Instructor: Ross A Brown Summer 2015
E-mail:
www.owingsbrownstudio.com
Phone: (425) 564-2233 (wood shop) office, (425) 564-2586
Office: C154 A
Office hours: Monday through Thursday, 12:30-1:30, if you need to find me look in C 160
ART 112 Three Dimensional Design
Course Outcomes:
1) Conceptualization; how does one form ideas. The creative process, originality and sources.
2) Design; Ideas becoming physical. The student will have the experience of four basic elements of mass, space, time, and light.
3) Craftsmanship; The student will have the experience of working with a variety of materials. In this process the student will learn the safe operation of the tools needed to complete the task.
4) Research; The student will learn the importance of the creative process.
5) Students will develop attitudes toward creative activity that will be useful regardless of their future professions.
6) Students will develop vocabulary, both visual and verbal to serve as the basis for constructive criticism and exchange of ideas.
Course goals and objectives:
This course will cover the four basic design elements used in creating in three dimensions, mass, space, Time, and light. Working in three dimensions is characterized by its physicality. Three-dimensional objects exist in real space; they are tactile; they are responsive to variations in light and point of view; they elicit response to material as well as form. Engineering is an issue of believability as well as of manufacture. The primary goal of this course is to help students develop an understanding and appreciation of the interaction of form in space and the effect of time and light on both of these elements and ways to manipulate them. Another goal of this course is to develop a shared vocabulary, both visual and verbal, to facilitate further work. This shared vocabulary serves as the basis for the constructive criticism and exchange of ideas that are important in the formal study of art.
Student reading component:
1) Research on projects will require the use of the library or Internet (see section on notebook/sketchbook requirements).
2) Students will be required to follow written instructions on all projects.
Student writing component:
1) Students will describe, analyze, critique, and write about the visual characteristics of works of art (description, observation, analysis, and reflection).
Student oral component:
1) Students will give an oral report on public art.
2) Students will be required to discuss the results of their projects as well as of the works of other students using vocabulary learned from class lectures.
Subject area content standards to be addressed:
1) Art criticism, reflection and analysis.
2) Art history, the evolution of thoughts and ideas expressed in visual terms.
3) Art production, the experience of process and materials to express a visual idea?
4) Aesthetics, the discussion of the principles that underlie human values. Context, content, and intent.
This course will prepare students for:
1) Integrated and interdisciplinary learning: Students will connect and apply what they learn about 3 D art to other art forms, subject areas and careers.
2) In a variety of research projects and studio projects students will be required to be self-directed learners.
3) All activities that focus on creative expression will require students to be effective visual communicators.
4) Working on projects in the studio setting will make students better collaborative workers.
5) In planning strategies for successful art projects and in problem solving during project development, students will be constructive thinkers.
6) In creating quality art works that show pride in workmanship, students will be quality producers.
7) In caring for supplies, tools, and materials, students will be responsible citizens.
Grading
The student should be cognoscente that this is a studio class and this means that the student’s interaction with the instructor and his or her classmates creates the best and most effective learning environment. With this in mind students are expected to attend all studios and labs. Attendance can affect a student’s grade. Students will be evaluated on two “design/ build” studio projects and one outside assignment. The two “Design/ Build” projects will be evaluated on five areas, Understanding of design concept (the idea), design (the object), craftsmanship, creativity, and studio participation (attendance). Each will be valued fro 0 to 4 points. Then an average of the five scores will be given. In addition each “design/build” project will need to be accompanied with a journal (in notebook, sketchbook or in an electronic form). This journal will also be evaluated for conceptualization, Artist research, and process and materials (see “What you need in your sketchbook/notebook” posted on the class web site). Each of the tree areas will be evaluated from 0 to 4 points and then an average of the tree will be recorded. The project grade will be worth 50 % and the journal will be worth 50% for each project. The outside assignment will be evaluated on the student’s presentation to be given on public art. The student will be evaluated on their understanding of the four basic 3D design elements of mass, space, time and light used in the public art work (worth 0 to 4 points), and who did the work and other background material, (worth 0 to 4 points), and the quality of their documentation of the art work (photography),( worth 0 to 4 points). Then an average of the three scores will be calculated.
Note: All three assignments have equal value and so an average of the final scores of the two “design build” projects and the public art assignment will be calculated to arrive at a final grade.
Books and materials
A list of books that the student might find useful for this course will be posted on the class web site. There are no required readings.
There are wide ranges of materials that the student might use to create each project. Your lab fee will cover some basic materials, but if you find that you would like to work with other materials this will be at your own expense. Expenses for this class will range from $0 to the national debt.
Shop safety
It is our intention to get your attention concerning your safety and the safety of others in the C 160 shop. As a student entering into this shop you must recognize that there are certain risks inherent in working with industrial tools, including, but not limited to the exposure to high heat, loud noises, the use of sharp edged power tools, exposure to dusts and fumes and other industrial shop hazards. The instructor and the shop technician will instruct you in the safe and proper way to work in this shop.
Note from the instructor: Ross A Brown
As a professional artist over the past 40 years I have lived in a culture that gives me the right to express my visual thoughts as I see fit. With this freedom I have created works that have met with success, but none with failure even though it my have felt like it at the time. I feel that for this freedom that is given I have the responsibility to share my visual opinions even if no one buys them. I share my passion for art by continuing to create it, by showing in traditional art galleries, by showing them in public gardens, and most importantly by teaching what I love to do to others.
Affirmation of Inclusion:
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We value our different backgrounds at Bellevue College, and students, faculty, staff members, and administrators are to treat one another with dignity and respect.
Religious Holidays
Students who expect to miss classes, examinations, or any other assignments as a consequence of their religious observance should be provided with a reasonable alternative opportunity to complete such academic responsibilities. It is the obligation of students to provide faculty with reasonable notice of the dates of religious holidays on which they will be absent, preferably at the beginning of the term. Students who are absent on days of examinations or class assignments should be offered an opportunity to make up the work without penalty (if they have previously arranged to be absent), unless it can be demonstrated that a makeup opportunity would constitute an unreasonable burden on a member of the faculty. Should disagreement arise over what constitutes an unreasonable burden or any element of this policy, parties involved should consult the department chair, or Dean.
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Note from instructor:
I feel that art is a global visual language and can be shared by anyone with anyone. So I invite you to have this conversation with your fellow students and me.
Student Code:
Any act of academic dishonesty, including cheating, plagiarism (using the ideas or words of another as one’s own without crediting the source), and fabrication and inappropriate/disruptive classroom behavior are violations of the Student Code of Conduct at Bellevue College. Examples of unacceptable behavior include, but are not limited to, talking out of turn, arriving late or leaving early without a valid reason, allowing cell phones/pagers to ring, and inappropriate behavior toward the instructor or classmates. The instructor can refer any violation of the Student Code of Conduct to the Dean of Student Success for investigation. Specific student rights, responsibilities, and appeal procedures are listed in the Student Code of Conduct at: Student Code
[If you plan to use a plagiarism checking service, you should indicate so in your syllabus. Please make sure your penalty for plagiarism does not contradict official college policy. You may find it simplest to not specify a penalty and simply refer all cases to the Dean for investigation. Incident reports can be filed at http://www.bellevuecollege.edu/reportconcerns/ ]
Note from instructor:
To copy someone else’s idea identically will not assist you in developing your own opinion, but understanding how they came up with that idea will.
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