The mission of the Department of Art is the practice and the teaching of art. The Department of Art’s mission embraces the College of Arts and Humanities’ emphasis on the enrichment of our students’ educational experiences. The Department strives to develop and sustain our students’ professional aspirations in Graphic Design, Art Education and the Studio Arts. Through our programs we seek to identify the rich creative and intellectual potential of students as they awaken to the lifelong value placed on critical and analytical skills. It is the Department’s belief that an art education builds the expertise necessary for students seeking to assume their respective roles as practitioners, educators, and informed patrons of the visual arts.
The Department of Art supports the university and college missions through programs and courses that advance knowledge, promotes intellectual inquiry, and cultivate creative endeavor. Our practice-based programs prepare students for lifelong learning, responsible citizenship, and enlightened and productive lives by developing their technical, critical and analytical skills so that they can assume their respective roles as practitioners, educators, and informed patrons of the visual arts. [The Department of Art participates in all aspects of university achievements and fosters excellence through its reflective student-centered, practice-based educational policy. This emphasis on self-reflection is encouraged in part through the educational importance placed on unit portfolios particularly in Painting and Drawing, Art Education, and Graphic Design. We contribute to an outstanding academic and student life on campus by monitoring, instructing and mentoring over 150 undergraduate majors and numerous minor and non-art major students. Our mentoring and support of student excellence extends from admission to graduation via our individualized instruction and advising, the organization of extracurricular events on campus and travel opportunities regionally, nationally, and internationally. The Department of Art embraces the incorporation of center students into our four year programs, particularly in Art Education at the Yakima, Wenatchee, Des Moines and Green River centers. All Art Education center-taught courses are designed and monitored by Ellensburg campus department faculty so that all offerings are commensurate in scope, quality, outcomes and assessment. We look forward to continuing and developing our relationship with our university centers. The Department of Art in conjunction with the University Relations/Development Office is actively seeking to encourage the growth of donors, scholarships, and general grant activity. Equipment grants have provided a large format digital inkjet printer and a new etching press. The Allied Arts Council and local galleries also support student programs through the sponsorship or funding of regional juried shows and workshops. Recently, two new funds were established that will support opportunities for undergraduate and graduate study of the duration and depth necessary commensurate with professional work. These two fund sources are the Ned Benke Memorial Graduate Fellowship and the D and M Scholarship. The Department of Art’s active participation in initiatives related to education are enhancing public awareness and appreciation of our Bachelor of Arts programs in Art Education and Graphic Design. These initiatives consist of a teaching practicum with various K-12 schools in the region and apprentice-like (service learning) experiences for Graphic Design majors. In addition, department faculty serve on key art organizations in the region related to the positive advocacy of the arts, including Gallery One (Ellensburg), The Larsen Gallery (Yakima) and the Allied Arts Association of Washington State. More recently, the department has attempted to partner public exhibition, workshop and internship efforts with the above-mentioned galleries. The Department of Art strengthens the University’s position as a leader in the field of education. Our faculty participates in national educational and professional scholarly associations and is active in both scholarly and public dialogue on the arts. Our colleagues present and exhibit at national, regional and international conferences and are often requested to serve as consultants and jurists with state and regional art organizations related to the promotion and funding of the arts and visual arts education. Our faculty routinely take student groups to regional and national meetings of art educators and art professionals. Various faculty have also taken students to China as part of the university’s Asian and Pacific Studies program and to Europe under the auspices of CWU’s International Studies program.] The Department of Art is dedicated to the creation and the sustenance of civil and pleasant campuses and workplaces. We maintain a current and regular presence as members and leaders of key university committees including the Faculty Senate, Faculty Senate Committee sub-committees, as well as the President’s Diversity Council. Over the past year an effort has been made to renew art history study stations on the first floor of Randall Hall, in addition to seeking upgrades to computers and other associated hardware used by art students in Randall’s computer lab. Further, Art Education has been moved to a first floor location that more than doubles available instructional space and assures education students a brightly-lit, well-appointed room that is welcoming and pleasant for its users and visitors. Finally, although it is not listed specifically as a strategic goal, our department is committed to diversity and internationalism.
Goals and Objectives
· To prepare students for significant roles in society as professional practitioners of the visual arts, art educators and designers of visual art and associated media;
i. Maintain a curriculum which provides students a comprehensive visual art education which is sensitive to the dynamics of our visual culture.
ii. Maintain a curriculum which provides students sufficient study in a specific area of concentration, which enables them to pursue careers as visual artists or designers.
iii. Maintain a faculty which is qualified to offer a high quality education in visual art.
iv. Maintain the necessary technologies needed to deliver a high quality education.
