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C. Sandy Lopez-Isnardi

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Priciples of Visueal Design.  NMS 120.

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Students will explore the elements and principles of design as the foundation needed to create conceptually and aesthetically pleasing plastic, graphic and media arts. Students will gain the vocabulary needed to objectively critique formal aspects of art and understand how their personal point of view can be expressed beyond literalism with the use of the elements and principles of design. Cultivating creativity, problem solving and developing critical thinking skills, as applied to the plastic, graphic and media arts, will be incorporated through readings, journaling, critiques, and individual art pieces. Students will also gain an understanding of the critique process through reading and actual critiques.

 

Alma College boasts a 13-to-1 student-to-teacher ratio, a liberal arts approach to undergraduate education, 33 academic majors, self-designed programs of emphasis, pre-professional programs in law and medicine, and an intensive Spring Term that provides opportunities for innovative courses, travel classes, research and internships.

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Prof. Carrie Parks-Kirby

Prof. Carrie Parks-Kirby
Departments: Art and Design

The work of Carrie Parks-Kirby, professor of art and design, reflects an ongoing interest in historical, architectural, and ceramic forms while exploring contemporary themes through personal, often autobiographical, imagery.

“I have felt deeply the influence of figures made for the tombs of ancient Chinese and Japanese nobles: Haniwa courtiers and farmers, Han dwellings and processions, T’ang horses and Q’uin soldiers,” she said. “The eloquent gestures and facial expressions of Mayan and Olmec figures and the serene dignity of Etruscan terra cotta couples never fail to move me.”

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