Art & the History of Art 323 - Advanced Studio Seminar

Adv Studio Seminar

Fall
2024
01
4.00
Robert Sweeney

M/W | 9:00 AM - 11:00 AM

Amherst College
ARHA-323-01-2425F
rtsweeney@amherst.edu

A studio course that will emphasize compositional development by working from memory, imagination, literature and abstractions derived from nature and other works of visual art. The Students will be encouraged to explore a wide variety of media including, but not limited to, drawing, painting, printmaking, sculpture and collage. Students will be required to create an independent body of work over the course of the semester which explores their individual direction in pictorial construction. 

Requisite: ARHA 222, 326 or 327 or permission of the instructor. Limited to 5 students. Fall 2024: Professor Sweeney.

How to handle overenrollment: Priority given to ARHA majors.

Students who enroll in this course will likely encounter and be expected to engage in the following intellectual skills, modes of learning, and assessment: Visual analysis, independent work, oral presentation, group work, artistic work, field work, critiques.

Permission is required for interchange registration during all registration periods.