· To enhance our students’ understanding of the diversity and unity inherent to the traditions and innovations, the freedom and restraint of both visual and physical imagery in the arts;
i. Maintain a curriculum which provides students sufficient study of the diverse viewpoints and traditions of creating and interpreting visual art.
ii. Maintain a curriculum which provides students sufficient study in the limitations of materials and conceptual expression in visual art.
· To facilitate liberal learning and academic excellence through instruction that is sensitive to the needs of a diverse student body and is attentive to the technological and economic realities of an increasingly visual culture.
i. Maintain a curriculum which provides students a comprehensive visual art education which embraces cultural similarities and differences inherent to creative expression.
ii. Maintain a curriculum, which provides students access to and competence in utilizing a variety of technologies used in the making of art.
· To provide for our students the opportunity to pursue graduate study in visual art on an equal footing with students who graduate from other art departments in the state and region.
i. Maintain a curriculum which provides students the professional competencies necessary for successful admission to graduate programs in art.
· To support Central Washington University’s efforts to fulfill its mission and strategic goals by fostering student-centered learning through high-quality academic programs which contribute to a dynamic student environment.
i. Maintain a curriculum which provides students a comprehensive visual art education which facilitates liberal learning.
ii. To provide undergraduate students with internship opportunities in Art Education and Graphic Design.
iii. To enrich student-centered learning through the endorsement of faculty student collaborations such as those support by SOURCE.
The 2006 program review provided the department with an external assessment of it degree programs. The pertinent suggestions were discussed among the faculty meetings and decisions were made about which changes to undertake. In response to the review the department has undertaken a full revision of its curriculum. [Student Evaluations of Instructor (SEOI) are conducted quarterly. While student evaluations are meaningful aids in determining teaching effectiveness, those involved with the faculty review are encouraged to submit as candidates evidence of peer reviews of teaching, teaching awards, innovative pedagogy, and student achievements and student awards. The latter are particularly helpful as outside, objective evaluations of the positive impact of an educator that is not influenced by negative subjective input.]
Our overall effectiveness has been good [excellent] due to a recent program review that has served as our guide.
. Filling open faculty lines expeditiously: Unchanged. Photography was recently provided with new leadership after being open for two years. Ceramics is going into its fourth year without a tenure-track faculty instructor. And because we have been granted permission to search for a new chair these positions will remain unfilled. · Meeting challenges of diversity in art history course subject offerings-unchanged. · Mentoring of new faculty: This situation has been getting slowly better. Senior faculty are now volunteering to mentor their junior colleagues. · Retention of new faculty: No change. · Foundation programs: Foundation courses are a part of the extensive prram revision currently underway.
A. What has gone well in the department? Include major accomplishments of the past five years.
· The B.F.A. was introduced
· A safety and health upgrade of Randall Hall was completed
· Gallery manager was hired resulting in more notable shows and better funding of the Sarah Spurgeon Gallery
· Student Art Council Shows have been better organized and more professionally produced work is being exhibited
· Farrell Scholarship Endowment continues to support notable student artists and their professional development
· Undergraduate presentations and awards have increased at SOURCE
· 2 sabbaticals have been earned
· Painting search (2004-2005) concluded successfully with the hiring of Maya Chachava
· Graphic Design and Computer artist search authorized and underway (2005-2006)
Challenges
· Budget constraints
· Filling open faculty lines expeditiously
· Facing deficit in faculty
· Meeting challenges of diversity in art history course subject offerings
· Mentoring of new faculty
· Retention of new faculty
· Foundation programs
Meeting Challenges:
· Maintaining B.F.A. enrollments
· Creating collegial community
· Collegial support for programs and individual accomplishments
· Establish salary line for non-western art historian
· Coordination between faculty for baseline syllabi and goals
· Develop service programs (i.e. Fashion and Interior Design basic design course); develop course in Challenges
· Budget constraints
· Filling open faculty lines expeditiously
· Facing deficit in faculty
· Meeting challenges of diversity in art history course subject offerings
· Mentoring of new faculty
· Retention of new faculty
· Foundation programs
Meeting Challenges:
· Maintaining B.F.A. enrollments
· Creating collegial community
· Collegial support for programs and individual accomplishments
· Establish salary line for non-western art historian
· Coordination between faculty for baseline syllabi and goals
· Develop service programs (i.e. Fashion and Interior Design)The Department of Art supports the university and college missions through programs and courses that advance knowledge, promotes intellectual inquiry, and cultivate creative endeavor. Our practice-based programs prepare students for lifelong learning, responsible citizenship, and enlightened and productive lives by developing their technical, critical and analytical skills so that they can assume their respective roles as practitioners, educators, and informed patrons of the visual arts. [At Central Washington University, instruction in the visual arts has a long and distinguished history. The students and faculty of the Department of Art regularly distinguish themselves locally and regionally, as well as nationally and internationally. Thus there is a historical expectation of personal and cultural enrichment resulting from our department’s commitment to improving our students’ skills, critical thought and reasoning practices in the arts. These expectations are in full accordance with the university’s motto Docendo Discimus, through teaching we learn. Teachers and students work together in the classroom and on local and national field trips. As a department, we are committed to the expression and enhancement of our discipline through the learning and activities of our students.]
