Interdisciplinary Arts 0127 - Concept, Process and Practice

Fall
2013
1
4.00
John Slepian

09:30AM-11:59AM T,TH

Hampshire College
312282
Arts Barn STUDIO 2
jsIA@hampshire.edu
The contemporary practice of art is less and less dependent on any particular disciplinary skill. Nonetheless, making art is very much still a rigorous process. It depends on highly developed critical, sensory and communicative skills. This studio art course is an introduction to some of the basic questions a contemporary artist must answer: What rules will guide the making of my work? What forms and materials will be best for what I wish to express? How can my work metaphorically embody my ideas? We will answer these questions and more through a series of collaborative and individual projects, readings and viewings, and frequent group critiques--the process of critique itself being one of the foundations of a successful art practice. Some familiarity with an art medium could be helpful, but is not necessary.
Arts, Design, and Media Independent Work
Permission is required for interchange registration during the add/drop period only.