Visual Arts Courses
Spring 2024
Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator Basics
Gus RamirezAdvanced Art History Practicum
J. Vanessa LyonAdvanced Ceramic Sculpture: Build Big
Anina MajorAdvanced Projects in Film and Video
Jen LiuAdvanced Workshop for Painting and Drawing: the Contemporary Idiom
J BlackwellAnimation Projects
Sue ReesBeginning Wheel Throwing
Aysha PeltzColor Photography: History and Practice
Jonathan KlineCurator, Artist, Impresario: Modes of Exhibition Making
Anne ThompsonCURRENT STRATEGIES FOR COMPOSITION AND PERFORMANCE: sound, movement, vision
Elliott SharpDeco Depression: Representing Race, Gender, and Sexuality between the Wars
J. Vanessa LyonDecolonizing Art Methods
Jen LiuDeep Looking: An Introduction to Drawing
Beverly AchaDevising: Creation Stories
Jean RandichDigital Modeling and Animation
Sue ReesDirected Projects in Photography
Terry BoddieDoll House, Diorama – Created Worlds
Farhad Mirza & Sue ReesDrawing As A Verb: Exploring Uncertainty
J BlackwellExperimental Narrative in Moving Image
Beatriz Santiago MuñozForm and Process: Introduction to Painting
Colin BrantFoundations of Photography: Digital Practice
Luiza FolegattiGames, Puzzles, and Modular Systems
Anna HeplerGrids and Layouts
Farhad MirzaHistorical and Natural Alternative Processes in Photography
Eddy Leonel AldanaIntermediate Drawing: Beyond Representation
Beverly AchaIntermediate Painting: Facture
J BlackwellIntermediate Potter’s Wheel: Implementation for Form Development
Aysha PeltzIntermediate Video: The Future
Jen LiuIntro to the Woodshop
Olivia SaporitoIntroduction to 16mm
John CroweIntroduction to Intaglio: Alchemy & Surprise
Anna HeplerIntroduction to Video
Beatriz Santiago MuñozIntroduction to Video
Beatriz Santiago MuñozKinetic Solutions
John UmphlettLife Drawing Lab
Colin BrantLooking closer; making work
John UmphlettPapermaking With Plants
Lily CaronePhotographs as Narratives
Terry BoddiePhotography Foundations: Analog
Jonathan KlineProcessing and Making with Rhino 7
Derek ParkerReveries
Donald SherefkinSound Design for Moving Images
Senem PirlerThe Big Picture: Stewarding Artists’ Legacies (FWT Course)
Elizabeth WhiteThe Curatorial: Your Top Ten
Anne ThompsonThe Hand as Tool
Anina MajorUnderstanding Ceramic Glazes
Matt KatzVisual Arts Lecture Series
J. Vanessa LyonVisual Arts Lecture Series Seminar
J. Vanessa LyonWhen Technology and the Human Body become Partners, Who Leads?
Cathy WeisWood Firing Kiln
Nicholas OhWoodcut Printmaking on the Vandercook Proofing Press
Corinne RhodesWord Play In The Press Room
Julia Ferrari
Fall 2023
100 Experiments
Jonathan KlineAdvanced Animation
Bronwyn MaloneyAdvanced Film/Video Projects I
Mariam GhaniAdvanced Printing and Projects in Lithography
Thorsten DennerlineAdvanced Projects in Architecture
Donald SherefkinAdvanced Workshop for Painting and Drawing
Ann PibalBeyond Story
Mariam GhaniBodies in Inner and Outer Spaces
Terry BoddieChromophilia: Investigations in Color
Ann PibalCo/Lab: Mediating Performance
Mariam GhaniDeep Looking: An Introduction to Drawing
Beverly AchaDelights of Ephemera
Anne ThompsonEncounters: Drawing On-Site
Beverly AchaExamining Space
John UmphlettFine Art Digital Printing
Eddy Leonel AldanaForm and Process: Introduction to Painting
Ann PibalFoundations of Photography/Analog
