ART & DESIGN
Department-sponsored services
Area of Service
Served
Juried Student Exhibition and Catalog.
1400
60 students exhibited their work and an estimated 1400 people will have seen the exhibit, including QCC
students their families, and the general public.
This year the catalog was 80 pages, and again both color and B&W reproductions of students' work were
included.
Visiting Artist, Lectures and visits
100
Full schedule of open lab hours in computer, ceramics, photography and sculpture labs
500
Lending services of cameras and equipment
35
Department-Sponsored Staff Development Activities
Activity Type
Topic
Date
Total
Individual faculty/staff professional activities
First Name
Last Name
Work Type
Javier
Cambre
Grants awarded (title,
awarding agency,
amount, period of
award)
Reference
2010 PSC-CUNY Research Grant (Photography), City University of
NY
Javier
Cambre
Art Exhibit Curated
The Last Book, Curated by Luis Camnitzer,
Zentral Bibliothek, Zurich, Switzerland, Feb15-March17, 2010
Sex Sells, Galería Obra, San Juan, PR, curated by Raimundo
Figueroa,
Feb 14-March21, 2010
Cine de Barrio, Veladas de Santa Lucía, Maracaibo, Venezuela,
Curated by Paco Barragán, March 7- March 30, 2010
ELizabeth
Di Giorgio
Art Exhibited (juried
show)
March 27 - April 25, 2010, "Reuse, Renew, Recycle: Green Art" at
The Moody Center, The College of New Rochelle, 29 Castle Place,
New Rochelle, NY 10805.
September 25 - October 17, 2010, "Art for Charity: Creating
Critical Linkages," at The College of New Rochelle, 29 Castle
Place, New Rochelle, NY 10805.
Eizabeth
DiGiorgio
Art Exhibited (juried
show)
September 25 - October 17, 2010, "Art for Charity: Creating
Critical Linkages" at The College of New Rochelle.
Individual faculty/staff professional activities
First Name
Last Name
Work Type
ELizabeth
DiGiorgio
Grants awarded (title,
awarding agency,
amount and period of
award)
Reference
July 2010 PSC CUNY Research Award is funding a body of work (6
paintings) to be exhibited (with credit to the PSC noted) along
with a larger body of work in a solo exhibition during the 2011/12
academic year.
ELizabeth
DiGiorgio
Curriculum or
laboratory
development, workshop
conducted
Invited Curator Patterson Sims to present a lecture in conjunction
with the exhibition that he organized at the James Gallery of the
Graduate Center of The City University of New York entitled
"Deep Impressions: Willie Cole Works on Paper." The lecture,
entitled "Modern Objects from Cezanne to Willie Cole" occurred
on December 8, 2010 and was well attended.
ELizabeth
DiGiorgio
Conference, workshop,
training attended
July 28, 2010, attended the workshop entitled "What is Copyright
and How Does It Affect My Use of Images, Sounds, and Text?
conducted by Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts, One East 53rd
Street, New York, NY 10022.
ELizabeth
DiGiorgio
Service to department,
College, University,
community, and/or
professional society
Assisted in the selection and preparation of student work for the
upcoming Student Art Exhibition at the Queensborough
Community College Gallery, May 21, 2010 to June 30, 2010.
Served as Chair of the 2010 Committee on Student Activities of
the Academic Senate.
May 14, 2010,served as juror to the Bayside High School Annual
Art Competition.
I designed and implemented a 2010 Service-Learning Project
entitled “Picture Me in College: A Portrait Project with Homeless
Children and Teens.” This project provided a great incentive for
my drawing students to acquire and/or refine an ability to draw
portraits, while experiencing civic engagement as a mentor to a
young person. It also enabled the younger homeless students to
have a positive experience in the college environment and to have
an experience in which they were appreciated as worthy and
beautiful subjects for art. This project was developed in
partnership with the Saratoga Family Inn, which is one of the
transitional housing facilities run by Homes for the Homeless, 3
Cooper Square, New York, NY 10003.
