The
program in Art encompasses the
closely related pursuits of
creative studio art and art
history. Both emphasize the rich
diversity of human experience as
it is expressed in visual form.
The transmission of personal and
cultural values through objects
is a phenomenon that can be
observed around us constantly in
daily life; it is also something
that happens over time, through
space and across cultures.
Indeed, our need to make,
experience and comprehend art is
as old and as profound as our
need to speak. It is through art
that we can understand ourselves
and our potential and it is
through art that we will be
understood and remembered by
those who will come after us.
The Department of Art and Art
History offers two majors: one
with a concentration in creative
studio art and one with a
concentration in art history.
Both majors, as part of the broad
liberal arts tradition, foster
the development of analytical
skills, engagement with ideas and
the exploration of social and
personal values. Consequently,
students majoring in Art and Art
History have found their study a
good point of departure for
careers in education,
professional art, advertising,
communications, architecture, art
criticism and museum work, as
well as law, business and
government.
Through creative work, Studio Art courses develop
skills that emphasize visual perception and articulation,
conceptual and practical problems, and technical skills
in a variety of media and processes. Foundation courses
in basic design and composition prepare students for
creative work in courses dealing with particular media
or processes, such as painting, sculpture, ceramics,
jewelry-making, printmaking, drawing, mixed media
and photography.
The courses in Art History survey
all periods from the Stone Age to
the present in the Ancient
Mediterranean region, Europe and
North America, with limited
offerings in the art of China and
Japan. Some of these courses
range widely over a broad region
and through a long period
(Monuments and Themes of Western
Art History, for instance), while
others are more focused on a
special art form or tradition
(like Ancient Greek Painting or
Photography in America), a unique
locale (as in Roman Art and
Architecture, or Northern
Renaissance and Baroque Art) or a
single individual or monument
(Major Artists). In many of these
courses, the University’s
art collections provide special
opportunities both for class
research projects and for
individual study. Art History
students are also strongly
advised to study French or German
as their foreign language.
Further, they are encouraged to
work in disciplines closely
related to Art History (e.g.,
Classics, English and Comparative
Literature, History, Religious
Studies and Anthropology).
Finally, Art History students are
encouraged to take advantage of
the many opportunities for travel
and foreign study offered by
Willamette programs in China,
France, Greece, Germany, Italy,
Japan, England and Spain.
The Art Building is located on the northwest corner
of the campus at State and Winter Streets. Built in
1905 as a medical school and later used as the science
building and then the College of Music, the building
was completely renovated for use by the Department
of Art and Art History in 1977, and remodeled with
a 6,600 square foot addition in 2002-2003. The building
includes studios for ceramics, drawing and design,
painting, printmaking, photography, and digital imaging;
an Art History seminar room and classroom; a student
gallery; and faculty and administrative offices. The
sculpture and jewelry studios are located in a nearby
building. The department is well equipped with a large
slide collection and studio equipment needed to make
works of art in a variety of media. The Germaine Fuller
Japanese Garden adjacent to the building is another
educational and aesthetic resource. Integral
to the program in Art and Art History is the Hallie
Ford Museum of Art, one block from the Art Building.
The museum enriches both the Art History and Studio
Art programs, offering opportunities to study, firsthand,
works of American, European, Asian and Native American
art, to conduct research projects on particular
objects or groups of objects in the University’s
growing collection and to study curatorial practices
in anticipation of possible careers in museum work.
Many Art History classes meet in the Roger Hull
Lecture Hall at the museum.
The Department of Art and Art History offers two
majors, one in Studio Art and one in Art History.
While students may not double major in Studio Art
and Art History, they may have a major in one and
a minor in the other.
