Visual art methods are used to study, form, and present art in a specific public context. Includes the development of a project site, individual and collaborative work, and service learning. Studio operates “in public” presenting lectures, visual displays, and public gatherings. Part of the Identity Issue. (May be repeated once for credit.) Offered every third fall or winter semester. Prerequisite: Junior standing.

Credits: 3

Curatorial Studio explores presentational and critical practice and the theoretical discourse specific to such practice within a studio context. This involves the curation (study and creation of visual presentations) in exhibitions or projects. Part of the Information, Innovation, and Technology Issue. Offered every third semester (fall and winter). (May be repeated once for credit.) Prerequisite: Junior standing.

Credits: 3

Image studio explores the creation, use, and presentation of images and the theoretical discourse specific to such practices within a studio context. The studio incorporates uses of current image creation and presentation technologies. (May be repeated once for credit.) Offered fall semester.

Credits: 3

Interactive Studio addresses the study and creation of art works in which the audience is involved in an interactive exchange. Media explored include interactive situations, community collaborations, social/political interactions, and current electronic interactive interfaces. (May be repeated once for credit.) Offered fall semester.

Credits: 3

Space Studio addresses the creation of site-specific works based in the primary form and experience of space typically referred to as ‘installations’. It includes studio considerations of space, site, installation, public art, presentational practices and the related theoretical discourse within a studio context. (May be repeated once for credit.) Offered every third semester (fall and winter).

Credits: 3

Time Studio explores temporal and presentational practices and the theoretical discourse specific to such practices within a studio context. Time-based works include time and change as central elements. This includes ephemeral and kinetic objects, performance, sound works, and works incorporating moving images. (May be repeated once for credit.) Offered winter semester.

Credits: 3

For studio artists and designers about to enter graduate school or professional design studios. Includes a required three-day field trip to Chicago, information concerning resume preparation, exhibitions, interviewing, portfolios, design agencies, galleries, museums, and analysis of the professional literature through written assignments. Students will learn how the professional art world works. Offered fall semester. Prerequisites: Art major and senior standing.

Credits: 3

This course is the final work toward the B.F.A. Senior Exhibition and must be taken in the semester in which students hang their degree shows. Students will work closely with their major professor in their emphasis area, and may have an additional course assigned from their Junior Review. Students must seek the advice of their major professor for the selection of works for their exhibition. They may also seek advice of any other faculty members with whom they have worked or from whom they would like additional feedback. Offered fall and winter semesters.

Credits: 6