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COMAR212 Engage: Graphic Production This class is designed for fine arts majors interested in the fundamental principals and techniques of graphic design, typography, layout and production for application to community art and education contexts. Students will learn to flexibly employ standard design and production tools and techniques, i.e., Photoshop (scanning, picture cropping and clean-up, image manipulation), Illustrator (graphic design layout, typographic manipulation) and Quark Xpress (page layout, copyediting, grid/design templates) and Production (pre-paring files for output/pre-press, putting together presentation comps). The course will be a partnership with BayCAT, and will include high school students. The course will also include media literacy and analysis skills, emphasizing nuanced, non-stereotypical, representation of cultural vernaculars - in terms of group specific typefaces, color, materials, etc. Students will learn to design and produce graphic materials that are informed by a respectful understanding of the group, client and/or audience being addressed. Instruction will include in-class demonstrations with real-world examples, projects relevant to community art and education contexts, guest artists and visits to community sites. |
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