Art
92 – HONORS HUMANITIES: MODERN WORLD
1 Credit (1/2 Art and 1/2 Communications)
Grades 11-12
Over the centuries the existence of humankind on this earth has been recorded in many ways. Writing, art, music and architecture can give us special insights into how people lived and thought. Through such records we can gain a special awareness of our ancestors, and ourselves. This course will not be restricted to western thought, but will provide a multicultural approach to our foundations as a society. With this in mind, Humanities is being offered as an advanced level course, presented by two instructors, and intended for college bound or above average students (same course as offered in the Communication/Language Arts department course listings).
Humanities: Classical World will be offered in 2013-14 school year.
207 - ART I
1/2 Credit
Grades 9 – 10 (Grades 11 & 12 that still need an art class for ½ credit)
Art I is an introduction to what the art department has to offer. This class will touch on drawing, design, painting, ceramics, sculpture, crafts and art history. After several media have been introduced, students will explore a chosen medium to a level of mastery. There is a $5.00 lab fee with additional charges based on media choices.
101 - CERAMICS I
1/2 Credit
Grades 10 - 12
Over the past several years clay has been established as a major medium for the art student at CFHS. Through the building of pottery we are faced with a number of creative problems in the construction of functional form. This course starts at the beginning with pinch, coil, slab, and basic wheel techniques, and concludes with some interesting design and glazing problems. There is a $5.00 lab fee for this course.
Prerequisite: None, but Art I is highly recommended.
105 - DRAWING & DESIGN I
1/2 Credit
Grades 10 -12
This course lays down the basic foundation for all aspects of art through an introduction to several drawing techniques and media and a variety of projects involving line, shape, form, color, value, texture and space. Drawing and Design I is intended to better equip students with knowledge needed to solve simple design problems encountered in painting, sculpture and commercial art.
Prerequisite: None, but Art I is highly recommended
107 - PAINTING I
1/2 Credit
Grades 10 - 12
This course offers students a basic knowledge of the tools and techniques used in painting through an extremely versatile medium, polymer acrylic paint. Areas to be studied include: advanced color theory, preparing a surface to paint on, and an introduction to the techniques of impasto, collage, mixed media, and hard edge. There is a $5.00 lab fee for this course.
Prerequisite: Successful completion of Art I or Drawing and Design I.
109 - PHOTOGRAPHY I
1/2 Credit
Grades 11 - 12
We live in a time of visual communication with photography as an essential tool. The course teaches you how to operate a 35mm SLR camera and shows you how to develop film and enlarge prints. This “old school” process will enable you to understand the many functions of a modern day digital SLR camera, as well as darkroom terminology often used with Adobe Photoshop. We will concentrate on photographic design as it relates to landscape, portraits, fast action, and close-up photography. Be prepared to spend some out of class time in the photo lab. There is a $5.00 lab fee for this course.
112 – GRAPHIC DESIGN
1/2 Credit
Grades 11 - 12
In recent years the computer has evolved as an important design tool for the artist. This course uses electronic media to develop designs and products seen in our society. Some of our work ends up on the wall as 2-D art, while other pieces are used for their commercial application. With these designs, finished products (illustrations, ads, 2 and 3-D models) are created.
Prerequisite: Successful completion of Drawing and Design I
103 - CERAMICS II
1/2 Credit
Grades 10 - 12
In Ceramics II you will have an opportunity to use new techniques on projects that emphasize creative original designs. Advanced work will center on hand and wheel building, raku and black firing, glaze formulation, kiln construction, plus the processing and firing of clay. There is a $5.00 lab fee for this course.
Prerequisite: Successful completion of Ceramics I
104 - CRAFT DESIGN
1/ 2 Credit
Grades 10 - 12
Craft objects refer to a category of art that tends to be more functional than, for example, a painting or a sculpture. After an introduction to many designing techniques, this course allows us to experience a variety of media that fall into this category. Weaving, batik, rug making, cast and fabricated jewelry, and mosaics are among those areas that will be explored. Good craftsmanship and exciting ideas will be our goal, with patience and time for homework our only prerequisite. There is a $5.00 lab fee for this course.
Prerequisite: None, but Art I is highly recommended
110 - DRAWING AND DESIGN II
1/2 Credit
Grades 10 - 12
Being an advanced studio course, Drawing & Design II is for students who have a strong commitment toward drawing as a satisfying mode of self-expression. Some of the areas explored in this course are: figure, portrait and abstract images with work from still-life, student models, and reproductions and most important, the imagination. Toward the end of the semester, students will have the opportunity to excel in specific media and subjects of their choice.
Prerequisite: Successful completion of Drawing & Design I
39 – SCULPTURE
½ Credit
Grades 10 – 12
If you are a student who enjoys “hands on” coursework, Sculpture class is for you. This course enables you to turn buckets of plaster, spools of wire and stacks of wood into truly unique pieces of 3-D art. You will explore various categories of sculpture including additive, subtractive, and assemblage. There is a $5.00 lab fee with additional charges based on media choices.
Prerequisite: Successful completion of Drawing and Design I
Painting II offered in 2012-13 school year, alternates with course #39 - Sculpture
109 - PHOTOGRAPHY I
1/2 Credit
Grades11-12
We live in a time of visual communication with photography as an essential tool. The course teaches you how to operate a 35mm camera and shows you how to develop film and enlarge prints. This “old school” process will enable you to understand the many functions of a modern day digital SLR camera, as well as darkroom terminology often used with Adobe Photoshop. We will concentrate on photographic design as it relates to landscape, portraits, fast action, and close-up photography. Be prepared to spend some out of class time in the photo lab. There is a $5.00 lab fee for this course.