Coop Himmel B(l)au The diverse range is deliberate and intentional. Course work will vary but will typically include readings, assignments of research, and regular Intense assignments of drawing and imaging projects.	Class Number 1928	Credits 3	Department Painting and Drawing Area of Study Graphic Design, Digital Imaging, Comics and Graphic Novels Location Sullivan Center 1241
Figure Painting A: Multi-Level	3030 (001)	Dylan Rabe	Tues 9:00 AM - 3:00 PM In Person
Description This course is designed for students who want to engage the human figure as subject while learning/reinforcing the fundamentals of painting. By observing the model in space, students will investigate form, color, composition and the properties of paint. Humans have been depicting humans with paint for tens of thousands of years. The human figure continues to be a vital subject in contemporary art. The work done in this class exists in this broad context. This is a multi-level class. Painting perceptually (from life) is challenging at all levels. Painting a human being from life further deepens and expands this challenge. The artwork referenced may range from prehistoric to contemporary. This course has many sections; the exact focus of each class will depend on the teacher, and so the work shown will vary from class to class. Work will likely be seen via lectures in class and/or visits to the museum. Other material, such as readings, will also vary. Expect to paint the figure from life in class. Other in-class activities will vary. Outside assignments will vary. Prerequisites Prerequisite: PTDW 2001 or PTDW 2004 or PTDW 1101, and PTDW 2030.	Class Number 1906	Credits 3	Department Painting and Drawing Area of Study Illustration, Comics and Graphic Novels Location 280 Building Rm 315
Figure Painting A: Multi-Level	3030 (002)	Don Southard	Thurs 9:00 AM - 3:00 PM In Person
Description This course is designed for students who want to engage the human figure as subject while learning/reinforcing the fundamentals of painting. By observing the model in space, students will investigate form, color, composition and the properties of paint. Humans have been depicting humans with paint for tens of thousands of years. The human figure continues to be a vital subject in contemporary art. The work done in this class exists in this broad context. This is a multi-level class. Painting perceptually (from life) is challenging at all levels. Painting a human being from life further deepens and expands this challenge. The artwork referenced may range from prehistoric to contemporary. This course has many sections; the exact focus of each class will depend on the teacher, and so the work shown will vary from class to class. Work will likely be seen via lectures in class and/or visits to the museum. Other material, such as readings, will also vary. Expect to paint the figure from life in class. Other in-class activities will vary. Outside assignments will vary. Prerequisites Prerequisite: PTDW 2001 or PTDW 2004 or PTDW 1101, and PTDW 2030.	Class Number 1907	Credits 3	Department Painting and Drawing Area of Study Illustration, Comics and Graphic Novels Location 280 Building Rm 320
Figure Painting A: Multi-Level	3030 (003)	Karen Azarnia	Fri 9:00 AM - 3:00 PM In Person
Description This course is designed for students who want to engage the human figure as subject while learning/reinforcing the fundamentals of painting. By observing the model in space, students will investigate form, color, composition and the properties of paint. Humans have been depicting humans with paint for tens of thousands of years. The human figure continues to be a vital subject in contemporary art. The work done in this class exists in this broad context. This is a multi-level class. Painting perceptually (from life) is challenging at all levels. Painting a human being from life further deepens and expands this challenge. The artwork referenced may range from prehistoric to contemporary. This course has many sections; the exact focus of each class will depend on the teacher, and so the work shown will vary from class to class. Work will likely be seen via lectures in class and/or visits to the museum. Other material, such as readings, will also vary. Expect to paint the figure from life in class. Other in-class activities will vary. Outside assignments will vary. Prerequisites Prerequisite: PTDW 2001 or PTDW 2004 or PTDW 1101, and PTDW 2030.	Class Number 1964	Credits 3	Department Painting and Drawing Area of Study Illustration, Comics and Graphic Novels Location 280 Building Rm 315
Fig Ptg B:Photo to Memory	3031 (001)	MaryLou Zelazny	Mon 9:00 AM - 3:00 PM In Person