[Department course listings, book orders and syllabi may be the best evidence of our department’s continuous development as a community of scholar educators. Through our informal interactions and certainly through the annual performance review process, we are made aware of our colleagues’ innovations and discoveries and are thus inspired to seek fuller knowledge and broader understanding of art, art theory, strategy and teaching practices.]
[Department of Art faculty maintain currency by participating in a variety of interdisciplinary conversations through the presentation of creative works and the publication of scholarly activities. Creative productivity can be demonstrated in the form of writing, participation in grant–funded projects, workshops, service opportunities, membership and leadership in professional associations, service as consultants and as judges of creative events and the reviewing of professional publications and textbooks. Involvement in these professional activities enriches and informs our students’ classroom success and our own regular discussion of curricular effectiveness and innovation in the education of artists.]
Periodic reviews of curriculum including syllabi, student evaluation of instructors, and end of program assessments. These actions are complemented by department,college, and university funded efforts at enhancing course delivery.
Faculty involvement in assessment differs from unit to unit and from undergraduate to graduate cases. Much assessment is conducted as studio critiques by the instructor and by instructors encouraging students to verbally critique their classmates’ work. Information gleaned from critiques is used by instructors to assist students in improving their own work as well as assisting the professor to improve instruction by offering an in class evaluation of the outcomes of a particular lesson in regards to its stated objective. The end goal of all assessment during the quarter and at its completion is to use the gathered information in the continuing development of the course as well as a teaching aid in the acquisition and use of knowledge and skills. Assessment procedures at all levels try to take into account what is the level of achievement appropriate to undergraduates within the range of skill of the faculty preparing the students.
In some undegraduate programs the faculty receive direct feedback in the form of evaluative comments from internship suppervisors (Graphic Design)and evaluation of student teaching (Art Education). They use this information to make the necessary adjustments to their courses. Historically, the studio art faculty have not met a s group to review the assessment results collected for their students. Instead, they have have made adjustments based on the quality of student performance in their respective courses.
The two Department of Art courses contributing to the General Education classification ‘Aesthetic Experience’ are: ART 102: A Survey of Nonwestern Art History and ART 101: A Survey of Western Art History. The objective of these courses is to provide a basic understanding and appreciation of western painting, sculpture and architecture, as well as photography and supporting literature over several millennia. The material is chronologically organized and designed to assist in developing a lifelong appreciation of the arts. As such, this course is also the visual counterpart to studies in western culture. ART 101 is not designed for studio majors. Rather, ART 101 is invaluable for those students interested in the fine arts as a vital part of life and as part of a comprehensive liberal arts education. These courses are of interest to any major in any college and have traditionally been well attended. This course has assisted some former students to identify a major in the College of Arts and Humanities. The scope of this course is broad in regards to chronology and subject matter. Artifacts are examined for their artistic merit and for what they can tell us about the economics, politics, and social beliefs current when the work under consideration was produced. These courses combine lecture, film, and self-study written assignments. Active participation in class discussions is expected. The course objectives concern learning about art and religion, art and politics, art and death, and the changing representations of the human form in various western cultures. The outcomes can be summarized as follows: a broadened appreciation for the enormous variety of the creative expression(s) we call art; a broadened appreciation of how art can be used as a positive force in society as well as a negative reflection of societal, political, or religious prejudices; and, a broadened appreciation of how art, regardless of the gender of the artist, is the product of our everyday lives.
