Graduate Studio, the foundation of the 60-credit, two-year MFA in Print Media program, students take an individualized approach to their education, synthesizing their diverse experiences into their work. Students work in private studios within a shared community environment, where cross-disciplinary exchange is highly encouraged. Studio practice is guided by faculty mentors who meet with students weekly to provide critique, dialogue, and occasional assignments geared toward the individual student's creative investigations. Graduate Studio culminates in an exhibition of work and a written thesis presented at the end of the second year. In addition to working with faculty mentors, students meet for group critiques and on-campus activities.
Graduate Studio, the foundation of the 60-credit, two-year MFA in Print Media program, students take an individualized approach to their education, synthesizing their diverse experiences into their work. Students work in private studios within a shared community environment, where cross-disciplinary exchange is highly encouraged. Studio practice is guided by faculty mentors who meet with students weekly to provide critique, dialogue, and occasional assignments geared toward the individual student's creative investigations. Graduate Studio culminates in an exhibition of work and a written thesis presented at the end of the second year. In addition to working with faculty mentors, students meet for group critiques and on-campus activities.
Taken all four semesters by all students in the Print Media program, the Graduate Critique Seminar provides candidates with an intellectual community and critical forum in which they may test, temper, and enlarge the ideas that underlie their artistic goals. The Seminar will meet weekly to critique, in rotation, the work-in-progress of all candidates. The cross-disciplinary nature of the conversation is meant to foster the widest possible dialogue among artists, encourage divergent thinking and discourage the easy acceptance of received notions. The seminar will also include lectures, critiques, and discussions with Visiting Artists/Scholars/Critics. The Seminar is led by one of the MFA in Print Media faculty, who may also enlist other faculty members, as well as visiting artists, critics and scholars, to join discussions and critiques. Students may also be assigned critical readings to prepare for presentation and discussion, and class meetings would be supplemented by lectures and performances of visiting artists to PNCA, as well as by trips off-campus to exhibitions and performances locally and beyond.
Taken all four semesters by all students in the Print Media program, the Graduate Critique Seminar provides candidates with an intellectual community and critical forum in which they may test, temper, and enlarge the ideas that underlie their artistic goals. The Seminar will meet weekly to critique, in rotation, the work-in-progress of all candidates. The cross-disciplinary nature of the conversation is meant to foster the widest possible dialogue among artists, encourage divergent thinking and discourage the easy acceptance of received notions. The seminar will also include lectures, critiques, and discussions with Visiting Artists/Scholars/Critics. The Seminar is led by one of the MFA in Print Media faculty, who may also enlist other faculty members, as well as visiting artists, critics and scholars, to join discussions and critiques. Students may also be assigned critical readings to prepare for presentation and discussion, and class meetings would be supplemented by lectures and performances of visiting artists to PNCA, as well as by trips off-campus to exhibitions and performances locally and beyond.
Ind. Study approved by dept. Chair
This four semester course provides an experimental laboratory experience supporting research, collaboration and creativity. Students will collaborate on projects as both experiments and professional practice. They will be required to search out a topic of research for each semester, which could continue through all four semesters. Research logs and presentations will be conducted in the lab and presented to the community. This course allows the student to use the scientific process as an alternative form of making as they take a more independent and creative line of inquiry in other courses.
This four semester course provides an experimental laboratory experience supporting research, collaboration and creativity. Students will collaborate on projects as both experiments and professional practice. They will be required to search out a topic of research for each semester, which could continue through all four semesters. Research logs and presentations will be conducted in the lab and presented to the community. This course allows the student to use the scientific process as an alternative form of making as they take a more independent and creative line of inquiry in other courses.
This seminar will immerse students in the world of contemporary printmaking by looking at the prominent producers and disseminators of print media. With the definition of what is a print? rapidly expanding, students will contextualize works by identifying and analyzing trends and influences. Innovations in media, including digital interfaces and 3D fabrication, will be examined for how they shape the meaning, appearance, display, and audience for fine prints, which have come to include objects, installations, video and other time-based art. Lectures, readings, and discussions will take up the critical theory and aesthetics of contemporary print practices, addressing questions such as the place of craft and process, the idea of originality and authenticity, the role of collaboration and community in professional print workshops, the relation of image and text, and the intersection of fine art and graphic design, commercialism, industry, technology, and society. The course will be complemented by museum and gallery tours and visits from guest speakers. Students will contribute oral presentations and complete a final research essay.
Graduate Printmaking Projects and Explorations I. This semester long course provides a graduate level approach to various printmaking practices supporting research, collaboration, creativity, and craft. Students will explore projects as experiments to their specific practices. Processes will include both analog and digital systems, while exploring ways to define prints as objects, multiples and editions. Students will be required to conduct research and presentations throughout the semester. Prerequisites: Open to all graduate students.
Graduate Studio, the foundation of the 60-credit, two-year MFA in Print Media program, students take an individualized approach to their education, synthesizing their diverse experiences into their work. Students work in private studios within a shared community environment, where cross-disciplinary exchange is highly encouraged. Studio practice is guided by faculty mentors who meet with students weekly to provide critique, dialogue, and occasional assignments geared toward the individual student's creative investigations. Graduate Studio culminates in an exhibition of work and a written thesis presented at the end of the second year. In addition to working with faculty mentors, students meet for group critiques and on-campus activities.
