The majors in Art Studio and Art History offered by the College of Fine Arts are described below.
Most of the requirements in these majors are set forth below. Note that in all programs you must also satisfy general college and University requirements for graduation.
If you wish to take studio courses without the concentration and commitment that is implicit in this curriculum, you are advised to follow a program of study leading to the degree of Bachelor of Arts with an art studio major (see below). Also, you may take a number of studio courses as part of the art education curriculum. The Department of Art and Art History advisor will help you select the program that best suits your needs.
Minimum requirements for the program leading to the B.F.A. degree are as follows. Note that one of the requirements is that at least 9 hours of instruction are at the 400 level. Students whose performance does not qualify them for the B.F.A. program may complete their work in the B.A. program or transfer to another degree program entirely.
A major in art history is offered under the general curriculum. It is also possible within this curriculum to pursue a major in art studio that is less specialized than the pre-professional (B.F.A.) curriculum. These two programs, both of which lead to the Bachelor of Arts, are as follows:
Note also that all students entering teacher preparation programs are required to meet the screening requirements for admission to such programs, as described in the College of Education section of this catalog.
The minor in art, consists of 24 semester hours. Students must complete all 9 hours from one of the two groups below:
Plus 15 hours of either Art Studio or Art History electives, out of which 6 hours must be upper-division.
Students enrolling in art courses furnish their own materials except for certain studio equipment provided by the University.
All work when completed is under the control of the Department until after the exhibitions of student work. Each student may be requested to leave one or more pieces of original work with the Department.
Students are reminded that charges for classroom supplies and services in certain art studio courses must be paid to the University of New Mexico Cashier during the first three weeks of Fall and Spring semesters and the first week of Summer Session. In specific instances fee reductions may be granted upon approval of the appropriate representatives and if the deadline is met. See instructor for deadline.
The Department of Art and Art History accepts up to 6 hours of upper-division film history toward art history and art studio major and minor requirements. The Department accepts 3 hours of MA 390 as studio credit.
Courses
ARTH 101. Introduction to Art. (3)
A beginning course in the fundamental concepts of the visual arts; the language of form and the media of artistic expression. Readings and slide lectures supplemented by museum exhibition attendance. Meets New Mexico Lower-Division General Education Common Core Curriculum Area V: Humanities and Fine Arts (NMCCN 1013).
{Fall, Spring}
ARTH 201. History of Art I. (3)
Prehistoric, Near Eastern, Egyptian, Greek, Roman, Early Christian, Byzantine, Romanesque and Gothic Art. Meets New Mexico Lower-Division General Education Common Core Curriculum Area V: Humanities and Fine Arts (NMCCN 2113).
{Fall}
ARTH 202. History of Art II. (3)
Western Art from the Early Renaissance to Impressionism. Meets New Mexico Lower-Division General Education Common Core Curriculum Area V: Humanities and Fine Arts (NMCCN 2123).
{Spring}
ARTH 205. Roman Civilization. (3)
(Also offered as CLST, HIST, PHIL 205)
An interdisciplinary introduction to ancient Rome. Lectures on Roman literature, history, art and philosophy.
ARTH 210. History of Photography. (3)
A survey tracing the historical and cultural impact of photography, including artistic, scientific, documentary, commercial, and vernacular images.
{Offered upon demand}
ARTH 250. Modern Art. (3)
Craven
Major stylistic developments of European and American painting and sculpture from Impressionism to approximately World War II.
{Fall, Summer}
ARTH 251. Artistic Traditions of the Southwest. (3)
Interrelationships of Native American, Hispanic and Anglo cultures from prehistoric times to the present, emphasizing the major forms of expression–pottery, textiles, jewelry, architecture, painting and photography. Slide lectures supplemented by museum exhibits.
{Offered upon demand}
ARTH 252. Contemporary Art and New Media. (3)
This course surveys the roots and evolution of what is now regarded as New Media and Contemporary Art, those pioneering new forms and technologies that often blur the boundaries between art, science, and technology.
ARTH 303. Asian Art. (3)
An introduction of prominent visual forms in Asia known over time (Neolithic to modern period). The slide lectures survey different artistic media according to region in historical and cultural contexts.
{Offered upon demand}
ARTH 315. Ancient Art. (3)
Architecture, painting, and sculpture from 1800 B.C. to 6th century A.D.
ARTH 321. Early Medieval Art, 500–1000 C.E.. (3)
Survey of the visual cultures (architecture, luxury objects, book illumination and illustration) of the Medieval World, including northern and Mediterranean Europe and the Islamic World, from 500 to 1000 C.E.
{Offered upon demand.}
ARTH 322. High Medieval Art, 1000–1200 C.E.. (3)
Survey of the visual cultures (architecture, luxury objects, book illumination and illustration) of the Medieval World, including northern and Mediterranean Europe and the Islamic World, from 1000 to 1200 C.E.
{Offered upon demand.}
ARTH 323 / 567. World Architecture I: History of the Built Environment from Pre-History to 1400 CE. (3)
(Also offered as ARCH 321/523)
Lecture survey of the architectural and urban traditions of ancient and indigenous cultures from prehistory to the late middle ages.
Restriction: enrolled in B.A.A. ARCH or B.A. ARTH.
ARTH 324 / 568. World Architecture II: History of the Built Environment From 1400 CE to the Present. (3)
Mead
(Also offered as ARCH 322/524)
Survey of the architectural and urban traditions of the modern world from the renaissance to the present.
Prerequisite: ARCH 221.
Restriction: enrolled in B.A. ARTH or B.A.A. ARCH.
{Spring}
ARTH *330. Renaissance Art and Architecture. (3)
Survey of visual culture of the thirteenth through sixteenth-centuries in Italy, as well as Northern Europe. Interactions with Byzantium, the Islamic world, and Spain will also be considered.
ARTH *340. Baroque Art. (3)
Painting, sculpture and architecture of the 17th-century European masters, such as Bernini, Rubens, Velasquez, Poussin and Rembrandt, are examined against their background of religious and political conflict, theoretical dispute and the rise of modern science.
ARTH *343. Pre-Columbian Architecture. (3)
(Also offered as ARCH *329)
North, South and Mesoamerican pre-Columbian architecture, with emphasis on the cultural background of ancient civilization.
{Offered upon demand}
ARTH 402 / 502. Native American Art I. (3)
Szabo
(Also offered as ANTH 401)
Archaeological and historic art forms of the Arctic Northwest coast and the eastern woodlands of North America.
{Fall}
ARTH 406 / 506. Native American Art II. (3)
Szabo
(Also offered as ANTH 403)
Archaeological and historic art forms of the Plains, Southwest and western regions of North America.
{Spring}
ARTH 407 / 507. Museum Practices. (3 to a maximum of 6 Δ)
(Also offered as MSST 407)
History, philosophy and purposes of museums. Techniques and problems of museum administration, education, collection, exhibition, conservation and public relations.
{Offered upon demand}
ARTH 411 / 511. Pre-Columbian Art: Mesoamerica. (3)
The art of Mexico and Central America prior to the 16th century.
{Fall}
ARTH 412 / 512. Pre-Columbian Art: South America. (3)
Arts of the Andean region prior to the 16th century.
{Spring}
ARTH 415 / 515. Modern Native American Art. (3)
Szabo
Late 19th century through the present, includes painting and photography as well as media more often termed traditional. Examines historical background and current critical issues including the impact of stereotypes and the marketplace.
