Introduction To Fiber/Material Studies |
2000 (001) |
Carina Yepez |
Mon
9:00 AM - 3:00 PM
In Person
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Description
This course introduces students to a diverse range of textile materials, processes, histories, politics, traditions, and cultures of fiber and their relationships to contemporary art practice. Historical and contemporary approaches to process and materials are explored as students are introduced to a variety of fiber techniques in construction and surface application. Taught technique can include printing, tapestry weaving, immersion and resist dyeing, knitting, crochet, felting, coiling, hand embroidery, machine sewing, piecework, and embellishment. Textiles have rich and complex histories in all cultures. Examples from across time and place will be explored and discussed through visual presentations, assigned readings, in-class discussions, visiting artist lectures, and field trips. By the end of this course, students will become familiar with the formal, conceptual, expressive, and political potential of fiber as an expressive medium with limitless possibilities. Course work will vary but typically includes the creation of technical samples, critique projects, and reading responses.
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Class Number
1189
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Credits
3
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Department
Fiber and Material Studies
Location
Sharp 902
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Introduction To Fiber/Material Studies |
2000 (002) |
Alexandria Eregbu |
Wed
9:00 AM - 3:00 PM
In Person
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Description
This course introduces students to a diverse range of textile materials, processes, histories, politics, traditions, and cultures of fiber and their relationships to contemporary art practice. Historical and contemporary approaches to process and materials are explored as students are introduced to a variety of fiber techniques in construction and surface application. Taught technique can include printing, tapestry weaving, immersion and resist dyeing, knitting, crochet, felting, coiling, hand embroidery, machine sewing, piecework, and embellishment. Textiles have rich and complex histories in all cultures. Examples from across time and place will be explored and discussed through visual presentations, assigned readings, in-class discussions, visiting artist lectures, and field trips. By the end of this course, students will become familiar with the formal, conceptual, expressive, and political potential of fiber as an expressive medium with limitless possibilities. Course work will vary but typically includes the creation of technical samples, critique projects, and reading responses.
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Class Number
1190
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Credits
3
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Department
Fiber and Material Studies
Location
Sharp 902
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Introduction To Fiber/Material Studies |
2000 (003) |
Melissa Leandro |
Tues
9:00 AM - 3:00 PM
In Person
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Description
This course introduces students to a diverse range of textile materials, processes, histories, politics, traditions, and cultures of fiber and their relationships to contemporary art practice. Historical and contemporary approaches to process and materials are explored as students are introduced to a variety of fiber techniques in construction and surface application. Taught technique can include printing, tapestry weaving, immersion and resist dyeing, knitting, crochet, felting, coiling, hand embroidery, machine sewing, piecework, and embellishment. Textiles have rich and complex histories in all cultures. Examples from across time and place will be explored and discussed through visual presentations, assigned readings, in-class discussions, visiting artist lectures, and field trips. By the end of this course, students will become familiar with the formal, conceptual, expressive, and political potential of fiber as an expressive medium with limitless possibilities. Course work will vary but typically includes the creation of technical samples, critique projects, and reading responses.
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Class Number
1204
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Credits
3
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Department
Fiber and Material Studies
Location
Sharp 1014
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Introduction To Fiber/Material Studies |
2000 (004) |
Kira Keck |
Tues
9:00 AM - 3:00 PM
In Person
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Description
This course introduces students to a diverse range of textile materials, processes, histories, politics, traditions, and cultures of fiber and their relationships to contemporary art practice. Historical and contemporary approaches to process and materials are explored as students are introduced to a variety of fiber techniques in construction and surface application. Taught technique can include printing, tapestry weaving, immersion and resist dyeing, knitting, crochet, felting, coiling, hand embroidery, machine sewing, piecework, and embellishment. Textiles have rich and complex histories in all cultures. Examples from across time and place will be explored and discussed through visual presentations, assigned readings, in-class discussions, visiting artist lectures, and field trips. By the end of this course, students will become familiar with the formal, conceptual, expressive, and political potential of fiber as an expressive medium with limitless possibilities. Course work will vary but typically includes the creation of technical samples, critique projects, and reading responses.
