Humanities Arts Cultural Stu 0295 - Data-Driven Drawing & Painting

Using a range of materials and artistic approaches students will create experimental drawings, paintings, collages and mixed media works that use data and information visualization as their departure point. Autobiographical data, info-graphics, data sets, the work of Mark Lombardi, Adolf Wlfli, John O'Connor, Ward Shelley, Danica Phelps, Lisa Strausfeld, books on information visualization by Manuel Lima, Edward Tufte, Nigel Holmes and others will inform our work. Every student will keep a sketchbook or visual journal in which they will develop ideas and document their artistic process. Prerequisite:Students should be in their second year Div II or in Div III in Art and must have taken college level studio art classes previous to this class.

Independent Work Multiple Cultural Perspectives In this course, students are expected to spend 6-8 hours weekly on preparation and work outside of class time. Lab Fee $70.