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| <P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">The Visual Arts Department offers a wide variety of courses ranging from the basic Studio in Art to Advanced Art. There is no need for any special artistic talent to enjoy, and profit from, one or more of these courses. However, if a student is talented, and interested in art as a career, he/she may select a major sequence from the courses offered. Such students will be advised to prepare a portfolio of their work for college entrance and will probably choose to take the three-year art Regents examination. All courses offer the standard ½ credit for one semester and a full credit for one year.</P> | |
| <P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">The Regents Action Plan requires students to complete 1 credit in Art and/or Music by their graduation. The following art courses fulfill this requirement.</P> | |
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| <P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">1 Credit of Art -	*Photography (#574)</P> | |
| <P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">*Art History and Appreciation (#706)</P> | |
| <P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">Design and Drawing (#576)</P> | |
| <P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">Media Arts (#716)</P> | |
| <P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">Creative Crafts (#715)</P> | |
| <P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">Fashion and Costume (#705)</P> | |
| <P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">Studio In Art (#701)</P> | |
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| <P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">*Each of these ½ credit courses can be used together to fulfill the requirement.</P> | |
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| <P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">The following Technology courses have been approved by the New York State Education Department to fulfill the requirement <U>if a ½ unit of Art is taken with a ½ unit of Music</U>.</P> | |
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| <P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">Technical Architectural Drawing (#577)</P> | |
| <P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">(full year = ½ Credit art)</P> | |
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| <U><P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">701 STUDIO IN ART</U> - A first year basic art course in which the student gains an understanding of different art concepts, develops art skills, pursues individual creative expression, achieves an appreciation of the world arts. Areas covered are: Appreciation and History of Art, Drawing, Painting (techniques of tempera and watercolor), Graphics (printing), Crafts, Collages, Three-Dimensional work, and design. 1 Credit.</P> | |
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| <U><P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">576 DESIGN AND DRAWING FOR PRODUCTION</U> - This course is designed to introduce students to skills required of those planning to pursue a career in industrial design (automobile, product, furniture, exhibit), architectural design and engineering. It introduces students to creative problem solving and methods to communicate their ideas. Students complete work in four areas: creative design (35%), drawing/rendering (35%), research and reference (20%) and evaluation/criticism (10%). 1 Credit.</P> | |
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| <U><P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">702 DRAWING AND PAINTING</U> - <U>Prerequisite: Studio in Art (701)</U>. Working with charcoal, pencil, ink, watercolor, and acrylic paints, the student will learn how to express subject matter in realistic, abstract, and non-objective styles. Various techniques and methods of drawing and painting are covered. Students may prepare work for portfolio presentation. This course might provide the skills to pursue a life-long hobby or even lead to a career as an artist. 1 Credit.</P> | |
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| <U><P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">715 CREATIVE CRAFTS</U> - Students will design and create craft projects such as needlepoint, jewelry, printmaking, mock stained glass, enameling, ceramics, fabric wreaths, tie dyeing, applique, stuffed sculpture and other related crafts. This course is recommended for students pursuing a sequence in the crafts area. (Optional projects may incur a minimal expense.) 1 Credit.</P> | |
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| <U><P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">716 MEDIA ARTS</U> - A year-long introduction to the creative use of media arts through student involvement in film, video, creative sound, and computer graphics. Students will learn to use the computer as a graphic workstation, creating and animating art and producing their own video. 1 Credit.</P> | |
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| <U><P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">717 COMPUTER GRAPHICS A (FALL SEMESTER) AND</P> | |
| <P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">718 COMPUTER GRAPHICS B (SPRING SEMESTER)</U> - An advanced course concentrating on the development of competence in computer generated images, using the computer as a medium to create art. Students will use various programs to explore, interpret, produce and evaluate computer aided art forms, and learn to place the above in the context of art history and appreciation. Animation will be explored. Skills learned may lead to career goals through portfolio development. Interdisciplinary skills such as writing, illustration, and advertising design will be developed. Students may elect either semester or full year. <U>Prerequisite</U>: Students must have satisfactorily completed one of the following foundation art courses: Media Arts, Studio In Art, Creative Crafts, Design and Drawing. ½ Credit each semester.</P> | |
