Course Descriptions - Spring 2007

Fine & Performing Arts, Humanities, Liberal Arts, Open/Free

Introduction to the Creative Experience introduces the methods, materials and meaning of the arts to those who are involved in developmental programs childhood to adulthood. It is a way to explore the world through nonverbal experiences which are personal to each one. Emphasis is placed on spontaneity, imagination, invention and flexibility of each student.

Fine & Performing Arts, Humanities, Liberal Arts, Open/Free

Introduction to the Creative Arts is an interdisciplinary course with emphasis on both the experience of the arts and theory. The course gives students an overview of all the arts by emphasizing the actual experience of dance, theater, art and music. It is intended to give the student a strong sense of the enjoyment, excitement and pleasure that the arts can provide.

Fine & Performing Arts, Humanities, Liberal Arts, Open/Free

This course is an introduction to the history of painting, sculpture, and architecture in the Western world and other world cultures. The periods to be covered range from Prehistoric times to the year 1500 and include the Stone Age, ancient Egypt, Greece and Rome, the Byzantine and Medieval worlds and early Renaissance. Trips to area museums may be required in the course.

Fine & Performing Arts, Humanities, Liberal Arts, Open/Free

A survey course which covers the major period styles of painting, sculpture, and architecture in the Western world from the 1500's to the present. Trips to area museums may be required in the course.

Fine & Performing Arts, Humanities, Liberal Arts, Open/Free

An interdisciplinary and multi-media approach to the arts. The course will consider criteria that are common to all the arts as well as those that apply to particular arts: music, dance, theater, the visual arts, architecture, and film. This course is designed to give students an overview of all the arts by providing guidelines that will sharpen their appreciation and perception the ways in which the arts are a reflection of particular time periods as well as those timeless issues that are part of the human condition.

Fine & Performing Arts, Humanities, Liberal Arts, Open/Free

An introduction to the creation and manipulation of objects in three dimensional space, Through a series of projects and activities the students will begin to build an understanding of various methods and techniques for the creation of three-dimensional objects. The elements of three dimensional design will include: how an object or group of objects can be experienced in relation to its surroundings and how the use of scale, color, line, texture, mass, the plane, form and sound may influence our perception of three dimensional objects.

Fine & Performing Arts, Humanities, Liberal Arts, Open/Free

Color and Design is a foundation course which looks at color through its physical properties as well as its expressive functions. The class will explore the properties of value, hue and intensity. The student will deal with problems in manipulating color as well as mixing it. Concern will be for the process of taking a color concept from idea to finished form. There will be emphasis on clarity of concept through quality of craftsmanship.

Fine & Performing Arts, Humanities, Liberal Arts, Open/Free

Drawing I is an introduction to the problems, techniques, and materials of drawing. Each class project will focus on a different aspect of visual perception, composition, and artists' materials.

Fine & Performing Arts, Humanities, Liberal Arts, Open/Free

Drawing II is a continuation of the problems, techniques and materials introduced in Drawing I. Students will continue exploring a variety of drawing materials. Emphasis, however, will be placed on understanding the problems inherent in translating what one sees in three dimensions to what one creates on the two dimensional surface.

Fine & Performing Arts, Humanities, Liberal Arts, Open/Free

Introductory Photography is a foundation course that covers basic camera operation, darkroom techniques, exposure, composition and aesthetics. Students will learn to develop and print their own black and white photographs in a laboratory setting. An adjustable 35mm camera is required. Students are expected to complete lab work.

Fine & Performing Arts, Humanities, Liberal Arts, Open/Free

ART121 Introductory Photography

Advanced techniques in camera operation, black and white process, and composition. Emphasis is on photographic self-expression and communications. Students are expected to complete lab work as required.

Fine & Performing Arts, Humanities, Liberal Arts, Open/Free

ART121 Introductory Photography

News Photography studies the practical application of photojournalism. Concentration is on providing eye-catching photographs for newspapers, magazines, newsletters and other print media. Participants will regularly take and print pictures on assignment for the campus newspaper The Observer. Students will meet with instructor once a week to receive photo assignments and critique previous assignments.

Fine & Performing Arts, Humanities, Liberal Arts, Open/Free

ART121 Introductory Photography

You will learn advanced techniques in camera operation. Black and white process and composition. Emphasis is on photographic self-expression and communication. Students are expected to complete lab work as required.

Fine & Performing Arts, Graphics, Humanities, Liberal Arts, Open/Free

This is a foundation course that covers basic digital camera operation, exposure, composition, scanning techniques, composition and aesthetics. The student will learn how to photograph, transfer images to a computer; edit the images using a digital darkroom and create their own prints. A digital camera or an adjustable 35mm SLR is required. Students will have up to two weeks to explore the many types of digital cameras & accessories and will be instructed on how to take an informed purchase.