{Offered periodically}
ARTH 416. Southwestern Native Ceramics. (3)
Szabo
This course examines Native Southwestern ceramics from the archaeological past to the present. Regional developments, changes in ceramics made for internal use and for outside sale, as well as issues of the contemporary market are investigated.
{Offered periodically}
ARTH 417 / 517. Seminar in Native American Tourists Arts. (3)
Szabo
Long undervalued, Native arts made for outside sale provide multi-voiced narratives. Seminar-format will examine the intrinsic, aesthetic value of these complex arts, their roles and their importance to creators, purchasers and various audiences.
ARTH 420 / 520. History of Graphic Arts I. (3)
Printmaking, printing and book illustration from Gutenberg to Goya, presenting the graphic arts as an expression of intellectual history and the precursor of photography. Provides an introduction to the curatorship of prints and books.
ARTH 421 / 521. History of the Graphic Arts II. (3)
Printmaking, printing and artists’ books from Goya to present. Including the graphic arts and photography, the rise of the ideas of the original print, 20th-century mixed media and the relationship between words and images.
{Spring}
ARTH 422 / 522. Contemporary Architecture. (3)
Mead
(Also offered as ARCH 425/525)
This experimental seminar provides a forum in which to discuss the theoretical issues and critical diversity of contemporary architecture of the last 30 years.
Restriction: enrolled in B.A. ARTH or B.A.A. ARCH.
{Offered upon demand}
ARTH 423. Frank Lloyd Wright and American Architecture. (3)
Mead
(Also offered as ARCH 429/529)
This seminar examines the origins, principles, practitioners, consequences of an American tradition of architecture that Frank Lloyd Wright called organic.
Restriction: permission of instructor.
{Offered upon demand}
ARTH 425 / 525. 19th-Century Photography. (3)
An in-depth study of historical, critical, and theoretical issues in American and European photographic visual culture from its inception to approximately 1914.
{Offered upon demand}
ARTH 426 / 526. 20th-Century Photography. (3)
An in-depth study of historical, critical, and theoretical issues in American and European photographic visual culture from 1914 to approximately 1980.
{Offered upon demand}
ARTH 427 / 527. Contemporary Photography. (3)
An in-depth study of recent photographic visual culture, from approximately 1980 to the present. Emphasis on how images are deployed and understood as efforts to explore artistic, cultural, political, social, and theoretical issues.
{Offered upon demand}
ARTH 429. Topics in Art History. (1-3, no limit Δ)
Course work determined by specific students’ request or by the professor’s current research.
{Offered upon demand}
ARTH 431 / 531. Byzantine Art and Architecture. (3)
This course will explore the worship and display of art and architecture from the Byzantine Empire with a specific emphasis on the cross-cultural connections among Byzantium, Medieval Europe, the Islamic world, and the Armenian Kingdom.
ARTH 432 / 532. Islamic Art and Architecture. (3)
An introduction to the visual culture of the Islamic world from its foundations in the seventh century on the Arabian Peninsula to its flowering under Ottoman and Mughal rule in the seventeenth century.
ARTH 449 / 549. Art of Spain. (3)
Survey of Spanish art and civilization.
{Offered upon demand}
ARTH 450 / 550. Spanish Colonial Art. (3)
Architecture, sculpture and painting in the period of Spanish colonization and the relation of these art forms to both the Spanish and the native Indian traditions.
{Offered upon demand}
ARTH 453 / 553. African American Art. (3)
Buick
(Also offered as AFST 453)
This class provides an overview of African American artists and contextualizes their creativity within the wider framework of U.S. art. What, for example, are the benefits and pitfalls of assigning race to any creative practice?
ARTH 463 / 563. Modern and Contemporary Architecture. (3)
Mead
(Also offered as ARCH 422/522)
Survey of modern architecture since the late 19th century, primarily in Europe and the Americas.
Prerequisite: 323 and 324.
Restriction: enrolled in B.A. ARTH or B.A.A. ARCH.
{Spring}
ARTH 464 / 564. European Art 1750-1830 . (3)
Painting, sculpture and architecture in France, England, Spain and Germany from the twilight of Absolutism through the Industrial and French Revolutions.
ARTH 472 / 572. American Art: 1675–1875. (3)
Buick
Visual culture from colonial times through the Civil War including works by West, Greenough, Duncanson and Homer. Topics include various genres, artistic training and the market and art’s relationship to ethnic, gender and national identity.
ARTH 476 / 576. Chicano Art: A History of an American Art Movement 1965 to Present. . (3)
Barnet
Chicano art began in Mexican American communities in support of the civil rights movement, becoming a national art movement with international scope. Discourses of form, content, institutional practice, tradition, innovation, mythic constructs, political/cultural engagement.
{Offered upon demand}
ARTH 479 / 579. American Art: 1876–1940. (3)
Buick
Visual culture from Reconstruction to World War II including works by Eakins, Stieglitz, Douglas and O’Keeffe. Traces the emergence of American Impressionism, early Modernism and Regionalism and explores their engagement with political, cultural and social debates.
ARTH 481 / 595. European Art 1830-1900. . (3)
Painting and sculpture in France, England and Germany from Courbet’s Realism and the Victorian Pre-Raphaelites through Impressionism and the late works of Cezanne and Monet.
ARTH *484. Evaluating the Arts. (3)
(Also offered as DANC, MUS, MA, THEA 484)
Examines the practice of criticism, with emphasis on critical processes that penetrate a variety of art forms. Also explores aesthetic theories and cultural outlooks that underpin practical criticism.
Restriction: permission of instructor
ARTH 485 / 585. Seminar in Museum Methods. (3 to a maximum of 6 Δ)
(Also offered as MSST, ANTH 485)
Theoretical and practical work in specific museum problems.
Prerequisite: 407 or ANTH 402
{Offered upon demand}
ARTH 486 / 586. Practicum: Museum Methods. (3 to a maximum of 6 Δ)
(Also offered as MSST, ANTH 486)
Practicum in museum methods and management.
Prerequisite: ARTH 407 or ANTH 402
Restriction: permission of instructor
{Offered upon demand}
ARTH 487 / 587. Contemporary Interdisciplinary Topics. (3 to a maximum of 6 Δ)
(Also offered as DANC, MA, MUS, THEA 487)
Analyzes major instances of interdisciplinary influence and collaboration in the present day.
Restriction: permission of instructor
ARTH 488 / 588. The Arts of Mexico, 1810–1945. (3)
Barnet
Art movements, themes, mediums, institutions and individual artists who were influential in the formation of modern Mexico’s complex artistic identity between its War of Independence and the end of World War II.
{Alternate Falls}
ARTH 489 / 589. The Arts of Mexico, 1945–1990. (3)
Barnet
Post-war developments in modernism and post-modernism. Established and innovative artistic practices, organizations and movements.
{Alternate Springs}
ARTH 490 / 590. Muralism in the Americas, 1920-Present . (3)
Barnet
History of muralism from the Mexican mural movement to the depression-era United States, the emergence of U.S. civil rights muralism in the 1960s and parallel developments in the Caribbean, Central and South America.
{Offered upon demand}
ARTH 491 / 591. Late 20th-Century to 21st-Century Art . (3)
Craven
Painting and sculpture, 1940 to the present.
Prerequisite: 250.
