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Department of Art

Curriculum Change

1) Type of Change: Course Description and Title

2) From: ART 730 Advanced Graphic Arts, 4 hours, 3 Credits Woodcut, Black and white, also color printing. Soft-ground and hard-ground etching. Aquatint. Line engraving on metal. Dry point. Color printing with metal: surface printing offset and intaglio color from traditional to the latest experimental methods.

3) To: ART 730 Advanced Printmaking, 4 hours, 3 Credits Development of an individual body of work and studio practice through printmaking techniques, including Silkscreen, Relief, Intaglio and Lithography. Technical demonstrations may include traditional, experimental and digital printmaking methods; professional formats; and critical discussions of prints.

4) Rationale: The new description more accurately describes the content of the course. All of the intro and intermediate courses are called Introduction to Printmaking and Intermediate printmaking. To clarify what the course is about, Printmaking should be in the Course Title, rather than Advanced Graphic Arts.

5) Effect on Curriculum Offerings Outside of Department: NONE 6) Date of Departmental Approval: 2/11/09 LEHMAN COLLEGE City University of New York

Department of Art

Curriculum Change

1) Type of Change: Course Description and Title

2) From: ART 732 Advanced Graphic Arts II, 4 hours, 3 Credits See Art 730 for description.

3) To: ART 732 Advanced Printmaking II, 4 hours, 3 Credits See Art 730 for description. Students enrolled in this course may choose to focus on different techniques than were demonstrated in ART 730.

4) Rationale: The new description more accurately describes the objectives of the course. All of the intro and intermediate courses are called Introduction to Printmaking and Intermediate printmaking. To clarify what the course is about, Printmaking should be in the Course Title, rather than Advanced Graphic Arts.

5) Effect on Curriculum Offerings Outside of Department: NONE 6) Date of Departmental Approval: 2/11/09 LEHMAN COLLEGE City University of New York

Department of Art

Curriculum Change

1) Type of Change: Course Description and Title

2) From: ART 734 Advanced Graphic Arts III, 4 hours, 3 Credits See Art 730 for description.

3) To: ART 734 Advanced Printmaking III, 4 hours, 3 Credits See Art 730 for description. Students enrolled in this course may choose to focus on different techniques than were demonstrated in ART 730 and 732.

4) Rationale: The catalog description of this course has not been updated in the six years that I have been teaching at Lehman. The new description more accurately describes the objectives of the course. All of the intro and intermediate courses are called Introduction to Printmaking and Intermediate printmaking. To clarify what the course is about, Printmaking should be in the Course Description, rather than Advanced Graphic Arts.

5) Effect on Curriculum Offerings Outside of Department: NONE 6) Date of Departmental Approval: 2/11/09 LEHMAN COLLEGE City University of New York

Department of Art

Curriculum Change

1) Type of Change: Course Description and Title

2) From: ART 736 Advanced Graphic Arts IV, 4 hours, 3 Credits See Art 730 for description.

3) To: ART 736 Advanced Printmaking IV, 4 hours, 3 Credits See Art 730 for description. Students enrolled in this course may choose to focus on different techniques than were demonstrated in ART 730, 732, and 734.

5) Effect on Curriculum Offerings Outside of Department: NONE 6) Date of Departmental Approval: 2/11/09

LEHMAN COLLEGE OF THE CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK

DEPARTMENT OF ART CURRICULUM CHANGE

1. Type of Change: New Course

2. Course Description:

ART 752: Seminar in Contemporary Art. 4 hours, 3 credits. Issues in contemporary art and the primary components of today’s art practice through a series of off-campus visits to galleries, museums, artists’ studios, and talks with working artists, critics, curators and other arts professionals.

3. Rationale: Developing artists can benefit substantially by experiencing art in the original context in which it is produced and exhibited. By hearing about the creative process from direct conversations with artists, as well as critical perspectives from professional writers and curators who write and reflect on the contemporary art practice, students can gain valuable insights as well as practical experience. On-site visits to artists’ studios, galleries, public art spaces, museums and non-profit organizations contribute to professional growth in the field.

4. Academic Objectives and Justification for the Course:

The aim of this course is multifold. The course seeks to:

• provide students with a general introduction to contemporary art history, driving concepts, and current critical debates; • reflect on the role of space and context in the presentation of a work of art, and on the many possibilities and manifestations that an art project can take; • have direct contact with professional artists, critics, curators and arts administrators to learn about careers in the art world and the various aspects of each profession, • receive a hands-on knowledge of the creative process from case studies of concrete exhibitions and works-in progress at artist studios; • familiarize themselves with the cultural geography of New York City and learn to navigate the various museums and other cultural centers in order to continue using them as a resource in the future; • learn the about the practical aspects of the artist profession, ranging from handling studio visits, applying for grants and other kinds of support.

For each class, students are required to do research of the spaces and individuals who will be visited. Each session includes on-site visits, visiting exhibitions in-group and discussing them on-site, listening and having discussions with the class speakers and in groups, a weekly written essay based on the weeks topic, and occasional practical exercises such as curatorial exercises. The class combines a practicum along with art historical information. A typical class will consist of visiting one or two exhibitions, a lecture or interview with the professor and a guest speaker, a question and answer period with the guest speaker and a follow-up discussion and summary with the professor.

5. Syllabus/Sample Text

1. Introduction and the Basics of the Art World

2. Museum Practice- Visit to MoMA and meeting with Education Director

3. Alternative Brooklyn and Artist Residency Programs - Introduction to Brooklyn’s art spaces and visit to The Marie Walsh Sharpe Foundation 4. Chelsea Galleries- Visiting a survey of exhibitions in the gallery district; meeting with international artists in their exhibitions 5. Curatorial practice- Visiting curators to discuss their exhibitions on view 6. Skills In the Art World- Meeting with artist Jackie Battenfield, author of “The Artist Guide: Making a Living Doing What You Love.” 7. Special Guest Curator talk; Introduction to Upper East Side galleries 8. Harlem Renaissance: Visit to Studio Museum in Harlem and discussion with art critic 9. Arts in the Bronx: Visit to The Bronx Museum for the Arts and discussion with a Bronx-based visual artist 10. Lower East Side part 1: Visit to The New Museum and studio visit with a contemporary painter 11. MFA Files: Hunter College- Visit Graduate studios at Hunter College and discussion on art school education 12. Museum Visit- Brooklyn Museum 13. Lower East Side part II: visit to new galleries and alternative spaces 14. New York Art, 1970 and Beyond: Day trip to DIA Beacon, NY

6. Effect on Curriculum Offering Outside of the Department: None 7. Faculty: The course will be taught by faculty members currently in the department. 8. Estimated Enrollment and Frequency: 15 students per semester, once per year. 9. Date of Department Approval: Pending meeting March 30, 2009