NEON: LIGHT AS SCULPTURE

Prerequisites & course information

Requisites: None Course Designation: Core GenEd - Humanities & Arts Grad 50% - Counts toward 50% graduate coursework requirement Repeatable for Credit: Yes, unlimited number of completions Last Taught: Fall 2026 Learning Outcomes: 1. Learn how to safely navigate around and execute basic processes in a Neon Lab. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 2. Gain proficiency in basic principles of neon glass bending and blowing. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 3. Practice design and fabrication processes to work from a pattern to make a shape in neon glass tubing. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 4. Gain literacy in processing a neon unit, including the safety concerns and underlying science of making a plasma discharge tube glow. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 5. Apply technical neon skills in the creation of multimedia sculptures and/or installations that emphasize a conceptual framework to further each students' studio practice. Audience: Graduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Learn how to safely navigate around and execute basic processes in a Neon Lab. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 2. Gain proficiency in basic principles of neon glass bending and blowing. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 3. Practice design and fabrication processes to work from a pattern to make a shape in neon glass tubing. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 4. Gain literacy in processing a neon unit, including the safety concerns and underlying science of making a plasma discharge tube glow. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 5. Apply technical neon skills in the creation of multimedia sculptures and/or installations that emphasize a conceptual framework to further each students' studio practice. Audience: Graduate