Fine & Performing Arts, Humanities, Liberal Arts, Open/Free

A combined seminar and workshop creating comic books, graphic novels, and scripts for animation. Both analysis of all three genres and the development of one's own work in these areas form the basis for the course. Emphasis is on crafting a work of fiction; drawing on mythology and legend for ideas; translating dramatic action into visual form; developing narrative illustration techniques; and exploring conventional and unconventional materials and approaches. An overview of professional opportunities and marketing one's work will also be covered.

Fine & Performing Arts, Humanities, Liberal Arts, Open/Free

The aim of Illustration I is to give the student exposure to a variety of media used in commercial illustration, as well as to the different types of illustration including book, newspaper and current event. Developing drawing skills will be an integral part of the course. The history of illustration will be presented in order to understand it as communication from concept to finished product.

Fine & Performing Arts, Humanities, Liberal Arts, Open/Free

Illustration II will build on the conceptual and technical strategies of pictorial communication introduced in Illustration I. It will offer possibilities for refining graphic and aesthetic abilities, developing personal style, and applying those skills toward assignments with actual or simulated commercial applications. Students will be encouraged to start a professional portfolio and will be exposed to the business, as well as art, of illustration.

Fine & Performing Arts, Humanities, Liberal Arts, Open/Free

The focus of Portfolio for Illustration is on developing a portfolio for purposes of further study or professional marketing. The student will develop an appropriate portfolio for illustration by working on assigned projects, selecting and presenting work, developing appropriate associated materials (e.g. resume, card, stationery, tear sheets or printed pieces).

Fine & Performing Arts, Humanities, Liberal Arts, Open/Free

Figure Drawing I offers the student the opportunity to draw from a live model. Class sessions will explore different approaches to figure drawing, covering a variety of techniques and concepts (gesture drawing, contour line drawing, form, light and shade, movement, etc). Students will be encouraged to experiment with a variety of materials, and to enlarge the scale of their work as the semester progresses.

Fine & Performing Arts, Humanities, Liberal Arts, Open/Free

Portfolio for Photography will focus on developing a portfolio for purposes of further study or professional marketing. The student will develop an appropriate portfolio for photography by working on assigned projects, selecting and presenting work, developing appropriate associated materials.

Fine & Performing Arts, Liberal Arts, Open/Free

ART130 Introduction to Digital Photography

This course builds upon existing skills or those gained in the Introduction to Digital Photography course. The general focus is on advanced camera operations, workflow, art theory, practical theory, and self-expression. Incoming students should understand white balance, aperture, ISO and shutter speed, and have a basic knowledge of Adobe Photoshop. Like a traditional art studio course, this hands-on class offers a high degree of interaction between students and instructor. A digital camera is required.

Fine & Performing Arts, Humanities, Liberal Arts, Open/Free

Painting I introduces the problems, techniques and materials of Painting. Each class project will focus on a different aspect of visual perception, composition and artists' materials.

Fine & Performing Arts, Humanities, Liberal Arts, Open/Free

This course is a continuation of Painting I. The emphasis will be on giving more complexity and subtlety to both the color and the composition in each project. The student will be encouraged to find personal solutions to the general problems presented.

Fine & Performing Arts, Humanities, Liberal Arts, Open/Free

ART214 Figure Drawing and ART232 Painting II

Focus is on developing a portfolio for independent work in the field of fine arts and for transfer to professional art schools and four year colleges. The portfolio will consist of works culled from the classes offered in the Visual Arts Option. Students will take slides of their artwork, create a resume and develop an artists' statement. Students will learn how to pursue exhibition and grant opportunities.

Northern Essex Community College

ART100

Introduction to the Creative Experience

ART101

Introduction to the Creative Arts

ART104

Art History From Prehistory to Early Renaissance

ART105

Art History from the Renaissance to the Present

ART106

Exploring the Arts

ART108

Three Dimensional Design

ART110

Color & Design

ART111

Drawing I

ART112

Drawing II

ART121

Introductory Photography

ART122

Advanced Photography

ART123

News Photography

ART124

Advanced Photography II

ART130

Introduction to Digital Photography

ART205

Storyboarding for Comic Books Animation

ART211

Illustration

ART212

Illustration II

ART213

Portfolio for Illustration

ART214

Figure Drawing

ART221

Portfolio for Photography

ART230

Advanced Digital Photography

ART231

Painting I

ART232

Painting II

ART233

Portfolio for Visual Arts