This course examines drawing through the lens of the 21st century encompassing a wide range of media and approaches, as well as through the history and traditions of the discipline. Topics include: analysis and critique of student work, examination of technical aspects and theoretical issues, review of current art criticism, various social and cultural perspectives, and the continually changing role of the artist in society. Students working in all media are welcome.

The history of print is inseparably linked to the dissemination of information beginning with Gutenberg continuing through to the internet. The fall semester covers print multiples including, but not limited to: serigraphy, intaglio, photolithography, monotype, print as installation. Fall semester will produce a portfolio of prints or multiples by each of the participants from the class. The student's print will be developed in collaboration with the master printer from the Brodsky Center and the professor. An outside artist will be invited to participate in the folio and the students will help in the production of the print/multiple. The spring semester will explore the epub as a tool for broadcasting creative content, not as a catalog of one's work, but innovating new forms of communication with dynamic and interactive matter.

Individual and group studio critiques of painting to facilitate development of a personal style as an idiom. Shared assigned readings and discussions of New York gallery and museum exhibitions in all media are required.

This is a required course for both the fall and spring semesters for first-year graduate students. It features weekly presentations and lectures from noted artists, critics, and curators invited to the school.  Each student will participate in a limited number of individual studio visits with invited guest presenters. At the end of the first and second semesters, the faculty conducts a review, where the students present their work for critique. The first-year review takes the form of a critique of work exhibited in the First-Year Graduate Student Exhibition, usually scheduled from mid-November to December of the first semester in the Mason Gross Galleries. A one-page artist statement is required for this review. An individual studio review is at the end of the second semester.

Individual studio meetings, group critiques, and reading/discussion-based seminars on range of issues and themes in art history, contemporary art, and culture. Readings change each semester and are across disciplines and media.

The exhibition is a presentation of two years of creative work in the program. It takes place during the final spring semester in the Mason Gross Galleries; a student's exhibit is subject to committee review, consultation, and evaluation by the thesis committee and other members of the graduate faculty.