REQUIREMENTS
FOR THE STUDIO ART MAJOR
(12 credits)
One
course from the following FOUNDATION COURSES (to
be completed in first semester of major): (1)
ARTS
112
(CA) Color and Composition (1)
ARTS
113
(CA) Fundamentals of Design (1)
ARTS
115
(CA) The Language of Visual Art (1)
ARTS
116
(CA) Ways of Drawing (1)
ARTS
117
(CA) Exploring Visual Art (1)
One
course from the following FOUNDATION COURSES: (1)
ARTS
240
Life Drawing (1)
ARTS
241 Figure
Drawing (1)
One
course from the following ART HISTORY COURSES: (1)
ARTH
215
(IT; TH) Monuments and Themes of Western Art History
I (1)
ARTH
216
(IT; TH) Monuments and Themes of Western Art History
II (1)
One
course from the following TWO
DIMENSIONAL MEDIA: PAINTING
COURSES: (1)
ARTS
235
Painting (1)
ARTS
236
Contemporary Painting Techniques
and Concepts (1)
One
course from the following TWO
DIMENSIONAL MEDIA: PRINTMAKING
COURSES
(1)
ARTS
131
Etching I (1)
ARTS
211
Digital
Media (1)
ARTS
216
Video
Art I
ARTS
232
Black and White Photography I
(1)
ARTS
242
Woodcuts and Collagraphs (1)
ARTS
243
Monoprinting (1)
One
course from the following THREE DIMENSIONAL MEDIA
COURSES: (1)
ARTS
245
Introduction to Ceramics (1)
ARTS
261
Sculpture: Modeling and Casting (1)
ARTS
262
Sculpture:
Stone Carving (1)
ARTS
214
(CA) Structural Design (1)
ARTS
348
Contemporary
Sculpture (1)
Additional
ADVANCED STUDIO ART AND ART HISTORY COURSES Required:
ARTH
357
Twentieth Century Art (1)
ARTS
381
Advanced Media and Design (1)
ARTS/ARTH
496
(W) Senior Seminar and Thesis (1)
One full credit, writing-centered Studio Art Course
(1)
Two
additional credits in Studio Art above 100-level
courses (2)
(Both credits to be in either Two
Dimensional Media or Three
Dimensional Media)
REQUIREMENTS
FOR STUDIO ART MINOR (5 CREDITS)
1
credit in an introductory Studio Art course (ARTS
112,
113, 115,
116, 117
or 221)
3 credits in Studio Art at the 200 or 300 level
1 credit in introductory Art History (ARTH
213,
214, 215,
216
or 217)
REQUIREMENTS
FOR ART HISTORY MAJOR (10 CREDITS)
ARTH
215
(IT; TH) Monuments and Themes of Western Art History
I: Prehistoric to Gothic (1)
ARTH
216 (IT; TH) Monuments and Themes of
Western Art History II: 1300 - 1900 (1)
ARTH
217 (IT; TH) Monuments and Themes of
Western Art History III: 1750 - 1900 (1)
One
course from the following: (1)
ARTH
213
(IT; TH) History of the Art of China (1)
ARTH
214
(IT; TH) History of the Art of Japan (1)
ANTH
341
Anthropology of Art (1)
IDS
332
Mysticism and Creativity (1)
IDS
421
Studies in Florence (1)
PHIL
242
(AR)
What is Art? (1)
PHIL
343 Philosophy
and the Arts (1)
REL
237
(W) Introduction to Syro-Palestinian Archaeology
(1)
REL
337
Archaeological Methodology (1)
One
course from the following: (1)
ARTS
131
Etching I (1)
ARTS
214
Structural Design (1)
ARTS
232
Black and White Photography (1)
ARTS
235
Painting (1)
ARTS
236
Contemporary Painting Techniques and Concepts (1)
ARTS
240
Life Drawing (1)
ARTS
241
Figure Drawing (1)
ARTS
242
Woodcuts and Collagraphs (1)
ARTS
245
Introduction to Ceramics (1)
ARTS
261
Sculpture: Modeling and Casting (1)
ARTS
262
Sculpture: Stone Carving (1)
Additional
courses
required:
Three
credits
in
upper
level
Art
History
courses
(numbered
above
250),
including
a
full
credit,
writing-centered
Art
History
course.
(At
least
one
of
these
courses
must
be
in
Ancient
or
Medieval
Art
History,
and
one
must
be
in
Renaissance,
Modern,
or
American
Art
History.)
One
elective
credit
in
Art
History
or
Studio
Art
ARTH
496
(W)
Senior
Seminar
and
Thesis
(1)
REQUIREMENTS
FOR
ART
HISTORY
MINOR
(5
CREDITS)
2
credits
in
upper
level
Art
History
courses
(numbered
above
250)
3
additional
credits
in
Art
History
Of
these
5
credits,
at
least
1
must
be
in
Ancient
or
Medieval
Art
History
and
1
must
be
in
Renaissance,
Modern,
or
American
Art
History.
Of
these
5
credits,
1
may
be
taken
from
the
following:
ANTH
341,
IDS
332,
IDS
421,
PHIL
242,
PHIL
343,
REL
237,
or
REL
337
FACULTY
James
B.
Thompson,
Professor
of
Art,
Chair
Kevin
Greenwood,
Visiting
Instructor
of
Art
History
Heidi
Grew,
Associate
Professor
of
Art
Robert
H.
Hess,
Professor
of
Art
Elizabeth
Hudson,
Visiting
Assistant
Professor
of
Art
History
Roger
P.
Hull,
Professor
of
Art
History
Kristin
Kuhns,
Visiting
Instructor
of
Art
Ann
M.
Nicgorski,
Associate
Professor
of
Art
History
Don
Olsen,
Visiting
Assistant
Professor
of
Art
Alexandra
Opie,
Visiting
Assistant
Professor
of
Art
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