The University Gallery is an integral part of the greater Newport cultural community.
The exhibition program features the work of many outstanding artists from the region, the country, and the world. Annual student exhibitions, as well as the Senior Thesis Exhibitions, give students an opportunity to present their work in a professional forum. The Art Department’s Visiting Artist program also gives students access to professional artists from a variety of disciplines.
www.salve.edu/departments/art/
The Art Department is a partner in the Interactive Communication Technology major, offering required courses that support this Interdisciplinary Major.
Major in Studio Art (B.A.)
Students majoring in Studio Art take a minimum of 17 courses (50 credits) in ART/ICT, varying according to the student’s area of specialization. Studio Art majors may concentrate in ceramics, graphic design, painting, photography or in an interdisciplinary major in Interactive Communication Technology (ICT). All Art majors are required to participate in a comprehensive portfolio review during the spring semester of the freshman year.
Required courses:
ART091: Freshman Studio Seminar...1 ART/ICT100: Creativity and Technology ...3 ART205: Art History Survey I: Prehistoric Through Gothic Art ...3 ART206: Art History Survey II: Renaissance Through Early 20th Century Art ...3 ART131: Drawing I ...3 ART132: Drawing II ...3 ART200: Drawing III...3 ART300: Advanced Studio Concepts ...3 ART/PHL352: Philosophy of Beauty ...3 ART400: Portfolio ………...………..3 ART440: Senior Capstone Seminar ...1 ART 445: Senior Thesis Studio………..3 or one additional studio elective (3 credits).
Two art history electives (6 credits).
Studio Art majors complete one of the following concentrations:
Ceramics ART231, 232, 331, and one two-dimensional studio elective Graphic Design ART241, 242, 341, and one three-dimensional studio elective Painting ART251, 252, 351, and one three-dimensional studio elective Photography ART261, 262, 361, and one three-dimensional studio elective
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Major in Art History (B.A.)
Students majoring in Art History take a minimum of 17 courses (49 credits) in Art History, Studio Art, and the Freshman Studio Seminar. The Art History sequence begins with the two broad-based surveys covering the entire history of art (ART205 and ART206). Freshmen intending to major in Art History should take this their first year. Advanced course work emphasizes the late 19th century and 20th century, with particular emphasis on American art, architecture, decorative arts, and graphic design. The study of Newport’s rich art and architectural history is a key component in the curriculum. Internships at local museums, galleries, and other cultural organizations complement the curriculum by providing hands- on experience. The culminating senior thesis involves two semesters of supervised independent research. A student can transfer credits for two art history courses from an outside institution, as approved by the department.
Required courses:
ART091: Freshman Studio Seminar...1 ART205: Art History Survey I: Prehistoric Through Gothic Art ...3 ART206: Art History Survey II: Renaissance Through Early 20th Century Art ...3 ART212: Art Beyond the West...3 ART213: Impressionism to Pollock: Late 19th and Early 20th Century Modernism ...3 ART214: Pollock to the Present: The Sixties, Postmodernism, and Contemporary Art ...3 ART302: Survey of American Decorative Arts ...3 ART305: Newport through its Architecture I, 1639 to 1860 ...3 ART306: Newport through its Architecture II, 1860 to present ...3 [text deleted]
ART441: Senior Thesis in Art History (two semesters) ... 3, 3 ART474: Apprenticeship/Internship in the Visual Arts ………3-6
Two additional art history electives (6 credits).
The studio art requirements for the Art History major are:
ART131: Drawing I ...3 ART261: Photography I ...3
One additional studio elective (3 credits).
Minor in Studio Art
Students completing a minor in Studio Art take a minimum of seven courses (21 credits).
Required courses:
ART131: Drawing I ...3 ART205: Art History Survey I: Prehistoric Through Gothic Art ...3 or ART206: Art History Survey II: Renaissance Through Early 20th Century Art. ...3 ART202: Sculptural Concepts...3 or ART231: Ceramics I: Clay, Culture and Creativity ...3 Four courses (12 credits) approved in consultation with the department Chair.
Minor in Art History
Students completing a minor in Art History take a minimum of seven courses (21 credits) in the department. A student can transfer credits from one art history course from an outside institution, while other outside courses may apply to the general electives.
Required courses:
ART131: Drawing I ...3 ART205: Art History Survey I: Prehistoric Through Gothic Art ...3 ART206: Art History Survey II: Renaissance Through Early 20th Century Art. ...3 Four additional art history electives (12 credits) approved in consultation with a departmental advisor.
