Art Studio

his course is offered for beginners in Chinese calligraphy. It describes the basic concepts and techniques of Chinese calligraphy, the selection and use of materials and tools, and teaches students the regular, clerical and seal scripts. 

The aim of this seminar is to enact the reality of creating an artwork when elements of the agency are taken out of one's hands and are mediated by an institution, budget and timescale. Students are asked to make an artwork in response to a fictitious curator‘s proposal for an exhibition. They are given details of why the curator has picked them and the themes the curator is working with, along with a time scale and budget. The instructor guides them through the process of responding to the curator’s emails along with making their work at the same time as keeping the curators concept and intentions in their head. The course is conceived in line with the art history department's mission of advancing the study of art history and one's understanding of art by way of an active engagement with artistic practice. The course therefore offers students of art history and related disciplines the rare opportunity of assuming the perspective of the artist. Complementing this approach, students are also offered the alternative option of taking on the role of curator.

This course is a painting studio course focusing on two main approaches: creative expression and technique building via the perspective of contemporary art from the 20th and 21st centuries, and a central emphasis upon the concept of 'multi-sensory art' which is an emerging technique used to create new art by combining visual and sound elements.  

Students will learn about sound art and techniques for manipulating digital sound on a computer to gain a basic understanding of sound in art, exploring the connection and mapping between painting and sound(music), with a focus on visualizing and spatializing sound (music) or sonifying paintings and images. Students will work on a final project using the above techniques.  

This course teaches the creation of 2D artworks using a variety of techniques including drawing, ink painting, collage, and photography. Students explore setting subject matters through mixed media, encouraging self-expression and artistic exploration. The course covers both figurative and non-figurative approaches to painting and drawing, with an emphasis on developing skills in figure painting, still life, and landscape works. The course also introduces students to contemporary art and Korean art, guiding them toward creating unique and individual pieces. 

This is a special studies course involving an internship with a corporate, public, governmental, or private organization, arranged with the Study Center Director or Liaison Officer. Specific internships vary each term and are described on a special study internship form for each student. A substantial paper or series of reports is required. Units vary depending on the contact hours and method of assessment. The internship may be taken during one or more terms but the units cannot exceed a total of 12.0 UC quarter units for the year.

In this studio course students will be introduced to a range of art practices. Making artworks in relation to a prescribed project, they will explore specific techniques and processes, idea generation, and creative analytical thinking.

This course allows students to get familiar with the camera (film and/or digital) and its set of technical parameters. Lessons and exercises develop a technical foundations, understanding light, exposures, and dynamics. The course also includes an opportunity to work in the film lab to experiment with image development without a physical camera, and provides an opportunity to practice presentation by submitting photographs in exposition style.

This is a special studies course involving an internship with a corporate, public, governmental, or private organization, arranged with the Study Center Director or Liaison Officer. Specific internships vary each term and are described on a special study project form for each student. A substantial paper or series of reports is required. Units vary depending on the contact hours and method of assessment. The internship may be taken during one or more terms but the units cannot exceed a total of 12.0 for the year.

The objectives of this course are to lead reflection and debate on personal adornment objects (concept, types, classifications); to present traditional and unconventional materials in jewelry; to present traditional, artisanal and (semi) industrial techniques for manufacturing personal adornments; and to introduce Design Course students to the development of personal adornment projects.

Practical theoretical workshop. Oriented towards the recognition of the pictorial surface as a field of representation and abstraction, on which forms are distributed and articulated in compositions based on complex, mobile and organic models. The guided exercises and activities are aimed at making observation more complex, keeping color theory in mind, so that the student can systematize the administration of the color palette to an optimal degree in learning painting. The workshop will delve into the material possibilities of pictorial media through the acquisition of language tools (for example, atmosphere, synthesis, carnation, visual organization) and, on the other hand, complements the analysis, reflection and interpretation of the developed pictorial image, accompanied, in parallel, by theoretical references.