Welcome to Art 245 Digital Art and Media

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ART 245 is an introductory course in the conceptual, and historical contexts within which the computer and digital technology have been used in art making. This is a foundation level course for students interested in pursing further study in both the theoretical and creative issues surrounding the use of digital technology as creative expression. This class bridges the theoretical and historical areas of computer based art through the practical use of computer applications and development of basic computing skills.

Digital technology and computers have been used as a creative tool since the 1930s and before. Artists have used the computer in a variety of ways, some of the more notable ways it has been used is not as only as a tool ( like Photoshop etc) but also as a cultural artifact in and of itself. Intro to digital art is a class where we will not only learn to use a variety of software applications, but we will do so as we develop a contextual history of the computer and digital applications as a form of creative/cultural expression.