Humanities Arts Cultural Stu 0174 - Exper Foundations in Art

This is a foundational art-making course based on artist Paul Thek's "Teaching Notes," for a "4-D Sculpture" class at Cooper Union around 1980. The original class kicked off with a 177 line of questions and prompts including "Redesign a rainbow, Should art be useful?Useless?, and How can we humanize the city?" We will work on many of these questions, as well as new ones inspired by Thek's teaching and 21st century concerns. This class will be free-form but rigorous and demanding, students can expect to get their hands and their minds dirty through a fearless engagement with making art.

Arts, Design, and Media Independent Work Lab Fee: $25 Students will likely spend up to an additional $75 on art supplies. Students should expect to work approximately 6-8 hours per week outside of class time.