Jonathan KlineFoundations of Photography: Digital Practice
Elizabeth WhiteHello World: An Introduction to Drawing
Colin BrantHorror Writing and the (Postcolonial) Afterlife
Anaïs DuplanIntermediate Painting: From Practice to Discovery
J BlackwellIntermediate Video: Sensorium
Mariam GhaniIntro to Animation
Bronwyn MaloneyIntro to Animation
Bronwyn MaloneyIntro to VR
John CroweIntroduction to Relief Printing
Thorsten DennerlineIntroduction to Video
Sahraa KarimiIntroduction to Video
Sahraa KarimiKilns and Firing Techniques
Anina MajorKilns and Firing Techniques
Anina MajorLe cinéma-monde d’Alice Diop
Noëlle Rouxel-CubberlyLife Drawing Lab
Colin BrantLife Drawing Lab
Colin BrantLooking closer; making work
John UmphlettModeling and Thinking in Rhino 7
Derek ParkerNarrative Filmmaking
Sahraa KarimiPapermaking with Plants
Lily CaronePerformance Project: Liminality Portal; Dancing Within and Beyond the Frame
Erin Ellen Kelly, MFA Teaching FellowPhotography and Migration
Luiza FolegattiPhotography Remade
Elizabeth WhitePicture Pattern Paper Model
Farhad MirzaPossibilities in Clay – A Material Exploration
David EichelbergerPretty Lies, Ugly Truths, and Deep Fakes: An Introduction to Oil Painting
J BlackwellQueer Renaissance
J. Vanessa LyonSacred Spaces
Donald SherefkinSilkscreen Printmaking
Corinne RhodesSlip Casting – Designs, Molds, & Multiples
David EichelbergerSpecies of Spaces
Donald SherefkinTessellation
Farhad MirzaThe Hand as Tool
Anina MajorTopics in Ceramic History: Global Perspectives
Anina MajorToward a Rigorous Art History
J. Vanessa LyonVisual Arts Lecture Series
J. Vanessa LyonVisual Arts Lecture Series Seminar
J. Vanessa Lyon
Spring 2023
Advanced Ceramic Projects
Aysha PeltzAdvanced Improvisation Ensemble for Dancers and Musicians
Susan Sgorbati & Michael WimberlyAdvanced Projects in Architecture
Donald SherefkinAdvanced Projects in Video II
Jen LiuAdvanced Sculpture
John UmphlettAdvanced Workshop for Painting and Drawing
Ann PibalAnimation Projects
Sue ReesAnti-Perspective
Farhad MirzaArchitectural Graphics
Donald SherefkinBeginning Wheel Throwing
Aysha PeltzCall and Response: A Practical Storytelling Method to Build Food Based Community
Gillian GoddardDigital Foundations
Farhad MirzaDrawing As A Verb: Exploring Uncertainty
J BlackwellDrawing As Record
Annette LawrenceElectroacoustic Band Workshop
Senem PirlerElements of Architecture
Donald SherefkinEssays of Walter Benjamin
Anne ThompsonEurope and Islam: Art and Architecture of the Mediterranean
Razan FrancisFinding Form: Dance
Dana ReitzForm and Process: Introduction to Painting
Ann PibalFoundations of Photography/Analog
Jonathan KlineFoundations of Photography: Digital Practice
Luiza FolegattiGothic Vision: Specters of Subversion, 1300 to Now
J. Vanessa LyonHand-drawn Animation
John CroweHaptic Media
Teddy PozoHarvest: Quyurciq
IlegvakIdiosyncratic Tools
John UmphlettIntermediate Painting: From Practice to Discovery
J BlackwellIntermediate Video: Migration and Landscape
Jen LiuIntermediate Video: Moving Image and Structured Improvisation
Beatriz Santiago MuñozIntro Video Projects
Jen LiuIntroduction to 3D Modeling and Printing
Derek ParkerIntroduction to Intaglio: The Alchemist’s Print
Thorsten DennerlineIntroduction to Sculpture: What is sCULpTURE?