Description Figure painters have used photographs since its invention, using it as an efficient recording tool. This multi-level class seeks to examine the role photography plays as a source for subjects, while assessing its strengths and limitations as opposed to pre-photographic traditional methods. Students will learn how to select essential information from observation to deepen their use of photography, as well as sharpen their ability to recreate visual information from daily memory drawing exercises. Students will work on painting projects focusing on three main themes; observation of the model, photographs, and recalled memory studies, culminating in an independent final project using all of the presented approaches. The concentration on blended visual inspirations helps students identify their strengths and fosters the development of their chosen subject matter. The class seeks to give students the tools needed to develop and sustain a body of work outside of the classroom environment. Students complete six paintings in class, produce daily memory sketches, and submit one final project. Painting and drawing techniques are reviewed alongside each project, accommodating all levels of experience. Daily lectures and demonstrations clearly outline the technical approaches of each project. Examples from art history and contemporary art will be shown for each area of focus through the lectures and bi-weekly visits to view reference material in the Ryerson Library. Additionally, we will use the museum, the Joan Flasch Artists Book Collection and related local exhibitions for examples and research. Prerequisites Prerequisite: PTDW 3030.	Class Number 1933	Credits 3	Department Painting and Drawing Location 280 Building Rm 315
Expanded Line	3039 (001)	Jonas Müller-Ahlheim, Camille Casemier Johnson	Sat 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM In Person
Description The course looks at the role of the observer and the performer through drawing and performance. Both practices respond to each other by mapping movement and moving mappings. We will be exploring performance through drawing: drawing as a description, a medium, and a score for an embodied gesture. We will use drawing to imagine movement and to move concepts, in which drawing can act as tracing and foreseeing. Performances become descriptions and embodied drawings and vice versa. We will look at performance art, presence practice, being seen and remarking on what will remain unseen, scores, methods of performance documentation and notation, as well as drawing as mark making and thinking process. We will look at artists like Sol Lewitt, Lygia Pape, Monica Baer, among other artists at the intersection of drawing as a performance practice like Janine Antoni, David Hammons, Stanley Brown; Artists in conversations such as Paul Chan and Martha Rosler, Devin T. Mays and David Schutter, John Baldessari and Paul Thek, Matthew Goulish and Lin Hixson. We will work through texts like Walkaround Time: Dance and Drawing in the Twentieth Century by Cornelia H. Butler, Tentacular Thinking: Anthropocene, Capitalocene, Chthulucene by Donna Haraway, and 'White Elephant Art vs Termite Art' by Manny Farber. Working in and with public space as surface, students should expect to create traditional and non-traditional drawings and performances, blurring the line of traditional drawing material and embodied practice. Performance will be approachable, self determined, nothing more or less than walking if you so choose. Students will produce a final show at No Nation.	Class Number 2350	Credits 3	Department Painting and Drawing Area of Study Community & Social Engagement, Public Space, Site, Landscape Location 280 Building Rm 320
Expanded Line	3039 (001)	Jonas Müller-Ahlheim, Camille Casemier Johnson	Sat 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM In Person
Description The course looks at the role of the observer and the performer through drawing and performance. Both practices respond to each other by mapping movement and moving mappings. We will be exploring performance through drawing: drawing as a description, a medium, and a score for an embodied gesture. We will use drawing to imagine movement and to move concepts, in which drawing can act as tracing and foreseeing. Performances become descriptions and embodied drawings and vice versa. We will look at performance art, presence practice, being seen and remarking on what will remain unseen, scores, methods of performance documentation and notation, as well as drawing as mark making and thinking process. We will look at artists like Sol Lewitt, Lygia Pape, Monica Baer, among other artists at the intersection of drawing as a performance practice like Janine Antoni, David Hammons, Stanley