Printmaking I

ART 3371 CRN 91435

Fall 2009
FA 217
Tuesday-Thursday 11-1:15 PM
Instructor: Scott Betz betzs@wssu.edu 750-2281

Office Hours FA 225: M T 8:30-11, 1:15-2, W 10-11, R 1:15-2

I. Course Description

ART 3371 Printmaking I Credit: 3 hrs.
This studio course introduces the student to the techniques of the relief print. Emphasis is on the actual processes of cutting and printing linoleum and wood. Students will use skills and knowledge from color and design, drawing, and composition. (Five hours per week)
Pre-requisites: None

II. Course Objectives

This course is about printmaking issues and their evolution into the twentyfirst century related to art. You will work throughout the semester learning and practicing printmaking techniques discovering how the artist creates and composes. It is the goal of this course to provide, in addition to the skill and knowledge necessary to make dynamic prints, a background in aesthetics and history. Each student is expected to build upon a good foundation of drawing, design and color theory, with interest in the craft of materials, and the challenge to creatively express yourself through art.

This will demand a great deal of energy and commitment on your part.

III. Course Requirements

Since this is a physical product based class, students must purchase the appropriate materials in order to receive credit for the class.

Attendance

Class participation is required. You should realize that you are responsible for all information disclosed during every class session and although we will be working together during each scheduled class, there will be out-of-class reading and print assignments. This will demand 100% participation in order to complete the requirements of this course. It is my policy that there will be no unexcused absences. It is also my policy that three days of unexcused absences will result in a lower grade and after six unexcused absences, the student will not receive credit for the class. Please attend all classes. If you have an excused absence, relating to serious medical problems or death in the immediate family, please contact me before the scheduled class at my Office-ph# 750-2529 and afterward, bring your medical excuse or newspaper obituary to the following class session. This procedure is the only way to protect your grade.
IV. Grading Proceedures

Evaluation

There will be assignments called problems. These major print problems will be reviewed during approximately four (4) pass/fail critiques where you will be required to talk about your technical and conceptual approaches and discuss with the rest of the class about possible solutions other than the one you chose. The final critique will be by appointment during Finals week. All work in and out of class will be stored in the print studio racks or in your sketch book. The final grade will be based on the quality of your work and, most importantly, the individual's progress from the beginning to end of the term. If you do not attempt to participate as a competitive and studious artist, you will be advised to drop this class after the first critique.

• (80%) problem solving/portfolio completion
(60%) all criteria solved, (10%) turned in on time, (10%) craft/quality/presentation=(80%)

• (20%) active participation in every class, critique, quiz, discussion

VI. Tentative Course Schedule See Problems and Calendar for complete information

VII. Student Responsibility for Coursework

In submitting assignments and projects for courses, students take responsibility for their work as a whole, and imply that, except as properly noted, the ideas, words, material and craftsmanship are their own. In written work, if students cite from a source of information or opinion other than themselves without giving credit, either within the body of their texts or in properly noted references and without using quotation marks where needed, or otherwise fail to acknowledge the borrowings, they have in fact presented the work, words or ideas of others as if they were their own. Failure to abide by those simple principles of responsible scholarship is dishonest, as is receiving or giving aid on tests, examinations or other assigned work presumed to be independent or original. A student whose work is found to be dishonestly accomplished and submitted as his or her own for credit will be removed from the course with a grade of "F."

VIII. Accommodations for Students with Disabilities

In compliance with the WSSU policy and equal access laws, I am available to discuss appropriate academic accommodations that may be required for students with disabilities. Note that accommodations will not be granted without appropriate written documentation. Upon entrance to the course, students are encouraged to register with the Officer for Student Disabilities to verify their eligibility for appropriate accommodations. If you have a documented disability, please contact the Office of Disability Services in 302 Hauser or by phone at 750-2390. Although I am eager to assist you, no accommodations will be made without notification from this office

IX. About the Classroom

Room 217 is also used by other students, in other classes, at other times. Your participation in this class will be graded in part by how your behavior contributes to the delivery of new information from the instructor and the success of the entire class. Therefore you are required to maintain the condition of your work area by cleaning up after yourself. You must be able to hear my comments and suggestions, therefore no personal headphones are allowed. Please direct your focus to the current assignment. Students that interrupt class will be asked to leave. You must actively engage in the day's study, therefore no cell phone usage- whether calling in or out will be permitted. Turn cell phones off before entering this classroom. You are permitted to use this studio to complete assignments whenever the
room is free.