Mixed Media

3 semester credits. In this course, students will be introduced to foundational mixed media techniques; they will learn about common materials and how each media within the piece works and interacts with the others. Students will learn how to create a collage based on canvas, add texture with gesso, use stencils and stamps. In addition, students will have the opportunity to experiment with different types of acrylic paints, understand how they work and how they react when water is added. Students will learn which materials work well together and develop confidence in using the acquired knowledge when creating pieces in the future. Even the most inexperienced beginner will develop a new appreciation for the art form and will be encouraged to develop his or her own artistic style.

3 semester credits. Complex contemporary installations are mostly mixed media works. The course aims at instructing how to produce mixed media works which are an assemblage of different artistic languages such as video, photography, sound, sculpture, performance, painting, etc. The course will provide an introduction to the history of mixed media to understand how the discipline does not only revolve around artworks and materials, but how it also involves ideas, how they develop over time, and how the new concepts result from past experiences. Topics will discuss how productions are embedded into history and how artists react to events of historic significance. During the course, there will be a high concentration on student work to promote a strategy that develops manifold and viable expressions. Prerequisites: Studio, fine arts, and visual arts majors.