Brown; Artists in conversations such as Paul Chan and Martha Rosler, Devin T. Mays and David Schutter, John Baldessari and Paul Thek, Matthew Goulish and Lin Hixson. We will work through texts like Walkaround Time: Dance and Drawing in the Twentieth Century by Cornelia H. Butler, Tentacular Thinking: Anthropocene, Capitalocene, Chthulucene by Donna Haraway, and 'White Elephant Art vs Termite Art' by Manny Farber. Working in and with public space as surface, students should expect to create traditional and non-traditional drawings and performances, blurring the line of traditional drawing material and embodied practice. Performance will be approachable, self determined, nothing more or less than walking if you so choose. Students will produce a final show at No Nation.	Class Number 2350	Credits 3	Department Painting and Drawing Area of Study Community & Social Engagement, Public Space, Site, Landscape Location 280 Building Rm 320
Drawing Materials & Techniques	3049 (001)	Richard Deutsch	Tues 9:00 AM - 3:00 PM In Person
Description This course examines the relationship of specific media and techniques to the content and activity of drawing. Studio work is complemented by study of works on paper in the collection of the Art Institute of Chicago.	Class Number 1897	Credits 3	Department Painting and Drawing Area of Study Art and Science Location 280 Building Rm 311
Painting Materials and Techniques I	3050 (001)	Frank Piatek	Fri 9:00 AM - 3:00 PM In Person
Description This course investigates the properties and possibilities of traditional and modern media, grounds, supports, methods, adhesives, and pigments. Prerequisites Prerequisite: PTDW 1101, 2001, 2004 or PTDW 3003	Class Number 1910	Credits 3	Department Painting and Drawing Area of Study Art and Science Location 280 Building Rm 311
Painting Materials and Techniques I	3050 (002)	Josh Dihle	Wed 9:00 AM - 3:00 PM In Person
Description This course investigates the properties and possibilities of traditional and modern media, grounds, supports, methods, adhesives, and pigments. Prerequisites Prerequisite: PTDW 1101, 2001, 2004 or PTDW 3003	Class Number 1911	Credits 3	Department Painting and Drawing Area of Study Art and Science Location 280 Building Rm 311
Painting Materials and Techniques I	3050 (003)	Richard Deutsch	Thurs 9:00 AM - 3:00 PM In Person
Description This course investigates the properties and possibilities of traditional and modern media, grounds, supports, methods, adhesives, and pigments. Prerequisites Prerequisite: PTDW 1101, 2001, 2004 or PTDW 3003	Class Number 1912	Credits 3	Department Painting and Drawing Area of Study Art and Science Location 280 Building Rm 311
Spiritus Mundi: Art and Esotericism	3198 (001)	Frank Piatek, Peter O'Leary	Thurs 12:15 PM - 3:00 PM In Person
Description Esotericism refers both to a field of knowledge hidden from common view and a moral reality suggesting secrecy, occultism, danger, conspiracy, and vast quantities of arcane lore and revelation. This course introduces students to a basic theory of esotericism in relation to the active production of art in the context of the spiritual. The spiritual has a living context in art, visible in various forms of the visionary, the sacred, and the sublime, for which the doctrines of different esoteric disciplines, such as Gnosticism, Kabbalah, Astrology, and Alchemy, can serve as keys. The catalogue 'The Spiritual in Art: Abstract Painting, 1890-1985' will serve as a master resource for this course, as well as selected readings from artists, scholars, and researchers, including Marsilio Ficino, Carl Jung, Antoine Faivre, Jeffrey Kripal, Alejandro Jodorowsky, Arthur Versluis, Hermes Trismegistus, Evelyn Underhill, H.P Blavatsky, and Richard Tarnas, to name a few. Students will generate visual art on the themes of the class during the studio portion of the course; for the symposium portion of the course, they will produce several short informative essays about figures from the history of Western Esotericism, as well as a final research project, in the form of a personal essay, work of creative fiction, poetry, or drama, or an advanced horoscope, to be presented to the class. Prerequisites Studio Symposia - Students must enroll in both PTDW 3198 and HUMANITY 3198	Class Number 1945	Credits 3	Department Painting and Drawing Location 280 Building Rm 325
Spiritus Mundi: Art and Esotericism	3198 (001)	Frank Piatek, Peter O'Leary	Thurs 12:15 PM - 3:00 PM In Person
