Courses with Jay
At PCC, Jay teaches:
- ART 101: Understanding Architecture
- Survey Architecture class covering global styles from the Pyramids through today!
- ART 102: Understanding the Visual Arts
- Survey Art History course that focuses on Drawing, Painting, and Sculpture, featuring works from the Portland Art Museum!
- ART 214: History of Graphic Design
- Art History course focused on the development of visual communication and design. There IS a required book for this course, Meggs History of Graphic Design.
- ART 215: American Residential Architecture
- Art History course focused on residential architecture in the United States from the 1600s through today! This IS a required book fo this course, A Field Guide to American Houses.
- ART 217: Comics Art & Literature
- This elective course is taught twice a year on Zoom and features a revolving booklist. This class is taught under the lens of art history, and discusses comics in terms of structure, history, and lasting impact.
Skills students will develop:
- Professionalism by taking pride in submitted assignments. This includes:
- Personal Accountability
- Time Management
- Critical Self-Reflection
- As well as Ingenuity, and the ability to become a “self-starter.”
- Clear and Concise Communication, scholarly discourse.
- The ability to make connections within and beyond the course.
