Approaches to Making: NSP220

Catalog description

Sections of this course are intended to delve deeply into how a specific subject or mode has been addressed by artists over time. Each thematic subsection addresses manifestations of these subjects (see examples below) in multiple media, in subsequent eras and towards different purposes, studied in the context of students’ continuing engagement with their individuated studio practices. All subsections are meant to be expansive in approach, and to consider all modes and media as represented in historical and current art as equally valid subjects of inquiry and examples for studio practice. Instructors lead research into the chosen subject areas and prompt students with studio projects designed for direct, hands-on exploration of thematic subjects. Students employ media familiar to them, and are encouraged to experiment with new media, to expand their artistic exploration and to build manual and oral/written vocabulary for operating within a multidisciplinary environment. Fee paid to MIAD. MIAD # [NSP220/NSP221]