Description Esotericism refers both to a field of knowledge hidden from common view and a moral reality suggesting secrecy, occultism, danger, conspiracy, and vast quantities of arcane lore and revelation. This course introduces students to a basic theory of esotericism in relation to the active production of art in the context of the spiritual. The spiritual has a living context in art, visible in various forms of the visionary, the sacred, and the sublime, for which the doctrines of different esoteric disciplines, such as Gnosticism, Kabbalah, Astrology, and Alchemy, can serve as keys. The catalogue 'The Spiritual in Art: Abstract Painting, 1890-1985' will serve as a master resource for this course, as well as selected readings from artists, scholars, and researchers, including Marsilio Ficino, Carl Jung, Antoine Faivre, Jeffrey Kripal, Alejandro Jodorowsky, Arthur Versluis, Hermes Trismegistus, Evelyn Underhill, H.P Blavatsky, and Richard Tarnas, to name a few. Students will generate visual art on the themes of the class during the studio portion of the course; for the symposium portion of the course, they will produce several short informative essays about figures from the history of Western Esotericism, as well as a final research project, in the form of a personal essay, work of creative fiction, poetry, or drama, or an advanced horoscope, to be presented to the class. Prerequisites Studio Symposia - Students must enroll in both PTDW 3198 and HUMANITY 3198	Class Number 1945	Credits 3	Department Painting and Drawing Location 280 Building Rm 325
Erotics of Excess	3298 (001)	Jeremy Biles, Rebecca Walz	Thurs 12:15 PM - 3:00 PM In Person
Description This course investigates the relationship between eroticism, excess, artistic practice, and modes of representation. Taking an interdisciplinary and transgeneric approach (with readings in theory, history, philosophy, psychology, and literature), the course will treat a variety of mediums, with special emphasis on painting, drawing, and adjacent practices. Instructors frame the concept of ?erotics? as a mode of practice that investigates and integrates sex, gender, and a variety of ambivalent movements, for example, the play of form and formlessness, figuration and monstrosity, taboo and transgression, attraction and repulsion, incorporation and excretion, abjection and sublimity. Key ideas discussed in class include sex/uality, gender, difference, bodies, ritual, violence, representation, desire, ?perversion.? Students will read texts from art theory and history, psychoanalysis, literature, and psychology. Throughout the class, they will be asked to synthesize course readings and discussions with their own artistic practice. Prerequisites Studio Symposia - Students must enroll in both PTDW 3298 and HUMANITY 3298	Class Number 2291	Credits 3	Department Painting and Drawing Location 280 Building Rm 124
Erotics of Excess	3298 (001)	Jeremy Biles, Rebecca Walz	Thurs 12:15 PM - 3:00 PM In Person
Description This course investigates the relationship between eroticism, excess, artistic practice, and modes of representation. Taking an interdisciplinary and transgeneric approach (with readings in theory, history, philosophy, psychology, and literature), the course will treat a variety of mediums, with special emphasis on painting, drawing, and adjacent practices. Instructors frame the concept of ?erotics? as a mode of practice that investigates and integrates sex, gender, and a variety of ambivalent movements, for example, the play of form and formlessness, figuration and monstrosity, taboo and transgression, attraction and repulsion, incorporation and excretion, abjection and sublimity. Key ideas discussed in class include sex/uality, gender, difference, bodies, ritual, violence, representation, desire, ?perversion.? Students will read texts from art theory and history, psychoanalysis, literature, and psychology. Throughout the class, they will be asked to synthesize course readings and discussions with their own artistic practice. Prerequisites Studio Symposia - Students must enroll in both PTDW 3298 and HUMANITY 3298	Class Number 2291	Credits 3	Department Painting and Drawing Location 280 Building Rm 124
Prof Prac: I Made a Thing...	3900 (066)	Sam Jaffe	Tues 12:15 PM - 3:00 PM In Person