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The department offers two options for aspiring graduate applicants: Master of Arts (M.A.) and the Master of Fine Arts (M.F.A.). All graduate programs are guided by the same philosophies with additional rigor depth of experience that direct our undergraduate student’s experience. The Master of Arts is intended for those students desiring graduate-level training in art. This degree prepares them for various arts-related careers and for further advanced studies in art. Much like the B.A.-B.F.A. relationship, the M.A. program is able to benefit directly from the rigor and quality of the educational experience that is the hallmark of our M.F.A. program of study. The M.F.A. program is a rigorous individualized program of advanced study that qualifies students for careers as teachers in higher education and as professional studio artists. The M.F.A. is the only terminal degree offered at CWU. The following studio art concentrations are offered at Central Washington University to potential graduate students: Ceramics; Computer Art Drawing; Drawing; Jewelry and Metalsmithing; Painting; Photography; Sculpture; and Wood Design. [Our active graduate programs are Ceramics, Drawing, Painting, Photography, and Wood Design. The M.F.A. ceramics program is designed to further the conceptual development, aesthetic presentation, technical skills, and career goals of the M.F.A. candidates. Graduate study in painting and drawing selectively admits students whose work demonstrates a high degree of intellectual and material competence. The graduate curriculum includes lecture and seminar courses in art history and critical theory, as well as studio courses in which graduate students work closely with members of CWU’s studio art faculty. The central aims of the program are to place the practice of drawing and painting in a critical context, and to provide space and resources for graduate students to develop a body of work that will function as an initial contribution to the practice of contemporary painting and drawing. The philosophy of the Sculpture area at Central Washington University is concerned with exploring relationships between form, process, material, transformation, context and content. Graduate students work closely with area faculty. They are encouraged to develop a mature interdisciplinary body of work incorporated into an expanded three-dimensional field.]
Successful completion of the graduate course of study is accomplished through coursework, research, experimentation and critique. This experience culminates in the creation of a significant body of work that is accompanied by a written report that supports and describes it. The program is intended for self-motivated, dedicated artists committed to the practice of making art and to the dialogue generated by it. No particular style, aesthetic, or theoretical approach is stressed over any other. Students who have completed the program will have acquired the professional skills and developed a process of personal expression that will allow them to assume the role in society of artist as practitioner, artist as educator and artist as interpreter of their times.
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ART246 Jewelry and Metalsmithing I ART346 Jewelry and Metalsmithing II ART456 Advanced Metals
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Center-based students are guided by similar or identical syllabi that endorse identical program goals and course objectives and assessment strategies. Additionally, center-based instructors are invited annually to meet and discuss curriculum with their Ellensburg campus counterparts.
Student advising is divided between units according to discipline and when necessary alphabetically to more evenly distribute advising duties among all the faculty. There are two exceptions. These are: Visual Arts-Teaching majors are advised by the art educator; the chair advises graphic design students during their first two years of study, the remaining two years advising is provided by the graphic designer.
All courses not covered by the CWU Direct Transfer Agreement are examined in two ways. First course descriptions and syllabi are reviewed for content appropriate to the stated goal and objectives of the course. Secondly the content is compared to similar Department offerings. If the Department instructs courses with similar content or if the desired transfer course complements the content of an existing course offering the desired transfer course is listed on a CWU Course Substitution form with its appropriate counterpart.
Student recruitment is effected by regular Department representation (normally the chair) at all CWU sponsored campus events and the annual recruitment effort designed specifically for the visual and performing arts held at the Science Center in Seattle. During the last three years, we have also reworked our website so that it relflects our most recent information including club, scholarship, and gallery updates. We are currrenlty working on producing a color folder for distribution at the above fairs and a postcard for mail in questions and responses. We also distribute a fourteen page booklet describing Department programs, Department goals, faculty contact information, along with ten reasons why you should study the visual arts at Central.
Students in Art History courses are directed to remedial and support services when they demonstrate through in course assessments such as exams and paper writing that they are not performing at a university level in written expression.
Art majors are encouraged to participate in the Student Art Council (SAC). SAC is the student club that organizes annual interdisciplinary auctions and student exhibitions. This club also organizes trips and tours to sites of national importance for the arts such as New York city for gallery and museum visits. While at Central, students have an opportunity to join a student chapter of the National Art Education Association (NAEA). The chapter meets every other week to discuss art activities going on at the university and in the community. Students make plans to attend local, regional and national art events. They raise money to attend these functions, especially the National Art Education Conference. Besides learning how to become a viable member of the greater art education community, students also have an opportunity to become part of a smaller family of future art teachers who stay in touch with one another and support one another long after they have graduated from Central. Ceramicists are encouraged to join Central Clay. Central Clay is a student organization that organizes various fund raising activities throughout the year to allow for student attendance at the National Council on the Education for the Ceramic Arts (NCECA), fund visiting artists, workshops, and sponsor other educational activities. Graphic design students are encouraged to participate in the student chapter of the American Institute of Graphic Arts (AIGA). Finally all students are encouraged to participate in the College Art Association for grant opportunities, lectures, or conferences in their discipline.