Art Courses
ART091: Freshman Studio Seminar
This seminar acquaints perspective art majors with the Department of Art, faculty, disciplines, studios, gallery and local resources.
Field trips and gallery visits are required.
1 credit.
ART/ICT100: Creativity and Technology
This course introduces students to visual technology used in art and design. Emphasis is placed on creative problem-solving through sketching and research. Final ideas are brought to fruition utilizing the computer as a creative tool. Course activities will clarify the proper use of painting, drawing and page layout software. All students create and display work in an online portfolio.
3 credits.
ART101: Art in Society
Core Complement Course in Visual and Performing Arts
A course that introduces the world of art to non-Art majors by focusing on the interrelationships that exist between art, the “art world”, and societies. Recurring themes and particular periods in art history are used to illustrate these interrelationships.
This course does not fulfill requirements for an Art major or minor.
3 credits.
ART102: Film, Art and Society
Core Complement Course in Visual and Performing Art
This course introduces the techniques and symbolism of film as an art form and a mirror of the society in which we live. Through the lens of film, this multi-disciplinary course explores the broader cultural context of film as it parallels other visual art forms like painting and photography. Students are guided in the art of watching films as well as in a progressive appreciation for the way filmmakers reshape reality.
This course does not fulfill requirements for an Art major or minor.
3 credits.
ART106: Introduction to Art: Masterpieces
Core Complement Course in Visual and Performing Arts
This course is designed for students without extensive art training and with no intention of pursuing the more intensive art history surveys (ART205 and ART206). Treating architecture, painting, sculpture, and the decorative arts, the course emphasizes major styles or movements from Egyptian times through the late 20th century. Within each style or movement, major artists and masterpieces are examined.
This course does not fulfill requirements for an Art major or minor.
3 credits.
ART131: Drawing I
Core Complement Course in Visual and Performing Arts
Beginning Drawing is an introduction to the principles of rendering in various black and white media. Using the still life as a primary subject matter, fundamentals such as perspective, value, proportion, composition and contour are investigated and analyzed.
While exercising focused observation during studio exercises, students will learn how to see critically. Through lectures and assigned readings, students will analyze and critique both historical and contemporary approaches to the medium.
3 credits.
ART132: Drawing II
Reinforcing and expanding upon the elements covered in ART131, this class also covers the topics of gesture, proportion, and human anatomy. Subject matter will center on the human figure within an environment. Students will be encouraged to find in the subject matter and media a more individual and expressive approach to drawing.
Prerequisite: ART131.
3 credits.
ART200: Drawing III
This is an advanced studio course that deals with a wide variety of subject matter. The primary focus is on media exploration in the form of colored pastels, collage, and alternative drawing materials. Complex projects, reading assignments, and class excursions all attempt to instill in the student a greater responsibility for imagery and enthusiasm for drawing as an expressive medium.
Prerequisites: ART131 and ART132.
3 credits.
ART202: Sculptural Concepts
This course introduces students to the aesthetics of working in real, three-dimensional space. Using such materials as wood, cardboard, recycled and found materials, the student explores the sculptural concepts of design to produce forms in space. The student is introduced to proper use of hand and power tools. The work of 20th century artists are studied through slide lectures, reading assignments, and field trips to regional museums and galleries.
3 credits.
ART205: Art History Survey I: Prehistoric through Gothic Art Core Complement Course in Visual and Performing Arts
This survey of artistic development from the Paleolithic to the High Gothic era emphasizes the chronological development of styles and the social context of art throughout the ages.
Prerequisite: Sophomore or higher standing, or freshman Art History major.
3 credits.
ART206: Art History Survey II: Renaissance through Early 20th Century Art Core Complement Course in Visual and Performing Arts
This survey of artistic development from the 15th century Renaissance through the World War continues ART205.
Prerequisite: Sophomore or higher standing, or freshman Art History major.
3 credits.
ART212: Art Beyond the West
The arts of Africa, India, China, Japan, South America, and North America, including Native Americans, share the common ground of standing largely outside the Western classical tradition. This course surveys architecture, painting, sculpture, and other forms of artistic expression in each of these cultures.
Lab Fee.
3 credits.
ART213: Impressionism to Pollock: Late 19th and Early 20th Century Modernism After 1840, European art evolved from Realism through Impressionism and Post- Impressionism, to a host of modern movements such as Cubism and Surrealism, until culminating with American Modernism and the Abstract Expressionists - especially the all- important Jackson Pollock.
