CCOG for ART 273 Winter 2025
- Course Number:
- ART 273
- Course Title:
- Printmaking I Intaglio
- Credit Hours:
- 4
- Lecture Hours:
- 20
- Lecture/Lab Hours:
- 40
- Lab Hours:
- 0
Course Description
Intended Outcomes for the course
Upon completion of the course students should be able to:
- Solve problems in the art making process using a variety of strategies for making intaglio prints, which demonstrate command of introductory level processes, techniques and materials.
- Participate in a critical dialogue about ideas and issues in intaglio printmaking using industry terminology and applying self-critiquing skills.
- Interpret and critically evaluate prints from different cultures to initiate a life-long process of studying the diverse perspectives of the human experience.
- Express connections to personal experiences through work in the medium of intaglio with awareness of the standards and practices established by both contemporary and historical artists.
Integrative Learning
Students completing an associate degree at Portland Community College will be able to reflect on one’s work or competencies to make connections between course content and lived experience.
General education philosophy statement
The study of Visual Arts is essential to the development of the individual and one’s meaningful participation in society. At the heart of artistic practice is the ability to organize experience and recognize its meaning. The creation of artwork and appreciation of aesthetics is a source of great pleasure and also a valuable means to effective visual communication. Participating in Visual Arts is an important way for individuals to connect to the past and respond to the present with a stronger sense of engagement with culture and society.
Course Activities and Design
Class time during the term is used for in-studio practice, lectures and presentations, demonstrations, critiques and group discussions. Students are expected to engage in studio work during and outside of class time.
Outcome Assessment Strategies
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Create print projects that are aesthetically and formally challenging and demonstrate the student’s evolution though both ideas and process.
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Demonstrate sound intaglio technique and safe and efficient studio habits with respect to the communal environment.
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Participate in discussions and critiques. Take an active role and make contributions applying concepts and terminology used in the discipline.
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Evaluate both technical approaches and conceptual directions in prints through comprehensive written responses.
Course Content (Themes, Concepts, Issues and Skills)
Themes
- Visual communication.
- Contextual awareness.
Concepts
- Formal and aesthetic considerations.
- Connections between content and meaning.
- Process, technique and material choices.
Issues
- Understand the graphic aesthetic, the specific possibilities and limitations inherent to intaglio.
- Historical knowledge of intaglio printmaking.
- Personal expression through the medium of intaglio.
- Environmental awareness related to materials and proper disposal of waste.
Skills
- Learn methodologies for designing and completing print editions in intaglio.
- Strategies for generating ideas
- Image making— bridging ideas with intaglio methods to create images of both formal and conceptual power
- Plate preparation
- Etching—apply procedures for effective biting
- Printing— demonstrate sound techniques when inking, wiping and pulling intaglio prints; set and safely use the etching press
- Curating prints
- Presentation—select the most effective presentation for a particular image
- Critique and self-reflection strategies for evaluating prints
- Studio safety