student work

A sequenced investigation into the dynamics of various organizing principles using traditional and contemporary media (i.e. photography, photo-copying, computer graphics, etc.).  Students learn fundamentals of value manipulation as determinants of visual order.  Elements of visual literacy provide a basis for the study of composition, including focal point(s), directional elements, and visual weight.

A second semester Foundation course focused on researching and exploring practices of creativity that bridge art/design disciplines.  Students are exposed to a diverse range of concepts, materials, and methods for thinking and working creatively.  In-class activities promote the documentation of individual creative processes and the synthesis of intuitive, culturally-constructed, and personal impulses into inventive visual responses.