Art
-107-01 3-Dimensional Design--Course Outline
2016 Section 01,
T/TH 4:00-6:50 pm FAB Room 25
St. Clair County
Community College
Professor: Myrna Pronchuk
Office: Art Office FAB
Phone: 615-974-2726
No Text
Office Hours: T/TH 11:00-1 appointment suggested
Class Blog: 3DSCBlog@BLOGSPOT.COM
Class cancellation hotline: 810-989-5770
Textbooks:
Will post reading abstracts to be
discussed in class on Blog.
Course Rationale
In this course you will be introduced
to 3-dimensional design. This
class is a core class in the Fine Arts Curriculum. It provides a strong introduction to visual arts for
non-majors and assists to develop an awareness and appreciation for the
3-dimensional world in which we live.
3-d Design focuses on purposeful decision making in utilizing elements
and principles of design in an integrative way in relating to depth and
space. Students are introduced to
3-dimensional concepts with problem solving challenges. Emphasis is also placed on visual
communication idea building and critical analysis in the content of
contemporary art and design.
Catalog Description
Three-dimensional
problems in the fundamentals of design include projects that are both
decorative and functional. Emphasis on form, texture and color are stressed. A
variety of media both man-made and natural are explored. Offered winter
semester only.
Prerequisite: None
3 credits, plus 3 contact hours = 2
lecture, 4 laboratory
Academic
Accommodations
SC4 will provide reasonable accommodations to
students with disabilities in accordance with ADA, provided such accommodation
does not fundamentally alter the nature of the program, cause undue hardship on
the college, or jeopardize the health or safety of others.
Course
Objectives
All Students who successful complete this course will
demonstrate these skills and/or knowledge:
1. Demonstrate
visual literacy, seeing with awareness, appreciation, insight and knowledge;
2. Demonstrate
visual communication skills through the basic problem-solving approach to 3-D
design;
3. Use a basic
visual arts vocabulary to include 3-D design terms;
4. Demonstrate
knowledge, hand skills and technical expertise in model making;
5. Demonstrate
and expanded awareness of 3-D materials;
6. Demonstrate
a refined understanding of form, space, color and its application to the design
solution.
Course Requirements
· Completion
of in-class assignments
· Work
illustrated within sketchbook
· Two
tests
· Participation
and attendance at class critique
· Reading
discussion and oral quiz
· Portfolio
– completed - hand-in midterm and end term
· Capstone
Project with research paper - including presentation and critique
(Research
paper must be done MLA styling, double space, research 2 artists)
· Late
hand-ins of work, including Assignments and Capstone projects will loose one
whole letter grade for each class day they are late, beginning with the due
date. This is if you are there or not.
· Any
readings, quizzes, cannot be made-up for any reason whatsoever.
· Attend
all classes. More than three absences
will lower your final grade one full grade (ie. A to B). More
than four unexcused absences will keep you from passing the course.
· Come
to class on time. 3 tardies = 1
absence.
· ELECTRONICS
POLICY: No outside buds to be allowed in class.
· Disabilities
that need an accommodation must be reported to the Academic Achievement Center.
· No
Audiotaping of class, unless needed for accommodation needs my permission on a
daily basis. Videotaping just
isn’t going to happen.
· INCOMPLETE
GRADES only can be given when there is reasonable chance the student can finish
the work. The amount of work
allowable is small. Also, I must
be contacted well before grades are
due in the Record’s Office. It
has been my experience that very few incomplete grades are actually completed
by the contracted date. When this
happens, the “I” grade turns into an E.
· CANCELLED
CLASSES, snow days, disasters (natural or otherwise) happen. If class is
cancelled, we will do the assigned work the very next day we meet.
· NETWORKING
is always a good idea since life is so unpredictable. I encourage you to get the phone numbers of a few
classmates. Always, of course, you
can contact me, too.
· Notify
instructor of absence by email.
Due to the tight schedule I will not go over the missed classes in class
time-you will be responsible to make an appointment and meet with me during
office hours to review what you have missed.
· Be
professional by meeting all deadlines for sketches and finished art.
· Contact
instructor via email for appointment for extra assistance.
· Work
load: 6 hours of work outside class is required each week.
ACADEMIC DISHONESTY: Plagiarism,
or having someone else write all or part of your papers will not be tolerated.
Cheating, in any form is not tolerated.
If I detect plagiarism or intentional cheating, I will fail you for
that assignment with an E grade of 0%. If the academic dishonesty is blatant, repeated,
or damages a classmate’s grade or impeded his or her chance for success, I
might add further penalties including a E grade for the entire course. These acts of academic dishonesty might
be reported to the college, and the college might take action against you as
well. Consult the College Catalog
for more details. Proven cases of
academic dishonesty are recorded on your transcripts, and they will follow you
wherever you go. It’s just not
worth the consequences. Remember this too, unintentional, accidental,
plagiarism is still cheating, and can bring similar penalties.
