Course Description
The primary focus of this course is to familiarize students with basic digital skills and explore how these skills can be effectively used as tools for creating art. This art class is designed for students with good computer skills to learn and utilize the digital medium an emerging art form as well as a visual language that interfaces with the other art disciplines. This class is not a graphic design class, but rather an extension of the art making process utilizing digital tools. Discussion, research and studio projects will focus on contemporary art issues that have particular relevance to the digital medium. Students will learn Adobe Photoshop 7.0 in depth, and also work with ImageReady, Flash, Imovie, and Dreamweaver. Students will learn various input and output options including digital still and video cameras, scanning, and printing. There will a number of visiting artists throughout the semester lecturing and demonstrating about how they specifically use digital media as a tool for making their art.
Requirements
and Course Evaluations
Assignments
Eportfolios
Each
student is to maintain an eportfolio that will be an online web page comprised
of all projects, tutorials and research. (a Dreamweaver template will be
supplied). The root file for your portfolio is to remain in your assigned
prolab computer.
Readings
Readings
will include reading from the text Digital Art by Christine Paul
(available in the bookstore) and web sites as listed on the class schedule.
Research
Diary
Four
times in the semester you will be asked to conduct further research stemming
from readings and or artists presented in context of studio projects. This
research will be primarily web based and presented as ÔdiariesÕ to include
written summaries and downloaded images. Research diaries are to me posted in
your eportfolio by the dates specified on the schedule.
Software
Tutorials
You will
be assigned to complete various software tutorials from the Adobe Photoshop
7 Classroom in a Book (available at the bookstore). The image file that is
the product of each chapter is to be posted in your eportfolio.
Studio
Projects
You will
be assigned five projects throughout the semester. Projects will be introduced
with readings and slide lectures. Completed works must be post to your
eportfolio prior to critiques.
Attendance
Two
absences will be allowed. Each
additional absence will lower your attendance grade (15% of your final grade)
by one half a letter. You must stay in class for the full session to be counted
as present. Scheduled work times
are class periods set aside for you to work on assignments. You are expected to
be in the studio for the full class period just like any other organized class
period.
Grading
Attendance – 15%
Research Diaries – 20%
Tutorials–15%
Projects – 50%
Text
and Materials
You are required to purchase the two assigned texts. You will need to purchase printing vouchers at the bookstore as needed.