Calendar (schedule approximate. Dates indicated). All content is subject to change.
August 19
Go over syllabi. In class the frame exercise. Homework: Come to class with sketchbook and material on 24th.
August 24
Lecture on Marks and Line. In class exercise. Have sketchbook for in class assignments. Start on first graded project -Identity Map. Read Launching the Imagination page 2-9
August 26
In class work on Identity Map. Discuss Readings and Radical Cartography.
August 31
Project One Due: Identity Map
In class critique. Read Launching The Imagination pg 66-74
September 2
Lecture on Unity. In class unity design exercise at computer lab. Study the work of Victor Vasarely.
Start work on Project Two – Public Unity
September 7
In class work on Public Unity in groups. Class discussion on Launching The Imagination. Read Cultivating Creativity 110-111
September 9
Tour of public display locations. Discuss readings. Study the work of Lance Wyman. In class work on projects.
September 14
Project Two - Public Unity Due. In class Critique Read Launching The Imagination pg 12-14
September 16
Lecture on Figure/Ground. In class exercise –how to make a stencil. Quiz on semester terms. Bring Exacto knife and card stock to class.
September 21
Start work on project three. Brainstorm concept of place. Look at work of Bansky. Read Launching The Imagination pg Problem Seeking 120-124
September 23
Discuss reading. Continue work on Project Three.
September 28
Project Three Due. In class critique.
September 30
Field trip to ASU library Archives. Read Launching The Imagination pg84-86
October 5
Lecture on Composition Strategies. In class exercise at computer lab. Bring in a list of favorite quotes. Discuss "typology". Start work on Project Three – Composition Post Card. Read Launching The Imagination pg141
October 7
Continue work in Project Three. Read Launching The Imagination pg141
October 12
Project Four Due. In class Critique. Discuss “Me as an artist” presentations.
October 14
Introduce Module and Patterning. In class sewing exercise. Read Launching The Imagination pg72-74. Bring small sewing material. Needle, thread, fabric. Me as an artist” presentations.
October 19
Start work on Project Five. Discuss reading. Discuss concept of cycles. Bring small sewing material. Needle, thread, fabric. Launching the Imagination pg125 Me as an artist” presentations.
October 21
Continue work on project five. Discuss reading. Look at work of Goldsworthy
Me as an artist” presentations.
October 26
Project five due. In class critique.
October 28
Introduce Scale/Proportion. In class grid exercise. Read Launching The Imagination 82-84. Bring small flat objects to class. Start work on project six. Discuss class exhibition which is Dec 3rd
November 2
In class work on project six. Bring in Large foam core. Begin enlargement process in class. Launching the Imagination pg133-134
November 4
Project Six Due. In class Critique. Read Launching The Imagination pg 38-48
November 9
Introduce Color/Value. In class exercise. Launching The Imagination pg 50-58 - Introduce Spatial Illusion In class exercise space illusion in computer lab. Bring in digital copies of old photos. Discuss reading. Launching The Imagination Pg91-104. Start work on project seven.
November 11
Veterans Day Observed .No Class.
November 16
Continue work on project seven. Look at work of Ion Barladeanu. Discuss reading.
November 18
Project Seven Due - Spatial Illusion In class critique. Read Launching The Imagination pg 290-309
November 23
Introduce Time and Motion. In class exercise. Review Final work for Exhibition. Begin work in Project eight. Reading Launching The Imagination 320-340
November 25
Thanksgiving Break. No Class
November 30
Continue Work on Project Eight. Discuss Reading. Look at work of James Turrell
December 2
Class at gallery for hanging of work. Show is Friday Dec 3rd
December 7
Project Eight Due. Last day of Class
