A wide shot of a ceramics studio, featuring students working with pottery wheels and other tools.

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James Lutes

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Bio

Frederick Latimer Wells Professor of Painting and Drawing. Professor, Painting and Drawing (1983). BA, 1978, Washington State University; MFA, 1982, School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Exhibitions: Zolla/Lieberman Gallery, Chicago; Linda Hodges Gallery, Seattle; Museum van Hedendaagse Kunst, Belgium; Ecole Superieure Des Beaux-Arts deTours, France; Whitney Biennial, NY; Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.; Documenta IX, Kassel, Germany; The Renaissance Society at The University of Chicago. Collections: Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago; Illinois State Museum, Springfield; Domain de Kerguehennec, France; Spago, Los Angeles. Awards: Illinois Arts Council Grants; National Foundation for the Arts; Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation Award; Awards in the Visual Arts.

Courses

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Description

This studio explores specific problems in each student's area of concentration and interest. Students are expected to command familiarity with problems of color, composition, and basic materials.

Class Number

1909

Credits

9

Description

Taken every semester, the Graduate Projects courses allow students to focus in private sessions on the development of their work. Students register for 6 hours of Graduate Project credit in each semester of study.

Class Number

1730

Credits

3