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Thursday, October 2, 2025

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CVAD Spring 2026 Courses in Rotating Topics

Art History

ARTH 4818
Topics in Latin American Art: Frida and Diego
Tuesday / Thursday, 9:30–10:50 a.m., Art Building, Room 288
Instructor: Kelly Donahue-Wallace
 
ARTH 4824
Topics in Asian Art: Mughal Art of India
Monday / Wednesday, 12:30–1:50 p.m., Art Building, Room 288
Instructor: Lisa Owen
 
ARTH 4825
Topics in Islamic and/or Middle Eastern Art: Islamic Art, Past and Present
Friday, 11 a.m.–1:50 p.m., Art Building, Room 280
Instructor: Tiffany Floyd
 
ARTH 4840
Topics in the History of Crafts: Craft and Conflict
Wednesday, 12:30–3:20 p.m., Art Building, Room 280
Instructor: Jennifer Way
 
ARTH 4845
Topics in the History of Architecture and/or Design: The Skyscraper
Tuesday / Thursday, 12:30–1:50 p.m., Art Building, Room 288
Instructor: Paula Lupkin
                               
ARTH 4852
Topics in the History of Design: The Body in Victorian Art and Design
Tuesday / Thursday, 11 a.m.–12:20 p.m., Art Building, Room 280
Instructor: Carey Gibbons

Studio Art Interdisciplinary Courses 

ASTU 3000.502 / 5000.502
Future Feminist Lab
Tuesday / Thursday, 8–10:50 a.m., Art Building, Room 251
Instructor: Liss LaFleur
Future Feminist Lab is a hands-on, experimental research space in the arts and humanities. Spring 2026’s theme, To Begin Again, draws inspiration from Corita Kent, a nun, pop artist, and educator, who developed innovative methods for accessing creativity through looking, sourcing, structuring, connecting, playing, and celebrating. In an era of uncertainty, Kent’s guiding insight, “doing and making are acts of hope,” anchors the lab, where students engage in hands-on projects and complete all her original “Assignments,” emphasizing their own transformative power of artistic practice. Open to students across disciplines; instructor permission may be required for non-majors.
 
ASTU 3000.503 / 3801.501
Finding Your Voice
Tuesday / Thursday, 11 a.m.–1:50 p.m., Art Building, Room 153
Instructor: Alicia Eggert
Regular critiques, readings, and research will provide a framework for articulating artistic intent and contextualizing work within the context of contemporary and historical sculpture. Students will also engage in professional development, including portfolio building, exhibition planning, and writing about their work. By the end of the course, each student will have produced a cohesive body of work that reflects their individual approach to sculpture, preparing them for further study or a career in professional practice.
 
ASTU 3000.506
Book Arts
Tuesday / Thursday, 8–10:50 a.m., Art Building, Room 266
Instructor: Magaly Cantu
This course covers traditional bookbinding methods using a variety of materials, with an emphasis on conceptual development and exploring the interaction between book structures and their content. Conveying their artistic concepts through the book form, students will learn to apply different digital methods, hand printing, and analog processes to create content.
 
ASTU 3101.501
Rotating Topics in Ceramics: Contemporary Ceramics
Monday / Wednesday, 2–4:50 p.m., Art Annex, Room 135
Instructor: Brooks Oliver
This course serves as an introduction to developing and executing independent ceramic projects. These projects should focus on methods and meaning in contemporary ceramics. Students will develop technical skills, materials, and processes appropriate to their concepts, as well as aesthetic sensibilities, by utilizing historic and contemporary references in ceramic art, other arts, and criticism. Most of the technical side of this class is self-directed, focusing more on developing your artistic voice and understanding contemporary discourse in the fields of art, craft, and design in relation to your own practice.
 
ASTU 3201.501
Rotating Topics in Drawing & Painting: TBD
Tuesday / Thursday, 8–10:50 a.m., Art Building, Room 468
Instructor: TBD
 
ASTU 3501.501
Rotating Topics in Photography: Documentary
Monday / Wednesday, 11 a.m.–1:50 p.m., Art Building, Room 358
Instructor: Letitia Huckaby
In this course, students will learn how to create visual narratives from everyday life, develop a series with a critical eye and personal style, research meaningful and engaging narratives, and discover how to employ an expository style in a body of work.
 
ASTU 3701.501
Topics in New Media Art: Sound Art
Tuesday / Thursday, 11 a.m. – 1:50 p.m., Art Building, Room 251
Instructor: Liss LaFleur
Sound Art investigates sound as a medium, method, and strategy within contemporary art, interrogating how practices of listening can shape aesthetic, social, and political experience. The course engages modalities such as field recording, noise, silence, voice, spatialized audio, and sound installation, situating them in dialogue with acoustic ecology, Deaf studies, and critical approaches to audio culture. Readings, screenings, and discussions examine the historical, technological, and conceptual foundations of sonic practice, alongside perspectives on sonic materialism. Workshops in performance, recording, editing, post-production, and installation support students in developing projects that merge research and practice, emphasizing listening as a radical strategy within contemporary art.
 
ASTU 3701.502
Topics in New Media Art: Experimental Games
Tuesday / Thursday, 8–10:50 a.m., Art Building, Room 356
Instructor: Ranran Fan
This course explores games as a space for storytelling, creative expression and improvisation. Students will investigate how game design, both in digital games and real-world play, can move beyond entertainment and be treated as experiments, testing new rules, challenging conventions, and reimagining the definition of "play." No prior coding experience is required — just a willingness to play, take risks and experiment.
 
ASTU 5000.509
Graduate Screen Print
Tuesday / Thursday, 2– 4:50 p.m., Art Building, Room 266
Instructor: Andy DeCaen
This course will focus on learning the concepts and techniques of screen printing as a way to expand the artist’s studio practice. We will focus on various stencil-making methods, ranging from photo- and digital-based methods to drawn/painted methods, to create screenprints on paper. The course will involve both traditional and experimental techniques, with contextual research, to inform new works that integrate with the artists’ practice. No previous screenprinting experience is necessary.
 
ASTU 5000.510
Graduate Ceramics Molds & Multiples
Tuesday / Thursday, 11 a.m.–1:50 p.m., Art Annex, Room 135
Instructor: Eliza Au
Study and practice of the creation of molds for slip casting and press molding, and the practical and conceptual approach to the ceramic multiple. Clay and glaze mixing, firing theory and practice, and conceptual ideas will be explored in this class.