ART 3613 - Pattern Networks

Credits: 3

Prerequisite(s): ART 2611, or ART 2651, or ART 2671, or ART 2681, or ART 2691, or CDES 2225; or permission of department.

Description: This course introduces traditional texts on ornamentation and pattern theory, as well as seminal texts on networks and city planning as the basis for making artwork. Employing a research-based practice, students make creative work of varying media that shares an exploration of patterning, ornamentation, and additional organizational structures. The course examines and demonstrates traditional strategies and the role of this subject in contemporary art, craft and design practice. This is an integrated media course.