Lab Fee.
Prerequisite: ART206 or permission of instructor.
3 credits.
ART214: Pollock to the Present: The Sixties, Postmodernism, and Contemporary Art Reacting against Abstract Expressionism, the Sixties ushered in an era of diverse art movements including Op Art, Pop Art, and Minimalism. The 1970’s gave birth to Postmodernism, a reaction against the theories of Modernism. The 1980’s and after led to an explosion of Contemporary Art that runs a wide spectrum of media and styles.
Lab Fee.
Prerequisite: ART206 or permission of instructor.
3 credits.
ART231: Ceramics I: Clay, Culture and Creativity Core Complement Course in Visual and Performing Arts
This introductory course presents the history and technology of ceramics in concert with a hands-on approach to studio practices. A survey of the historic development of ceramics is presented as a vehicle for self-expression and cross-cultural appreciation. Studio problems focus on the technology associated with ceramics along with the active process of making and evaluating.
3 credits.
ART232: Ceramics II -Throwing on the Potter’s Wheel
This intermediate course uses the potter’s wheel in a unique designer/maker situation.
Traditional/functional forms are explored in concert with a more sophisticated approach to clay and glaze materials.
Prerequisite: ART231 or permission of instructor.
3 credits.
ART241: Graphic Design I
This course introduces students to the field of graphic design and lays a foundation of knowledge and skills on which all good graphic design work is based. In an investigative process, typography lays the groundwork for the study of letter forms, composition, history, and problem-solving. Students explore and experiment with the fundamental principles and elements of graphic design. They produce projects using type, color, word, and image. This course focuses on developing a sense for working in this process and creating effective systems based on formal rules of design.
3 credits.
ART242: Graphic Design II
This course continues to explore the graphic design field with an emphasis on the production process. Students explore the capabilities and limitations of printing technology and produce art ready for reproduction. Ideas are developed from sketches to roughs to camera ready using both traditional mechanicals as well as the computer. As industry
standards for graphic design and production continue to evolve, so do the variables that affect each printed piece. Computer programs used include: Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator and InDesign on Macintosh computers.
Prerequisite: ART241and ART/ICT100.
3 credits.
ART251: Painting I
An understanding of color theory and painting materials and traditional techniques form the framework for learning to paint objects as they are seen. The still life serves as the primary subject for learning to master the integration of value and color in creating pictorial space and form.
3 credits.
ART252: Color and Abstraction
This course will present an in-depth study of form and color. Students will discover various possibilities of color relationships through observation and conceptual exercises in abstraction. This class will encourage investigation and critical evaluation of ideas, as experienced through the evolution of images in a series. Students will be introduced to large format scale in this class.
Prerequisite: ART131.
3 credits.
ART261: Photography I
This course will introduce the student to the evolution of photography from its beginning to its current status as a powerful means for expression that explores social, political, metaphysical and personal issues. The course looks at the work of various photographers who have provocatively used the medium to initiate discussions about time, motion and space as well as to raise social issues related to poverty, race, religion, gender/identity and other types of social injustice and prejudice. Problems are given with an emphasis on both technical and aesthetic expression. Traditional darkroom and digital practices will be utilized. A 35mm manual SLR camera is required.
3 credits.
ART262: Intermediate Darkroom and Digital Photography
This course will introduce advanced technical approaches in both darkroom and digital photography and an introduction to critical studies in photography. An overview of the history of the medium will be studied through presentation and research. Both an archival gelatin-silver portfolio and a digital portfolio of a serial nature will be produced.
Prerequisite: ART261 or permission of instructor.
3 credits.
ART300: Advanced Studio Concepts
This course explores the formal and theoretical nature of the elements of art and design.
Visual vocabulary common to both two and three dimensional form as well as issues of style and content are presented. Studio sessions with extensive analytical critiques are held regularly. Emphasis is placed upon exploring practical ways to interpret and utilize current concepts in contemporary art and design. [text deleted]
Prerequisite: Sophomore/Junior Art major.
3 credits.
ART301: Survey of American Architecture
This survey addresses the glut of styles of American architecture starting with the Jacobean and Georgian before the Revolution, and culminating in the Postmodernism of today. The buildings examined include many found in Newport and on the Salve Regina University campus.
Lab Fee.
Prerequisite: ART205 or ART206 or permission of instructor.
