A slide-lecture survey of the visual arts and architecture. Analytical study of specific works and techniques, and consideration of broad contexts and principles.
Meets MSU-Northern General Education Core Humanities/Fine Arts (CAT VI) requirement. Montana University System Core Course
A lecture/studio course in investigating basic design elements: line, shape, texture, and value. The elements considered in the context of compositional principles.
Course Fee: $15.00 Meets MSU-Northern General Education Core Humanities/Fine Arts (CAT VI) requirement. Montana University System Core Course
An introduction to the fundamental graphic techniques of relief and intaglio printmaking including: woodcut, linocut, dry point, etching, and collograph.
Course Fee: $10.00 Meets MSU-Northern General Education Core Humanities/Fine Arts (CAT VI) requirement. Montana University System Core Course
Studio exercise in observational and imaginative drawing including rendering of the human figure. A variety of expressive techniques and media will be explored.
Metal sculpture is a lecture/studio course which is team taught by art and welding faculty. The course examines all phases of the creative process from concept to criticism of the finished form. Both abstract and representational sculpture will be examined with emphasis on welding fabrication.
Course Fee: $30.00 Meets MSU-Northern General Education Core Humanities/Fine Arts (CAT VI) requirement. Montana University System Core Course
Development of individual technique and expression in chosen painting medium/media. The student will continue to work with the painting medium taken as prerequisite for this course. Emphasis will be on composition as a means of expression.