Studio Art
ARST 5115, 5215, 5315 Advanced Problems in Design
Experimental materials, techniques in two or three-dimensional design; includes correlation of visual design elements with those of various multidimensional work not usually covered in normal course offerings. Content, subtitle, organization change each time offered. Offered on demand.
ARST 7197, 7297, 7397 Special Problems
Prerequisites: graduate standing; consent of coordinator, instructor. Content, length vary.
ARST 7311 Graduate Drawing I
Various drawing media, techniques as resource for expression; philosophical, historical roots of contemporary drawing; students encouraged to pursue drawing that incorporates or is tangential to their major area of study. Offered in fall and spring.
ARST 7312 Graduate Drawing II
Prerequisite: Studio Art 7311. Continuation of Studio Art 7311. Offered in fall and spring.
ARST 7313 Graduate Drawing III
Prerequisite: Studio Art 7312. Continuation of Studio Art 7312. Offered in fall and spring.
ARST 7314 Graduate Drawing IV
Prerequisite: Studio Art 7313. Continuation of Studio Art 7313. Offered in fall and spring.
ARST 7315 Graduate Drawing V
Prerequisite: Studio Art 7314. Continuation of Studio Art 7314. Offered in fall and spring.
ARST 7316 Graduate Drawing VI
Prerequisite: Studio Art 7315. Continuation of Studio Art 7315. Offered in fall and spring.
ARST 7321 Graduate Painting I
Contemporary painting concepts, techniques; emphasis may be on oil, acrylic, watercolor, or mixed media. Offered in fall, spring, and summer.
ARST 7322 Graduate Painting II
Prerequisite: Studio Art 7321. Continuation of Studio Art 7321. Offered in fall, spring, and summer.
ARST 7323 Graduate Painting III
Prerequisite: Studio Art 7322. Continuation of Studio Art 7322. Offered in fall, spring, and summer.
ARST 7324 Graduate Painting IV
Prerequisite: Studio Art 7323. Continuation of Studio Art 7323. Offered in fall, spring, and summer.
ARST 7325 Graduate Painting V
Prerequisite: Studio Art 7324. Continuation of Studio Art 7324; emphasis on development of personal direction or style. Offered in fall, spring and summer.
ARST 7326 Graduate Painting VI
Prerequisite: Studio Art 7325. Continuation of Studio Art 7325. Offered in fall, spring and summer.
ARST 7331 Graduate Printmaking I
Production of prints using various print processes, including relief, intaglio, planeographic process; research of printmaking techniquesʹ historical development; museum visits, print workshop participation encouraged. Offered in fall and spring.
ARST 7332 Graduate Printmaking II
Prerequisite: Studio Art 7331. Principles, characteristics of printing element as surface for direct drawing; studio workshop productions generated conceptually or with aid of outside references; basic black-and-white prints, multiple colorseparation methods for fine art print (all color-separation positives produced by hand methods). Offered in fall and spring.
ARST 7333 Graduate Printmaking III
Prerequisite: Studio Art 7332. Principles, chemistry of printmaking techniques; includes drawing materials, printing elements, printing papers, solvents, inks, ink modifiers; preservation, print publishing practices. Offered in fall and spring.
ARST 7334 Graduate Printmaking IV
Prerequisite: Studio Art 7333. Technological developments in commercial industry; their application to fine art printing processes; includes technology primarily designed for photocopy, word processing industries, computer-generated designs, color photography and color separation methods. Offered in fall and spring.
ARST 7335 Graduate Printmaking V
Prerequisite: Studio Art 7334. Experience working with other artists; includes printer working with non-printmaker artist, printmaker working with non-artist printer; insight into complex community of atelier environment dependent on collaboration. Offered in fall and spring.
ARST 7336 Graduate Printmaking VI
Prerequisite: Studio Art 7335. Selected special research topics; may include health hazards in printmaking, development of printmaking as a fine art, acceptance and controversy of
chroma-lithography in the 19th-century, nontraditional metals used in printmaking processes, other areas of interest to students; student research presented in text with supporting visuals. Offered in fall and spring.
