Drawing, Ecology, and Community

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Prerequisite: one semester of a drawing, painting, or sculpture course This course will invite students to engage with the environment in a variety of art in both traditional and nontraditional ways. The course will begin with a short workshop of “en plen air” watercolor painting techniques, moving toward offsite field trips. Students will then engage with organic materials in the creation of both art materials and drawing and painting instruments. The course will end with a curated public-engagement project generated by the students. Students will complete projects that could include creating an archive, following a THE CURRICULUM 180 lifecyle, building an herbarium, or writing a field guide—all of which encourage students to work out of the studio and in the “expanded field.” Liquid Drawing: The Body in the 21st Century