| Course Title: Topics in Digital Art: 'Embodied Futures: Digital Fabrication and The Body' |
| Start Date: 09/09/2026 End Date: 12/22/2026 |
| Term: Fall Semester 2026 |
| Description: Through hands-on design practice, cutting-edge fabrication techniques, and partnership with professional artists, designers and local communities, students will explore how emerging technologies can create new forms of human experience and interaction. Using rapid prototyping, fabrication, CAD and physical computing, we will create speculative prototypes that enhance, extend, and reimagine sensory perception, embodiment, and accessibility in physical and virtual space. Drawing on mentorship from professional artists, designers and industry connections, students in this class will develop a portfolio-ready project for public exhibition that promotes career readiness in fine art and design. |
| Distribution(s): I - Humanities , TP - Topics Course |
| Academic Level Of Course: Undergraduate | Credits:4.00 |
| Faculty | Phone | Email address |
| Dixon Williams | mwilliams@mtholyoke.edu |
| Meeting Dates | Method | Meeting days | Meeting times | Building name | Room | Frequency |
| 09/09/2026 - 12/22/2026 | Lecture | Tuesday and Thursday | 09:00AM - 11:30AM | ART - Art | 211 | Weekly |
| 09/09/2026 - 12/22/2026 | Lecture | Tuesday and Thursday | 09:00AM - 11:30AM | ART - Art | 307 | Weekly |
| Requisite Courses | ||
| Prereq: ARTST-120, ARTST-131, or ARTST-142. | Take previously | Required |
| Comments |
| Additional Comments |
| Students enrolled in this course will be responsible for cost of course materials. For Art Studio majors only for the first week of pre-registration. Then open to all in the second week. |
| Course Tags | ||
| LAIA0001 | LAIA: Liberal Arts in Action Courses | This is a Liberal Arts in Action course. |
| Cross-listed Sections |
| None |
| Course Availability | ||||
| Section status: Open | Capacity: 15 | Enrollment: 0 | Available: 15 | Waitlist: 0 |
BOOK INFORMATION
| Book List | Required | Publisher Full Price |
| To be determined. |
| Additional Book Comments |
| This is NOT the complete book list for this class. |