CLASSROOM
CONDUCT: Any behavior
that disrupts class, threatens physically or verbally, or intimidates any
member of the class is absolutely out of line with good conduct in any
classroom and especially a college classroom since we are supposed to be mature
adults. A classroom, the hallway,
or any instructor’s office is not
your personal venue for venting your frustrations or unsolicited opinions. Check your ego at the door and allow
your classmates and the instructor his or her chance to talk. Remember this: a college class is not a
democracy. The teacher has
absolute say, and even though we welcome input, what happens or doesn’t
happen in the classroom ultimately is up to the instructor. When you sign up for and attend a
college class, you’ve signed on with the implied intent of proceeding with
mutual respect. If you exhibit
behavior that is threatening or disrespectful, you might be asked to exit the
classroom for that meeting time, and you could be removed from the class permanently
(after due process, of course).
Security might be called in if the teacher so chooses.
**A NOTE ON
COURSE AND DISCUSSION CONTENT: Be aware that art and
literature can be very frank on issues of politics, religion and human
sexuality. If some of the art and
literature’s or the discussions’ attitudes or language should so offend your
sensibilities that you feel it might be difficult for you to participate in
open discussion, let me know so that I might find another way to engage you in
the course material. Even so, you
still will be responsible for being evaluated on the content of the syllabus.
Evaluation:
All design problems will have definite attainable goals,
which will be fully explained in detail at the beginning of each
assignment. Students will be
graded in relationship to these goals and a letter grade will be assigned in
each of the following categories:
Concept/planning (sketchbook) 10
Aesthetic resolution 20
Craft 20
Final grades will be based on
Class participation 10
Design Projects 20 = 80%
Completed Portfolio* = 20%
And Final Capstone
Improvement on an individual basis will be considered in
relationship to the final grade.
Letter grades will be assigned using plus and minus system
*Students are responsible
for documentation of 3-d work on a CD to be handed in to Instructor at the end
of term.
Supplies (partial list only)
9x12
Sketchbook 66167090451 $11.60
Tackle
box or storage box
Ruler
X-Acto
knife - $3
Eraser,
sissors
18
guage dark annealed soft wire (50 ft coil)
pencil
Masking tape
Hot glue gun and glue
18"-24” metal ruler
Assorted small and medium paint brushes and
paint, as necessary
Wire cutters
Needle nose pliers
Safety glasses
Sandpaper
You will need additional materials and tools. Your
project ideas will necessarily dictate this need. It is your
responsibility to determine what you need for each class and to have
them at the beginning of class. You man NOT use class time
for trips to the hardware store, art supply store, or to otherwise. Failure
to be prepared for class with your supplies will result in you being marked
absent for the day.
SKETCHBOOK/JOURNAL:
For this course you are required to keep an artist's sketchbook. You are
expected to bring it to each class and in it you should keep all your research,
class handouts, drawings, plans, notes on group discussions, interesting
anecdotes, suggested artist names, assignment due dates, and notes on
techniques/processes that we review during open studio sessions. Actively use
your sketchbook as a matrix of research and ideas. Your sketchbook is one of
the few inviolable spaces for creativity that you will have as a constant
throughout your lives. Sketchbooks will be collected for twice, once after the
first sketchbook assignment and again near the end of the semester.
MID TERM PAPER:
Double spaced,
Work
Schedule
***The
following "schedule" is the best approximation at this time of what
will happen in this class. However, the course content and the timing of the
assignments might vary from this schedule in order to meet the particular needs
of this class:
Week 1 Introduction, Hand
Outs/Material Terminology and Identification
Reading/Research
Navigation
Ted
Talk:
Week 2 Found
art
Week 3 Surface/Space
Bas
Relief
Week 4 Planes;
Interpretation
Week 5 Volume,
Mass -
Week 6 Subtraction/reorganization
Week 7 Addition/Reorganization
Week 8 Cross-Section
Week 9 Traditions
Challenge-Cabinet of Curiosity
Week 10 Space/Position
– Kinetic Investigation
Week 11 Design
Abstraction I – Wire Form
Week 12 Design
Abstraction II – Organic Forms
Week 13 Design
Abstraction II – Carving
Week 14 Decorative
Special Concepts – Paper Form
Week 15 Research
Paper/Work Capstone/Final Critique
Week 16 Capstone/Final
Exam
Portfolio
Turn in CD*
*The Visual and Performing Arts Department
will not be responsible for any student art work, projects or written work left
in the Fine Arts building after the end of the semester unless special
arrangements have been made by the student with the appropriate instructor. The Department reserves the right to
hold selected work for the following calendar year to be included in FAB
gallery exhibition
Week 7 – Feb 26 Intro
to next –cross section
Week 8-Mar 3/5
Cross-Section
/sculpture race?
Week 9-Mar10-12 Traditions
Challenge-Cabinet of Curiosity
Week 10-Mar17/19 Space/Position
– Kinetic Investigation
Week 11-Mar 24/26 Design
Abstraction I – Wire Form
Week 12-Mar 31/Apr2 Design
Abstraction II – Organic Forms
Week 13-Apr 7/9 BREAK
Week 14-Apr 14/16 WAX
Carving
Week 15-Apr 21/24 Research
Paper/Work Capstone/Final Critique
Week 16- Apr/28/30 Capstone/Final
Exam
Portfolio
Turn in CD*