For a full and current listing of student achievments please Visit: http://www.cwu.edu/~websolutions/cah/GoodNewsmain.php.
SOURCE - The Symposium On University Research and Creative Expression (SOURCE) is a “university-wide forum that showcases all genres of scholarly work” by Central students and faculty.
· SOURCE 2004-2005 Art students who won recognition were: James Reiman, “Redefining Gender” Sponsored by Professor Chalmers, Photography. Reiman won an award for Outstanding Undergraduate Student Oral Presentations; Dean Van Horn’s work Paintings, Mountains of Muscle and Depth of Roots sponsored by Maria Sadel, Art Adjunct, won Honorable Mention for Creative Work. Other participants who did not receive awards were Kevin Malella “Mannefection”, and Stefan Scherperel “Awake: An Interpretation of Dreams.” Both students were sponsored by Professor Chalmers, photography. Additional work in painting was presented by Chad Rosenburg, “Icons”: Experiencing Uncertainty, sponsored by Professor Goeltzenleuchter and Maria Sadel; and Eric Carson “A Universal Model” along with Rian Nielsen “The Matuschanskayasky Sequence” the latter sponsored by Maria Sadel.
· SOURCE 2003-2004 participants were Krista Hect “The Mating and Waiting Series” sponsored by Professor Chalmers, Photography.
ART490 Graphic Design Specialization internships and Visual Arts Teaching majors often use the placement services in conjunction with field experiences and letters of support from faculty or employers to obtain employment. Departmnt writes letter so suport recommening studnets for employment. These letters are also placed in career services filesfollowing student requests.
The visual arts is one of the most difficlut fields to obtain immediate employment wih only a BA or better yet the BFA. Our more gifted individuals in studio art enter gradaute programs around the country to obtain their terminal MFA degree that allows for emploeymnt in K-12, colleges and universities nationwide. BFA Graphic Design specialization holders are able to obtain work relatively easily and many are employed in their field a short while after graduation.
Professors: Glen Bach Graphic Design Michael Chinn Wood Design Keith Lewis Jewelry/Metalsmithing Year Fall Winter Spring Summer Year’s Mean 5- Year Mean 2000-2001 4.43 3.83 4.25 4.1 3.57 2001-2002 4.39 4.18 4.33 4.34 4.15 2002-2003 4.53 4.21 4.55 4.3 4.4 2003-2004 4.57 4.19 4.74 4.74 4.58 2004-2005 4.48 4.1025 4.4675 4.37 4.175 4.319 Associate Professors: Dr. William B. Folkestad Art History/ Contemporary Theory and Criticism Dr. Shari Stoddard Visual Art Teaching Assistant Professors: Maya Chachava Drawing /Painting Brian Goeltzenleuchter Drawing /Painting Donna Stack Sculpture Full-time Nontenure-Track Faculty: Alex Emmons Photography Adjunct Professors: Parick Deffenbaugh Computer Art Joan Cawley-Crane Printmaking/Art History Joanne Hansen Visual Art Teaching Chris Hinrich Graphic Design Heather Horn Art History Susan Jensen Visual Art Teaching Andrew Kaufman Foundations Margo Selski Painting/Drawing Sarah Haven Ceramics
Guidelines developed from our recent program review. Quarter research leave and department support for sabbaticals. Department funded faculty development for exhibiting opportunities and travel and grant writing support. Periodic curricular review by department personnel committee.
Program assessment is a department concern that is embraced by the chair and Personnel Committee. Department program assessment measures include our annual Faculty Performance Review. (Please see Appendix A for Department of Art Tenure Promotion and Reappointment Guidelines) Issues emerging from the Personnel Committee, Curriculum Committee and the Graduate Program Coordinator are placed on the department meeting agendas by the department chair.
the Departmetnof Art faculty are evaluated on teaching at 1/2; scholarship/creativity at 1/3; and service at 1/6 in support of the mission of CWU.