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| <U><P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">703 STUDIO IN JEWELRY</U> - This course offers an opportunity to design and create jewelry. Work is done with copper, nickel, silver, brass, plastic and wood. Students will learn to use the jeweler's saw and to file, bend, oxidize, silver solder and polish. ½ Credit.</P> | |
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| <U><P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">704 STUDIO IN SCULPTURE</U> - Using the basic concepts of three dimensional design, students will learn to work with human and animal figures, abstracts, light, color, form and space. Opportunity to experiment with various media, such as wood, metal, stone, plastic and clay, will be available. ½ Credit.</P> | |
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| <U><P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">705 FASHION DESIGN/ILLUSTRATION</U> - <U>Studio in Art is a helpful prerequisite but not mandatory</U>. The proportions and stance of the fashion figure are taught, as well as how much influence culture has on costume design. Students will experience a new approach to working with watercolors, washes, fabrics, textures and fashion designs of the past, present and future. This course may serve as a basis for those students interested in a fashion related career. 1 Credit.</P> | |
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| <U><P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">708 STUDIO IN CERAMICS</U> - This is a basic course in pottery making which will cover the terms, skills and methods of construction involved in the making of ceramic objects. Students will learn to model clay by hand and to form shapes on the potter's wheel, as well as learn the techniques of firing and glazing, using the ceramic kiln. If desired, this course may be followed by Advanced Ceramics for a full credit. ½ Credit.</P> | |
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| <U><P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">709 ADVANCED CERAMICS</U> - <U>Prerequisite</U>: <U>Studio in Ceramics (708)</U>. This course will allow expansion of the basic skills acquired in Ceramics. More advanced techniques are introduced in the creation of more difficult projects. The course allows the pursuit of creative expression, as well as the production of useful and decorative ceramic objects. ½ Credit.</P> | |
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| <U><P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">574 PHOTOGRAPHY</U> - A basic course in photography which covers the techniques of taking better black and white pictures, and developing, printing, and enlarging film in the darkroom. Specific photographic assignments will be used to evaluate photo taking skills. In addition, the history of photography, photographic composition, use of filters, special darkroom effects, and utilization of various types of cameras and films will be taught. ½ Credit.</P> | |
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| <U><P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">706 ART HISTORY AND APPRECIATION</U> (R) - Open to all students and recommended for Art majors with credits in Studio in Art and Drawing and Painting. A survey of Neoclassicism, Romanticism, The English Landscape School, Realism, Fauvism, Impressionism, Post Impressionism and other movements leading up to the modern period. An overview of American Art during the same periods will be discussed and study will include practical application projects related to styles, colors and techniques of the different periods covered. ½ Credit.</P> | |
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| <U><P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">707 STUDIO IN ADVERTISING DESIGN</U> - <U>Prerequisite</U>: Studio in Art (701). Learn about the field of commercial art and its influence on the consumer. Learn about advertising procedures and experience working with color, lettering, layouts, ads, package design, illustration, and campaign planning. Portfolio preparation will be stressed. This course will provide basic instruction for those interested in a career combining art with advertising. The computer as a design and production tool will be introduced. 1 Credit.</P> | |
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| <U><P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">710 ADVANCED VISUAL ARTS A</U> (R) (<U>formerly ADVANCED ART A</U>) - <U>For grades 10, 11, and 12 only</U>. This course offers the art major, or other interested art student, the opportunity to refine and build upon skills acquired in any of the following basic courses: Drawing and Painting, Studio in Jewelry, Advertising Art, Fashion & Costume Design, Studio in Sculpture, and Creative Crafts. Students who have completed one of the above courses may work for 20 weeks in that area. Students who have completed two of the above courses may work for 20 weeks in one area or 10 weeks in each area. Each student in Advanced Art will work independently. At the beginning of the course, the student will specify the area, or areas, of study he/she wishes to pursue. A written outline of that course of study, goals and objectives must be presented to the instructor. Work will be graded at intervals as it progresses, and a final project grade will be given. ½ Credit. <U>Note</U>: Students may follow an "A" section (½ Credit) with a "B" section (½ Credit) in this course for a full credit of advanced art.</P> | |
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