ARST 7341 Graduate Graphic Design I
All aspects of graphic design for the print medium; emphasis on creating professional graphic design works within restricted time periods. Offered in fall and spring.
ARST 7342 Graduate Graphic Design II
Continuation of Studio Art 7341; more complex projects with strict deadlines.
ARST 7349 Practicum in Art Direction
Student works as an assistant director at UALR Graphic Design (campus studio that does work for Arkansas nonprofit organizations); duties include work with undergraduate designers on their roughs, comprehensives, mechanicals; working with studioʹs clients. Offered in fall and spring.
ARST 7351 Graduate Ceramics I
For advanced graduate students in ceramics. Individual research in consultation with instructor; emphasis on personal expression in form, content of work. Offered in fall and spring.
ARST 7352 Graduate Ceramics II
Prerequisite: Studio Art 7351. Continuation of Studio Art 7351. Offered in fall and spring.
ARST 7353 Graduate Ceramics III
Prerequisite: Studio Art 7352. Continuation of Studio Art 7352. Offered in fall and spring.
ARST 7354 Graduate Ceramics IV
Prerequisite: Studio Art 7353. Continuation of Studio Art 7353. Offered in fall and spring.
ARST 7355 Graduate Ceramics V
Prerequisite: Studio Art 7354. Continuation of Studio Art 7354. Offered in fall and spring.
ARST 7356 Graduate Ceramics VI
Prerequisite: Studio Art 7355. Continuation of Studio Art 7355. Offered in fall and spring.
ARST 7361 Graduate Sculpture I
Serial development of student-generated concept; required number of substantive pieces completed under faculty supervision, advisement. Offered in fall and spring.
ARST 7362 Graduate Sculpture II
Prerequisite: Studio Art 7361. Continuation of Studio Art 7361. Offered in fall and spring.
ARST 7363 Graduate Sculpture III
Prerequisite: Studio Art 7362. Continuation of Studio Art 7362. Offered in fall and spring.
ARST 7364 Graduate Sculpture IV
Prerequisite: Studio Art 7363. Continuation of Studio Art 7363. Offered in fall and spring.
ARST 7365 Graduate Sculpture V
Prerequisite: Studio Art 7364. Continuation of Studio Art 7364. Offered in fall and spring.
ARST 7366 Graduate Sculpture VI
Prerequisite: Studio Art 7365. Development of professional portfolio; includes curriculum vitae, 8ʺx10ʺ photographs or color Xerox reproductions, slide plates, exhibitions, pertinent publicity; requires oral presentation of work. Offered in fall and spring.
ARST 7371 Graduate Photography I
First of six consecutive photography courses. Student writes proposal for a body of creative work to be completed in the course series. Up to six hours may be taken concurrently. Offered in fall and spring.
ARST 7372 Graduate Photography II
Prerequisite or corequisite: Studio Art 7371. Continuation of Studio Art 7371. Offered in fall and spring.
ARST 7373 Graduate Photography III
Prerequisite or corequisite: Studio Art 7372. Continuation of Studio Art 7372. Offered in fall and spring.
ARST 7374 Graduate Photography IV
Prerequisite or corequisite: Studio Art 7373. Continuation of Studio Art 7373. Offered in fall and spring.
ARST 7375 Graduate Photography V
Prerequisite or corequisite: Studio Art 7374. Continuation of Studio Art 7374. Offered in fall and spring.
ARST 7376 Graduate Photography VI
Prerequisite or corequisite: Studio Art 7375. Continuation of Studio Art 7375. Offered in fall and spring.
ARST 7391 Graduate Illustration I
All aspects of illustration for print medium; emphasis on creation of professional illustration works within strict deadlines. Offered in fall and spring.
ARST 7392 Graduate Illustration II
Continuation of Studio Art 7391; more complex projects. Offered in fall and spring.
ARST 7395 Graphic Design/Illustration Portfolio
Student prepares, for faculty review, a portfolio of work of a quality to compete in todayʹs graphic design/illustration job market. Offered in fall and spring.
ARST 7399 Exhibition and Catalogue Project
Prerequisite: 27 graduate hours. Prepare, complete final exhibition, catalogue. May be taken credit/no credit but only once for grade. Offered in fall and spring.