Welcome to Fall 2022 registration! The Department of Art + Design would like to inform you of new and notable elective options.

Design

ARTG 5000.1 Introduction to Computational Creative Practice
CRN 19245
Instructor: Professor Derek Curry

This course introduces students to computational art, focusing on the use of computational processes for the creation of interactive and generative experiences. In this class, students will use data and mathematical procedures to generate images, express ideas, and create meaning. Students will gain practice-based experience with the benefits and limitations of using computational processes, reflecting on what computers can and cannot do well. They will use computational procedures and concepts, such as automation, recursion, and data processing, for creative purposes. Students will make creative computational projects using code and/or other media, such as photography, video, performance, installation, etc.

Some courses may have restrictions for Art + Design programs , all students (CAMD or from other colleges) are welcome to request registration based on availability and on a first come first serve basis. To request registration for a course, please complete the A + D Grad Registration Request Form. For registration questions, please contact Ariel Rodriguez.

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ARTG 5000.2 Design and Mental Health
CRN 19246
Instructor: Professor Don Robinaugh

This course introduces students to the critical role of design in promoting mental health. The number of individuals affected by mental health concerns is substantially higher than many people realize. Roughly half of us will meet criteria for a mental health disorder at some point during our lifetimes and nearly all of us will go through periods of time in which our mental health suffers. The scope of mental health challenges we face as a society requires innovative and comprehensive approaches that touch on every aspect of the spaces we live in, the technologies we interact with, and the information we engage with every day. Through these mediums, design has the power to both exacerbate and alleviate mental health challenges, underscoring the need for designers to develop mental health literacy. Through a combination of critical readings, case studies, and an independent project, students in this course will gain an in-depth understanding of the nature of mental disorders and will learn concrete principles and tools for using design to promote better mental health.

Open to Design seniors and Design graduate students. Other majors are welcome to request registration based on availability and on a first come first serve basis. To request access to the course, please complete the A + D Grad Registration Request Form. For registration questions, please contact Ariel Rodriguez.

Media Arts

ARTD 3000.2  Art in the Age of Mass Surveillance
CRN 19237
Instructor: Professor Jennifer Gradecki

Professor Jennifer Gradecki is offering Topics In Media Arts: Art in the Age of Mass Surveillance. In this special studio course (only offered in Fall 2022) students will learn about and create art projects that engage with the social impact of surveillance technologies using mediums of their choice, including photography, video arts, animation, data visualization, interactive media, painting/drawing, etcetera. Students will look carefully at AI and social media, in addition to other less obvious manifestations of data collection and implementation.

Professor Gradecki is a media artist who takes a close look at surveillance and data collection, and their impacts on society. Her artistic research uses technologies to subvert the mainstream misinformation that floods our everyday experiences.

Pre-req: Any one of the following: ARTD 2000, ARTD 2360, ARTD 2370, ARTD 2380, or instructor approval. If you are interested and do not meet the prerequisites, please email Professor Gradecki for approval ([email protected]). Then forward the approval email to CAMD Advising ([email protected]) for an override.

To learn more about Professor Gradecki, please visit the following sites:

1. https://jennifergradecki.com
2. crowdsourcedintel.org
3. https://www.boogaloo-bias.art/
4. Infodemic Premier
5. Misinformation Spread During the Pandemic
6. https://goingviral.art/

Visual Studies (Art History)

ARTH 3000.1 In the Wake: Aesthetic Cartographies of the Black Atlantic-America
CRN 19253
Instructor: Clareese Hill

This course is an experimental survey of the aesthetic consideration of the Black Atlantic. The Black  Atlantic is a theoretical sociological framework for a Western society that unpacks Black culture in  intersection with the territories involved in transatlantic slavery. This curriculum will map out specific  aesthetics of the Black Atlantic and Black culture from politics through art that contribute to  contemporary Black life. This class will only scratch the surface of the complexities of Black life, but it  will allow us to think about possible futures and discourses on Black culture. The course of the course is  supported by Black Knowledge production from feminist, Caribbean, and philosophical writers, including  Fred Moten, Christina Sharpe, Dionne Brand, and Paul Gilroy.

Approved course substitute for ARTH 2210 or 2211. ARTH 3000 meets the Writing Intensive requirement. Please  email CAMD Advising ([email protected]) to process your course substitution request.

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ARTH 3000.2 Dynamism and Diversity in Islamic Visual Cultures
CRN 19927
Instructor: Alison Terndrup

This course investigates topics in Islamic Art and Design History with an emphasis on the dynamism and diversity of visual cultures across the Islamic world, including the Middle East, Central and Western Asia, North Africa, China, Indonesia, Sub-Saharan Africa, and the Americas. As a class, we will continually revisit the central question of “What (and when) is Islamic Art?” through critical engagement with topics including the creation of sacred spaces, artistic transmission, transregional connectivities, talismans and magic, consumption and networks of portability, museums and collecting, and contemporary art worlds. Our discussions aim to challenge accepted hierarchies within the field and expand the general definition of the aesthetic category of “Islamic Art.”

Approved course substitute for ARTH 2210 or 2211. ARTH 3000 meets the Writing Intensive requirement. Please  email CAMD Advising ([email protected]) to process your course substitution request.