ART 8002 - Projects in Eco-Art Materials

3 credits

This studio art course emphasizes the development of personal artistic projects that respond to contemporary issues using art materials that are safer and less environmentally damaging than some traditional paints. Students will learn to handle the medium of water-based oil paint as the primary medium, and explore its painterly properties, while gaining exposure to other alternative artistic materials as well. Studio work will include projects that range from traditional subjects, such as landscape and still life, to work that touches on social justice issues and responds thematically to environmental concerns, in keeping with the materials introduced in the course.