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Class Number
1191
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Credits
3
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Department
Fiber and Material Studies
Location
Sharp 902
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Introduction To Fiber/Material Studies |
2000 (006) |
Sofía Fernández Díaz |
Thurs
9:00 AM - 3:00 PM
In Person
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Description
This course introduces students to a diverse range of textile materials, processes, histories, politics, traditions, and cultures of fiber and their relationships to contemporary art practice. Historical and contemporary approaches to process and materials are explored as students are introduced to a variety of fiber techniques in construction and surface application. Taught technique can include printing, tapestry weaving, immersion and resist dyeing, knitting, crochet, felting, coiling, hand embroidery, machine sewing, piecework, and embellishment. Textiles have rich and complex histories in all cultures. Examples from across time and place will be explored and discussed through visual presentations, assigned readings, in-class discussions, visiting artist lectures, and field trips. By the end of this course, students will become familiar with the formal, conceptual, expressive, and political potential of fiber as an expressive medium with limitless possibilities. Course work will vary but typically includes the creation of technical samples, critique projects, and reading responses.
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Class Number
1207
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Credits
3
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Department
Fiber and Material Studies
Location
Sharp 902
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Introduction To Fiber/Material Studies |
2000 (007) |
Vanessa Viruet |
Mon/Wed
6:45 PM - 9:15 PM
In Person
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Description
This course introduces students to a diverse range of textile materials, processes, histories, politics, traditions, and cultures of fiber and their relationships to contemporary art practice. Historical and contemporary approaches to process and materials are explored as students are introduced to a variety of fiber techniques in construction and surface application. Taught technique can include printing, tapestry weaving, immersion and resist dyeing, knitting, crochet, felting, coiling, hand embroidery, machine sewing, piecework, and embellishment. Textiles have rich and complex histories in all cultures. Examples from across time and place will be explored and discussed through visual presentations, assigned readings, in-class discussions, visiting artist lectures, and field trips. By the end of this course, students will become familiar with the formal, conceptual, expressive, and political potential of fiber as an expressive medium with limitless possibilities. Course work will vary but typically includes the creation of technical samples, critique projects, and reading responses.
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Class Number
1821
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Credits
3
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Department
Fiber and Material Studies
Location
Sharp 902
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Woven Structure Basics |
2002 (001) |
Danielle Andress |
Fri
9:00 AM - 3:00 PM
In Person
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Description
This course is an introduction to floor loom hand weaving through the study of basic weave structures, woven image techniques and fiber types. Traditional and experimental use of material and technique will be used to explore double weaves, painted warps and a variety of hand-manipulated techniques including tapestry, brocade and inlay. Students will study the global histories of woven cloth through a variety of readings, presentations, and class discussions. Works by artists such as Diedrick Brackens, Lenore Tawney, and Gunta Stolzl will be discussed as well as writings by thinkers such as Anni Albers, T'ai Smith, Dieter Hoffman-Axthelm as primary points of departure. Students will study basic weaving draft patterns and will complete independent research into artists and techniques of interest. The conceptual and material considerations of contemporary craft-based art will be a major component of this course. Students will produce 2-6 finished weavings over the course of the semester through their exploration and research of a variety of techniques on 4-harness floor looms.
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Class Number
1192
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Credits
3
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Department
Fiber and Material Studies
Location
Sharp 1011
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Print for Fabric and Alternative Materials I |
2004 (001) |
Sarita Garcia |
Wed
9:00 AM - 3:00 PM
In Person
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Description
In this course, a wide range of processes for screenprinting onto fabric and alternative substrates are demonstrated, including the use of textile inks, fiber reactive dyes, resist and discharge, and heat transfers of foils and disperse dyes. Students will use hand drawn, computer generated, and photographic images to explore foundational screen print techniques and concepts such as monoprinting, multiples, color relationships, composition, and basic repeat patterns. Interdisciplinary and experimental uses of the printed surface are encouraged throughout the development of personal research and practice. The class is augmented by relevant lectures, readings and visits to AIC, artist studios and galleries. Students present finished and in-process works at three critiques throughout the semester.
