Graduate Courses
All courses are offered only once each academic year. Faculty only teach one graduate seminar each year. This catalog should be viewed as a sampling of offerings. Please note: Courses and faculty assignments are subject to change each semester.
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Drawing I (4,4)
This course emphasizes a view of drawing through the lens of the 21st century where it encompasses a wide range of media and approaches. The structure of the class is a combination of reading/discussion, individual studio visits, and group critiques. The group readings/discussions are highly variable and depend in large part on the interests of the particular group, current events, etc. Suggestions are welcome. Within your own studio practice you are asked to examine, pick and poke at, develop, negate, and ultimately articulate in some form or another a set of criteria for your own work. You will be asked to examine the relationship of form/subject/content in both your own work and in the work of others. Recent readings have included texts on a variety of topics by authors Jan Verwoert, Chris Krause, Claudia Rankine and Beth Loffreda, and Susan Sontag, among others. Artists working in all media are welcome.
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Printmaking I (4,4)
The history of print is inseparably linked to the dissemination of information beginning with Gutenberg continuing through to the internet. The semester covers print multiples including, but not limited to: serigraphy, intaglio, photolithography, monotype, print as installation. Over the course of the semester, students 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 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. Previous guest artists have included: Nona Faustine Simmons, Dread Scott, Ruth Root, and B. Wurtz.
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Painting and Studio Problems I (4,4)
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.
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Visiting Artists/First-Year Review (4,4)
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. A one-page artist statement is required for this review as well.
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Sculpture I (4,4)
The goal of this class is to help students develop as productive practicing artists. The course will provide a forum for the exploration of students' individual directions within the context of an art practice. Individual presentations will be conducted to encourage critical analysis and discussion. Instructor-student critiques will take place throughout the semester. We will also talk about contemporary trends in the art world, current gallery and museum exhibitions, as well as practical concerns regarding taxes, materials, archiving, grant solicitation, commissions, etc. During this course the class will make site-specific sculptures that explore specificity and socially directed work within public and open spaces. This is the major part of the class and will entail a proposal that includes drawings, description of work, concept, and installation. Readings related to public art, site-specific installations, and other sociopolitical issues will be assigned and discussed throughout the course.
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Research Projects I (4,4)
Individual project proposed by student to faculty member of his or her choice; faculty member who approves the project then acts as its adviser.
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Research Project (Kara Walker Cohort: Memory, Memorials, and Monuments) I (4,4)
Framed as an independent research project centered around an exploration of the American Black Experience juxtaposing the period of slavery with contemporary society and the forms of memory, memorials, and monuments used to rectify, honor, and acknowledge their histories and narratives within the United States. This course requires the submission of a one-page essay to be considered for inclusion, explaining why you are interested in participating and what you would contribute to the group. The cohort meets roughly three times a month for conversations, readings, screenings, critiques, and lectures. Over the course of the year, the group will create a publication as well as a public performance/exhibition. Previous cohorts have focused on narratives and histories centered around Georgia, New Orleans, and New Jersey. This is a yearlong commitment. The last cohort will take place in the 2019-2020 academic year.
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Teaching Mentorships I (4,4) (Register as Research Projects)
First-year students will work directly with an assigned instructor in an undergraduate course based on student's concentrations to assist teaching for one semester to become eligible to be offered teaching opportunities.
Register as Research Projects.
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Photo Image I (4,4)
Group critiques, individual meetings, and readings with an emphasis on conversations between artists and the impact photography has on all media. Includes conversations with artists and art professionals at their exhibits and studios in New York City. In-class conversations are led by both students and faculty.
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Video and Media Workshop I (4,4)
A topics-driven seminar on critical issues in media and contemporary art. For students working in all media, class includes readings,
group critiques, and screening, and often culminates with a collaborative class
event, exhibition, and/or publication.
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Art Criticism I (4,4)
Examination of the symbiotic relationship between an artist and the discourse in which his or her work is embedded.
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Studio Internship I (4,4)
Offers direct experience in the profession. Students are responsible for locating internships with master artists, galleries, alternative art spaces, periodicals, and programs. The graduate director acts as the liaison once an internship is established.
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Painting and Practice I (4,4)
Weekly seminar where public and private methods of critique and studio practices are explored through group critiques, presentations, and in-class participation.
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Current Issues in Art Practice I (4,4)
The seminar is comprised of regular contact and dialogue that extends beyond the allotted class time. One-hour individual studio meetings run throughout the course of the semester, one-hour and 20-minute group critiques for each student, and three-hour biweekly readings and discussions are copresented by students and the faculty member. The seminar readings are typically comprised of a range of critical readings and themes across media and through various aesthetic fields both inside and outside of art. Recent seminars have included writers Edouard Glissant, Sara Ahmed, Isabelle Graw, Helen Molesworth, Fred Moten, Achille Mbembe, George Didi Hubberman, Timothy Morton, Michele Serres, Bruno Latour, Pamela Lee, Karen Barrad, Griselda Pollack, Darby English, and Okwui Enwezor among others. Regularly shared collective readings, links, and screenings make up an informal dialogue and space of study on the periphery of the class. Each semester the class will visit professional artists' studios in New York.
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Drawing II (4,4)
Continuation of 08:081:513,514 Drawing I.
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Printmaking II (4,4)
Continuation of 08:081:515,516 Printmaking I.
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Painting and Studio Problems II (4,4)
Continuation of 08:081:517,518 Painting and Studio Problems I.
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Visiting Artists (4,4)
Weekly lectures and presentations of work and ideas by invited guest artists, critics, and curators; followed by discussion. As part of this course, students participate in a limited number of individual studio visits.
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Sculpture II (4,4)
Continuation of 08:081:523,524 Sculpture I.
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Research Projects II (4,4)
Individual project proposed by student to faculty member of his or her choice; faculty member who approves the project then acts as its adviser.
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Research Project (Kara Walker Cohort: Memory, Memorials, and Monuments) II (4,4)
Continuation of 08:081:525,526.
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Photo Image II (4,4)
Continuation of 08:081:529,530 Photo Image I.
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Video and Media Workshop II (4,4)
Continuation of 08:081:531,532 Video and Media Workshop I.
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Art Criticism II (4,4)
Continuation of 08:081:543,544 Art Criticism I.
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Studio Internship II (4,4)
Offers direct experience in the profession for second-year graduate students, who are responsible for locating internships with master artists, galleries, alternative art spaces, periodicals, and programs. The graduate director acts as the liaison once an internship is established.
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Painting and Practice II (4,4)
Continuation of 08:081:553,554 Painting and Practice I.
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Current Issues in Art Practice II (4,4)
Continuation of 08:081:571,572 Current Issues in Art Practice I.
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Thesis (4)
The written thesis statement is a discussion of the thesis exhibition that may include its evolution and influences, relevant theoretical and historical inquiries, or other pertinent investigations surrounding the student's work and includes three images documenting the exhibition.
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Exhibition (4)
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.
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Matriculation Continued (0)
In order to retain degree-seeking status in the program until all requirements are completed, students must maintain continuous registration by registering each fall and spring semester for coursework, research, or matriculation continued. Students who fail to maintain their status must apply for reinstatement.
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Graduate Program in Visual Arts 
