DYE AND COLOR

Catalog description

Color is a uniquely slippery element that can shift before our eyes just as it inflects social, political and emotional meaning upon the visual world. In this course, dyes are an interface to explore the formal and conceptual possibilities of color. Students are introduced to natural and synthetic dye technologies, and develop vocabulary in immersion dyeing, direct application of dyes, dye resists and dye discharges. Alongside material outputs, students investigate the social, economic and historic position of dyes and dyestuffs. Consideration of color as a source of content is a primary point of focus. Coursework includes studio activity, critical discussion of core texts and individualized research. Students produce studies and fully realized artworks developed through in-process discussions and presented in formal critique settings. Students who do not meet the prerequisite may register for the course with special approval. Please speak to an advisor for more information.