Individual faculty/staff professional activities
First Name
Last Name
Work Type
Elizabeth
DiGiorgio
Awards
Reference
PSC-CUNY 41 Research Award of $2,250 for the production of a
body of work comprised of 6 paintings and entitled "Tea Vessels."
This award allowed me to develop a recurring theme in my work
that pertains to the teapot as a universal symbol of hospitality, a
fundamental building block of peace on the most personal level.
This award, which covers a period of one year from July 1, 2010
to June 31, 2011, allowed me to create a body of work will be
exhibited as a subset (with credit to the PSC-CUNY Program noted
) within a larger body of work planned for a solo exhibition in the
2011/12 academic year.
Certificate of Recognition awarded for my participation in the
College's grants program in 2009/2010.
Kenneth
Golden
Review/Commentary
(including Blogging)
9-26-10, Projects 5 portfolio review, NYC.
Guest critic to Parsons New School for Design Class
(Interdisciplinary Design Curriculum) IDC, Media Lab, 10-12-10.
Kenneth
Golden
Other
11-12-10, Artist in Residence, Foundation Valparasio, Mojacar,
Spain.
Kenneth
Golden
Art Exhibited (juried
show)
Spectra Photography Triennial Show, Silvermine Guild Arts
Center,New Canaan, Ct, November 14-23, 2010.
Kenneth
Golden
Service to department,
College, University,
community, and/or
professional society
spring semester 2010
member of academic senate
spring semester 2010
member of department P & B
spring semester 2010, Member of CAR committee.
Hayes
Mauro
Grants awarded (title,
awarding agency,
amount and period of
award)
CUNY Research Foundation Grant
Hayes
Mauro
Works
submitted/accepted/in
press or in progress;
works
reprinted/republished
Book In Press. "The Art of Americanization at the Carlisle Indian
School," Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press (June
2011)
Michael
Ritchie
Art Exhibited (juried
show)
12th Annual Outdoor Group Sculpture Exhibition, June 6, 2010 at
Unison Sculpture Garden, Unison Arts Center, New Paltz, NY.
Individual faculty/staff professional activities
First Name
Last Name
Work Type
Reference
Bob
Rogers
Lecture (Invited)
Photojournalism Workshop, Empire State College, June 12, 2010,
New York, NY.
Kathleen
Wentrack
Grants awarded (title,
awarding agency,
amount and period of
award)
William Stewart Travel Award, The CUNY Academy for the
Humanities and Sciences
Kathleen
Wentrack
Lecture (Invited)
“The Feminist Art Movement in Pictures: The Posters and Wall
Collages of Mary Beth Edelson,” “Singular and Collective: Radical
Women Artists,” Writers in Residence in the Wertheim Study
Lecture Series at the New York Public Library, New York
“The Feminist Art Movement in Pictures: The Posters and Wall
Collages of Mary Beth Edelson,” “Singular and Collective: Radical
Women Artists,” Writers in Residence in the Wertheim Study
Lecture Series at the New York Public Library, New York,
12/7/2010
Kathleen
Wentrack
Conference
Presentation, other
“Communal Impulses: The Posters and Wall Collages of Mary Beth
Edelson”
Mid-Atlantic Women’s Studies Assn Conf, Montgomery College,
Silver Spring, MD 6/11/2010.
“Are We There Yet? Male Artists and the Feminist Art Legacy”,
College Art Association Conference, Chicago, 2/11/2010.
“International Perspectives on the Legacy of American Feminist
Art and Art Histories”
Panel Chair, College Art Association Conference, Chicago,
2/11/2010.
