below listed course titles link to faculty biography pages:	Accredited Spring 2009 Course List :
ART 100-95 DRAWING I Thursday,1:00-4:30 Instructor: Anne Flash	A rudimentary class exploring the visual language of line, tone, form, structure, and composition. Subject matter and questions of meaning will be discussed. Media will include pencil, charcoal, ink washes, and collage. Prerequisite: None / 3 credits.
ART 100-96 DRAWING I Monday 9:30-1:00 Instructor: Kathryn Smith	Drawing I is an investigation and development of various graphic approaches to drawing based on observation. Basic skills and techniques will be developed in this foundation course. Prerequisite: None / 3 credits.
HUM 102-95 ART AND HOW IT GOT THAT WAY Tuesday 9:30-12:30 Instructor: Margaret Shields	This course will consist of reading and writing about fine art. It is intended for artists, art students, collectors and anyone for whom an interaction with a work of art has meaning. The class will concern itself with the following: from what aspects of human experience has art arisen? What, (if anything), does it do? What role is it playing in the post-industrial west? The format of the class will be the discussion of student writing and assigned texts; texts will consist of essays, philosophy, and critical opinion rather than art history. Though the course might contribute to a theoretical bulwark for anyone practicing an art, the goal will be to develop a practice of writing and discussion through creative inquiry, rather than seeking definitive answers. Works of art from PAAM’s permanent collection and work on exhibit will be used to illustrate stylistic movements in 20th century art. Prerequisite: None / 3 credits.
ART 103-95 PAINTING I Tuesday 1:30-5:00 Instructor: Meg Shields	This class is about painting in oil. Though it is designed for those who have very little painting experience, it will be useful to any student interested in the study of the depiction of space through color and value. Working from both still life set ups and from the model, students will be introduced to color theory and the importance of tonal value in visual experience. We will consider the question:  what makes a painting alive? Instruction in the use of various painting materials will be available in the case of individual questions about these.  The intention of the class is to provide students with expressive tools which they can then use to amplify their own ideas.  Prerequisite: None / 3 credits.
ART 103-97 PAINTING I Monday 1:30-5:00 Instructor: Doug Ritter	This painting course will provide the opportunity for students to gain strengths in both painting and drawing. As drawing is contained within the processes of painting, this interrelationship will be at the forefront of our investigations. Color, with it's potential for great description and expression, will be a focus as we move through objective and subjective approaches. Materials, processes, and techniques will be presented in a way to help students develop an approach that facilitates both observation and expression. Prerequisite: None / 3 credits.
ART 107-95 LIFE DRAWING Wednesday 9:30-1:00 Instructor: Kathryn Smith	Through the use of traditional and contemporary drawing media and methods, students will explore gesture, modeling, anatomy, tonality, form, composition, and other aspects of figurative study from the model. Prerequisite: None / 3 credits; may be repeated once for credit.
ART 135-95 TEXTILE/FIBER ARTS I Tuesday, 9:30-1:00 Instructor: Nathalie Ferrier	Learn three-dimensional textile and fiber art. Construct wearable art garments from traditional garment patterns to draping and designing your own clothing. Add embellishments to ordinary clothing. Learn different techniques of crocheting and knitting. Build your portfolio with photos of your work. Work as a group collaborating and continue to develop as a fiber artist professionally. Prerequisite: none/3 credits.
ART 200-95 DRAWING II Thursday, 1:00-4:30 Instructor: Anne Flash	A continuation of Drawing l, with more emphasis on point of view and individual expression. The second half of the semester will be devoted to self-designed projects, culminating in a final exhibition. Prerequisite: Drawing 1 or permission of instructor/3 credits.
ART 200-96 DRAWING II Monday 9:30-1:00 Instructor: Doug Ritter	Students will work with a variety of drawing media. As line in drawing is revelatory of the purpose and energy that creates them, there will be a focus in the athletics of drawing. Posture, markmaking, and gesture will be explored along with the relationship between the intuitive and rational aspects of drawing and seeing. Prerequisite: Drawing 1 or permission of instructor/3 credits.
ART 209-95 PRINTMAKING TECHNIQUES: Investigating Monotype Wednesday, 9:30-1:00 Instructor: Vicky Tomayko	Monotype introduces methods for creating one-of-a-kind prints. The course uses both oil and water-based inks in a non-toxic print shop (vegetable oil and water clean-up). A variety of techniques and approaches will include painting, transfer methods, stencils, collage, dry point, watercolor, and inking procedures. Prerequisite: None / 3 credits.
ART 228-96 ADVANCED PAINTING Monday 1:30-5:00 Instructor: Doug Ritter	This course will concentrate on the development of the students understanding of processes and approaches to the discipline of painting. General issues of painting, and material and procedural strategies will be a focus of concentration. These issues will be investigated through a series of assignments- some given, and some self guided. The curriculum will continue the general development of a student's expertise—technically, formally, conceptually, and professionally—in the field of painting. Prerequisite: ART103 or permission of instructor/ 3 credits; may be repeated once for credit; 6 credit maximum.
ART 135-95 TEXTILE/FIBER ARTS II Tuesday, 9:30-1:00 Instructor: Nathalie Ferrier	In this course students will explore the technical and conceptual possibilities of making art in fiber media through instruction in the basics of fabric manipulation, surface design, and construction of flexible structures using interlacing techniques. Students will have the opportunity to explore a variety of techniques, which may include hand and machine sewing, knitting, crocheting, weaving traditional and non-traditional materials. The emphasis will be on personal expression. Students will be exposed to the rich diversity of contemporary work in fiber arts. Having a sewing machine available for use is highly recommended. Modest materials fee to be discussed at the first class. Prerequisite: none/3 credits.
ART 250-95 ADVANCED PROJECTS DRAWING Monday 9:30-1:00 Instructor: Doug Ritter	Students will work with close observation and staged processes to achieve a high level of representation in both black and white and colored drawing media on a variety of surfaces. A special emphasis will be on the underlying principles of form comprehension, proportion, perspective and schema that inform a clarity of vision. We will explore a variety of subjects and scale and draw from both direct observation and photographic sources. Still-life, landscape, portraiture and botanical subjects will inform an investigation of an array of textures and surfaces. Sharpen up, slow down, and open up your vision to the spectacular close at hand. Prerequisite: Drawing 1 or permission of instructor/3 credits.
ART 250-96 ADVANCED PROJECTS PRINTMAKING WORKSHOP Wednesday, 9:30-1:00 Instructor: Vicky Tomayko	Workshop environment, with individual critiquing and instruction, for the student working in monotype methods. Students will be encouraged to develop a body of work through experimentation and the exploration of ideas. Pre-requisite: Printmaking techniques or permission of instructor/3 credits.
ART 250-97 ADVANCED PROJECTS MIXED MEDIA: Monday, 9:30-1:00 Instructor: Vicky Tomayko	A course designed to allow the individual to explore the possibilities for combining materials and methods in a way that integrates idea and visual vocabulary. Specific assignments encourage the artist to make a body of work in an approach uniquely suited to their strengths. The student can try everything or focus on a specific project of their choosing. The class meets in the print studio with access to 3 presses and could include, but is not limited to the use of ink (printmaking), paint, drawing materials, collage, fabric, self hardening clay, vinyl and book making. A sketchbook or journal as a diary for ideas is the only universal requirement. Prerequisite: 6 hours of visual art courses or permission of instructor / 3 credits.