ARTH 492 / 592. American Landscapes. (3)
Buick
The class provides an examination of how densely populated American environments were reinterpreted by Europeans upon contact in the process of designing and implementing various systems for their habitation, exploitation, and consumption.
ARTH 493 / 593. The Art of Latin America, 1820–1945. (3)
Barnet
Central and South American art from independence to the end of World War II. Chronological, thematic and institutional developments from national and regional perspectives in addition to themes, styles, movements and other issues of continental significance.
{Alternate Falls}
ARTH 494 / 594. The Art of Latin America, 1945–1990. (3)
Barnet
Central and South American post-war modernism and post-modernity examined through issues of theme, style and medium, including contemporary artistic practices such as conceptual and installation art.
{Alternate Springs}
ARTH 496. Undergraduate Tutorial. (3, no limit Δ)
Individual investigation or reading under faculty direction.
Restriction: permission of instructor.
{Fall, Spring}
ARTH 499. Honors Thesis. (3-6)
Directed independent study in a field of special interest culminating in a written thesis. Open only by invitation to departmental honors candidates.
{Fall, Spring}
ARTH 500. Philosophy and Methods of Art History. (3)
A seminar for graduate students in art history stressing the history of the discipline and the methodology of research.
Open to graduate students in art history.
Prerequisite for others: permission of instructor.
{Fall}
ARTH 502 / 402. Native American Art I. (3)
Szabo
(Also offered as ANTH 501)
Archaeological and historic art forms of the Arctic Northwest coast and the eastern woodlands of North America.
{Fall}
ARTH 506 / 406. Native American Art II. (3)
Szabo
(Also offered as ANTH 503)
Archaeological and historic art forms of the Plains, Southwest and western regions of North America.
{Spring}
ARTH 507 / 407. Museum Practices. (3 to a maximum of 6 Δ)
(Also offered as MSST 507)
History, philosophy and purposes of museums. Techniques and problems of museum administration, education, collection, exhibition, conservation and public relations.
{Offered upon demand }
ARTH 511 / 411. Pre-Columbian Art: Mesoamerica. (3)
The art of Mexico and Central America prior to the 16th century.
{Fall}
ARTH 512 / 412. Pre-Columbian Art: South America. (3)
Arts of the Andean region prior to the 16th century.
{Spring}
ARTH 515 / 415. Modern Native American Art. (3)
Szabo
Late 19th century through the present, includes painting and photography as well as media more often termed traditional. Examines historical background and current critical issues including the impact of stereotypes and the marketplace.
{Offered periodically}
ARTH 516 / 416. Southwestern Native Ceramics. (3)
Szabo
This course examines Native Southwestern ceramics from the archaiological past to the present. Regional developments, changes in ceramics made for internal use and for outside sale, as well as issues of the contemporary market are investigated.
{Offered periodically}
ARTH 517 / 417. Seminar in Native American Tourists Arts. (3)
Szabo
Long undervalued, Native arts made for outside sale provide multi-voiced narratives. Seminar-format will examine the intrinsic, aesthetic value of these complex arts, their roles and their importance to creators, purchasers and various audiences.
ARTH 520 / 420. History of Graphic Arts I. (3)
Printmaking, printing and book illustration from Gutenberg to Goya, presenting the graphic arts as an expression of intellectual history and the precursor of photography. Provides an introduction to the curatorship of prints and books.
ARTH 521 / 421. History of the Graphic Arts II. (3)
Printmaking, printing and artists’ books from Goya to present. Including the graphic arts and photography, the rise of the ideas of the original print, 20th-century mixed media and the relationship between words and images.
{Spring}
ARTH 522 / 422. Contemporary Architecture. (3)
Mead
(Also offered as ARCH 525/425)
This experimental seminar provides a forum in which to discuss the theoretical issues and critical diversity of contemporary architecture of the last 30 years.
Prerequisite: (323 or 567) and (324 or 568) or (ARCH 321 or ARCH 523) and (ARCH 322 or ARCH 524).
Restriction: enrolled in M.A. ARTH or M. Arch.
{Offered upon demand}
ARTH 525 / 425. 19th-Century Photography. (3)
An in-depth study of historical, critical, and theoretical issues in American and European photographic visual culture from its inception to approximately 1914.
{Offered upon demand}
ARTH 526 / 426. 20th-Century Photography. (3)
An in-depth study of historical, critical, and theoretical issues in American and European photographic visual culture from 1914 to approximately 1980.
{Offered upon demand}
ARTH 527 / 427. Contemporary Photography. (3)
An in-depth study of recent photographic visual culture, from approximately 1980 to the present. Emphasis on how images are deployed and understood as efforts to explore artistic, cultural, political, social, and theoretical issues.
{Offered upon demand}
ARTH 529. Topics in Art History. (1-3, no limit Δ)
{Offered upon demand}
ARTH 531 / 431. Byzantine Art and Architecture. (3)
This course will explore the worship and display of art and architecture from the Byzantine Empire with a specific emphasis on the cross-cultural connections among Byzantium, Medieval Europe, the Islamic world, and the Armenian Kingdom.
ARTH 532 / 432. Islamic Art and Architecture. (3)
An introduction to the visual culture of the Islamic world from its foundations in the seventh century on the Arabian Peninsula to its flowering under Ottoman and Mughal rule in the seventeenth century.
ARTH 549 / 449. Art of Spain. (3)
Survey of Spanish art and civilization.
{Offered upon demand}
ARTH 550 / 450. Spanish Colonial Art. (3)
Architecture, sculpture and painting in the period of Spanish colonization and the relation of these art forms to both the Spanish and the native Indian traditions.
{Offered upon demand}
ARTH 551 / 552. Problems. (2-3 to a maximum of 6 Δ)
{Fall, Spring}
ARTH 553 / 453. African American Art. (3)
Buick
This class provides an overview of African American artists and contextualizes their creativity within the wider framework of U.S. art. What, for example, are the benefits and pitfalls of assigning race to any creative practice?
ARTH 558. Seminar in Pre-Historic Art. (3)
The seminar concentrates on the theoretical questions engendered by the earliest prehistoric cultures; the origin and generation of meaning; the primacy of language; the affinities between language and image; the politics of the Great Goddess and reception theory; and modern uses of prehistory and ethnography.
ARTH 559. Seminar in Native American Art. (3, no limit Δ)
Szabo
(Also offered as ANTH 509)
Restriction: permission of instructor.
{Offered upon demand}
ARTH 560. Seminar in Pre-Columbian Art. (3 to a maximum of 15 Δ)
Aspects of Pre-Columbian art, architecture, and culture in Mesoamerica and South America are examined in depth.
Prerequisite: 511 and 512.
{Offered upon demand.}
ARTH 563 / 463. Modern and Contemporary Architecture. (3)
Mead
(Also offered as ARCH 522/422)
Survey of modern architecture since the late 19th century, primarily in Europe and the Americas.
Prerequisite: (323 or 567) or (324 or 568).
Restriction: enrolled in M.F.A. ARTH or M.Arch.
{Offered upon demand}
ARTH 564 / 464. European Art 1750-1830 . (3)
Painting, sculpture and architecture in France, England, Spain and Germany from the twilight of Absolutism through the Industrial and French Revolutions.