This credit bearing studio assignment allows graduate students to explore, experiment and apply their creative practice in either an independent or collaborative process. This assignment will continue through all four semesters of the program. Every semester, students will be assessed by their chair, program faculty, invited guests and peers as they develop a body of work.In the final semester, students will be linked with a mentor to focus on a capstone project. The capstone project will also be evaluated by the chair, program faculty and invited guests. Students will be required to give an oral presentation and defend their outcomes. This capstone process is linked to a thesis paper, which is developed in the Capstone Research + Writing Course.
Taken all four semesters by all students in the Print Media program, the Graduate Critique Seminar provides candidates with an intellectual community and critical forum in which they may test, temper, and enlarge the ideas that underlie their artistic goals. The Seminar will meet weekly to critique, in rotation, the work-in-progress of all candidates. The cross-disciplinary nature of the conversation is meant to foster the widest possible dialogue among artists, encourage divergent thinking and discourage the easy acceptance of received notions. The seminar will also include lectures, critiques, and discussions with Visiting Artists/Scholars/Critics. The Seminar is led by one of the MFA in Print Media faculty, who may also enlist other faculty members, as well as visiting artists, critics and scholars, to join discussions and critiques. Students may also be assigned critical readings to prepare for presentation and discussion, and class meetings would be supplemented by lectures and performances of visiting artists to PNCA, as well as by trips off-campus to exhibitions and performances locally and beyond.
Taken all four semesters by all students in the Print Media program, the Graduate Critique Seminar provides candidates with an intellectual community and critical forum in which they may test, temper, and enlarge the ideas that underlie their artistic goals. The Seminar will meet weekly to critique, in rotation, the work-in-progress of all candidates. The cross-disciplinary nature of the conversation is meant to foster the widest possible dialogue among artists, encourage divergent thinking and discourage the easy acceptance of received notions. The seminar will also include lectures, critiques, and discussions with Visiting Artists/Scholars/Critics. The Seminar is led by one of the MFA in Print Media faculty, who may also enlist other faculty members, as well as visiting artists, critics and scholars, to join discussions and critiques. Students may also be assigned critical readings to prepare for presentation and discussion, and class meetings would be supplemented by lectures and performances of visiting artists to PNCA, as well as by trips off-campus to exhibitions and performances locally and beyond.
This four semester course provides an experimental laboratory experience supporting research, collaboration and creativity. Students will collaborate on projects as both experiments and professional practice. They will be required to search out a topic of research for each semester, which could continue through all four semesters. Research logs and presentations will be conducted in the lab and presented to the community. This course allows the student to use the scientific process as an alternative form of making as they take a more independent and creative line of inquiry in other courses.
This four semester course provides an experimental laboratory experience supporting research, collaboration and creativity. Students will collaborate on projects as both experiments and professional practice. They will be required to search out a topic of research for each semester, which could continue through all four semesters. Research logs and presentations will be conducted in the lab and presented to the community. This course allows the student to use the scientific process as an alternative form of making as they take a more independent and creative line of inquiry in other courses.
This course examines multiples in historical and contemporary contexts in order to develop criteria for understanding and strategies for reconfiguring the concept. Our exploration will include examples from craft, design, art, media, and technology and the intersections and exchanges between these interrelated fields. Throughout, we will be interested in exploring relations between making and thinking, hand and mind, human and machine, objects and systems, materiality and abstraction and the ramifications of the pairs' interactions for perception, sensibility and intelligence. The course will also address issues relevant to the course material raised by and related to the MFA lectures and invited guests. In addition to preparing weekly readings, students will engage in a semester-long research project and present their findings in both written formats and oral presentations.
This course is designed to instruct, guide, and support Print Media students with the completion of a Thesis Paper. The Thesis Paper is a statement of your critical positions as an artist and/or collaborator. It is informed by your creative practice and supported by relevant sources. This course prepares students to develop a successfully researched paper that relates the concept, process, and evaluation of their capstone project. At the end of this course, the student should be prepared to present a thoroughly developed Thesis Paper, Oral Presentation, and defense of their Capstone Project. Each student will be led through rough drafts before the final paper is presented for grading, binding, and storage in the PNCA library holdings.
Graduate Printmaking Projects and Explorations 2. This semester long course provides a graduate level approach to various printmaking practices supporting research, collaboration, creativity, and craft. Students will explore projects as experiments to their specific practices. Processes will include both analog and digital systems, while exploring ways to define prints as objects, multiples and editions. Students will be required to conduct research and presentations throughout the semester. Prerequisites: Projects and Explorations 1. Open to all graduate students.
In addition to your independent studio investigation, collaborative exchanges, and lab research, you'll also participate in critique seminars and on-campus activities with your fellow students. You'll select from a menu of academic courses, such as pedagogy and critical studies topics, to accompany your independent and collaborative work. And you'll be able to choose from a diverse set of courses to fulfill elective requirements.
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