ART 600: Graduate Studio Experimentation
Credit Hours: (3) One hour lecture and four hours studio
Note(s): May be taken again for credit.
In this course, students will work through technical and conceptual challenges in a studio area. Students will focus on expanding their studio practice and engaging in creative inquiry to evolve their work. Students will develop and manage their own projects with guidance from the instructor. Students will also participate in and receive regular feedback from a community of practice.
Detailed Description of Content of the Course
Instructional strategies include: technical demos; critiques; creative assignments; and reading responses.
Detailed Description of the Conduct of the Course
1. Lectures and Demonstrations:
Students will be given related research assignments in order to assure a high level of technical understanding in the studio area involved. They will participate in weekly critiques of their work and the work of others. Examinations and/or demonstrations will be required. Manipulative skills will be enhanced through studio instruction and demonstration.
2. Studio:
This is a competency based course. A student determines his own objectives and probable problem-solving strategies to be explored. A student must be able to research artists, ideas, subjects and techniques which will help to insure understanding of concepts and ideas explored in personal work. The student will explore the solution of aesthetic, expressive, and technical problems, and will be required to develop a cohesive oeuvre of consistent aesthetic merit that exhibits competency and a high level of artistic sophistication.
Goals and Objectives of the Course
At the conclusion of the course, the student will develop skills and sophistication in utilizing the tools and techniques of a particular artistic discipline. The student will develop a conceptual understanding of the ideas underlying their creative work.
Assessment Measures
Assessment of the student is based upon the development of critical and analytical skills as determined by:
1. Studio performance on individual projects.
2. Final comprehensive portfolio presentation.
3. Examinations and/or discussions and critiques.
Other Course Information
This course is one of several graduate offerings with the art department that fulfills requirements for the M.S. and M.F.A. degrees. Art 600 GSR/Research is offered in each studio area.
Review and Approval
March 1999 Revision Arthur Jones, Chair
June, 2023