ARTH 567 / 323. World Architecture I: History of the Built Environment From Prehistory to 1400 CE. (3)
(Also offered as ARCH 523/321)
Lecture survey of the architectural and urban traditions of ancient and indigenous cultures from prehistory to the late middle ages.
Restriction: enrolled in M.A. ARTH.
{Fall}
ARTH 568 / 324 [568 / 262]. World Architecture II: History of the Built Environment From 1400 CE to the Present. (3)
Mead
(Also offered as ARCH 524/322)
Survey of the architectural and urban traditions of the modern world from the renaissance to the present.
Restriction: enrolled in M.A. ARTH or M.Arch.
{Spring}
ARTH 572 / 472. American Art: 1675–1875. (3)
Buick
Visual culture from colonial times through the Civil War including works by West, Greenough, Duncanson and Homer. Topics include various genres, artistic training and the market and art’s relationship to ethnic, gender and national identity.
ARTH 576 / 476. Art: A History of an American Art Movement 1965 to Present. . (3)
Barnet
Chicano art began in Mexican American communities in support of the civil rights movement, becoming a national art movement with international scope. Discourses of form, content, institutional practice, tradition, innovation, mythic constructs, political/cultural engagement.
Suggested prerequisite: 479.
{Offered upon demand}
ARTH 579 / 479. American Art: 1876–1940. (3)
Buick
Visual culture from Reconstruction to World War II including works by Eakins, Stieglitz, Douglas and O’Keeffe. Traces the emergence of American Impressionism, early Modernism and Regionalism and explores their engagement with political, cultural and social debates.
ARTH 580. Seminar in Spanish Colonial Art. (3, no limit Δ)
Prerequisite: 450.
{Offered upon demand.}
ARTH 581. Seminar in Early Modern Art 1750–1900. (3 to a maximum of 12 Δ)
Prerequisite: 481.
{Offered upon demand.}
ARTH 582. Seminar in 20th-Century Art. (3, no limit Δ)
Prerequisite: 491.
{Offered upon demand}
ARTH 583. Seminar in Modern/Contemporary Latin American Art History. (3, no limit Δ)
Barnet
Restriction: permission of instructor.
{Offered upon demand}
ARTH 584. Problems in Interdisciplinary Studies. (3 to a maximum of 6 Δ)
(Also offered as MUS, THEA 584 and MA *485)
An independent study in either critical studies or studio, beyond the scope of the Fine Arts interdisciplinary courses, which may occur within or outside the College of Fine Arts.
Restriction: permission of instructor
{Fall, Spring}
ARTH 585 / 485. Seminar in Museum Methods. (3 to a maximum of 6 Δ)
(Also offered as MSST, ANTH 585)
Prerequisite: 407 or ANTH 402
{Offered upon demand}
ARTH 586 / 486. Practicum: Museum Methods. (3 to a maximum of 6 Δ)
(Also offered as MSST, ANTH 586)
Practicum in museum methods and management.
Prerequisite: 585 or ANTH 585
Restriction: permission of instructor
{Offered upon demand}
ARTH 587 / 487. Contemporary Interdisciplinary Topics. (3 to a maximum of 6 Δ)
(Also offered as DANC, MUS, THEA 587 and MA *487)
Analyzes major instances of interdisciplinary influence and collaboration in the present day.
{Spring}
ARTH 588 / 488. The Arts of Mexico, 1810–1945. (3)
Barnet
Art movements, themes, mediums, institutions and individual artists who were influential in the formation of modern Mexico’s complex artistic identity between its War of Independence and the end of World War II.
{Alternate Falls}
ARTH 589 / 489. The Arts of Mexico, 1945–1990. (3)
Barnet
Post-war developments in modernism and post-modernism. Established and innovative artistic practices, organizations and movements.
{Alternate Springs}
ARTH 590 / 490. Muralism in the Americas, 1920-Present. . (3)
Barnet
History of muralism from the Mexican mural movement to the depression-era United States, the emergence of U.S. civil rights muralism in the 1960s and parallel developments in the Caribbean, Central and South America.
{Offered upon demand}
ARTH 591 / 491. Late 20th-Century to 21st-Century Art . (3)
Craven
Painting and sculpture, 1940 to the present.
Prerequisite: 250.
ARTH 592 / 492. American Landscapes. (3)
Buick
The class provides an examination of how densely populated American environments were reinterpreted by Europeans upon contact in the process of designing and implementing various systems for their habitation, exploitation, and consumption.
ARTH 593 / 493. The Art of Latin America, 1820–1945. (3)
Barnet
Central and South American art from independence to the end of World War II. Chronological, thematic and institutional developments from national and regional perspectives in addition to themes, styles, movements and other issues of continental significance.
{Alternate Falls}
ARTH 594 / 494. The Art of Latin America, 1945–1990. (3)
Barnet
Central and South American post-war modernism and post-modernity examined through issues of theme, style and medium, including contemporary artistic practices such as conceptual and installation art.
{Alternate Springs}
ARTH 595 / 481. European Art 1830-1900 . (3)
Painting and sculpture in France, England and Germany from Courbet’s Realism and the Victorian Pre-Raphaelites through Impressionism and the late works of Cezanne and Monet.
ARTH 599. Master’s Thesis. (1-6, no limit Δ)
Offered on a CR/NC basis only.
{Fall, Spring}
ARTH 699. Dissertation. (3-12, no limit Δ)
Offered on a CR/NC basis only.
{Fall, Spring}
ARTS 106. Drawing I. (3)
Basic drawing concepts, including the expressive use of contour, value, perspective and composition while exploring both dry and wet media. Assigned problems may include still life, landscape, portraiture or the figure.
{Fall, Spring}
ARTS 121. Two-dimensional Design. (3)
Emphasis on elements of line, form, value, color theory, painting principles and visual vocabulary. Particular attention will be placed on a disciplined approach toward design and development of perceptual skills.
{Fall, Spring}
ARTS 123. Shop Foundations. (2)
Familiarizes the art student with the safe practice and maintenance of wood and metal shop tools and machinery.
Offered on a CR/NC basis only.
{Fall, Spring}
ARTS 125. Art Practices I. (3)
This is an interdisciplinary course, exploring the thematic concepts and diverse media that are central to the nature of art making today. Art Practices I will investigate issues of LIGHT, FRAME, and MARK.
{Fall, Spring}
ARTS 126. Art Practices II. (3)
This is an interdisciplinary course, exploring the thematic concepts and diverse media that are central to the nature of art making today. Art Practices II will investigate issues of MOTIVE and CHANGE.
{Fall, Spring}
ARTS 130. Introduction to Electronic Art. (3)
Introduction to the computer as a medium and fine art tool. Course will explore history, theory and contemporary art issues associated with computer-based art practice, as well as introducing students to basic tools and technologies.
{Fall, Spring}
ARTS 141. Introduction to Art and Ecology. (3)
This course introduces the student to three basic skills of an ecological art practice: research, making, and an immersion in ecological systems through poetic thinking, subversive action, and creative fabrication.
{Fall, Spring}
ARTS 157. Small Scale Metal Construction I. (3 to a maximum of 6 Δ)
Introduction to basic fabrication methods as they relate to object-making and small-scale sculpture.
{Fall, Spring}
ARTS 168. Introduction to Ceramics. (3)
Comprehensive introduction to the terms,concepts, historical, and technical information that support creative development. Includes hand building and throwing, basic clay bodies, slip and glaze, oxidation, reduction, and atmospheric firing.
