Humanities Arts Cultural Stu 0269 - Personal Cosmology Through Art

Students will create a body of work in a range of materials and media including drawing, painting, collage and installation seeking their very own artistic vision. You will endeavor to build a personal cosmology through a series of visual art inquiries aimed to examine and express the highly subjective and ever-shifting world of lived experience in this hands-on, work-intensive studio class. Artists including Charlotte Salomon, Trenton Doyle Hancock, Laylah Ali, Margaret Kilgallen, Frida Kahlo and others will guide us on the journey of creating our own personal cosmologies. Assigned readings, artist research, individual critique, group discussions, slide presentations and an independent final project, proposed and executed by each student will round out the experience.

Arts, Design, and Media Independent Work Every student will be expected to keep a sketchbook or visual journal for developing ideas and documenting artistic process and work for 6-8 hours a week outside of class time.