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Class Number
1205
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Credits
3
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Department
Fiber and Material Studies
Location
Sharp 905
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Stitch |
2005 (001) |
Christian Ortiz |
Mon
9:00 AM - 3:00 PM
In Person
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Description
This course explores various approaches to altering, enriching, and transforming the surface of pliable materials and forms. Emphasis is on the surface treatment and its relationship to structure while using conventional and non-conventional materials. Students work with a broad range of hand and machine stitching techniques that can include embroidery, embellishment, piecing, quilting, applique, and working with treatments like paints, dyes, adhesives, and collage. Special attention is paid to the histories of these techniques and how they are being utilized in contemporary art. Technical demonstrations, assigned readings, group discussions, lectures and field trips will augment student learning. The course is structured to support students in the development of their studio arts practice by equipping them with a variety of technical skills and encouraging them to pursue projects driven by their own formal, material, and conceptual concerns. Individual and group critiques are integral to the course. Course work will vary but typically includes the creation of samples, critique projects, and reading responses.
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Class Number
1199
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Credits
3
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Department
Fiber and Material Studies
Area of Study
Costume Design
Location
Sharp 1014
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Drawn to Print |
2016 (001) |
Nia Easley |
Tues
9:00 AM - 3:00 PM
In Person
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Description
A drawing is made whenever an object in motion touches the surface of another and evidence of their meeting is left behind. Images will be generated by examining a range of traditional and contemporary drawing techniques with an emphasis on analog processes and material exploration. Whether one?s style is gestural and improvisational or systemic and detail-oriented, drawing will be used as a device to access ideas and expand conceptual vocabulary. Printmaking then becomes an extension of the drawing process, infusing a richness of surface, color, texture, and layering. Examining the physical relationship between drawing and printing is a priority, with a focus on direct printing techniques such as monoprinting and heat transfers alongside hand-painting and collage. A strong emphasis will be placed on developing a personal and innovative visual language, as well as challenging notions of scale, site and material. Readings, slide presentations and field trips will focus on course related topics. Students present finished and in-process works at three critiques throughout the semester.
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Class Number
1200
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Credits
3
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Department
Fiber and Material Studies
Location
Sharp 905
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Soft Logic |
2018 (001) |
Nelly Agassi |
Thurs
9:00 AM - 3:00 PM
In Person
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Description
Throughout the course students will focus on the idea of softness and develop projects framed with readings on affect, intimacy, ?radical softness?, touch, and ?soft? identities so as to tease out ideas on what it means to be soft. Students will be introduced and encouraged to experiment from texture to form with hand manipulated and machine techniques like reverse needle felting, latch hooking, tucking, stabilizing, boning, armature building, fabric heat manipulating, natural dyeing, flocking, and fringe crocheting. Readings will include Sara Ahmed?s ?Happy Objects?, Alexander Thereoux?s ?Soft Balm, Soft Menace?, and Sianne Ngai?s ?The Cuteness of the Avant-Garde?. Two experimentation samples will be required in order to manifest these conceptual underpinnings through a variety of techniques. These samples act as playful guides that leads to two major projects with written statements. This course also require artist and reading presentations.
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Class Number
1201
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Credits
3
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Department
Fiber and Material Studies
Area of Study
Costume Design
Location
Sharp 1014
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Natural Dye |
2032 (001) |
Christian Ortiz |
Sat
10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
In Person
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Description
Students learn how to translate colors from the natural world into textiles, by using natural dyes foraged from plants, as well as dye concentrates and indigo, for immersion and direct dye applications. Complex surface design patterns are created through the Japanese resist process of shibori. Chemistry, color theory, material manipulations, and research provide a technical foundation for the creation of projects within the expanded field of textiles.
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Class Number
2452
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Credits
3
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Department
Fiber and Material Studies
Location
Sharp 904
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Tapestry |
2037 (002) |
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Mon/Wed
6:45 PM - 9:15 PM
In Person
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Description
The class will examine the many possibilities of creating woven forms using a tapestry loom (also called a frame loom). Students will begin by experimenting with the basic techniques of tapestry and plain weave as they explore ways of creating surface, image, texture and various color effects within a woven form. Students will then learn more complex tapestry weaving techniques. A variety of tapestry looms will be considered, including possibilities for constructing looms of varying dimensions and sizes. Contemporary weaving projects, along with historical references, will be presented through discussions, visual presentations, demonstrations, readings, and close-up examinations of woven textiles. This course is open to all levels. Tapestry works by contemporary artists such as Diedrick Brackens, kg, Erin M. Riley, Terri Friedman, Aiko Tezuka, Josh Faught, Julia Bland, Sarah Zapata, and Erasto ?Tito? Mendoza will be shown, together with seminal works by artists whose tapestry works spurred the emergence of the field of fiber in the 1950s through early 1970s: Trude Guermonprez, Anni Albers, Lenore Tawney, Olgs de Amaral, Tadeusz Beutlich, and Magdalena Abakanowicz. Contemporary frame loom weaving will be contextualized through visual presentations and readings exploring relevant histories of weaving across the Americas, Asia, Africa, Europe, and the Middle East, together with examples of present day weaving workshops and institutions like the Museo Textil de Oaxaca (Mexico), the Centro de Textiles Tradicionales del Cusco (Peru),the Manufacture Nationale des Tapisseries Senegal (Senegal), and Sadu House (Kuwait). Course work will vary but typically includes the creation of woven samples, 3 or 4 finished works, reading responses, and short research assignments and/or presentations.
