Course Outline for Art 21
Individual Projects in Ceramic Sculpture
Effective: Fall 2022
SLO Rev: 05/19/2016
SLO Rev: 05/19/2016
Catalog Description:
ART 21 - Individual Projects in Ceramic Sculpture
3.00 Units
Projects in Ceramic Sculpture for intermediate to advanced students. Building on previous knowledge and skills acquired from previous assignments in Beginning Sculpture, students will produce artwork that expresses their individual styles.
Prerequisite: ART 17A.
1002.20 - Sculpture
Optional
| Type | Units | Inside of Class Hours | Outside of Class Hours | Total Student Learning Hours |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lecture | 2.00 | 36.00 | 72.00 | 108.00 |
| Laboratory | 1.00 | 72.00 | 0.00 | 72.00 |
| Total | 3.00 | 108.00 | 72.00 | 180.00 |
Measurable Objectives:
Upon completion of this course, the student should be able to:
- develop a unique body of work that successfully promotes the students’ ideas;
- refine existing sculpture skills and techniques;
- demonstrate an appropriate use of advanced glaze and design application and its relationship to form;
- define and pursue individual project goals and successfully design and execute a final project start to finish;
- utilize museums and galleries as a learning source.
Course Content:
Course Content (Lecture):
- Defining project goals and planning strategies to achieve them
- Advanced design application and its relationship to form
- Elements involved in project definition and execution
- Museums and galleries as a learning source
Course Content (Studio):
- Advanced mold making
- Select and complete a specific project in consultation with instructor
Methods of Instruction:
- Audio/visual presentations
- Individual and group critiques
- Lecture/Discussion
- Laboratory
- Demonstration/Exercise
- Field Trips
- Studio
- Distance Education
Assignments and Methods of Evaluating Student Progress:
- Go to museums and galleries to choose specific artists' techniques and concepts that you can incorporate in your own projects
- Select and complete a specific project in consultation with instructor
- Define, develop and create a series of forms to convey your concept
- Begin the working habit of self-promotion professional practices.
- Class participation, individual critique, discussions
- Completion and evalution of a final student project
- Portfolios
Upon the completion of this course, the student should be able to:
- Critique masterpieces and student sculptures incorporating elements and principles of three dimensional design and using sculpture terminology
- Express creative concepts
- Develop a unique body of work that successfully promotes the students ideas while refining exisating sculptures skills and techniques
Textbooks (Typical):
- Joshi, Gita (2020). Show Your Art: How to Build an Art Career Without a Gallery Independently Published.
- Clay and specialized tools.
Periodicals:
| # | Title | Author | Publication | Year | Volume | Rationale |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Ceramic Monthly | Chicago; New Your: Ceramic Monthly Pub. Co. | 2013 | On-going monthly magazine. Useful resource for this class | ||
| 2 | American Craft | New York: American Crafts Council | 1979 | The is published on a regular basis since 1979...Useful resource for the course |
Abbreviated Class Schedule Description:
Projects in Ceramic Sculpture for intermediate to advanced students. Building on previous knowledge and skills acquired from previous assignments in Beginning Sculpture, students will produce artwork that expresses their individual styles.
Prerequisite: ART 17A.