ART 3140 — Fall Semester 2011

The dates specified below are demonstrations, deadlines and critiques. All other dates are work days, when you will be working on your own plates and prints in the studio. Attendance is required for all classes. This handout is to give you a sense of how course content will be presented over the course of the semester. It is likely that changes will be made to these dates, and you are responsible for making note of any changes as they are announced.

August 30 – Intro to Course.

September 1 - Demonstrations: Drypoint, Inking and Printing an intaglio plate

September 8 – Demonstration: Line Etching. Drypoint due (1 print on good paper)

September 9 – FIELD TRIP to the Frist & Nashville Galleries. Meet inside Frist at 1 PM

September 20 – Demonstration: Relief Roll

September 22– Demonstration: Softground. Demonstration: Relief roll and printing with multiple plates. Hardground due (1 print on good paper)

October 4 – Critique: Softround prints. Editions of line etchings due. Demonstration: Aquatint.

October 20 – Critque: Aquatint.

October 25 – Demonstration: Imagon Process. Edition of softgrounds due.

October 29 – Critique, Imagon Process.

November 3 – Demonstration: Multiple Plate registration

November 17 – Demonstration: Matting & Mounting

December 7 – Final Critique.

Thursday December 8 (Study Day) – All portfolios due for grading. Include 2 matted prints (or 1 matted, 1 mounted) as per instruction given during demonstration. Portfolios must include one print of all graded editions as well as complete collated editions of ungraded prints

Tuesday December 13, 3:30 – 5:30 PM. Final exam (Clean up). Attendance required or you get a grade of "I" (Incomplete)