{Fall, Spring}
ARTS 187. Introduction to Photography. (3)
This is a hands-on course introducing contemporary techniques, technologies, underlying concepts, and practitioners of fine art photography. ARTS 187 is a foundation course designed to prepare students for ARTS 188.
{Fall, Spring}
ARTS 188. Visualizing Ideas Using Photography. (3)
This course will help students use photography to develop their ideas conceptually. Students will work in both a traditional and an experimental manner with a variety of photographic processes and technologies to advance the visual presentation of their ideas.
Prerequisite: 187.
ARTS 205. Drawing II. (3)
Further concentration on basic drawing concepts with a greater emphasis on descriptive and perceptual drawing skills using both dry and wet media.
Prerequisite: 106.
{Fall, Spring}
ARTS 207. Painting I. (3)
Painting materials and techniques, integrating basic drawing concepts with color theory and composition. Emphasis on descriptive and perceptual skills through assigned problems.
Pre- or Corequisite: 106 and 125.
{Fall, Spring}
ARTS 208. Painting II. (3 to a maximum of 6 Δ)
Continued exploration of the painting concepts and techniques, presented in 207. Working from imagination as well as observation, emphasizing the expressive potential of the medium.
Prerequisite: 207. Pre- or corequisite: 205.
{Fall, Spring}
ARTS 213. Sculpture I. (3)
A further exploration into the concepts presented in Three-dimensional Design. Will investigate, through specific assignments, issues that are central to producing sculpture.
Prerequisite: 123.
{Fall, Spring}
ARTS 231. Video Art I. (3)
An investigation of video as a medium within a fine art context. Course will explore history, theory, and contemporary art issues associated with video art practice as well as develop student's mastery of technical skills.
Prerequisite: 130.
ARTS 232. Sound Art I. (3)
An investigation of sound as a medium within a fine art context. Course will explore history, theory, and contemporary art issues associated with sound art and develop student's skills in sound editing/recording technology.
Prerequisite: 130.
ARTS 240. Inside the Outside: A Contemporary Survey of Ecological, Public, and Activist Art. (3)
This course will knit together land art from the 1960s with the present ecological practice of art with lectures and readings.
{Fall, Spring}
ARTS 241. Social and Public Ecological Art. (3)
This course builds on the ecological practice of art, adding in public interaction, presentation, and social practice.
Prerequisite: 141 and 240.
{Fall, Spring}
ARTS 257. Small Scale Metal Construction II. (3 to a maximum of 6 Δ)
A continuation of 157. Fabrication skills are further developed and refined. Emphasis is on developing a deeper understanding of form/content as it relates to intimate scale.
Prerequisite: 157.
{Fall, Spring}
ARTS 268. Ceramics: Materials and Aesthetics. (3 [3 to a maximum of 6 Δ])
Continuation of 168 with emphasis placed on the mastery of forming, surfacing, and firing processes, expanded critical awareness, and the development of a personal aesthetic. Open-ended and self-selected projects. Individual and group critiques.
Prerequisite: 168.
{Fall, Spring}
ARTS 274. Introduction to Printmaking. (3)
Exploration of printmaking concepts and fundamental techniques, including monotype, monoprint, intaglio, lithography, woodcut, linoleum cut, collagraph, and curatorial technique. Instruction includes lecture, demonstration, and critique.
Prerequisite: 6 hours from 106 and 125 and 126.
{Fall, Spring}
ARTS 287. Black & White Photography. (3)
Concentrates on black and white photographic techniques: film processing and fine black and white printing.
{Offered upon demand}
ARTS 288. Color Techniques in Photography. (3)
The techniques and aesthetics of color photographic imaging.
Prerequisite: 188.
{Offered upon demand}
ARTS 289. Digital Imaging Techniques. (3)
Techniques and aesthetics of digital imaging using a variety of software programs and hardware.
Prerequisite: 188.
{Offered upon demand}
ARTS 305. Drawing III. (3 to a maximum of 6 Δ)
Continued exploration of drawing concepts and techniques presented in 205. Emphasis on expressive drawing, working from imagination as well as from observation.
Prerequisite: 205.
{Fall, Spring}
ARTS 308. Painting III. (3 to a maximum of 6 Δ)
Extension of the concepts presented in 207, emphasizing experimentation with materials and techniques. Individual in-depth projects are assigned to encourage independent thinking with regard to contemporary painting issues.
Prerequisite: 208. Pre- or corequisite: 305.
{Fall, Spring}
ARTS 310. Figure Drawing. (3 to a maximum of 6 Δ)
Study of the human figure as the primary vehicle for addressing formal and conceptual drawing problems.
Prerequisite: 205.
ARTS 313. Intermediate Sculpture. (3 to a maximum of 6 Δ)
This class encourages the student to develop personal direction with an emphasis on expanding sculptural possibilities. Topically appropriate assignments will be given according to the instructor’s individual expertise as well as the current theoretical discourse.
Prerequisite: 213.
{Fall, Spring}
ARTS 320. The Phenomena of Color. (3 to a maximum of 6 Δ)
An intensive study of color through assigned problems designed to develop greater awareness of and sensitivity to the use and function of color in the arts.
ARTS 330. Intermediate Electronic Art. (3 to a maximum of 9 Δ)
Course emphasizes art making using evolving computer based tools. Class draws on current work and theory, combined with classroom critique. Students must have a basic understanding of video and digital imaging techniques to take course.
{Fall, Spring}
ARTS 331. Video Art II. (3 )
This intermediate course advances techniques and conceptual foundations learned in Video Art I. Through technical demonstrations and assignments, students develop their video work while investigating a variety of formats and presentations in video art.
Prerequisite: 130.
ARTS 332. Sound Art II. (3 to a maximum of 6 Δ)
This intermediate course of sound art advances techniques and conceptual foundations learned in Sound Art I. Students are challenged to develop their sound artwork while experimenting with various modes of presentation, software, and recording technology.
Prerequisite: 130.
ARTS 335. Intaglio Printmaking I. (3 to a maximum of 6 Δ)
Madrid
Exploration of intaglio processes. Includes lecture, demonstration, studio practice and critique. Emphasis on technical considerations and the development of a personal aesthetic.
Prerequisite: 274.
{Fall, Spring}
ARTS 336. Intaglio Printmaking II. (3 to a maximum of 6 Δ)
Madrid
A continuation of 335 with the exploration of multiple plate and color printing processes. Greater emphasis is given to technical considerations and the development of a personal aesthetic.
Prerequisite: 335.
{Spring}
ARTS 345. Serigraphy. (3 to a maximum of 6 Δ)
Introduction to techniques, history, aesthetics and creative aspects of screen printing.
Prerequisite: 274.
{Offered upon demand.}
ARTS 357. Small Scale Casting. (3 to a maximum of 6 Δ)
De Jong
Introduction to the fundamentals of small scale metal casting in bronze and silver through the lost wax process. Additional metal related techniques such as soldering and patination will be explored.
Prerequisite: 157.
ARTS 358 / 458 / 558. Nature & Technology. (3 to a maximum of 6 Δ)
Cook
This course addresses what constitutes authentic experience in an era profoundly shaped by electronic media. Travel to locations in New Mexico where work is produced on site with digital video and other imaging tools.
Restriction: permission of instructor.