Kathleen
Wentrack
Service to department,
College, University,
community, and/or
professional society
Queensborough Community College, The City University of New
York, WID/WAC Committee
Chair, 9/2010-8/2011
College Art Association, Appointment to Committee on Women in
the Arts, 2/2009-present
PSC-CUNY Research Award Program Committee, Art History Panel
member, 2009-2010
PSC-CUNY Research Award Program Committee, Visual Arts, Art
History and Communication Arts Panel, 2010-2011
Curricular Changes - Course
Program Change
Course Number
Course Title
Semester
Comments
AR-802
Art Conservation
Art
Conservation
Replaced in Museum and Gallery
Studies Curriculum by AR-804
Deleted Course
Curricular Changes - Course
Program Change
Course Number
Course Title
Semester
Comments
AR-512
Printmaking II
Printmaking II Continuation of Printmaking I
allowing for the fuller exploration of
multi-color printing and editioning
with an introduction to the
techniques of non-toxic intaglio
processes, monoprinting and
collotype.
AR-804
Art Institutions and the
Business of Art
Art Institutions The addition of AR804 Art
and the
Institutions and the Business of Art
Business of Art will fill a lacuna in the education of
our students that was not
anticipated in the original design of
the curriculum. To meet the needs
of the current job market, and in
consultation with the Gallery and
Museum Studies Advisory Board,
the Department of Art & Design
approved the replacement of
AR802 Art Conservation
requirement with this new course.
New Course
Curricular Changes - Program
Course Change
Program
Semester
Comments
Gallery and Museum
Studies
Fall 2011
To meet the needs of the current job
market, and in consultation with the Gallery
and Museum Studies Advisory Board, the
Department of Art & Design approved the
replacement of AR802 Art Conservation
requirement with this new course. The
specialized field of art conservation will be
a topic in AR801 Art Administration.
Modified
Facilities/space changes
Facility modification
Purpose
Semester
Facility Evaluation
Smart (sic) Podium installed in C-205
Enhance teaching
efficiency for all digital
classes
Fall 2010
Much better use of space and ease
of presentations than previous
Smart (sic) Cart.
Installation of computers with internet
access, workstations, screens and
projectors in C-111 and C-207
Allow Faculty utilizing
those rooms to show
slides and other visual
teaching support to
students in studio
classes.
Spring 2011
Work presently in progress, but
what could be bad?
On a larger scale it replaces the
use of slides and projectors, which
though of earlier analog
technology, produced screen
images of far greater detail, clarity,
vividness and therefore
information, although, admittedly
5,000 images couldn't be carried
around in one's pocket in a little
object the size of a stick of gum
Equipment changes
Equipment Changes
Purpose
Semester
Evaluation
Upgraded C-205 Computer lab with 22 Cyclical upgrade of Digital resources
Mac Pro computers
via Student Tech Fee
Spring 2011 Hrrrr. Computers, Good.
Upgrade teaching stations in C-101 and Teaching/instruction resource
C-102 with Mac Pros
Spring 2011 Hrrrr. Computers. Good.
Resource changes
Other Resources Purpose
Semester
Resource Evaluation
Other changes affecting department
Departmental procedures for conducting assessment
Three faculty members are currently overseeing assessment in the three areas of the department: Digital, Studio and Art
History. As part of their assessment procedures they continue to develop clearly articulated statements of expected student
learning outcomes.
Subsequent to developing their protocols and continuing to assess classes using this structure, the prepared a report of the
results as well as offering their conclusions and recommendations.
The three have met regularly with Artie and are working closely with him. They have reported on their work at every
department meeting keeping the department apprised of their efforts and sharing with the department the tools and results
they have developed.
Departmental participation in self-study/program review
Program(s): Reviewed
Program Review Follow-up
Action Item
Timeline
Accomplishements
Course Objectives and Course Assessment
Course Assessed: ARD 311, ARD 312
Educational Objectives: #s 1, 2, 4, 8, 10
Curricular Objectives: Curricular Objectives: VAPA objectives C, H, F;
Gallery & Museum Studies objectives for Museum Studies majors: all (A-H); non-majors A only
Results: Results: On art history exams, both classes exhibited similar patterns. The majority of students
performed either "excellent" or "good" on all three learning outcomes/ rubrics. These
outcomes were: 1. a command of factual historical knowledge pertinent to the meaning and
execution of artworks, 2. recognition of art historical terms and concepts and their respective
meanings, 3. analytic thinking through the written expression of historical facts and art
historical concepts in order to derive meaning in works of art. Of these, students performed
the best on the 3rd learning outcome.
