Topics in Studio Art: Information
ARST 400
Spring 2012
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01
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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 centers on a topic determined by the instructor. The class will function as a study group (of painters, sculptors, photographers, etc.) that tackles the topic through the act of making. The topic will be introduced through readings and visual precedents, and through discussion we will determine means to respond as artists, each student in his or her own medium. These individual responses will then be analyzed in group critiques. Later in the semester, students will be asked to expand their investigations to include studio disciplines other than their own. This course is offered as an elective for studio arts majors but can, at the discretion of the instructor, be offered to majors from other departments with adequate experience in visual arts. Students are expected to be capable of self-expression in at least one visual art medium for admission to the class.
What IS information? How does it pertain to art? How does information proliferate? How is it organized? How reliable is information? These questions and more will be explored through artistic production and discussion. |
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Essential Capabilities:
Designing, Creating, and Realizing, Interpretation |
| Credit: 1 |
Gen Ed Area Dept:
HA ART |
| Course Format: Studio | Grading Mode: Graded |
| Level: UGRD |
Prerequisites: None |
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Fulfills a Requirement for: (ARST) |
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Past Enrollment Probability: Not Available |
| SECTION 01 |
| Major Readings: Wesleyan RJ Julia Bookstore
| Additional Requirements and/or Comments:
Contact Professor Schiff for interview times. This is an upper level course, for which some students will not be adequately prepared. Instructor will review student capabilities to determine readiness for this course. |
| Instructor(s): Schiff,Jeffrey Times: ....R.. 01:00PM-04:00PM; Location: ASN101; |
Permission of Instructor Required
Enrollment capacity: 12 | Permission of instructor approval will be granted by the instructor during pre-registration through the Electronic Portfolio. Click "Add to My Courses" and "To request a POI electronically, click here" to submit your request. |
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