Provides a broad introduction to the full range of hand building and wheel throwing processes and to diverse ideas and attitudes present in contemporary ceramics. Students gain basic knowledge of various forming methods and learn to throw various forms. They are also introduced to glazing and firing diverse kilns. Using clay, students acquire practical, critical and historical tools to consider ceramics within contemporary culture and current art practices. Assigned projects are structured around concepts, processes and techniques as they relate to utilitarian pots, vessels and sculpture. Students are expected to present assigned and self-directed projects at critiques. Demonstrations, discussions and presentations are regularly scheduled.

Priority is given to CRCP and VIAR students in Year 2. Students outside of the registration priority group may register/waitlist for this course as of the registration rule release date.

This studio course presents a variety of approaches to contemporary sculpture practices and is intended for students who want to pursue projects using textiles, fabric, leather or other flexible materials. Students will receive basic instruction on the use of sewing machinery and other processes relevant to the production of three dimensional forms that may include a combination of sculpture materials. Students will apply skills in the production of both assigned and independent projects.

Each section of this course covers a different topic. See here.

This course will introduce students to hands-on methods of surface design and textile printing focusing on repeated pattern. Projects may encompass various design processes such as drawing, photography, stencil and block printing, shibori (Japanese tie-dye using indigo) and digital applications on fabric and other surfaces. Students will also learn practical aspects of production and marketing their textile designs.

This Senior Studio (Open Studio) course provides students with the opportunity to propose and develop a self-directed body of work. Sections are taught by a singular faculty member or offered in a team-taught model with the option of discipline specificity. Whether through assigned projects, artistic production, research, discussions, writing and critique, students are expected to increase their understanding of the content and context of their process and production as well as their knowledge of contemporary art. Students meet regularly for group seminars as well as in one-to-one tutorials with their instructor(s). Critiques and discussions complement studio production where considerable independent time and maturity is expected.

This course is subject to priority rules; see here.

This course provides students with the opportunity to propose and develop a self-directed body of work. Sections are often offered in a team-taught model with an interdisciplinary focus. Through artistic production, research, discussions, writing and critique, students are expected to increase their understanding of the content and context of their process and production as well as their knowledge of contemporary art. Students meet regularly for group meetings as well as in one-to-one tutorials with their instructor(s). Critiques and discussions complement studio production where considerable independent time and maturity is expected.

This course is subject to priority rules; see here.

Focuses on painting the human body. Students develop critical and technical painting skills through projects that examine subjective and objective strategies for painting the human body. By producing a series of paintings students learn to apply a variety of acrylic and oil painting techniques. Through this process students develop their abilities to observe and describe. The genre is examined from both historical and contemporary perspectives.

The human figure has played a large role in the particular vocabulary of forms specific to ceramic practice. This course will investigate figurative ceramic sculpture in its technical and conceptual aspects. Issues of scale, from the figurine to life-sized and beyond, of representation, of abstraction, of gender and of various issues implicit in the topic will be explored. Content and presentation as they affect experience and the communication of ideas will be considered. Studio work, demonstrations, researches and presentations, discussions and critiques form an integral part of this course.

Priority is given to CRCP and VIAR students in Years 3 and 4. Students outside of the registration priority group may register/waitlist for this course as of the registration rule release date.