The field of New Genres/Performance first appeared in the 1960s as a melding of sculpture and theater, driven by artists who wanted to escape the static limitations of the pure sculptural object. It has now expanded further to encompass site installations and video and almost any other new medium, and so remains a diverse and fluid area of the fine art. Some work created in this area is quite temporary; that is, it may only exist for the duration of the performance itself, with only the memory...
One of the oldest art forms, painting is constantly evolving as a means of investigation and expression. This field captures the full range of visual expression, from assembled, built-up, large-scale, almost three-dimensional abstract works, to traditional figurative oil paintings, and everything imaginable in between. Almost always this is a solitary undertaking, involving considerable time alone in the studio. Like other fine art forms, success and fame can come quickly to some people or they...
Students in photography can expect that after learning the fundamentals of film processing and darkroom printing, they will move on to experiment with digital capture, high-end printing at medium and large scales, video, installation work and other approaches of their choice.
Printmaking — whether intaglio, lithography, silkscreen, woodcuts, or other formats — is a process of transferring a drawing to a form of relief and then to multiple hand-made images. At its core is drawing and color, although photography is often used now as well. As with other fine arts media, this is a personal and expressive art form driven by the artist’s individual interests. Work is usually sold through galleries and other commercial venues, and will also appear in museums.
Social Practice is a newly institutionalized field where artists work in the public sphere on both individual and collaborative projects. Utilizing approaches in art making as varied as urban interventions, guerrilla architecture, public art, project-based community practice, interactive media, and street performance, artists and designers interact and collaborate with communities and public spaces in order to effectively engage cultural diversity and stimulate social transformation.
Sculpture is fine arts work executed in three-dimensions. It can be large or small, personal or political, realistic or abstract, but it is always about manipulating material (mass) and the space around it. Galleries or museums are typical avenues for showing this work, but sculptors can often support themselves with private and public commissions of their work. An understanding of form and color and spatial relationships is critical to this endeavor.
Social Sciences for the purposes of this website is a very broad term used to describe any subject that might fall into this area. At art and design colleges, courses in social sciences are usually offered as minors to enhance and supplement a student’s art and design educational experience. The variety of these programs can range from studies in Aboriginal Culture to Urbanization.
Students of Sonic/Sound Art programs study the history and theory of sonic arts, physics, acoustics as well as programming, composition and recording for the purpose of working creatively with sound. Many Sound Art programs are interdisciplinary with other departments such as film, video, and new media and art and technology studies. Students often have the opportunity to access wood and metal workshops and courses so that they can create installations and performances.