Tracey CockrellIntroduction to Video
Beatriz Santiago MuñozIntroduction to Video
Beatriz Santiago MuñozKilns and Firing Techniques
Anina MajorKilns and Firing Techniques
Anina MajorLife Drawing Lab
Colin BrantOff The Chart
Annette LawrencePhotography, Materiality, and Storytelling
Luiza FolegattiPositionality and Time
Annette LawrencePretty Lies, Ugly Truths, and Deep Fakes: An Introduction to Oil Painting
J BlackwellProjection_Mapping_Design
Sue ReesQuliritaa: S/he tell a legend
IlegvakReimagining Representation
Terry BoddieRepresenting Sexuality and Gender On Screen
Teddy PozoRiso Printing: Photographs
Veronica MelendezSpecial Projects: As It Relates to the Tool
John UmphlettThe Big Picture: Stewarding Artists’ Legacies (FWT Course)
Elizabeth WhiteThe Hand as Tool
Anina MajorThe Image in Islamic Cultures
Razan FrancisThe View Camera & Contemporary Practice
Jonathan KlineToward a Rigorous Art History
J. Vanessa LyonTracing a Wound: In Usdan Gallery with artist Emilio Rojas
Anne ThompsonTrashy
Jen LiuVisionary Architecture
Donald SherefkinVisual Arts Lecture Series
J. Vanessa LyonVisual Arts Lecture Series Seminar
J. Vanessa LyonWearable Paper Prints Experiment
Thorsten DennerlineWoodcut Printmaking on the Vandercook Proofing Press
Corinne Rhodes
Fall 2022
Advanced Film/Video Projects I
Mariam GhaniAdvanced Sculpture
John UmphlettAdvanced Workshop for Painting and Drawing: The Contemporary Idiom
J BlackwellAdvanced/Intermediate Printmaking: Refinement and New Methods (Laser Cut for the Print Studio)
Thorsten DennerlineAfter Super Flat
Yoko InoueAfter Super Flat
Yoko InoueAnimation 1
Sue ReesAnimation_Projects
Sue ReesArchitectural Analysis
Donald SherefkinArchitectural Graphics
Donald SherefkinArt of the Islamic World
Razan FrancisBlack in Venice: Race, Representation, and the 59th Biennale, Renaissance to Contemporary
J. Vanessa LyonBodies in Inner and Outer Space
Terry BoddieChromophilia: Investigations in Color
Ann PibalCommonplace Treasure
Annette LawrenceCreative Radioplay and Podcasting
Senem PirlerDance Teleportation: Beyond Space and Time
Kota Yamazaki & Mina NishimuraDoll House, Diorama – Created Worlds
Farhad Mizra & Sue ReesDrawing As A Verb: Exploring Uncertainty
J BlackwellDrawing As Record
Annette LawrenceDrawing with Steel
John UmphlettForm and Process: Introduction to Painting
Colin BrantForm and Process: Introduction to Painting
Ann PibalFoundations of Photography/Analog
Jonathan KlineFoundations of Photography/Analog
Jonathan KlineGhostly Body- The Art of Absence
Mina NishimuraInterdisciplinary Seminar: Time
Mariam GhaniIntermediate Painting Intensive: Conditions for Visual Inquiry
Ann PibalIntermediate Video: Contrapuntal & Contested Narratives
Mariam GhaniIntroduction to 16mm
John CroweIntroduction to Mold Making and Slip Casting
Yoko InoueIntroduction to Relief Printing
Thorsten DennerlineIntroduction to Sculpture: What is sCULpTURE?