On term paper assignments, students on both classes exhibited the highest proficiency in
learning outcomes that addressed the critical visual analysis of the formal aspects of artworks
as well as the proper use of art historical terminology. They also did well in the analysis of
stylistic and historical contexts in which artworks are made. Results were more various with
respect to the learning outcomes that pertain to the critical use of research sources and the
proper citation of sources, as well as the critical analysis of sources. While a majority of
students performed either "excellent" of "good" on these items, a significant minority were in
the "fair" category and a small number were deemed "poor."
Action Plan: Continue presenting material and assignments in the same manner as at present.
Course Assessed: AR121 2D design
Educational Objectives: 1. Integrate knowledge and skills in this program of study
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Results: Some students had difficulty measuring and enlarging proportionally.
Some students fail to understand the necessity of craft in creating a design
Some students fail to understand the significance of cultural symbolism using art
Many students have difficulty verbalizing about their work or the work of others.
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Action Plan: • More emphasis on craftsmanship and drafting
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Use of a textbook. Use of computer lab
Course Objectives and Course Assessment
Course Assessed: AR-473
Educational Objectives: Note: Data Gathered --Assessment will evaluated and concluded F2011
Curricular Objectives: see note
Results: see note
Action Plan: see note
Results of certification exams, employer and alumni surveys, student surveys, advisory board
recommendations
Data Source
Results
Action Plan
Other assessment activity
Meeting of Gallery and Museum Studies Advisory Committee. Curriculum discussed and courses reviewed. Proposed creation
of AR-804 to replace AR-802. (see changes in courses/programs)
Goals/objectives for year just completed
Goals
Strategic
Plan
Evaluation of achievement
Action Plan
Continue to try and get AAS
Degree in Visual and
Performing Art Adopted
A Lost Cause.
Give up
Continue Departmental
Assessment
A Good Thing
More Assessment
True
Goals/objectives for coming year
Upcoming Goals
Related Strategic Plan
Objective
Planned Method of Evaluation
Continue Departmental Assessment Assess student performance at
strategic points, etc.
Is the Set-of-All Sets a member of its own set?
Continue to upgrade art studio
teaching facilities with appropriate
digital audio/visual technologies
Technology in the classroom is deemed to be *a
priori* A Good Thing and requires no evaluation
or reflection to justify its implementation at any
cost to the university, the students or price to
students' ability to think and learn with their own
minds as opposed to being entertained,
distracted or stimulated to the point that their
capacity for self-focused attention and quiet
reflection atrophies completely.
Develop sophisticated multi-year
budget models which project resource
requirements under various enrollment
scenarios and resource allocation
options
Goals/objectives for coming year
Upcoming Goals
Related Strategic Plan
Objective
To continue, at every opportunity, None, but there should be.
to remind the Powers-That-Be of
the transcendent value of the arts,
that they have a crucial and
transformative place in culture in
general and the lives of our
students in particular. And with
that in mind, continue to advocate
for the idea that Queensborough
has the unique and so far not fully
tapped possibility of becoming an
educational center for the arts in
CUNY; until the merits of that
vision are recognized, continue to
support the Art Department
faculty's efforts to teach our
students not only the mastery of
various skill sets necessary for
expression and self-expression, but
that the arts are about imagination,
hard work and self discipline, and
that creativity is about breaking the
rules; to these ends use whatever
resources are given to the college
by those whose own goals and
objectives, sadly and all too often,
lie far from that vision and
understanding.
Planned Method of Evaluation
I should only live so long.