3 credits.
ART302: Survey of American Decorative Arts
Special emphasis is given to the historical revival styles in furniture and interiors from the 17th to 19th centuries, but 20th century Modernist styles through to present day are also explored. The course covers interior decoration, furniture, small decorative arts (silver, pewter, ceramics, and glass), and American stained glass.
Lab Fee.
Prerequisite: ART205 or ART206.
3 credits.
ART/AST303: American Art, 1650-1950
This survey covers American painting, sculpture, photography, and graphic arts from the 17th through the mid-20th century. It includes both major and minor figures, along with vernacular genres, such as limner painting and folk art. It does not include American Decorative Arts or American Architecture, for both of which there are other dedicated courses.
Lab fee.
3 credits.
ART304: Design and the 20th Century
Examining major and minor figures and exhibitions, this course examines the birth and development of modern design in all media, with special emphasis on graphic arts and typography. Major European and American modernist groups are also discussed in depth.
Lab Fee.
Prerequisite: ART206 or permission of instructor.
3 credits.
ART305: Newport Through its Architecture I, 1639 to 1860
This in-depth survey of local architectural styles from Newport’s founding in 1639 until the Civil War features field trips (many with guided tours) to historic houses, private residences, churches, and civic buildings in Newport and throughout Aquidneck Island.
Lab Fee.
3 credits.
ART306: Newport Through its Architecture II, 1860 to present
This in-depth survey of local architectural styles from the Civil War to the present day continues ART305. It features field trips (many with guided tours) to historic houses, private residences, churches, and civic buildings in Newport and throughout Aquidneck Island.
Lab Fee.
3 credits.
An advanced studio class where the emphasis will be placed on a concentrated topic such as expressive vessels, tableware, or mixed media. Individual experimentation and expression is encouraged within the topic covered. This course may be taken more than once for different topics.
Prerequisite:
ART231.
3-9 credits.
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ART341: Concentrated Studies: Graphic Design
This is an advanced studio class where the emphasis will be placed on a concentrated topic. Primarily these subjects are associated with specific design intent, such as poster design, packaging, typography, etc. Since there are numerous aspects to the graphic design profession, topics will vary each time the course is offered. Students may take this course more than once for different topics.
Prerequisites: ART241 and ICT100.
3-9 credits.
ART350: Narrative Drawing
This class will investigate illustrative approaches to narrative, descriptive drawing. Students will work with the figure, using interiors, imaginary and abstract settings. Various media will be used including charcoal, ink, wash, colored pencil and pastel. The possibilities offered with digital printmaking will also be introduced.
Prerequisites: ART131, ART132 and ART200 or permission of instructor.
3 credits.
ART351: Concentrated Studies: Painting III
An advanced studio experience designed to explore the expressive potential of painting.
Students will begin to develop a personal style as well as a distinct point of departure for their work. Topics for study run from abstract work through work of a highly representational nature and all points in between.
Prerequisites: ART131 and ART252.
3-9 credits.
ART/PHL352: Philosophy of Beauty
Theories of art and beauty from both Eastern and Western traditions are examined in light of both ancient and contemporary concepts. Readings from Plato, to Joyce, to Japanese aesthetics, to the role of censorship, form the basis for class discussion.
3 credits.
ART361: Concentrated Studies: Photography
An advanced studio course covering a concentrated topic such as large format, non-silver and mixed media, color, or contemporary approaches. Students are expected to develop a consistent body of work for evaluation. This course may be taken more than once for different topics.
Prerequisite: ART261.
3-9 credits.
ART398: Special Topics in Art History
This course provides an opportunity for the introduction of specialized, in-depth study of specific subject areas. Courses which may depend on the demands of departmental curriculum provide a flexible outlet for students needing a more advanced course in art history.
3 credits.
ART399: Special Topics in Studio Art
This course covers areas of special interest relating to art studio disciplines such as sculpture, digital video, large format photography and printmaking.
3 credits.
ART400: Portfolio
This course prepares the art or ICT major for the transition to the world beyond the undergraduate experience. The student develops a professional portfolio (both print and online) showcasing a consistent body of work created during the course of study within their area of concentration. The course will include resume building, business practices, researching job opportunities and/or graduate school opportunities.
Through class critiques and presentations students will develop the ability to critically analyze and discuss their work in relation to formal design principles and
Through class critiques and presentations students will develop the ability to critically analyze and discuss their work in relation to formal design principles and