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Class Number
2460
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Credits
3
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Department
Fiber and Material Studies
Area of Study
Gender and Sexuality, Community & Social Engagement, Digital Communication
Location
Sharp 1005
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Craft and Object in Contemporary Art |
2900 (036) |
Stacia Laura Yeapanis |
Wed
12:15 PM - 3:00 PM
In Person
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Description
The word 'craft' has been used both as a badge of honor and as a dismissive slur. This seminar will explore the stereotypes, the history and the changing status of craft in relation to contemporary art in America. We will read essays by craft theorists and makers including Marie Lo, M. Anna Fariello, Bruce Metcalf, L.J. Roberts and Namita Gupta Wiggers and watch the PBS Docuseries 'Craft in America' to help us triangulate an ever-shifting definition of craft. Students will bring previously-critiqued, in-process and revised work to 3 critiques, where an emphasis will be placed not just on WHAT objects mean but also HOW they mean. Course work includes weekly free-writing, reading discussions, and several assignments designed to help students articulate their artistic concerns and contextualize their work.
Prerequisites
Prerequisite: Must be a sophomore to enroll.
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Class Number
2214
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Credits
3
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Department
Fiber and Material Studies
Location
Lakeview - 1427
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Advanced Stitch |
3005 (001) |
Melissa Leandro |
Fri
9:00 AM - 3:00 PM
In Person
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Description
In Advanced Stitch- Students pursue a strong personal direction while continuing to develop a technical vocabulary and conceptual concerns. Moving across hand stitching and embroidery to using free motion sewing machines, the long arm quilting machines and digital embroidery machines, the class explores themes of gesture, line, speed, slowness, process, and materiality, with an emphasis on surface manipulation and scale. Group critiques encourage individual goals and develop an ongoing dialogue about contemporary issues. Field trips, group discussions, visual presentations, and readings will augment this studio-focused course. Course work will vary but typically includes critique projects, samples, and reading responses.
Prerequisites
FIBER 2005 or Sophomore Level
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Class Number
1198
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Credits
3
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Department
Fiber and Material Studies
Location
Sharp 1014
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Permeable Membranes |
3016 (001) |
Jade Yumang |
Fri
9:00 AM - 3:00 PM
In Person
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Description
A membrane is a thin, typically planar structure or material that separates two environments, be those physical, molecular, or cultural. This class investigates this transitional space, and the potential for movement and transgression through it. Membrane structures are developed as surfaces, forms, and spatial relationships through techniques like chenille quilting, free motion sewing with a soluble membrane, nuno felting, papermaking in 2D and 3D, resist wax dyeing (batik), dip and wick dyeing, fabric burnout (devore) through silkscreening, protein/cellulose combination dyeing, and jacquard crocheting. Readings on conceptual permeability will include Jean Baudrillard?s ?Simulacra and Simulations?, Andrew Ballantyne?s ?Remaking the Self in Heterotopia?, Homi K. Bhabha?s ?On `hybridity? and `moving beyond??, and Roger Cardinal?s ?Secrecy?. Techniques will be divided into three major projects with written statements. This course also requires artist and reading presentations.
