Continuation of the study of expressive and formal aesthetics of Intaglio processes. Studio practice and investigation of artistic attitudes as exemplified through historical perspectives, traditional, and contemporary usages. Building a body of work in this course is the goal. May be repeated up to 18 total credit hours. Taught with ARTS 3403/4403. Requisites: Restricted to Studio Arts or Art History (AASA or AAAH) graduate students only.
Puts students in touch with various rural landscapes in Colorado, including the High Plains region near the town of Last Chance. This course takes place off campus each summer during maymester. This course focuses on site-based approaches to art creation and is designed as an experiential course, meaning that students learn through the experience of place, and then by the process of making. After introductions to each site, students will be responsible for a site interpretation piece utilizing various mediums including photography, drawing, land art, and collaboration. Same as ARTS 4444. Requisites: Restricted to graduate students only.
Traces the history and aesthetics of avant-garde/ experimental films in light of similar ideas found in the other arts, particularly painting, poetry, photography and music. Topics covered include Dadaand the early avant-garde; surrealism and psychodramas; Brakhage and abstract expressionism; feminist arts and film since the 1980s; the idea of the sublime in painting, music, and film; landscape in painting, photography, and film; post-modernism and the cinema; queer theory, gender/identity politics, and aesthetics of recent films; and specific multiple disciplinary artists such as Andy Warhol, Michael Snow,Helen Levitt, and Gunvor Nelson. Same as FILM 4453. Requisites: Requires prerequisite course of FILM 1502 (minimum grade D-). Restricted to graduate students only.
Covers the history of sound art from Luigi Russolo and his noise machine during the Futurist Movement to today's experimental music/sound art contributions. Students will listen to sound art works by artists in all areas of sound art, as well as read about theoretical views on sound art. Same as ARTS 4457. Requisites: Restricted to graduate students only.
Advanced exploration of creative cinema production through short production and post-production projects. Course focuses on the tactics and strategies of independent cinema production exploring either documentary, experimental, or narrative genres. May be repeated up to 9 total credit hours. Same as FILM 4500. Requisites: Requires prerequisite course of FILM 3400 (minimum grade D-). Restricted to graduate students only.
Explores creative approaches to single camera digital cinematography through short projects, discussions, and screenings. Relates creative photography and poetic approaches to the digital camera cinema. May be repeated up to 9 total credit hours. Same as FILM 4600. Requisites: Requires prerequisite courses of FILM 2000, 3600, or ARTS 4246 or 5346 (all minimum grade D-). Restricted to Film Studies (FILM) majors only.
Seminar for the serious round table discussion and critique of film as an art form, emphasizing development of appropriate verbal and written language skills for description of film. May be repeated upto 6 total credit hours. Same as FILM 4604. Requisites: Restricted to graduate students only.
Examines how art is used as an agent for social change. Among topics addressed by artists interested in social change are: immigration, HIV/AIDS, illness/disease, ecology/the environment, feminism, gay and lesbian issues, war, violence, racial and ethnic minorities, etc. Same as ARTS 4607. Requisites: Restricted to graduate students only.
Explores advanced graduate studio work in a seminar setting. The course will focus on the development of ideas and activities which advance creative image making. May be repeated up to 12 total credit hours. Requisites: Restricted to graduate students only.
May be repeated up to 18 total credit hours. Same as ARTH 4929. Requisites: Restricted to graduate students or Art History Concurrent Degree (C-AAAH) or Film & Art History Concurrent Degree (C-FILMAAAH) students only.
