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Summer MiniMester Courses

Summer Session I MiniMester Courses

College of Arts and Sciences

Glass Blowing
FIRST SUMMER MINIMESTER
ART 263/364 Section 80 3-6 credits  Undergraduate/Graduate
May 12-16, 19-23 
Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. SSA114
Brent Cole   305-284-3619

Get an in-depth exploration of glass-working techniques. Use glass as a material to explore both conceptual and formal ideas. Develop an understanding of how to make complex shapes in the hot shop. You will get demonstrations and slides with each assignment. Learn the basic forms and methods of manipulating glass to have a better understanding of the material and its potential as a sculptural medium.


The Photographic Image in the Age of Electronic Media
FIRST SUMMER MINIMESTER
ART 512 Section 80 3-6 credits  Undergraduate/Graduate
May 14-16, 19-23, 26-29
Wed through Friday, Monday through Friday, Monday through Thursday
10 a.m. to 3 p.m.  CL 112
Tom Lopez   305-284-2369

Prerequisite: Permission of instructor.
This seminar renders a clear picture for photographers, graphic designers, and artists interested in the process of creating images and how they function as sign, symbol, and art in the age of electronic media. Gain an understanding of the new age of imagery while following a self-directed theme in constructing, deconstructing, and reassembling images.


The Ancient World on Screen
FIRST SUMMER MINIMESTER
CLA 223 section 80        3 credits Undergraduate
May 12-16 and 19-23
Monday through Friday, 1:30 to 4:30 p.m. 
LC 170

John Kirby   305-284-6326

The ancient world is alive today in our movies, television shows, and computer games. How do we represent the ancient Greeks and Romans on these big and small screens? Why are they pictured as they are? What happens to the books the ancients wrote when they are turned into modern films, TV shows, or computer games? What aspects of ourselves do we see (or prefer not to see) in the people of ancient times? Ponder these questions and more in this exciting course consisting of lecture/discussion sessions, of film and TV-program screenings, and, if possible, of computer-game demonstrations.