Art
Overview
The New College Art Area of Concentration (AOC) emphasizes both quality academic work and art-making combined, leading to graduates who make art and can speak analyze their own and others’ art work. The Art AOC provides a unique environment to incorporate diverse perspectives from a variety of academic fields into students’ studio practices. Courses address technical and conceptual aspects of art-making through historical and contemporary perspectives in ways that prepare students to continue to cultivate these competencies independently in the future.
Studio classes support a diverse range of media and students move through foundations to advanced coursework, with opportunities for exhibition, critique, and dialog. Painting and drawing studios provide ample space for large-scale projects in oil, acrylic, and watercolor. Sculpture facilities include a foundry and areas for woodworking, welding, resin casting, 3D-printing, and laser-cutting. The printmaking studio accommodates intaglio, block printing, and screen-printing. Digital facilities include a Mac computer lab equipped with industry standard software, printers, and scanners that supports projects in digital photography and video, digital design, 3D-modeling, and animation. The Isermann Gallery exhibition space allows students to practice preparing artwork for exhibitions and offers a forum for display and dialog. The Art AOC prepares graduates to pursue careers within the arts as professional artists, designers, educators, arts administrators, or creative entrepreneurs.
Students interested in pursuing an Art AOC must complete a satisfactory fourth-term review and should complete the checklist, statement of intent, and portfolio requirements, which can be obtained from the department.
Following a satisfactory Fifth Term Review, up to two studio courses may be satisfied through the Cross College Alliance (CCA) consortium with prior approval from New College Art faculty. These courses may not replicate existing offerings at New College.
Transfer students may present prior college-level coursework to New College Art faculty for a portfolio review in order to exempt them from up to two studio art requirements.
Faculty in Art
Kim Anderson, Professor of Art
Dan Bethune, Assistant in Humanities, Instructor of Sculpture
Requirements for the AOC in Art
A minimum of thirteen (13) academic units.
| Code | Title |
|---|---|
| Art Foundations Courses | |
| Principles of Painting: Color and Form | |
| Perceptual Drawing Methods | |
| Sculpture I* | |
or ART 3560 | Emerging Media and Interactive Art* |
| 3D Design: Tools & Techniques: An Intro to Materials, Processes, & History of 3D Artistic Practice | |
| Art History Course | |
| Select one from the following examples: | |
| The Gothic Cathedral* | |
| Michelangelo and his Era | |
| Public Art and Its Public(s) in the United States | |
| Critical Theory Course | |
| Critical Theory in the United States: An Introduction | |
Students are to submit a checklist and portfolio as part of a fourth-term review, materials can be obtained here. The following courses are to be completed following a successful review:
| Code | Title |
|---|---|
| Sculpture or Digital Media Course | |
| Sculpture I* | |
or ART 3560 | Emerging Media and Interactive Art* |
| Painting or Drawing Course | |
| Select one from the following examples: | |
| Perceptual Drawing Methods | |
| Drawing Through Photography* | |
| Color and Culture | |
| Art Electives (Painting, Drawing, Digital Media, and/or Sculpture) 1 | |
| Select two from the following examples: | |
| Going Viral: Making Video Art for the Internet* | |
| Mixed Media Painting | |
| Sketchbook: Art Under Cover | |
| Emerging Media and Interactive Art* | |
| Sculpture: Internet as a Tool for Making Art* | |
| On Site/Sight: Mural Painting | |
| Moldmaking and Casting | |
| Art History Courses | |
| Select two from the following examples, with one focusing on 20th- or 21st-century art: | |
| The Gothic Cathedral* | |
| Michelangelo and his Era | |
| Public Art and Its Public(s) in the United States | |
| Art Since 1945: Modernity, Postmodernity, and Contemporaneity* | |
| Modernism in the Visual Arts: 1900-1940 | |
| Independent Study Project | |
| One Independent Study Project (ISP) in Art | |
| Additional Requirements | |
| Studio Art Thesis Project/Exhibition and Supporting Paper, and Baccalaureate Exam | |
| Portfolio of Images | |
Requirements for the Joint AOC in Art
A minimum of nine (9) academic units.
| Code | Title |
|---|---|
| Art Foundations Courses | |
| Principles of Painting: Color and Form (or equivalent) | |
| Perceptual Drawing Methods | |
| Sculpture I* | |
or ART 3560 | Emerging Media and Interactive Art* |
| 3D Design: Tools & Techniques: An Intro to Materials, Processes, & History of 3D Artistic Practice | |
| Art History Course | |
| Select one from the following examples: | |
| Public Art and Its Public(s) in the United States | |
| The Gothic Cathedral* | |
| Worlds of Wonder: A History of Museums* | |
Students interested in pursuing an Art AOC must complete a satisfactory fourth-term review and should complete the checklist, statement of intent, and portfolio requirements which can be obtained here.
| Code | Title |
|---|---|
| Art Courses | |
| Select two from the following examples: | |
| Principles of Painting: Color and Form | |
or ART 2200 | Drawing Fundamentals* |
| Sculpture I* | |
or ART 3560 | Emerging Media and Interactive Art* |
| Art History Course | |
| Select one course focusing on 20th- or 21st-century art: | |
| Public Art and Its Public(s) in the United States | |
| Art Since 1945: Modernity, Postmodernity, and Contemporaneity* | |
| Modernism in the Visual Arts: 1900-1940 | |
| Independent Study Project | |
| One Independent Study Project (ISP) in Art | |
Requirements for a Secondary Field in Art
A minimum of seven (7) academic units.
| Code | Title |
|---|---|
| Art Foundations Courses | |
| Principles of Painting: Color and Form (or equivalent) | |
| Perceptual Drawing Methods | |
| Sculpture I* | |
or ART 3560 | Emerging Media and Interactive Art* |
| 3D Design: Tools & Techniques: An Intro to Materials, Processes, & History of 3D Artistic Practice | |
| Art History Course | |
| Select one course focusing on 20th- or 21st-century art: | |
| Public Art and Its Public(s) in the United States | |
| Art Since 1945: Modernity, Postmodernity, and Contemporaneity* | |
| Modernism in the Visual Arts: 1900-1940 | |
Students interested in pursuing an Art AOC must complete a satisfactory fourth-term review and should complete the checklist, statement of intent, and portfolio requirements which can be obtained here.
| Code | Title |
|---|---|
| Art Elective (Painting, Drawing, Digital Media, or Sculpture) 1 | |
| Select one from the following examples: | |
| Digital Skills for Studio Art Practices | |
| Digi-Fab: Digital Fabrication for Art | |
| Mixed Media Painting | |
| Sketchbook: Art Under Cover | |
| Sculpture: Interactive Art* | |
| Independent Study Project | |
| One Independent Study Project (ISP) in Art | |
Representative Senior Theses in Art
- Access: Graffiti Through a Privileged Lens
- Analog Aliasing: The Glitch and Self-Representation in the Digital Age
- The Art of Self Defense: An Exploration of Art as a Spiritual and Political Means for Manifesting Black Power
- I Must Be Burned Alive: Performance, Queerness, and Martyrdom Through the Lens of St. Sebastian
- In/Visible Identities: Illusion, Abstraction, Politics, and the Phenomenology of Stateless Being
- Lo Que Quedo de Ti: Violence at the U.S.-Mexico Border. Awareness Through Art
- More Than Just a River of Grass: A Scientific and Artistic Exploration into the Florida Everglades
- Re: Vision - 20th Century Poster Making in the Spanish-Speaking Caribbean
- Symbiosis: Illustrating the Transnational Genre of Anime and a Need for Diversity Within Animated Media