ARTS 309 - Studio Seminar: Methods in Contemporary Art Practice

Credits: 3
Planned Offering: Winter

Prerequisites: Studio art major and instructor consent. This course is a critique-based studio seminar designed to prepare students for the senior thesis in studio arts and built around a term-long visual arts project responding to current trends in contemporary art. This seminar introduces a theme or topic, supported by readings, films, and image presentations, as the focus of class discussions exploring and highlighting the work of relevant contemporary artists. Students develop and plan a body of work inspired by or in response to this theme. Group and individual critiques assess each student’s progress towards this goal. Lab fee required. Beavers.