PROVIDENCE, R.I. [Brown University] — As thousands of Brown students scattered for the summer to places far and wide, some who remained on the quieter campus enrolled in Summer Session courses, including classes offered through the University’s Department of Visual Art.
Dozens of students immersed themselves in intensive seven-week undergraduate courses in visual arts, including sculpture, digital foundation, painting and photography.
Students who enrolled in Digital 2D Foundation explored two-dimensional digital media production through studio exercises, readings and hands-on experiences, including an immersive exercise to sketch the city of Providence from different outdoor vantage points, according to Adjunct Lecturer Winnie Gier, who led the course.
“Students were learning a new computer program that creates shapes using points, lines and curves,” Gier said. “After a few days of working inside on computers, they went outside and used similar methods of drawing with pen and paper, which enables students to produce work at the intersection of art and technology.”
Others who enrolled in Sculpture Foundation studied the fundamentals of three-dimensional design and construction using materials including wood, metal and plaster and found objects. They also investigated a variety of sculptural processes, according to instructor Daniel Stupar, an adjunct lecturer and assistant director of studio and safety for the Department of Visual Art.