{Offered upon demand}
ARTS 369. Ceramics: Spatial Situations. (3 to a maximum of 6 ∆)
Continued investigation of technical, conceptual, historical and contemporary issues while emphasizing the development of a personal artistic vision.
Open only to undergraduates enrolled in the Pre-professional curricula of the College of Fine Arts. Students in Art Education curricula and majors in Art enrolled in the College of Arts & Sciences may enroll with the permission of the department chairperson.
Prerequisite: 268.
Restriction: permission of instructor.
{Fall, Spring}
ARTS 370 . Arita Porcelain Vessels . (3 to a maximum of 9 Δ )
Arita, Japan method of creating wheel thrown porcelain vessels: processes, materials, history, and philosophy.
{Fall, Spring}
ARTS 374. Lithography I. (3 to a maximum of 6 Δ)
Shimano
Fundamental techniques of drawing and painting on and from lithographic stones and metal plates, primarily in black and white. Includes lectures, demonstrations, critiques and practical experience.
Prerequisite: 274.
{Fall, Spring}
ARTS 375. Lithography II. (3 to a maximum of 6 Δ)
Shimano
Continuation of 374 with particular emphasis on color printing and special processes, including photo reproduction. Emphasis on personal aesthetic and technical concepts.
Prerequisite: 374.
{Fall, Spring}
ARTS 385. Non-Silver Photographic Process. (3)
The techniques and processes of non-silver photography such as cyanotypes, gum bichromate.
Prerequisite: 187.
{Offered upon demand}
ARTS 387. Intermediate Photography. (3 to a maximum of 9 Δ)
Salinger, Stone
Students will begin to develop their own work based on individual interests and contemporary issues, in-class critiques, and readings.
Prerequisite: 187 and 188 and (ARTH 210 or ARTH 425 or ARTH 426 or ARTH 427).
{Offered upon demand}
ARTS 388. Photographic Lighting. (3)
Students work toward a complete understanding of the qualities of light, both natural and artificial, on photographs. Intensive studio practice explores the use of artificial light.
Prerequisite: 188.
ARTS 389. Topics in Studio Art. (1-3, no limit ∆)
Concentrated practical and historical study of specified concerns in studio art.
Open only to undergraduates enrolled in the Pre-professional curricula of the College of Fine Arts. Students in Art Education curricula and majors in Art enrolled in the College of Arts & Sciences may enroll with permission of the department chairperson.
Restriction: Permission of instructor.
{Offered upon demand}
ARTS 394. Computer Generated Imagery and Animation. (3)
(Also offered as CS 394.)
Introduction to story boarding, modeling, rendering, animation and dynamics. Class uses high-level commercial animation software. Course emphasizes both the development of technical skills and the aesthetic aspects of computer imagery. Not allowed for graduate credit for computer science majors, nor as a technical elective for undergraduate computer science majors.
ARTS 405. Advanced Drawing. (3 to a maximum of 9 ∆)
Emphasis on contemporary drawing issues. Students are encouraged to initiate their own projects and to develop a personal direction. Individual and group critiques.
Open only to undergraduates enrolled in the Pre-professional curricula of the College of Fine Arts. Students in Art Education curricula and majors in Art enrolled in the College of Arts & Sciences may enroll with permission of the department chairperson.
Prerequisite: 305.
{Fall, Spring}
ARTS 407. Advanced Painting. (3 to a maximum of 9 ∆)
Emphasizes contemporary painting issues. Students are encouraged to initiate their own projects and to develop a personal direction. Individual and group critiques.
Open only to undergraduates enrolled in the Pre-professional curricula of the College of Fine Arts. Students in Art Education curricula and majors in Art enrolled in the College of Arts & Sciences may enroll with permission of the department chairperson.
Prerequisite: 308.
{Fall, Spring}
ARTS 408. Outdoor Studio. (1-3, may be repeated twice Δ)
This is a nature based, field study class. Sites are visited which inspire artists to develop projects with an interrelated media approach. Formal and conceptual issues regarding several environments will be addressed.
Open only to undergraduates enrolled in the Pre-professional curricula of the College of Fine Arts. Students in Art Education curricula and majors in Art enrolled in the College of Arts & Sciences may enroll with permission of the department chairperson.
Restriction: permission of instructor.
{Fall}
ARTS 409 / 509. Advanced Video Art. (3 to a maximum of 6 Δ)
(Also offered as MA 409)
This class helps students to develop more complex artistic statements on video. Critiques of student work, plus readings and discussions about various arts and media.
Restriction: permission of instructor.
{Spring}
ARTS 413. Advanced Sculpture. (3 to a maximum of 12 Δ)
Allows students to pursue their own individual concepts and techniques. Emphasis will be on independent projects.
Prerequisite: 213.
{Fall, Spring}
ARTS 429. Undergraduate Topics in Studio Art. (1-6 to a maximum of 15 Δ)
Course work determined by specific student need or by the professor’s current research.
Open only to undergraduates enrolled in the Pre-professional curricula of the College of Fine Arts. Students in Art Education curricula and majors in Art enrolled in the College of Arts & Sciences may enroll with permission of the department chairperson.
Restriction: Permission of instructor.
{Fall, Spring}
ARTS 431/ 531. Advanced Time-Based Media. (3 to a maximum of 6 Δ)
Explores advanced technical, theoretical and conceptual essentials of time-based media. Designed for students with continued interest in using sound, moving images, and performance for their art-making practice. Challenges students to create novel time-based work.
Prerequisite: 331. Restriction: permission of instructor.
ARTS 432 / 532. Special Projects in Electronic Art I. (3 to a maximum of 12 Δ)
Course is based on the integration of nascent technologies in electronic / digital media art practice. Works will be created in conjunction with concurrent investigation of digital media art history and contemporary theoretical discourses. Part I.
Restriction: permission of instructor.
ARTS 433 / 533. Special Projects in Electronic Art II. (3 to a maximum of 12 Δ)
Course is based on integration of nascent technologies in electronic / digital media art practice. Works will be created in conjunction with concurrent investigation of digital media, art history, and contemporary theoretical discourses. Part II.
Restriction: permission of instructor.
ARTS 434 / 534. Immersive Media. (3 to a maximum of 6 Δ)
Fine Art production for the Immersive Fulldome. This emerging medium comes out of planetarium technology. We will investigate the nature of immersive media through historical and theoretical readings and discussions alongside the creative process.
Prerequisite: 330. Restriction: permission of instructor.
ARTS 435 / 535. The Art of Transmission. (3 to a maximum of 6 Δ)
This class will focus on network and wireless, communication and control technologies. Students will experiment with streaming and analog broadcasting as well as installation based approaches to working with tools that manipulate the electromagnetic spectrum.
Prerequisite: 330. Restriction: permission of instructor.
ARTS 441 / 541. Computational Sustainability. (3 )
An interdisciplinary field course in aesthetically visualizing information from computer science, operations research, and applied mathematics to articulate environmental, economic, and societal needs for sustainability. Hands-on projects, theoretical, and field research. {Offered periodically}
ARTS 442 / 542. Aesthetics of Sustainability Sculptural Infrastructure. (3 )
This course will investigate site-based, low-tech, infrastructure as art. We will design and build experimental sculptures to create an aesthetic for functional works and understand challenges to scaling. {Offered periodically}
ARTS 443 / 543. Aesthetics of Sustainable Landscapes. (3 )
This course introduces principles of visual aesthetics and landscape function. Course explores aesthetics, ecological art, sustainable landscapes, modernist landscape design, and ecological functionality of spaces through biotic units and human patterning. {Offered periodically}
ARTS 457. Advanced Casting and Construction. (3 to a maximum of 12 Δ)
DeJong
Students must develop an individual program of studies in consultation with the instructor. Group critiques are scheduled regularly.
