The Applied Design and Visual Arts program leads to the Bachelor of Arts degree.
It offers academic courses in studio art, art history, art education, and graphic
communication. Studio art instruction is given in drawing, painting, sculpture,
ceramics, printmaking, weaving, crafts, and photography. There is a broad range
of instruction in art history and art education. The latter includes an option
leading to elementary or secondary teacher certification in art. The Art School
for Children and Young Adults-UHCL provides students with a laboratory for observation,
teaching, and research in art education. Students in graphic communication learn
to handle the dynamics of computer technologies.
Specific specialties and their features follow:
- Art Education.: Preparation for teaching children's art in public and
private schools is offered. Model classroom and curricula are available.
A practicum course provides observation and teaching of specific curricula
in a model classroom through The Art School for children and Young Adults.
- Art History: Surveys of Western art and specialized courses in Renaissance,
Baroque, Impressionist, Modern, Contemporary, and Asian art. Explore
language, form, and meaning in visual culture with an emphasis on understanding
and interpreting art, interdisciplinarity, and creative individuality. Visits
are made to Houston area museums.
- Ceramic Arts: well-equipped, spacious studios for graduate and undergraduate
students are available. Instruction is given in potter's wheel, handbuilding
and ceramic sculpture, glaze technology, and firing procedures for
Raku. Student participation in competitions and exhibitions is encouraged.
- Crafts: introductory course which explores two- and three-dimensional
art forms or crafts with emphasis on design, technique, and history.
Well-equipped studio space allows for work with fibers, papermaking, clay,
and assemblage.
- Drawing, Painting, and Printmaking: instruction is offered in creative
and experimental painting, drawing techniques, and printmaking, as
well as drawing/Photoshop, and collage.
- Sculpture: instruction is given in various three-dimensional materials
and techniques, including welding, casting, and wood construction.
Two of the arts faculty have been Fulbright Fellows at the Academy of Fine
Arts in Bratislava, Slovakia, where UHCL has a faculty-student exchange agreement.
Internationally known artists-in-residence also visit the campus and provide
an opportunity for faculty/student interaction. Other faculty have active agendas
in art history research and in graphic design.
Creative and intellectually stimulating courses in Applied Design and Visual
Arts prepare majors for graduate studies in studio art, graduate programs in
art history, careers as art teachers in Texas public and private schools, and
professional careers as graphic designers and computer artists. The program
also seeks to offer students a means of achieving personal growth and enrichment
through the study of art.
Students may participate in a visual arts club that has a faculty advisor.
Degrees:
- Undergraduate Degree - BA in Applied Design and Visual Arts
- Graduate Degree - MA degree in Humanities (Images Track)
For more information, contact Professor Nick deVries at devries@cl.uh.edu or (281) 283-3377.
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