Color and Emotion: Experience and Aesthetic Awareness (Online)

Course description

Colour Literacy is a contemporary initiative that centers on building fluency of multidisciplinary color usages; the field represents a break from past color theories bound to Western dogmas and ideologies. Explore how emotions may be viewed as guiding principles in the study of color use, palette design, perception and awareness. Weekly course content will not seek to establish any fixed emotional meaning of a color, or color combinations, per se; rather, the intent will be to explore the myriad of ways in which colors and combinations may elicit aesthetic and emotional responses. Students will review critically selected histories of color usage as well as concepts related to how to visually navigate two- and three-dimensional spaces. / Students will have access to Adobe Creative Cloud software throughout the course.

Open to students ages 16 and above. Review complete policies, including class cancellation policies, before completing your registration.

Class meeting details

This online course will be synchronous, meaning students will meet weekly at the same time via Google Meet. Class meets on Wednesdays, 7:00-9:30 p.m. CST. Class meetings will include lecture, demonstrations, discussions, exercises, critiques, and time to ask questions and share resources. Activities outside the class meeting may include readings, writing exercises and projects with weekly deadlines. The instructor will hold office hours 30 minutes before each class to answer questions and provide individualized feedback and guidance.

Prerequisites

Students working digitally must have prior experience with their chosen software; the class offers no software instruction.

Required materials

Supplies for the first class

• pen or pencil
• notebook or sketchbook

Optional supplies

• color media of your choice; markers, colored pencils, water-based paint
• selection of drawing tools
• ephemera to collage with (photocopied images, magazine, newspaper, old books etc.)
• digital camera (phone camera or DSLR camera)

Software
Adobe Creative Cloud (provided by MCAD), if working digitally.

Hardware
A computer with internet access, a camera, and a microphone for class meetings and to capture and upload work. If working with Adobe Creative Cloud a computer capable of running Adobe Creative Cloud software.

Class Resources

This class uses Adobe Creative Cloud and Canvas, MCAD’s learning management system. Please see the link for more information.

Class savings

Register on or before January 19 and save $25.
Register for more than one class at a time and receive $25 off each additional class (same-day registrations only).
Additional savings. Are you eligible?

Questions

Contact MCAD Continuing Education at continuing_education@mcad.edu or call 612.874.3765.