Basic Studio Digital Media

Catalog description

This course will provide students with introductory level Digital Media knowledge and skills, emphasizing fine art approaches that utilize the computer in addition to other various technologies to produce works of art. Digital Media will be explored through production, critique, history and aesthetics in order to achieve individual artistic goals. Students will be provided with the fundamental technical, historical and conceptual information necessary to produce digitally-based art. Technical ability and development, conceptual development, and media experimentation will be stressed. Critical thinking will be addressed with each project, allowing students to improve their ability to analyze visual works of art. Through creative studio practice, students discover relationships relevant to their role as an artist and work to develop the following emphasized artistic traits: perceptual openness, flexibility/adaptability, the courage to take a risk, the ability to analyze, and self-confidence. Thematic Thread(s): Citizenship & Social Problems, Cultural Literacy & Community Building, Conservation, Technology & Imagination, Human Diversity & Well-Being, Institutions & Human Innovations, Transfer Thread Completion Course