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Class Number
1197
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Credits
3
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Department
Fiber and Material Studies
Location
Sharp 902
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Digital Jacquard Weaving: Zeroes and Ones |
3017 (001) |
Danielle Andress |
Thurs, Thurs
9:00 AM - 3:00 PM, 9:00 AM - 3:00 PM
In Person
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Description
The computer driven Jacquard goes beyond the limitations of a floor loom by interfacing with a computer to allow for direct control of individual threads. This course explores the historical and conceptual interstices of digital technology and hand weaving through the use of this loom Utilizing Photoshop and Jacquard weaving software, students will realize projects that begin with digital source material and result in hand woven constructions. The strongly debated connection between the Jacquard loom?s use of punched cards and the history of computers will be central to the course, as will the contemporary use of the loom as a new media tool. Studio work will blend work at the computer, weaving on the loom, reading, research and critical discussion.
Prerequisites
Prerequisite: Sophomore-level or above.
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Class Number
2215
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Credits
3
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Department
Fiber and Material Studies
Area of Study
Digital Imaging
Location
Sharp 1005, Sharp 1011
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The Unpainted Picture |
3028 (001) |
Alexandria Eregbu |
Thurs
9:00 AM - 3:00 PM
In Person
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Description
This studio course will consider how to compose a picture plane with a variety of materials including paper collage, fabric piecing, applique, heat press, direct dye application and other handwork, to create line and form. Students will make use of drawing and form invention methods including stitching and dying, in conjunction with, or in place of, painted surfaces. Projects and critiques will address the critical use of compositional elements and materials within the picture plane.
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Class Number
1922
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Credits
3
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Department
Fiber and Material Studies
Location
Sharp 905
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Sculptural Basket Weaving |
3037 (001) |
Kate Smith |
Wed
9:00 AM - 3:00 PM
In Person
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Description
In this studio course students will explore basket weaving techniques and their interconnectedness to the history and traditions of the craft. The class will utilize both traditional and non-traditional methods and materials to investigate new ways of creative expression while carrying the long, multi-cultural basket weaving tradition. Readings may include Revered Vessels: Custom and Innovation in Harari Basketry and Hybrid Basketry: Interweaving Digital Practice within Contemporary Craft. Students will be introduced to Native North American basket weaving and the ancient baskets of both Egypt and Israel to bring an understanding of the contemporary craft through its historical origins. Artists such as Hayakawa Shokosai, the Campana Brothers, and Ruth Asawa will be a point of reference for the class as a way to connect their own conceptual framework to this traditionally utilitarian craft. Students should expect to produce a variety of technique-based samples as well as a midterm and a final culminating project. This course requires an artist presentation and assigned readings. Students will reflect on the readings with written responses to connect contemporary works with historical craft.
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Class Number
2388
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Credits
3
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Department
Fiber and Material Studies
Area of Study
Art/Design and Politics
Location
Sharp 1014
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How to be an Artist at Night |
3900 (001) |
Jess Atieno Ounga |
Tues
12:15 PM - 3:00 PM
In Person
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Description
This professional practice course that focuses on preparing for all things life after school. As scaffolding throughout the course we will explore the text, How to be an artist at night by Raqs media collective to explore a range of questions and themes in art practice at the intersection of contemporary life. What constitutes an education for the real world? How do we grow a community that supports and is in conversation with our work? What are the professional skills we need to sustain our practice outside the studio? How do we write about, talk about and present our work? What are the practices of self care we can cultivate to fuel our creativity? Other readings will include teaching to transgress- Bell Hooks, The Artist's Guide: How to make a living doing what you love- Jackie Battenfield, The Social Production of Art- Janet Wolff. We will also watch and respond to short films. Course work will vary but will typically include writing an artist statement, bio and exhibition proposal.
Prerequisites
Prerequisite: 2900 course
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Class Number
1939
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Credits
3
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Department
Fiber and Material Studies
Area of Study
Exhibition and Curatorial Studies, Public Space, Site, Landscape, Social Media and the Web
Location
MacLean 818
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Sustainable Practice/Sustainable Life |
3900 (001) |
Stacia Laura Yeapanis |
Fri
12:15 PM - 3:00 PM
In Person
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Description
This professional practice seminar emphasizes sustainability (emotional, economic, and environmental) as key for living artists. Each student will develop a sustainable work flow for organizing opportunities, documenting expenses, and applying for exhibitions, grants and residencies. Emphasis will be placed on sustainable material sourcing, both for environmental concerns and our own economic needs. Discussions and readings will revolve around how to keep making art, even when life gets in the way. Students will learn practical skills that serve their work (tweaking artist statements for various opportunities, developing and maintaining a website, ongoing research ) along with stress-management techniques (organized work flow, time-management, knowing when to take a break and how to rest more effectively, peer-to-peer support, dealing with rejection). This course will address the myriad ways studio artists get paid outside the commercial gallery system via recorded interviews with living artists. Readings include 'Art and Fear' (David Bayles and Ted Orlando) and 'Artists Gotta Eat and Other Things We Forget to Remember' by Tempesst Hazel. Past Visiting Artists have included Selina Trepp, who uses and reuses the material in her studio, and Sadie Woods, who is an artist, curator and DJ. Similar Visiting Artists will be chosen in future semesters. Each student will create a personal opportunities database, create a submission for the opportunity of their choice, write an artist statement, bio and CV, build a portfolio website, give an artist talk and develop a sustainable plan for sourcing materials and managing stress.