All faculty are notified prior to the end of each quarter that scheduling of evaluations is required. Students are appointed to distribute, administer and collect student evaluations of instructors. Following the department chair’s quarterly review of SEOI data for all classes this data is distributed to all concerned faculty. In addition, faculty supervisors of graduate assistants meet with the student instructor to review and discuss their teaching evaluations. The Department of Art Personnel Committee evaluation of Faculty Performance Review portfolios provides another level of observation and review of SEOIs in regards to individual teaching loads, course objectives and outcomes, as well as faculty narratives.
Faculty Awards for Distinction 2005 Prof. Michael Chinn, College of Arts and Humanities Distinguished Chair Award. 2004 Prof. William Folkestad Excellence in Teaching Award National Residence Hall Honorary, Central Washington University. 2003 Prof. William Folkestad Excellence in Teaching Award Central Washington University and the Center for Excellence in Leadership.
Data provided by Instructional Research and other appropriate offices.
The library, library faculty, and secure, regular funding for collection development are vital to the College of Arts and Humanities. Library resources must be kept current and easily accessible for any work in the visual arts to be measured and evaluated against similar achievement in the larger world.
General Requirements:
· Professors and students access the CWU collection On CATTRAX from their offices.
· All library staff are to be congratulated on their efforts to help our students conduct research, the acquisition and maintenance of various databases and the frequent purchases of art-related texts that are made through the Friends of the Library. The Brooks Library plays an essential part in the research of our students and faculty.Inquiries are being made regarding the purchase and maintenance of Artstor, an image database comprised of over 300,000 works. This database would be of great service when illustrating studio lectures, assisting with the delivery of general education courses and, as well, it would resolve the needs of non-western art history courses for which slides are extremely difficult and expensive to acquire.
Professors use a variety of databases and online services such as Art Index as well as Inter-Library loan through the SUMMIT system. Media services lends DVDs and videos as well as supporting electronics to Department instructors.
The Department library representative collects and forwards requests for new purchases to the library acquisitions department. The representative also works with Anna Creech, Kirsten Erickson and Jennifer Jaques when seeking funding for new periodicals, the renewal of current subscriptions, or cancellation.
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The Department of Art is governed by a chair. In addition, an elected Curriculum Committee and an appointed Graduate Program Coordinator oversee general education, undergraduate and teacher education and graduate curricula. The Personnel Committee is charged annually with reviewing faculty professional portfolios for evidence of excellence in teaching, creativity or scholarship and service. Personnel decisions are made in accordance with the reappointment tenure and promotion procedures of Central Washington University, the College of Arts and Humanities, and the Department of Art’s Tenure and Reappointment Criteria and Guidelines. In compliance with the Faculty Code, the Personnel Committee members act on behalf of the department faculty on all personnel procedures related to annual performance reviews, reappointment, promotion, tenure and merit. Program assessment is a department concern that is embraced by the chair and Personnel Committee. Department program assessment measures include our annual Faculty Performance Review. (Please see Appendix A for Department of Art Tenure, Promotion, and Reappointment Guidelines) Issues emerging from the Personnel Committee, Curriculum Committee and the Graduate Program Coordinator are placed on the department meeting agendas by the department chair. An elected Awards and Scholarship Committee, Faculty Senator and Alternate, and various ad hoc committees when required, provide additional support and guidance impacting the internal affairs of the department. This structure promotes effectiveness, accountability and a maximum involvement by faculty in decision making.
The department has membership on college planning and governance committees, in faculty senate and in United Faculty of Central bargaining unit.
The department has representatives on all major university and college committees and faculty governing bodies.
· Graduate Programs and Research travel grants · College-level travel grants · College-level research and creativity grants · D and M Scholarship for undergraduate students · Behnke Scholarship for graduate students · Minor internal equipment grants · Data projectors and associated hardware to make Randall lecture rooms “Smart rooms” · Randall Hall $5 million health and safety upgrade
The Department of Art is located in Randall Hall, a two-story 82,000 square foot building that was designed and built for visual art instruction in 1969. Within the confines of the building are large specialized facilities for our various studio arts disciplines. Included are two large well-lit painting studios, two large well-lit drawing studios, a classroom for printmaking and papermaking, and classrooms dedicated to the instruction of art education, graphic design and basic design. In addition, the building houses a comprehensive ceramics facility, including hand-building, wheel-throwing, glazing, clay mixing and kiln areas, a well appointed jewelry and metalsmithing studio including, fabrication and forming, casting, electroforming, and finishing areas, a large photography studio including, black and white and color labs and an alternate processes laboratory, a sizable sculpture facility complete with fabrication and foundry areas, and a well-equipped wood design facility. During the summer-fall of 2003, the art building underwent a $5,000,000 health and safety upgrade, making it one of the safest facilities in the Pacific Northwest. Randall Hall also houses the Sarah Spurgeon Gallery. With assistance from the Associated Students of CWU, the gallery maintains an active exhibition schedule featuring contemporary art exhibits throughout the year that are attend by members of the campus and local communities. The gallery also features graduate thesis exhibitions and hosts other interdisciplinary events.
