PADR263

This course builds on traditional painting approaches and extends the focus into the relationships between drawing and painting practice and includes the study of expanded material use. Collage, printmaking, sculptural and digital approaches will be explored. Principles of historical and contemporary abstraction will be introduced and employed in depth. Intersections with design applications, cultural expression, identity politics and social activism will be explored. Multi media research and practice will be encouraged. Hard distinctions between representational and abstract approaches will be engaged critically in order to hone a distinctive and relevant contemporary visual vocabulary.

Pacific Northwest College of Art

Portland