Open only to undergraduates enrolled in the Pre-professional curricula of the College of Fine Arts. Students in Art Education curricula and majors in Art enrolled in the College of Arts & Sciences may enroll with permission of the department chairperson.
Prerequisite: 357.
{Spring}
ARTS 458 / 358 / 558. Nature & Technology. (3 to a maximum of 6 Δ)
Cook
This course addresses what constitutes authentic experience in an era profoundly shaped by electronic media. Travel to locations in New Mexico where work is produced on site with digital video and other imaging tools.
Restriction: permission of instructor.
{Offered upon demand}
ARTS 461 / 561. Artifacts: Production, Use, Apprehension. (3 to a maximum of 6 Δ)
Gilbert
This course will investigate our relation to artifacts through an examination of production (intent, craft, realization), use (literal + conceptual), and apprehension (material + immaterial).
Open only to undergraduates enrolled in the Pre-professional curricula of the College of Fine Arts. Students in Art Education curricula and majors in Art enrolled in the College of Arts & Sciences may enroll with the permission of the department chairperson.
Corequisite: 462 and 463 and 464.
Restriction: permission of instructor.
{Offered upon demand.}
ARTS 462 / 562. Mapping: Body, Landscape, Memory. (3 to a maximum of 6 Δ)
Gilbert
This course will investigate the specific nature of the way the American West has been mapped, and divided as a point of departure for the creation of a set of documents.
Open only to undergraduates enrolled in the Pre-professional curricula of the College of Fine Arts. Students in Art Education curricula and majors in Art enrolled in the College of Arts & Sciences may enroll with permission of the department chairperson.
Corequisite: 461 and 463 and 464.
Restriction: permission of instructor.
{Offered upon demand.}
ARTS 463 / 563. Place: Land, Civilization, Persona. (3 to a maximum of 6 Δ)
Gilbert
This course will address the process of making space into place through occupation of and intervention in the land through an investigation of place as a continuum across time and cultures.
Open only to undergraduates enrolled in the Pre-professional curricula of the College of Fine Arts. Students in Art Education curricula and majors in Art enrolled in the College of Arts & Sciences may enroll with permission of the department chairperson.
Corequisite: 461 and 462 and 464.
Restriction: permission of instructor.
{Offered upon demand.}
ARTS 464 / 564. Space: Expanse, Thresholds, Limits. (3 to a maximum of 6 Δ)
Gilbert
This course will investigate our relation to space through an examination of edges, limits, and thresholds. We will look at the way space is defined, marked and measured.
Open only to undergraduates enrolled in the Pre-professional curricula of the College of Fine Arts. Students in Art Education curricula and majors in Art enrolled in the College of Arts & Sciences may enroll with permission of the department chairperson.
Corequisite: 461 and 462 and 463.
Restriction: permission of instructor.
{Offered upon demand.}
ARTS 468. Ceramics: Professional Practices. (3 to a maximum of 12 Δ)
Gilbert, Bobrowski
Emphasizes contemporary ceramic issues. Students are encouraged to initiate their own projects and to develop a personal direction. Individual and group critiques.
Open only to undergraduates enrolled in the Pre-professional curricula of the College of Fine Arts. Students in Art Education curricula and majors in Art enrolled in the College of Arts & Sciences may enroll with permission of the department chairperson.
Prerequisite: 369.
{Fall, Spring}
ARTS 469 / 569. Pueblo Pottery. (3)
A cross-cultural class designed to expose students to the Puebloan pottery tradition. The course combines a hands-on approach to pottery making with an analytical investigation of material culture and ethnoaesthetics. Restriction: permission of instructor.
Open only to undergraduates enrolled in the Pre-professional curricula of the College of Fine Arts. Students in Art Education curricula and majors in Art enrolled in the College of Arts & Sciences may enroll with permission of the department chairperson.
{Fall}
ARTS 470 / 570. Advanced Arita Porcelain Vessels. (3 to a maximum of 9 Δ)
In-depth practices of the Arita, Japan method of creating wheel thrown porcelain vessels: forming techniques, aesthetics, surface design, glazing, and firing.
{Fall, Spring}
Restriction: permission of instructor.
ARTS 474. Advanced Printmaking. (3 to a maximum of 15 Δ)
Madrid, Shimano
Concentrated exploration of various concepts and methods of printmaking including multiple processes. Course content varies but emphasizes the development of personalized direction and the establishment of high professional standards. Individual and group critiques.
Open only to undergraduates enrolled in the Pre-professional curricula of the College of Fine Arts. Students in Art Education curricula and majors in Art enrolled in the College of Arts & Sciences may enroll with permission of the department chairperson.
Prerequisite: 336 or 374.
ARTS 487. Advanced Interdisciplinary Portfolio. (3 to a maximum of 12 Δ)
Salinger, Stone
Emphasis on photo-based media, but open to advanced students in all areas of studio art. Will encourage cross-media critique and help students prepare for the professional world upon graduation.
Open only to undergraduates enrolled in the Pre-professional curricula of the College of Fine Arts. Students in Art Education curricula and majors in Art enrolled in the College of Arts & Sciences may enroll with permission of the department chairperson.
Restriction: permission of instructor.
{Fall, Spring}
ARTS 493. Seminar in Studio Art. (3 to a maximum of 6 Δ)
Open only to undergraduates enrolled in the Pre-professional curricula of the College of Fine Arts. Students in Art Education curricula and majors in Art enrolled in the College of Arts & Sciences may enroll with permission of the department chairperson.
{Fall, Spring}
ARTS 494 / 594. Advanced Topics in Computer Generated Imaging. (3 to a maximum of 6 Δ)
(Also offered as MA 494 and CS 494)
A continuation of Computer Science 394. Students are expected to research and make presentations on advanced topics in CGI. Significant term project required. Not allowed for graduate credit for computer science majors, nor as a technical elective for undergraduate computer science majors.
ARTS 495. Independent Study. (3 to a maximum of 6 Δ)
Advanced, individually directed study in areas of special interest not normally covered in advanced level courses.
Open only to undergraduates enrolled in the Pre-professional curricula of the College of Fine Arts. Students in Art Education curricula and majors in Art enrolled in the College of Arts & Sciences may enroll with permission of the department chairperson.
Restriction: permission of department.
ARTS 499. Honors Thesis. (3-6)
Directed independent study in a field of special interest, culminating in an exhibition and written thesis. Open only by invitation to departmental honors candidates.
May be repeated for credit towards degree to a maximum of 6 hours.
{Fall, Spring}
ARTS 502. Interdisciplinary Seminar. (3)
Study of relationships between theory and practice. Course examines contemporary theories of art as viewed in the context of the student’s own work.
Open only to studio graduate students in the Department of Art & Art History.
{Fall}
ARTS 505. Graduate Drawing and Painting. (3 to a maximum of 9 Δ)
Restriction: permission of instructor.