Description In ?I Made a Thing?,? a Professional Practice Experience course offering, you will engage in a wide variety of activities designed to help prepare you for life after SAIC. Course activities may include creating a website, preparing a CV, attending networking events with alumni, and writing of a project statement. The course emphasizes hands-on, real-world professional activities and opportunities for emerging studio artists. This course will be broken into six units, each of which addresses a particular concern about what to do with studio work once it has been made. Each unit will typically contain a reading assignment, a writing assignment, and a project assignment. This course would be best suited for artists who are considering a career centered around an individually driven studio practice. Units include: I Made a Thing and I think I want to make more: how to develop a practical, long-term studio practice. I Made a Thing and I think it failed: how to embrace inevitable challenges and let your work be your teacher. I Made a Thing and I think I want people to look at it: how to cultivate a supportive creative community both physically and virtually. I Made a Thing and I think I want to use it to apply to/for stuff: how to get your work ?out there.? I Made a Thing and I think I want people to talk about it: how to engage your work with dialogue and criticism. I Made a Thing and I think I want someone to buy it: how to create your own art market. Prerequisites Prerequisite: 2900 course	Class Number 1856	Credits 3	Department Painting and Drawing Location 280 Building Rm 120
Show It Yourself: Chicago's Artist-Run Spaces	3900 (067)	Danny Bredar	Mon 8:30 AM - 11:15 AM In Person
Description This professional practice class focuses on the history and current practice of artist-run art spaces in Chicago. Students will research historical artist-driven culture and meet with current artists/curators. Readings and lectures will look at different models of exhibiting artwork, working within economic constraints, and terrain of the art market. Students will build professional skills such as writing an artist statement, curriculum vitae, artist talks, documenting work, and applying to opportunities like residencies or grants. The class will curate and produce a collaborative exhibition as a culminating event. Prerequisites Prerequisite: 2900 course	Class Number 1865	Credits 3	Department Painting and Drawing Location 280 Building Rm 120
Advanced Painting Studio	4001 (001)	Anne Harris, Andrew Falkowski, Robert Burnier	Wed/Thurs/Fri 9:00 AM - 3:00 PM In Person
Description This studio explores specific problems in each student's area of concentration and interest. Students are expected to command familiarity with problems of color, composition, and basic materials. Prerequisites Prerequisite: PTDW 3001, 3003 or 3030	Class Number 1908	Credits 9	Department Painting and Drawing Location MacLean Center 11th Floor
Advanced Painting Studio	4001 (001)	Anne Harris, Andrew Falkowski, Robert Burnier	Wed/Thurs/Fri 9:00 AM - 3:00 PM In Person
Description This studio explores specific problems in each student's area of concentration and interest. Students are expected to command familiarity with problems of color, composition, and basic materials. Prerequisites Prerequisite: PTDW 3001, 3003 or 3030	Class Number 1908	Credits 9	Department Painting and Drawing Location MacLean Center 11th Floor
Advanced Painting Studio	4001 (001)	Anne Harris, Andrew Falkowski, Robert Burnier	Wed/Thurs/Fri 9:00 AM - 3:00 PM In Person
Description This studio explores specific problems in each student's area of concentration and interest. Students are expected to command familiarity with problems of color, composition, and basic materials. Prerequisites Prerequisite: PTDW 3001, 3003 or 3030	Class Number 1908	Credits 9	Department Painting and Drawing Location MacLean Center 11th Floor
Advanced Painting Studio	4001 (002)	Sam Jaffe, James Lutes, Leah Ke Yi Zheng	Wed/Thurs/Fri 9:00 AM - 3:00 PM In Person
Description This studio explores specific problems in each student's area of concentration and interest. Students are expected to command familiarity with problems of color, composition, and basic materials. Prerequisites Prerequisite: PTDW 3001, 3003 or 3030	Class Number 1909	Credits 9	Department Painting and Drawing Location MacLean Center 11th Floor
Advanced Painting Studio	4001 (002)	Sam Jaffe, James Lutes, Leah Ke Yi Zheng	Wed/Thurs/Fri 9:00 AM - 3:00 PM In Person
Description This studio explores specific problems in each student's area of concentration and interest. Students are expected to command familiarity with problems of color, composition, and basic materials. Prerequisites Prerequisite: PTDW 3001, 3003 or 3030	Class Number 1909	Credits 9	Department Painting and Drawing Location MacLean Center 11th Floor
Advanced Painting Studio	4001 (002)	Sam Jaffe, James Lutes, Leah Ke Yi Zheng	Wed/Thurs/Fri 9:00 AM - 3:00 PM In Person
Description This studio explores specific problems in each student's area of concentration and interest. Students are expected to command familiarity with problems of color, composition, and basic materials. Prerequisites Prerequisite: PTDW 3001, 3003 or 3030	Class Number 1909	Credits 9	Department Painting and Drawing Location MacLean Center 11th Floor
Post-Bacc Painting Methods	4700 (001)	Josh Dihle	Thurs 3:30 PM - 9:15 PM In Person
