ARST400

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ARST400

Topics in Studio Art ARST400 FA

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Artists in all media have historically responded to common, formal, and ideological motivations. These motivations encompass the very fabric of a liberal arts education. This course is intended to strengthen such a liberal conversation among the various studio art disciplines, as well as to develop that conversation as the foundation for making art. The course will be taught by one studio art faculty member, who will set the terms of the topic or discussion. Though primarily intended as an elective for studio arts majors, the course is also open (at the discretion of the instructor) to majors from other departments who wish to bring their work into the forms of questioning that the structure of a studio might offer. It offers a context in which all may learn from seeing different approaches brought to bear on the same questions, and is intended to break down the kinds of compartmental thinking that inhibit an artist's broader development. At the beginning of the semester topics will be introduced through readings, discussions, and/or visual precedents to which students will be asked to respond in/through their individual media. These individual responses will then be evaluated in group critiques in which faculty of the disciplines involved will often participate along with the instructor and students themselves. During the latter weeks of the studio, each student will be asked to expand his/her investigation to include a studio discipline other than his/her own. Final work will be evaluated in regard to how successfully the student has bridged disciplines. Topic For 1997: Private Space/Public Space

MAJOR READINGS

EXAMINATIONS AND ASSIGNMENTS

A semester-long topic will be broken into several short problems and one final project. Course structure emphasizes work in the studio concomitant to individual and group discussions.

ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS and/or COMMENTS

Course fee: $50. Interviews: Tuesday, April 8, 5pm CFA North Studio #101 PERMISSION OF INSTRUCTOR REQUIRED: This course is primarily intended as an opportunity for studio art majors who wish to expand developing interests into investigations in - or in collaboration with - other studio disciplines. "Permission of Instructor" will be granted to those students whose work exhibits maturity in both the skills as well as conceptual acumen in their previous studio courses that would indicate the academic benefit from such inquiry. Permission will also be granted to non-studio majors whose interests the instructor perceives as sympathetic to the objectives of the course and who show adequate skills necessary to translate those interests into visual form.

COURSE FORMAT: Seminar Studio

REGISTRATION INFORMATION

Level: UG Credit: 1.00 Gen Ed Area & Dept: HA ART

Prerequisites: None

Last Updated on MAR-22-1999

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