Air-conditioning is sorely needed in lecture rooms 115-118 as is a change-out of the original seating in those rooms. A photo-documentation room for use by art students to professionally record their artwork in compliance with the requirements of our assessment ART495 courses, or to assist them with their exhibition documentation requirements is also needed. Classroom/Studio - 3,246 sq. ft. common area used for ceramic instruction. Kiln room: 598 sq.ft. General room ventilation and tempered make up air. All kilns have exhaust ventilation. 1 54 cu.ft. Shuttle kiln. down draft / forced air. 1 16 cu.ft. Olsen kiln. updraft / natural draft burners. Bench grinder station. Double decker ball mill. Although we currently do not have an operating soda or wood kiln we do have the resources to build them. Clay mixing room: 643 sq.ft. General room ventilation and individual exhaust for each mixer. 1 bluebird clay mixer. 120 lbs. Capacity. 1 very large old clay mixer. 450 lbs. Capacity. Clay reclaim bins, sink w/clay trap Large storage pallet rack and complete inventory of dry ceramic materials. Plaster mold-making room: 57 sq.ft. Slotted particulate ventilation, water supply and compressed air. Outdoor Courtyard: 1350 sq.ft. Multipurpose space. Natural gas, electricity, and water. Inventory of bricks and space to possibly build soda kiln or small wood (coffin) kiln. Graphic Design has good studio facilities and campus access to technical equipment that is important to graphic design students. The department features a large Apple/Macintosh color computer lab with the latest Adobe software (CS2), scanners and color printers. Students are encouraged to own an Apple/Macintosh color computer system and associated software by the time they start their junior year. Jewelry/Metalsmithing: The Jewelry/Metals studio at CWU is well equipped for ordinary Jewelry/Metals fabrication and also features a number of more specialized processes and pieces of equipment. Photography: The darkroom facilities include a gang lab with sixteen 4"x5" black and white enlargers, an alternative process room with a fume hood and several ultraviolet light exposure units (up to 48"x60"), a mural printing room (up to 48"x96"), color facilities, a computer lab next to the photography classroom with twenty new dual processor G5 computers, a scanning station with a 44" Epson 9600 printer, Epson 2200 printer, two Imacon film scanners (up to 4"x5"), and a variety of other equipment. Sculpture: There are five equipped sections within the sculpture area: plaster/mold making, wood, general fabrication, metals and ventilated spray booth. All areas have been upgraded with current regulatory air ventilation and exhaust systems. Equipment within the Sculpture Areas include: three-bin plaster sink, 2 - vertical band saws (wood and metal), miter chop saw, 2 - drill presses (wood and metal), disk/belt sander, flexible shaft buffer/grinder, bench grinder, 2 - MIG welders, 3 - oxy-acetylene welding stations, bead blaster, gas forge, plasma cutter, jump shear, metal cutting horizontal band saw, metal cutting electric hack saw, electric kiln, slot hood ventilation for plastic pours, portable swivel arm exhaust for welding processes and compressed air stations. The Sculpture Area also houses a number of power hand tools including pneumatic die and angle grinders, electric angle grinders, jig saws, cordless and electric drills, and palm sanders. Visual Arts Teaching: The Visual Arts Teaching program is housed in an 846 square foot room that includes all the necessary materials to support an active art education program for both elementary education and art education majors. Materials for drawing, painting, printmaking, ceramics, fibers, and plaster work are present, as well as a small library of resource books, magazines and journals for researching art lesson plans, issue papers, and other curricular activities. An overhead projector and TV/VCR are stored in the room while the electric kiln is housed in the ceramic department. Wood Design: The Wood Design studio is a well equipped facility providing students an opportunity to explore most of the traditional wood fabrication processes. There are separate bench and power machinery rooms which are equipped with a wide variety of hand tools, portable power tools, and stationary machinery Also available for student use is a walk-in spray booth for finishing. Adequacy of program equipment: At this time, Sculpture requires better fabricating equipment in wood and metals. Printmaking recently divested itself of three superb presses and only one has been replaced. Ceramics is in need of approximately ten new wheels and this area also requires three new electric kilns.