Tracey CockrellIntroduction to Video
Chelsea KnightIntroduction to Video
Chelsea KnightKilns and Firing Techniques
Anina MajorKilns and Firing Techniques
Anina MajorLetterpress Printing from Metal, Wood, and Photopolymer
Thorsten DennerlineLife Drawing Lab
Colin BrantLight and Lighting
Jonathan KlineMaking Work: In Usdan Gallery with artist Allana Clarke
Anne ThompsonMetalshop
John UmphlettModern Islamic Art
Razan FrancisNature and Artifice
Donald SherefkinPhotographs as Narratives
Terry BoddieSilkscreen Printmaking
Corinne RhodesSocial Kitchen 2.0 Lab: Culinary Space/Kitchen Practicum
Yoko InoueSocial Kitchen 2.0: Collective Wellness, Engagement, and Inclusion
Yoko InoueTen Decades, Ten Exhibitions: Popular Art Narratives of the Twentieth Century
Anne ThompsonTessellation
Farhad MirzaThe Curatorial: Your Top Ten
Anne ThompsonThe End of Privacy – Self-impersonation and Survival in the Media
Chelsea KnightThe Hand As Tool
Anina MajorThe Hand as Tool
Anina MajorVisual Arts Lecture Series
Veronica MelendezWearable Art: Intersections of Art, Activism, and Fashion
Michael Sylvan Robinson
Spring 2022
100 Drawings
Donald Sherefkin24 Hours, 4 Seasons, 77.8 Years
Donald SherefkinAdvanced Ceramics Projects – Self & Clay
Anina MajorAdvanced Projects in Film and Video
Jen LiuAdvanced Workshop for Painting and Drawing
Ann PibalAnimated_Assemblage
Sue ReesAnimation Projects
Sue ReesArchitectural Graphics
Donald SherefkinBasic Visual Programming and Parametric Modeling
Farhad MirzaBeginning Wheel Throwing
Aysha PeltzComputational Craft
Dakota PaceCurator, Artist, Impresario: Modes of Exhibition Making
Anne ThompsonDecolonial Approaches to Settler Colonialism in American Visual Arts
Jordan ReznickDirected Projects
Terry BoddieDrawing as Record
Mary LumDrawing As Record
Annette LawrenceElements of Architecture
Donald SherefkinField Research in Unconventional Space
John UmphlettFinding Form: Dance
Dana ReitzForm and Process: Introduction to Painting
Ann PibalFoundations of Photography: Introduction to Digital Practice
Farzana WahidyFrench Through Films
Noëlle Rouxel-CubberlyFrom Digital Models to Technical Drawings
Farhad MirzaHand as Tool
Anina MajorIntermediate Video: The Future
Jen LiuIntroduction to 16mm
John CroweIntroduction to Intaglio: The Alchemist’s Print
Thorsten DennerlineIntroduction to Sculpture
Tracey CockrellIntroduction to Video
Jen LiuLife Drawing Lab
Colin BrantMaking It Personal
John UmphlettMaterials and Methods: Painting Practicum
Ann PibalOff The Chart
Annette LawrencePhotography & History 1
Jordan ReznickPositionality and Time
Annette LawrencePrinting with Purpose
Veronica MelendezProduction of Unconventional Space
John UmphlettProjection _ Mapping _ Design
Sue ReesProjects in Documentary Photography
Farzana WahidyReimagining Representation
Terry BoddieSet the Table- Tableware and Cups
Aysha PeltzSound Design for Moving Images
Senem PirlerThe Big Picture: Stewarding Artists’ Legacies (FWT Course)
Elizabeth WhiteThe Question of Art in the Twentieth Century
Jordan ReznickTile: Expanding the Parameters
Aysha PeltzUnique Prints: 3-D Prints and Modular Works
Thorsten DennerlineVerbing sCULpTURE
Tracey CockrellVisible Language: Word And/As Image
Mary LumVisual Arts Lecture Series
Veronica MelendezWoodcut Printmaking on the Vandercook Proofing Press
Corinne Rhodes
Fall 2021
100 Experiments
Jonathan Kline13 Zines: Research, Drawing, Design
Mary LumAdvanced Ceramics Projects: Self and Clay
Anina MajorAdvanced Film/Video Projects I
Mariam GhaniAdvanced Printing and Projects in Lithography
Thorsten DennerlineAnti-Perspective
Farhad MirzaCeramic History: Global Perspectives
Yoko Inoue & Anina MajorCommonplace Treasure
Annette LawrenceComputational Craft
Dakota PaceDance on Film to TikTok Culture: Framing the Rendered Body
Elena DemyanenkoDelights of Ephemera
Anne ThompsonDrawing As Record
Colin BrantDrawing In Pieces: Collage, Décollage, Assemblage
Mary LumForm and Process
Colin BrantForm and Process: Investigations in Painting
Annette LawrenceForm Finding Fiction
Sophie Nichols (new faculty as of 8/26/2021)Foundations of Photography: Digital Practice
Elizabeth WhiteHand-drawn Animation
John CroweHarlem & the Northern Renaissance: New/Amsterg@ddam, 1450-now
J. Vanessa LyonHistory of Animation
Sue ReesHybrids: Alternative Approaches in Photography
Terry BoddieHybrids: Alternative Approaches in Photography
Terry BoddieIntermediate Video: Amnesia and the Archive
Jen LiuIntro to Max
Nicholas BrookeIntroduction to Relief Printing
Thorsten DennerlineIntroduction to Video
Mariam Ghani