Humanities, Fine Arts, and Media Studies

ARTS-287:  Painting II

Advanced problems in conceptualization and design of the painting are discussed. Technical process is emphasized. Students will complete oversized canvasses. Group critiques will be conducted and films and day trips to artists' studios and galleries will further broaden the students' experience.

Specific Course Learning Objectives

Students who successfully complete this course will be able to:

1. Enhance and develop previously acquired knowledge and skills
2. Use various approaches to form
3. Display aesthetic judgment in responding to the visual arts
4. Increase painting skills and knowledge, reducing the technical problems which may inhibit self-expression
5. Complete five paintings to be presented to the instructor along with a justification of their aesthetic merit which should reflect the student's growing awareness and knowledge of the visual arts

Methods Of Instruction

Lecture, demonstrations, discussions, slides, films, studio experience, individual criticism and evaluation, selected outside reading, museum trips, guest lecturers

Instructor

Adjunct Assistant Professor June Wilson is a professional artist who has shown her paintings in galleries and museums in New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, Pennsylvania, Florida, and Texas. Her work is included in many corporate, museum, and private collections. In 2000, Professor Wilson installed a public art project for New Jersey Transit's Hudson Bergen Light Rail System. She designed the Tortoise and Hare Weathervanes at the Exchange Place Station in Jersey City. She has received Fellowships in Painting from The New Jersey State Council on the Arts and a Fellowship at Rutgers Center for Innovative Print and Paper.

Spring 2010 Schedule and Location

Thursdays from 6:00 – 10:00 p.m.
Painting studio B126