Faculty: All faculty, adjunct, and graduate assistant offices are equipped with PC or Apple operating systems with printers and Ethernet connections. Randall Hall is soon to go wireless.
Instructional: A Macintosh computer lab, featuring 20 Macintosh G5 work stations, scanners, and advanced printing capabilities is located in the Randall Hall computer lab. The computers are outfitted with a variety of graphics software and the lab is fully networked with high-speed internet access to the world-wide-web. A budget is needed that is dedicated exclusively to the purchasing of software updates to assist efforts in Photography, Graphic Design, and Computer Art to maintain its programmatic competitive edge.
Specialized Equipment & Supplies:
· Soldering: Four fully equipped soldering stations with slot hoods, Smith-torches and accessories, pickle-pot.
· Casting: Burn-out kiln with fully-automated kiln-controller, vacuum-debubbilizer and casting unit, centrifugal casting machine, vulcanizer, wax-injector, waxes, wax tools, assorted specialized tools.
· Enameling: Three enameling kilns and two single-point electronic kiln controllers, full line of Thompson lead-free enamels, kiln trivets and grates, specialized enamel tools and supplies- including limoges, cloisonné and plique-a-jour supplies and tools, oils, binders, oxides, and foils.
· Etching: Capability to do nitric acid, ferric chloride and ferric nitrate etching, bubbilizer tank for ferric chloride etching, resists, mordants.
· Ventilated hot-patina station.
· Electroplating: Electroplating rectifier with solutions, electrodes and equipment for silver and gold electroplating.
· Polishing: Two two-station filtered buffing machines with wheels and buffing compounds.
· Drawing: Full-size drawbench and drawtools.
· Foredam Tools: Two flexible-shaft Foredam tools and accessories for student use. Additional unit for faculty demonstrations.
· Rolling: Two good-quality rolling mills; one with wire-roller, the other with an extra-wide (100 mm) flat-roll.
· Chasing: Chasing bowls (8), pitch and chasing tools.
· Bead-blaster: Large high-pressure bead-blaster.
Painting and Drawing: Undergraduate instruction is distributed between four studios:
· Oil painting is taught in two large studios, each with over 2,000 square feet of floor space. Both studios have raised ceilings, vaulted skylights, and large, north-facing windows. Due, in part, to a $5,000,000 health and safety upgrade, the studios have a wonderful ventilation system which monitors airflow. The studios are equipped with enough easel-and-workbench painting stations for students at all levels to have a dedicated workspace of their own.
· Watercolor is taught in a 1,500 square foot studio. The studio has raised ceilings and vaulted sky lights, and contains enough workbenches for watercolor students at all levels to have a dedicated workspace of their own.
· Drawing is taught in a 1,800 square foot studio with raised ceilings and vaulted skylights. The studio houses over twenty drafting tables and numerous portable drawing chairs.
· Graduate instruction occurs in various graduate painting studios. We offer graduate students personal studio space in modest 400-500 square foot studios or access to a larger 1,800 square foot studio shared by three or four grad students.
· 400 square foot storage facility for temporary storage of completed work.
· Prop room, equipped with still life objects, life drawing materials, and portable lights.
· Slide documentation equipment, including digital and 35 mm cameras, portable light kits.
· Digital imaging lab (shared with Photography) with a Macintosh workstation, a professional-grade scanner, and a large-format Epson printer.
· Access to computer lab with 20 dual-processor Macintosh G5 computers, and print with various digital applications
All faculty and staff provide direct guidance in determining how and what is developed in curriculum and facilties through formal discussion at faculty meetings and informal discussions among colleagues that then develops into a deparment proposal. Student end of program assessment and student comments on SEOIs also guide faculty in identifying facility needs. Outside funding and support is sought when needed such as with capital improvements. For smaller projects internal or college funding is obtained.
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.. It is hoped that this small first step will help this Department and its faculty to build on the internal strengths of the faculty, the facility, and most importantly student interest in the near future and beyond. With a self study comes responsibilities for accountability and a sharpened awareness of needs and discussion on how best to meet these perceived or measurable shortcomings. Faculty accountability should be matched with administrative recognition for what is done well when it relates to sincere efforts to improve our students’ educational experience at Central Washington University.