Prerequisites
Prerequisite: 2900 course
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Class Number
1938
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Credits
3
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Department
Fiber and Material Studies
Area of Study
Exhibition and Curatorial Studies, Public Space, Site, Landscape, Social Media and the Web
Location
Lakeview - 202
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Advanced Woven Structure |
4003 (001) |
Kira Keck |
Mon
9:00 AM - 3:00 PM
In Person
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Description
This intensive studio course will focus on weaving and its relation to the evolving landscapes of contemporary art, cultural production, and identity. Working with multi-harness floor looms, students will engage rigorous conceptual questions in abstraction, figuration, sculptural form, spatial intervention, performative action, technology, and language to develop a mature body of woven work. Vocabulary will be expanded through the study of complex woven constructions, digital drafting, and dye processes. Feminist, queer, and decolonial approaches to weaving will be introduced and encouraged. Designed for advanced students, this course engenders an interdisciplinary weaving practice by blurring the boundaries between fiber, critical craft, painting, material culture, sculpture, textile history, architecture, and technology studies. Students will consider the history and the future of the field through a varying roster of artists including significant figures such as Sheila Hicks, Lenore Tawney, Magdalena Abakanowicz, and Olga de Amaral alongside contemporary generations such as Sonya Clark, Miguel Arzabe, Diedrick Brackens, Erin M. Riley, Josh Faught, Samantha Bittman, and Cecilia Vicuña. This work will be supported by texts that typically include Anni Albers, Legacy Russel, T'ai Smith, Julia Bryan-Wilson, and César Paternosto. Critical discussion of core texts and individualized research will occur in tandem with weekly studio activity. Students will produce a series of studies and 2 - 4 fully realized woven works that will be developed through in-process discussions and presented in major critique settings. This course facilitates self-directed investigation of concept and technique in hand weaving.
Prerequisites
FIBER 2002 or Junior & above
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Class Number
1193
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Credits
3
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Department
Fiber and Material Studies
Location
Sharp 1011
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Advanced Fiber and Material Studies Studio |
4005 (001) |
L Vinebaum, Danielle Andress |
Tues/Thurs
9:00 AM - 3:00 PM
In Person
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Description
This course provides an interdisciplinary forum for in-depth critiques and exploration of students' individual directions within the context of contemporary art. This is a team-taught class and will utilize both instructors for critiques and group activities. Emphasis is on individual studio practice and the development of a more cohesive body of work within a faculty mentorship and peer-to-peer learning structure. Technical and conceptual input will be provided on a tutorial basis. Group discussions, readings, field trips to current exhibitions, and visiting lecturers augment this class. Professional practices will focus on the creation and display of discrete objects and/or installation work for the BFA Exhibition, supported by developing or refining a professional resume and an artist statement. Documentation of individual work for inclusion on the Fiber & Material Studies web page is also required. The print, dye, sewing, and mixed media facilities of the department are available to enrolled students to use. This class is for a minimum of 6 credit hours and is held weekly over a two-day period on Tuesdays and Thursdays. Open to Juniors and Seniors with instructor permission and signature. Course work varies but typically includes the production of major studio projects for critique, student presentations, professional development assignments, documentation of work, and the installation of work in the class display case and an open studio event.
Prerequisites
Open to students at Junior level and above.
