SANTA BARBARA CITY COLLEGE

ASSOCIATE DEGREE CREDIT COURSE OUTLINE

Department: Art

Subject Area and Course Number: Art 193

Course Title: Beginning Printmaking: Silkscreen

Discipline: Art

Units: 3

Repeatability: 3

Catalog Course Description Introduction to techniques used in making silkscreens; and various stencil and printmaking processes employed.

Description for Schedule of Classes: Intro Introduction to techniques used in making silkscreens; and various stencil and printmaking processes employed.

Lecture Hours per Week: 2

Laboratory Hours per Week: 3

Plus Hours; 2

Prerequisites: None

Co-requisites: None

Skills Advisories: Eligibility for English 100, 103

Course Advisories: ART 101, ART 120, ART 140

Limitation on Enrollment: None

Course Objectives: By the end of the semester, the students will be able to:

1. Identify and recognize different kinds of silkscreen prints.

2. Identify and articulate the process-dependent aesthetics of silkscreen printmaking (serigraphy).

3. Originate compositions (sketches) for silkscreen prints.

4. Apply principles of composition and color in originating silkscreen prints.

5. Acquire skills to make silkscreen prints (cutting, painting, drawing, etc.).

6. Construct silkscreen frames.

7. Produce editions of silkscreen prints through photo-stencil, cut stencil, paper stencil, direct block-out and tousche-glue techniques.

8. Recognize hazardous materials, articulate their hazards and skillfully handle them.

9. Discuss, critique and evaluate their prints and those of student peers.

10. Recognize and analyze master prints.

11. Compare and contrast traditional and contemporary concepts of expression.

Course Content and Scope

1. Brief introduction to the history and aesthetics of printmaking with emphasis on serigraphy and silkscreen processes.

2. Construction of a silkscreen frame for printing.

3. Use of various stencil methods including photo, cut film, paper, direct block-out, and tousche-glue out techniques.

Methods of Instruction: There will be demonstrations, lectures, slide lectures, discussions, laboratory (practical application of techniques), individual and group critiques. There will be gallery and museum visits, films and visual aids.

Required Assignments

1. A small edition of prints of each technique assigned.

2. A portfolio of all assigned work presented to the instructor for critique at the end of the semester.

3. Preparation of at least one print for exhibition.

Methods of Evaluation

1. Classroom attendance 10%

2. Oral and written critiques 10%

3. Assignments completed 20%

4. Final portfolio 60%

Appropriate Texts and Supplies

No text is required. The Complete Printmaker by Ross and Romano, 1990 and additional books and periodicals are available in the classroom for reference.

CO/mej/FRC

Updated January 2006

(gb 3/8/06)