Description This course is specifically designed for post-bacc painting students. This course is designed to present experienced students with an intensive survey of painting materials, methods, and processes. We will undertake a close examination of historical and contemporary painting techniques to harness the range of optical and material effects available within the medium. Students will learn by demonstration and direct exploration. We will seek control over pigments and binders as well as an understanding of the physical and chemical principles that underpin their archival use. Particular emphasis will be given to control in handling of color relationships, surface properties, and perceptual space. Mark David Gottsegen¿s The Painter¿s Handbook is the required course text. We will explore the production and handling of egg tempera, egg oil emulsion, casein, acrylic, and oil paints. In some cases, we will make our own paint. Students will learn various methods, including include surface preparation, underpainting, modeling form, glazing, and color mixing. We will contextualize these methods by looking at the work of historical and contemporary practitioners, from cave painting to Medieval altarpieces to today¿s painting innovators. The first half of the class will focus on a range of paints and processes. The second half will balance open-ended assignments with independent work while utilizing the materials and methods we¿ve learned. Students should expect to complete between 8 and 10 paintings over the course of the semester. Prerequisites Open to PBACC students only.	Class Number 2328	Credits 3	Department Painting and Drawing Location 280 Building Rm 318
Making a Life in the Arts: Professional Practice Studio for Post Baccs	4701 (001)	kg Gnatowski	Fri 12:15 PM - 3:00 PM In Person
Description This course is specifically designed for post-bacc painting students. In this course, students will explore and create their own definitions of success, starting with their preconceived notions of what it means to be a successful artist. We will break down outdated expectations and myths and will rebuild unique, personal, and fulfilling plans for a creative life. Hands-on writing labs, workshops research, field trips and guest artists will help shape student's possible career paths as they construct plans for navigating pathways through myriad art worlds. We will investigate a number of topics and tools that support a career in the arts, including: mind-mapping, goal-setting, creating professional materials (CV, statement, bio), applying to professional opportunities such as grants and residencies, studio visits, working with galleries, creating a working studio and installing one's work. Course material will include artists personal accounts of leading a creative life and tools they use to make projects more rich including guest artists and studio field trips. A lab style collaborative editing strategies will be employed for creating a CV, artist statement, bio and image portfolio preparing the cohort for MFA applications (if they so choose). This experiential learning will take place in-class focusing on participation, experimentation, observation and practice. The course tailors the experience in the class to the unique career goals of an international, multi-generational cohort of post-bacc students. This course involves numerous written assignments; students must be prepared to write and edit their work. Students will choose from a vast menu of short projects in order to tailor their experience in the class to their career goals. Final assignments will include 1) a clear personal vision of success; 2) steps for achieving short and long-term goals, and 3) refined professional materials suitable for application. Prerequisites Open to PBACC students only.	Class Number 2327	Credits 3	Department Painting and Drawing Location 280 Building Rm 120
Lives of the Artists	4900 (001)	Cameron Martin	Mon 12:15 PM - 3:00 PM In Person
Description In this class we will prepare the student for life out of school through looking at at the lives of artists through their writings and biographies. Artists writings/biographies will include Joan Mitchell, Fairfield Porter, Andrey Tarkovsky, Seth Price, Laura Owens, among others. Group critiques and a field trip to an artist studio will be included, as well as practical advice on documenting work and writing artist statements. Prerequisites Prerequisite: 3900 course	Class Number 1268	Credits 3	Department Painting and Drawing Area of Study Community & Social Engagement, Exhibition and Curatorial Studies Location 280 Building Rm 120

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