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Class Number
1194
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Credits
6
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Department
Fiber and Material Studies
Location
Sharp 1001
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Advanced Fiber and Material Studies Studio |
4005 (001) |
L Vinebaum, Danielle Andress |
Tues/Thurs
9:00 AM - 3:00 PM
In Person
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Description
This course provides an interdisciplinary forum for in-depth critiques and exploration of students' individual directions within the context of contemporary art. This is a team-taught class and will utilize both instructors for critiques and group activities. Emphasis is on individual studio practice and the development of a more cohesive body of work within a faculty mentorship and peer-to-peer learning structure. Technical and conceptual input will be provided on a tutorial basis. Group discussions, readings, field trips to current exhibitions, and visiting lecturers augment this class. Professional practices will focus on the creation and display of discrete objects and/or installation work for the BFA Exhibition, supported by developing or refining a professional resume and an artist statement. Documentation of individual work for inclusion on the Fiber & Material Studies web page is also required. The print, dye, sewing, and mixed media facilities of the department are available to enrolled students to use. This class is for a minimum of 6 credit hours and is held weekly over a two-day period on Tuesdays and Thursdays. Open to Juniors and Seniors with instructor permission and signature. Course work varies but typically includes the production of major studio projects for critique, student presentations, professional development assignments, documentation of work, and the installation of work in the class display case and an open studio event.
Prerequisites
Open to students at Junior level and above.
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Class Number
1194
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Credits
6
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Department
Fiber and Material Studies
Location
Sharp 1001
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Advanced Print for FMS in the Expanded Field |
4007 (001) |
Jess Atieno Ounga |
Fri
9:00 AM - 3:00 PM
In Person
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Description
This class enables students to develop personal conceptual concerns and expand their existing knowledge of a range of print processes within the expanded field of FMS. Independently guided projects will be based on students' proposals and the development of conceptual inquiries in conjunction with appropriate methods and material. Students will advance their printing techniques at it relates to their individual directions. Advanced techniques include; large scale, repeat structures, color layering, CMYK and experimental alternative processes. The relevance of screen-printing, what it offers the expanded field of contemporary art/design practice and issues of display and installation will be discussed and explored. Students work within the communal studios that are FMS (print, dye, and sewing labs, and the Textile Resource Center) creating a foundational peer driven atmosphere. Writing will be practiced and discussed in relation to an artist statement and project proposals. Student driven research guides project development and is supported with critiques, readings and exhibition visits. Students present finished and in-process work at several critiques over the course of the semester.
Prerequisites
FIBER 2004 or Junior & above
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Class Number
1992
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Credits
3
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Department
Fiber and Material Studies
Location
Sharp 905
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Digital Jacquard Weaving: Zeroes and Ones II |
4017 (001) |
Danielle Andress |
Thurs, Thurs
9:00 AM - 3:00 PM, 9:00 AM - 3:00 PM
In Person
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Description
The computer driven Jacquard goes beyond the limitations of a floor loom by interfacing with a computer to allow for direct control of individual threads. This course explores the historical and conceptual interstices of digital technology and hand weaving through the use of this loom. Utilizing Photoshop and Jacquard weaving software, students realize projects that begin with digital source material and result in hand woven constructions. The strongly debated connection between the Jacquard loom's use of punched cards and the history of computers is central to the course, as is the contemporary use of the loom as a new media tool. Studio work blends work at the computer, weaving on the loom, reading, research and critical discussion. A personal laptop computer is required for this course. This course is a continuation of FIBER 3017.
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Class Number
2216
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Credits
3
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Department
Fiber and Material Studies
Location
Sharp 1005, Sharp 1011
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Micro/Macro Textiles: Artist Research |
4018 (001) |
Isaac Facio |
Sat
1:00 PM - 3:45 PM
In Person
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Description
This seminar will use the Textile Resource Center of the Department of Fiber and Material Studies as source material to explore artist research practices. An emphasis will be placed on slow looking and hands-on study of objects to gain an understanding of textile and fiber structures, material choices, modes of fabrication and production, while assessing larger frames of cultural context, meaning and metaphor. Through thoughtful guided close observation, we will learn about the complex lives of objects and the stories that they tell us to inspire and act as a foundation for our own creative work. Classroom guests will include artists and scholars from areas in conservation, science and technology, and anthropology to extend our perspectives in how we view and understand objects. We will take field trips to Chicago area museums and collections, and also address topics in collections care, exhibition, installation, curation, and collections management. Students will be expected to develop studio work, written research, and class presentations. Exploring these materials through drawing, notation, photography, video, live action, and remaking will be considered.
