This class is an introduction to digital imaging as it relates to contemporary silk screen print practice. While this is a studio course in which we will learn new techniques, the primary focus will be on the imagery created in response to the assigned projects.

Students will be encouraged to use the photo silk screen print process to realize works incorporating concepts and work from other disciplines such as photography, drawing, and painting. We will utilize hand-drawn and painted transparencies, direct drawn stencils, photocopies, and digitally manipulated "film positives".

Your attention will be focused upon a sequential and thematic development of ideas while employing techniques that exploit the unique qualities inherent in silk screen. Class time will involve a combination of technical presentations, discussions on pertinent issues within the context of the medium, work time in the studio and computer lab for projects, and critiques of class projects.

It is expected that you will produce a strong body of work based on a self-selected theme. The 5 completed projects assigned during the semester will be contained in the Final Portfolio. The completed projects should demonstrate an understanding of digital imaging and an exploitation of the unique qualities that are inherent to the medium of Silk Screen.

Please be guided by a realistic studio production schedule. Allow sufficient time for all necessary thinking, technical reviewing, research, gathering of materials, careful editing and revision. Remember that the unexpected often happens. Do not wait until the last minute to do your work. If you do, you will be rushed, and your work will suffer. When working with digital files, save and back up often! Technical difficulties are never an acceptable excuse for missing a deadline. Hours spent in the computer lab and print studio outside of class working on are of paramount importance for success in this class