calendar

week 
1.

TUE  JAN 19  Classes begin

WED JAN 20 Introduction to course

                VALUE SCALES monochromatic painting investigation

FRI  JAN 22   A few painters of our time + Value Scales

2.

MON JAN 25 Monochromatic Still Life, alla prima White on White Still Life

TUE  JAN 26 end of Add/Drop

WED JAN 27 Monochromatic Still Life

FRI   JAN 29  Monochromatic Still Life

3.
MON FEB 01   Lecture: Color Mapping + Light
                        color perception > intensity > Afterimage > successive contrast > simultaneous            
                        mixing > contrast > optical color > afterimage > optical movement 
                        complimentary color schema / color mixing > Bezold schema
                        optical movement > afterimage > Monochromatic / Analogous  
                        Color wheel development

WED FEB 03  Color wheel & simultaneous contrast - vibrating compliments + transparency

FRI    FEB 05  Complimentary - transparency + Bezold schema

4. five deconstructive analysis due

MON  FEB 08  Simultaneous contrast - vibrating compliments + transparency       
          Develop abstract patterns from ORGANIC MATERIALS

         Complimentary Pairs in Sketchbooks > Vibrating Colors + IMPACT > Complimentary Pairs 

WED  FEB 10   Collage Imag3textualities > James Rosenquist Master of Visual Haiku                

FRI    FEB 12    Critique : Simultaneous Constrast + Vibrating compliments
                          Collage Imag3textualities
                   

5.  ten deconstructive analysis due

MON  FEB 15 Critique : 4 collages

                        DEMO STRETCH canvases > Gesso // bring in 4 wooden stretcher bars                       

WED  FEB 17  Imag3textualities        

FRI  FEB 19  Video: Wasteland by Vic Muniz
                        bring in your gouache and brushes next class
                        3 page response paper to the WASTELAND: 
                        i. What is the global impact of Vic Muniz?
                       ii. What are the current efforts of Muniz, other artists/designers and organizations that support
                           change in a specific regional, national and/or global level? 

6. fifteen deconstructive analysis due
      #1 Student research Multi Media presentations 

MON FEB 22  Imag3textualities - transfer onto stretched canvases 

WED FEB 24  Field Trip : Everson Museum of Art Syracuse 

FRI    FEB 26 Imag3textualities 
                       Submit 4 page research artist paper complete with Bibliography MLA or APA style 

7. midterm
      twenty deconstructive analysis due

MON  FEB 29  Critique :  Imag3textualities
                                          

WED  MAR 02   Imag3textualities                         

FRI    MAR 04  Field Trip: COMMERCIAL ART . Syracuse . NY

Spring Break Monday MAR 07 through FRI MAR 11

8.  twenty-five deconstructive analysis due

MON MAR 14   Lecture: Vanitas

WED MAR 16   Field Trip: EVERSON MUSEUM OF ART . Syracuse . NY                       

FRI   MAR 18   Vanitas

9.   thirty deconstructive analysis due

MON  MAR 21  Vanitas

WED  MAR 23  Field Trip: GOLDEN PAINT . New Berlin . NY

FRI    MAR 25  Critique Vanitas

10.  thirty-five deconstructive analysis due

MON   MAR 28  Lecture: Towards Abstraction Serial Transformation                 

WED   MAR 30  Towards Abstraction Serial Transformation

FRI  APR 01  Towards Abstraction Serial Transformation
Last day to withdrawal from a class

                         

11.  forty deconstructive analysis due

MON   APR 04 Towards Abstraction Serial Transformation
           Registration week begins

WED   APR 06  Towards Abstraction Serial Transformation

FRI     APR 08  Serial Transformation Serial Transformation
                        Lecture: Final Project

12.   forty-five deconstructive analysis due

MON    APR 11  Towards Abstraction Serial Transformation
                     1:1 Final Project conferences

WED    APR 13  Towards Abstraction Serial Transformation

FRI      APR 15   Critique: Towards Abstraction Serial Transformation
                         

13.   fifty deconstructive analysis due 

#2 Student research Multi Media presentations 

MON   APR 18 En plein air weather permitting - wear appropriate clothing + bring container of H20                      

WED  APR 20  En plein air weather permitting - wear appropriate clothing + bring container of H20

FRI    APR 22  En plein air weather permitting - wear appropriate clothing + bring container of H20
SAT   APR 23 College Fashion Show

14.  

MON  APR 25 Final Project studio work

WED  APR 27 Student directed Final project Serial work

FRI    APR 29  Student directed Final project Serial work

15.
MON   MAY 02 Last day of classes / Reading Day - no class 

TUESDAY MAY 03 through FRIDAY 06 = Final Exams

FRI  MAY 06 Residence Halls close @ 7 PM

TUE MAY 10  Final Grades Due

SAT MAY 14   COMMENCEMENT 

Depending on the nature of each assignment and the experience of the class, the calendar may be modified by the instructor. Students will be informed to any changes in advance of assignment due dates.