Prerequisites
Prerequisite: Sophomore-level or above.
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Class Number
1202
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Credits
3
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Department
Fiber and Material Studies
Area of Study
Exhibition and Curatorial Studies
Location
Sharp 1003
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Advanced Papermaking |
4027 (001) |
Andrea Peterson |
Sat
10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
In Person
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Description
This course will instruct advanced students to explore personal concepts through projects utilizing traditional methodology and contemporary paper art processes to create new works of art in a unique medium. The contemporary processes will include pulp imaging, watermarking, fiber manipulation through restraint drying, as well as others processes discovered by the individual artists by trial by extensive studio work. The malleability of the material will allow new methods of making, created at the moment, due to the nature of the individual projects at hand. Since this a fairly new and unique field of studio work We will review and discuss professional artists and studios working in the field of paper arts through websites, images, writings and professional reviews, such as David Hockney’s pool series using pulp imaging as medium, Lesley Dill’s using it as a type of performative language and Arlene Shechet’s utilizing the medium to create maps of ritual places into sculptural forms embodying reliquary and vessel as figure. We will have group critiques as well as individual critiques to assist in the creation of a body of work. Students will participate in 3 critiques toward a progressive completion of a body of artwork.
Prerequisites
Open to students at Junior level and above.
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Class Number
1993
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Credits
3
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Department
Fiber and Material Studies
Area of Study
Public Space, Site, Landscape, Art and Science, Sustainable Design
Location
Sharp 1014
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Advanced Fiber and Material Studies Studio |
4900 (001) |
L Vinebaum, Danielle Andress |
Tues/Thurs
9:00 AM - 3:00 PM
In Person
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Description
This course provides an interdisciplinary forum for in-depth critiques and exploration of students' individual directions within the context of contemporary art. This is a team-taught class and will utilize both instructors for critiques and group activities. Emphasis is on individual studio practice and the development of a more cohesive body of work within a faculty mentorship and peer-to-peer learning structure. Technical and conceptual input will be provided on a tutorial basis. Group discussions, readings, field trips to current exhibitions, and visiting lecturers augment this class. Professional practices will focus on the creation and display of discrete objects and/or installation work for the BFA Exhibition, supported by developing or refining a professional resume and an artist statement. Documentation of individual work for inclusion on the Fiber & Material Studies web page is also required. The print, dye, sewing, and mixed media facilities of the department are available to enrolled students to use. This class is for a minimum of 6 credit hours and is held weekly over a two-day period on Tuesdays and Thursdays. Open to Juniors and Seniors with instructor permission and signature. Course work varies but typically includes the production of major studio projects for critique, student presentations, professional development assignments, documentation of work, and the installation of work in the class display case and an open studio event.
Prerequisites
Prerequisite: 3900 course
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Class Number
1203
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Credits
6
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Department
Fiber and Material Studies
Location
Sharp 1001
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Advanced Fiber and Material Studies Studio |
4900 (001) |
L Vinebaum, Danielle Andress |
Tues/Thurs
9:00 AM - 3:00 PM
In Person
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Description
This course provides an interdisciplinary forum for in-depth critiques and exploration of students' individual directions within the context of contemporary art. This is a team-taught class and will utilize both instructors for critiques and group activities. Emphasis is on individual studio practice and the development of a more cohesive body of work within a faculty mentorship and peer-to-peer learning structure. Technical and conceptual input will be provided on a tutorial basis. Group discussions, readings, field trips to current exhibitions, and visiting lecturers augment this class. Professional practices will focus on the creation and display of discrete objects and/or installation work for the BFA Exhibition, supported by developing or refining a professional resume and an artist statement. Documentation of individual work for inclusion on the Fiber & Material Studies web page is also required. The print, dye, sewing, and mixed media facilities of the department are available to enrolled students to use. This class is for a minimum of 6 credit hours and is held weekly over a two-day period on Tuesdays and Thursdays. Open to Juniors and Seniors with instructor permission and signature. Course work varies but typically includes the production of major studio projects for critique, student presentations, professional development assignments, documentation of work, and the installation of work in the class display case and an open studio event.
Prerequisites
Prerequisite: 3900 course
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Class Number
1203
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Credits
6
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Department
Fiber and Material Studies
Location
Sharp 1001
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