Joellyn Rock
Assistant Professor
UMD Dept of Art + Design

office: Voss Kovach 131A
phone: 726-7527
email: jrock2@d.umn.edu

Spring 07 office hours:
T + TH 1:00 - 2:00 pm
+ by Appointment

SPRING 2007 Syllabus

2D DIGITAL STUDIO COURSES>>>
provide a learning laboratory for digital artmaking + new media processes from brainstorming through digital output.

Students will expand both subject and content of their art-making by experimenting with 2d digital media... investigating mosaic + sequential formats, creative rule-making and rule-breaking, digital sketching, image and sound sampling, and interactive design. Students will be encouraged to mix media, taking clues from a rich tradition of avant guard experiments and current trends in film, new media, installation, performance, digital narrative and web-based art forms. All projects will incorporate digital tools in their process and use digital media as the delivery format. Students will produce at least one of their projects in a format suitable for viewing on the web. The class establishes a collaborative learning environment, wherein all participants will take turns sharing their expertise and discoveries in a laboratory of emerging technologies.

J.Rock's UMD Homepage:
http://www.d.umn.edu/~jrock2/

Digital Art Links

Design Links

Art Links

Visual Theory


2D DIGITAL Studio 1 + 2
ART  2016  sec 004  
ART  3017  sec 004
NOON - 1:50PM MW
Voss-Kovach Hall 131

Supplies:
• blank index cards (100)
• large foamcore for mosaic
• concept / sketch book
• profolio for roughs + print work
• cd-r or dvd for digital portfolio

Evaluation:
80% on digital studio projects:
#1: mosaic format (print)
#2: sequential format (web / print)
#3: random access (group)
#4: final project (your choice)

20% on attendance and engaged participation in all in class activities, blogs, presentations, crits, visiting artist lectures and work in digital scrapbooks


To set up your blog:

START HERE + LOG IN
http://blog.lib.umn.edu

Joellyn's Blog:
http://blog.lib.umn.edu/jrock2/rockblog/


Digital Studio Texts 1:

required: Digital Art (World of Art)
by Christiane Paul
Publisher: Thames & Hudson
ISBN: 0500203679

optional: Digital Illustration: A Masterclass in Creative Image-making (Paperback)
by Lawrence Zeegen
RotoVision
ISBN: 2880467977

+Current Digital Software book
of your own choice.

Digital Studio Texts 2:

choose one:

Digital Illustration: A Masterclass in Creative Image-making (Paperback)
by Lawrence Zeegen
RotoVision
ISBN: 2880467977

First Person : New Media as Story, Performance, and Game
by Noah Wardrip-Fruin (Editor)
Publisher: The MIT Press )
ISBN: 0262232324
DIGITAL STUDIO ASSIGNMENTS SPRING 2007
::::subject to revision::::
Week
Mon Class
Wed Class
Readings + Lectures
Jan 15 -19 >>> Sketch/Scrap/Sampling Digital Art: Chapter 1
Jan 22 - 26 Project 1 : Mosaic Project 1 : Mosaic Digital Art: Chapter 2
Jan 29 - Feb 2 Project 1 : Mosaic Project 1 : Mosaic Digital Art: Chapter 3
Feb 5 - 9 Project 1 : mounting Project 1 : DUE for Crit Digital Art Links
Feb 12 - 16 Project 2 : Sequential Project 2 : Sequential Greek Myth Links
Feb 19 - 23 Project 2 : Sequential Project 2 : Sequential Tulip + Arabesque
Feb 26 - Mar 2 Project 2 : Sequential Project 2 : DUE for Crit Portfolios DUE for grading
March 5 - 9 Launch Digital Art Blogs Blog about artist ...from the text
March 12 - 16 SPRING BREAK SPRING BREAK Notice Visual Culture !
March 19 - 23 Project 3 : Random Access Project 3 : Random Access Post Blog comments
March 26 - 30 Project 3 : Random Access Project 3 : Random Access ENTER STUDENT SHOW
April 2 - 6 Project 3 : Random Access Project 3 : DUE for Crit ...
April 9 - 13 Project 3 : Random Access Project 3 : Random Access Sat April 14th:
STUDENT SHOW OPENS
April 16 - 20 Final Project Brainstorm Dijital Pasaj QTmovie DUE Digital Artist Blog
April 23 - 27 Final Project Workday Final Project Workday Digital Artist Blog
Apr 30 - May 4 Final Project: feedback Final Project: feedback Last Week of Class

FINALS
May 7 - 11

Digital Studio sec 004
Final Crit is
Monday May 7 at NOON		 Due: digital portfolio, xtra credit, and final project for grading ALL WORK DUE
<<< at final crit

****If you have any special needs which will hinder your ability to meet the basic requirements of the class, please inform the instructor the first week of class. All University policies apply to this class with regards to respect and fairness to all no matter, race, creed, religion, sexual preference, gender, beliefs, and physical disability.

It is University policy to provide, on a flexible and individualized basis, accommodations to students with disabilities that may affect their ability to participate in course activities or to meet course requirements.

Students with disabilities are also encouraged to contact Disability Services & Resources to discuss their individual needs for accommodations.

Please plan to attend as many of the Art + Design Guest Lectures in the Tweed Musem as you can:

Spring 2007 Art + Design Lecture Series

Graphic Design Alumni Panel:
Jenna Akre / Jeff Ruprecht / Tony Lintner
Tuesday, February 20, 6pm

Beverly McIver / painter
Tuesday, March 6, 6pm

Jennifer Webb / Art Historian
Tuesday, March 20, 6pm

A+D Annual Student Exhibition Jurors' Lectures
David Hodges: 10 am, Tweed
Marsha Hystead: 2 pm, Tweed
Thursday, March 29 2007 /

Marcia G. Anderson / Anthropology/ Museum Studies
Tuesday, April 3, 6pm

Joanna O. Bigfeather / curator and writer
Thursday, April 19, 6pm

To set up your blog:

START HERE + LOG IN
http://blog.lib.umn.edu

Joellyn's Blog:
http://blog.lib.umn.edu/jrock2/rockblog/