Spring 2018  |  ARTS 3860 Section 001: Sculpture and Installation (67191)

Instructor(s)
Class Component:
Laboratory
Credits:
4 Credits
Grading Basis:
Student Option
Instructor Consent:
No Special Consent Required
Instruction Mode:
In Person Term Based
Meets With:
ARTS 5860 Section 001
Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
 
01/16/2018 - 05/04/2018
Mon, Wed 01:25PM - 04:25PM
UMTC, East Bank
Regis Center for Art E123
Enrollment Status:
Open (5 of 10 seats filled)
Also Offered:
Course Catalog Description:
This class will examine the historical and contemporary aspects of sculpture installation art. The structure of this studio course provides space for in-depth research, idea development, individual exploration, experimentation, play and critical feedback. This course is not media specific, you will be working with materials that work with the concepts in your practice. You are encouraged to explore the use of sound, video and performance in your installations. A generous amount of studio time is allowed for studio work and personal exploration augmented by readings, field trips and visiting artist lectures. prereq: 1802
Class Description:

This a visual arts studio practice based class with lectures and field trips. Class will meet during regularly scheduled hours in the classroom. The class will also meet outside the classroom during the scheduled class time. The class may also meet other days of the week for outside events, field trips, and guest artist and curator speakers -- these events may be scheduled on a weekly basis -- and are subject to change. There will also be a public art field trip to Chicago scheduled in April, where the class meets with artists and curators working in the public art realm.

Who Should Take This Class?:
Undergraduate and Graduate students, Art and Non Art Major students, BFA students, and MFA students.
Learning Objectives:

This course is an intermediate/advanced exploration of contemporary approaches, concepts, and practices of installation art and public art. What was, is, and will be installation art and public art? What purpose do these art practices serve? Who is the public? What effect and real changes (if any) do these practices have in the public realm and the fine art academy/ world? How are public art monuments that commemorates, honors, reminds, catalogues regarded, critiqued and transformed in the present? This project-based interdisciplinary course will focus on the development of skill sets in making, designing, critical thinking and realization of: a public artwork proposal, a public art intervention project, and an installation project. Students will examine the purposes and effects of installation art and public art. Historical and contemporary practices, concepts and issues of public art, guerrilla actions, and interventions will be examined. Also, the different contexts in which public art/interventions take place: commissions, long-term engagement, and advertisement space among many. Creative development and the evolution of one's personal visual language will be explored through assigned class projects, class presentations, participation in class critiques, field trips, assigned readings, and sketchbook/journal review. You will be responsible for completing three-course projects and a research-based class presentation. There will be guest speakers in class. The class will also attend outside lectures during the semester. Student's work will be critiqued by their classmates, myself and guest visitors to class (TBA). You will be also graded on all your participation during the semester.


*Advanced level students can choose to produce advanced projects either from the syllabus, or can develop self-directed projects -- with the consent of instructor. Students are expected to articulate ideas through class dialogue, writing, studio production, and take part in all class critiques.

Grading:
A-F or S/N
Exam Format:
Oral -- studio critique
Class Format:

This a visual arts studio practice based class with lectures and field trips. Class will meet during regularly scheduled hours in the classroom. The class will also meet outside the classroom during the scheduled class time. The class may also meet other days of the week for outside events, field trips, and guest artist and curator speakers -- these events may be scheduled on a weekly basis -- and are subject to change. There will also be a public art field trip to Chicago scheduled in April, where the class meets with artists and curators working in the public art realm.

Workload:
6 hours of class work per week is expected of each student (3 of those 6 work hours may take place during studio/lab work time in class)
Textbooks:
https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/67191/1183
Syllabus:
http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/acstanis_ARTS3860_Spring2018.pdf
Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
12 December 2017

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