{Fall, Spring}
ARTS 508. Graduate Outdoor Studio. (1-3, may be repeated twice)
This is a nature based, field study class. Sites are visited which inspire artists to develop projects with an interrelated media approach. Formal and conceptual issues regarding several environments will be addressed.
{Fall}
ARTS 509 / 409. Advanced Video Art. (3 to a maximum of 6 Δ)
(Also offered as MA 409)
This class helps students to develop more complex artistic statements on video. Critiques of student work, plus readings and discussions about various arts and media. Course fee required.
Restriction: permission of instructor.
{Spring}
ARTS 513. Graduate Sculpture. (3 to a maximum of 12 Δ)
Student is required to produce four projects, an artist’s statement, a portfolio of the semester’s work and give a slide lecture on a contemporary topic.
{Fall, Spring}
ARTS 520. Graduate Phenomena of Color. (3)
Production of finished works based upon current research and studio practice incorporating concepts such as one color as two, two color as one, transparency/illusion, saturation/shadow, descriptive/local color, optical mixtures, unity, anomaly, psychological color, electronic color.
ARTS 529. Graduate Topics in Studio Art. (1-6 to a maximum of 12 Δ)
Course work determined by specific student need or by the professor's current research.
{Fall, Spring}
ARTS 531/431. Advanced Time-Based Media. (3 to a maximum of 6 Δ)
Explores advanced technical, theoretical and conceptual essentials of time-based media. Designed for students with continued interest in using sound, moving images, and performance for their art-making practice. Challenges students to create novel time-based work.
Prerequisite: 331. Restriction: permission of instructor.
ARTS 532 / 432. Special Projects in Electronic Art I. (3 to a maximum of 12 Δ)
Course is based on the integration of nascent technologies in electronic / digital media art practice. Works will be created in conjunction with concurrent investigation of digital media art history and contemporary theoretical discourses. Part I.
Restriction: permission of instructor.
ARTS 533 / 433. Special Projects in Electronic Art II. (3 to a maximum of 12 Δ)
Course is based on integration of nascent technologies in electronic / digital media art practice. Works will be created in conjunction with concurrent investigation of digital media, art history, and contemporary theoretical discourses. Part II.
Restriction: permission of instructor.
ARTS 534/434. Immersive Media. (3 to a maximum of 6 Δ)
Fine Art production for the Immersive Fulldome. This emerging medium comes out of planetarium technology. We will investigate the nature of immersive media through historical and theoretical readings and discussions alongside the creative process.
Prerequisite: 330. Restriction: permission of instructor.
ARTS 535/435. The Art of Transmission. (3 to a maximum of 6 Δ)
This class will focus on network and wireless, communication and control technologies. Students will experiment with streaming and analog broadcasting as well as installation based approaches to working with tools that manipulate the electromagnetic spectrum.
Prerequisite: 330. Restriction: permission of instructor.
ARTS 441 / 541. Computational Sustainability. (3 )
An interdisciplinary field course in aesthetically visualizing information from computer science, operations research, and applied mathematics to articulate environmental, economic, and societal needs for sustainability. Hands-on projects, theoretical, and field research. {Offered periodically}
ARTS 442 / 542. Aesthetics of Sustainability Sculptural Infrastructure. (3 )
This course will investigate site-based, low-tech, infrastructure as art. We will design and build experimental sculptures to create an aesthetic for functional works and understand challenges to scaling. {Offered periodically}
ARTS 543 / 443. Aesthetics of Sustainable Landscapes. (3 )
This course introduces principles of visual aesthetics and landscape function. Course explores aesthetics, ecological art, sustainable landscapes, modernist landscape design, and ecological functionality of spaces through biotic units and human patterning. {Offered periodically}
ARTS 557. Graduate Casting and Construction. (3 to a maximum of 12 Δ)
Small scale metal casting in bronze and silver through the lost wax process. Included are additional metal related techniques such as soldering and patination.
Restriction: permission of instructor.
{Fall, Spring}
ARTS 558 / 458 / 358. Nature & Technology. (3 to a maximum of 6 Δ)
Cook
This course addresses what constitutes authentic experience in an era profoundly shaped by electronic media. Travel to locations in New Mexico where work is produced on site with digital video and other imaging tools.
Restriction: permission of instructor.
{Offered upon demand}
ARTS 561 / 461. Artifacts: Production, Use, Apprehension. (3 to a maximum of 6 Δ)
Gilbert
This course will investigate our relation to artifacts through an examination of production (intent, craft, realization), use (literal + conceptual), and apprehension (material + immaterial).
Corequisite: 562 and 563 and 564.
Restriction: permission of instructor.
(Offered upon demand)
ARTS 562 / 462. Mapping: Body, Landscape, Memory. (3 to a maximum of 6 Δ)
Gilbert
This course will investigate the specific nature of the way the American West has been mapped, and divided as a point of departure for the creation of a set of documents.
Corequisite: 561 and 563 and and 564.
Restriction: permission of instructor.
(Offered upon demand)
ARTS 563 / 463. Place: Land, Civilization, Persona. (3 to a maximum of 6 Δ)
Gilbert
This course will address the process of making space into place through occupation of and intervention in the land through an investigation of place as a continuum across time and cultures.
Corequisite: 561 and 562 and 564.
Restriction: permission of instructor.
(Offered upon demand)
ARTS 564 / 464. Space: Expanse, Thresholds, Limits. (3 to a maximum of 6 Δ)
Gilbert
This course will investigate our relation to space through an examination of edges, limits, and thresholds. We will look at the way space is defined, marked, and measured.
Corequisite: 561 and 562 and 563.
Restriction: permission of instructor.
(Offered upon demand)
ARTS 569 / 469. Pueblo Pottery. (3)
Pueblo pottery investigates the dominant ceramic tradition of the Southwest. Students work with Professor Gilbert and a Native American artist to learn traditional processes, forms and designs.
Restriction: permission of instructor.
{Fall}
ARTS 570 / 470. Advanced Arita Porcelain Vessels. (3 to a maximum of 9 Δ)
In-depth practices of the Arita, Japan method of creating wheel thrown porcelain vessels: forming techniques, aesthetics, surface design, glazing, and firing.
{Fall, Spring}
Restriction: permission of instructor.
ARTS 574. Graduate Printmaking. (3 to a maximum of 15 Δ)
ARTS 587. Graduate Visual Art Seminar. (3 to a maximum of 15 Δ)
Concentration on student’s individual art production in any area of studio art, with special attention given to developing critical acuity toward photo-based media.
Restriction: permission of instructor.
{Fall, Spring}
ARTS 593. Seminar in Studio Art. (3 to a maximum of 6 Δ)
Consideration of theoretical, critical and historical issues in the context of studio disciplines. Course content determined by student request or professor’s current research.
{Fall, Spring}
ARTS 594 / 494. Advanced Topics in Computer Generated Imaging. (3 to a maximum of 6 Δ)
(Also offered as MA 494 and CS 494)
A continuation of Computer Science 394. Students are expected to research and make presentations on advanced topics in CGI. Significant term project required.
Not allowed for graduate credit for computer science majors, nor as a technical elective for undergraduate computer science majors.
ARTS 595. Graduate Tutorial. (1-9 to a maximum of 21 Δ)
Advanced, individually directed study.
Open to graduate students only.
{Fall, Spring}
ARTS 699. Dissertation. (3-12, no limit Δ)
Offered on a CR/NC basis only.
{Fall, Spring}
