ART 52B | Ceramics: Hand Building3 unitsTransfer: UC, CSU
This is a ceramic design and construction course using basic hand building methods such as slab, coil, and molding combined with advanced building techniques. This course investigates traditional ways of hand building with contemporary concepts. Awareness of three-dimensional form, concept, and surface design are heightened by individual and group critiques. The students work towards a more individual statement by further experimentation with a variety of clay bodies, glazes, and firing techniques. |
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ART 52C | Ceramics III3 unitsTransfer: UC, CSU
This course emphasizes advanced concepts in wheel throwing and creating sculptural forms in a variety of methods. Students will gain increased knowledge of glaze and firing technology. |
ART 53A | Introduction to Wheel Throwing3 unitsTransfer: UC, CSU Students learn various forming techniques, with an emphasis on wheel throwing and the production of functional pottery forms. This course covers beginning problems of centering, throwing and shaping various functional and non-functional pottery. Students will be introduced to the process of glazing and basic firing techniques. Surface design techniques, such as stamping, carving, slip and oxide decoration, wax resist and glaze application methods are covered. |
ART 53B | Wheel Throwing Processes and Techniques3 unitsTransfer: UC, CSU This course in ceramics focuses on surface treatment and enhancement. Student will learn extensive use of decorative slips, engobes and oxide washes. This course develops use of the potter’s wheel with lessons on plates, bottles, lidded vessels, and goblets. Student will gain extensive knowledge on glaze composition and materials. |
ART 60 | Introduction to Printmaking3 unitsTransfer: UC, CSU
This is an introductory course in printmaking media and techniques including lino-cut, multi-block woodcut, and etching processes. |
ART 60B | Introduction to Digital Printing3 unitsTransfer: UC, CSU
An introduction to experimental digital print technologies through understanding the digital imaging process from color management to visual concept to final ink-on-paper. Advances the idea of innovative materials and techniques that explore combining both digital and traditional hands-on methods emphasizing individual creative problems. Class projects will be completed on Epson printers (1280, 2200, and 4000), including both dye-based and pigment-based inks with a variety of coated ink jet papers and uncoated fine art papers. Students working in all media are welcome to explore a collaborative and interdisciplinary approach to working in a digital image-making environment. A special emphasis on fine art portfolio development for transfer as well as documentation of art works related to contemporary art practice will be encouraged. Projects, discussions and critiques will focus on issues of intention, process, experimentation, and producing quality digital fine art prints. |
ART 61A | Etching3 unitsTransfer: UC, CSU
This course is an intensive study of etching techniques, using multicolor and black and white processes. Traditional methods of metal etching are also combined with computer generated images and non-toxic photographic techniques. |
ART 61B | Advanced Etching3 unitsTransfer: UC, CSU
This is an advanced course in creating multiple images in black and white and color. Traditional metal etching processes are combined with computer generated images, image transfers, and non-toxic photographic techniques. Emphasis is on multiple plate color images and book making. |
ART 62 | Serigraphy (Silkscreen)3 unitsTransfer: UC, CSU
This is an introductory studio course in screen printing techniques, including hand cut and painted stencil application as well as an introduction to photo stencil techniques. |
ART 63 | Lithography3 unitsTransfer: UC, CSU
This course is a study of lithographic processes, past and current techniques, as well as black and white and multicolor processes. |
ART 74 | Introduction to Creative Coding and Generative Art3 unitsTransfer: UC, CSU This course provides an introduction to creative coding within the context of the visual arts. Students learn to read and write code for the development of visual, auditory, and interactive projects that employ computation as a medium for creative thinking. Lectures and readings survey the historical precedents and contemporary examples of programmatic approaches to art practice. |
ART 75 | Form and Information3 unitsTransfer: UC, CSU This course introduces fundamental concepts related to the design and fabrication of objects. Students utilize a combination of computational and mechanical tools to design, develop, refine, and construct physical forms. Through a combination of lectures, demonstrations, and hands on lab work, students develop the skills, toolsets, and experimental approaches needed for further study in the fields of sculpture, architecture, industrial design, 3D modeling, and contemporary multimedia studio art practice. In addition to lectures and readings on the historical and contemporary intersections of art and technology, topics of instruction include the safe operation of power tools, digital input and output paths, laser cutting, 3D printing, CNC routing and milling, and a survey of relevant 3D modeling software. |
ART 80 | Introduction to Exhibition & Display3 unitsTransfer: CSU This course will be an overview of the field of exhibitions and display including Fine Art Galleries, Museums, and Cultural Institutions. Focus will be on understanding the various roles of exhibitions & display in contemporary society as well as the many ways to create and implement them. Students will be given an overview of exhibition planning & implementation including the creation of didactic materials, learning guides, and workshops in conjunction with the exhibitions. This will be a hands-on course, directly connected to, and correlated with exhibition and display at the college. |
ART 82 | Exhibition and Display Production3 unitsTransfer: CSU This course introduces exhibition and display practices through hands-on experience in planning and installing exhibitions and display at Santa Monica College. This course will introduce the basic skills of exhibition production and display including: handling & preparing of art objects, planning and building out exhibition designs, and proper installation. The course will also introduce and explores jobs and careers in the field. Students will have the opportunity to directly participate in the creation of an exhibition and/or display at SMC. |
ART 84 | Exhibition & Display Implementation, Activation, and Management3 unitsTransfer: CSU This course offers an opportunity to utilize an existing exhibition and display at the college and how to activate it and connect it to the communities it can serve. Students will develop an understanding of and responsibility for exhibition planning, research, operation, and management of exhibition spaces and introduces the creation of educational materials. There will also be opportunities to plan events and coordinate activities around the exhibition/display along with appropriate web content that can be accessed remotely. |
ART 90A | Internship1 unitTransfer: CSU Please see “Internships” section. |
ART 90B | Internship2 unitTransfer: CSU Please see “Internships” section. |
ART 90C | Internship3 unitsTransfer: CSU Please see “Internships” section. |
ART E00 | Survey of ArtThis course provides older adult students with in-depth knowledge about the chronological, social, and historical development of art and/or architecture. Older adults investigate the history of art and view selections from different time periods, regions, or developmental stages, and compare and contrast artwork from different periods with their peers. |
ART E01 | Contemporary ArtThis course provides older adults with a working knowledge of current trends in the art world, as well as a greater understanding of how art influences all of our lives. Older adults will develop an appreciation for contemporary art and will compare and contrast specific pieces of art. |