Art Ideas: Theories of the Image |
6410 (001) |
John D Neff |
TBD - TBD
All Online
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Description
What are the most urgent issues in contemporary art now? This online course addresses the central themes and ideas shaping the production and distribution of art. Students will develop and manage their own blogs and participate in continuing online discussions. The final requirement will be a finished paper.
This course will examine contemporary theories of the image and image circulation. Rooted in art histories of photography, the course will expand to cover many media, with a special emphasis on digital technologies. The artworks and writings discussed will pay special attention to the subjective effects of modern image ecologies. Authors encountered will range widely, including Tina Campt, Vilém Flusser, Byung-Chul Han, and Susan Schuppli.
Prerequisites
Prerequisite: Must be enrolled in the Low-Residency MFA Program.
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Class Number
1094
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Credits
3
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Department
Masters in Fine Arts Low Residency
Location
Online
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Art Ideas: Performance and Performativity |
6410 (002) |
Aliza Shvarts |
TBD - TBD
All Online
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Description
What are the most urgent issues in contemporary art now? This online course addresses the central themes and ideas shaping the production and distribution of art. Students will develop and manage their own blogs and participate in continuing online discussions. The final requirement will be a finished paper.
This course will explore performance and theories of performativity, with a focus on histories of 20th and 21st century performance art, speech acts, and theories of gender performativity and embodiment. Taking up the core proposition of the ¿performative turn¿ in art and philosophy, we will examine not only what artworks, texts, and embodied practices mean, but what they do. Coursework will combine new and canonical works in queer theory, feminism, Black studies, Indigenous studies, and disability studies, and performance studies, as well as assignments that create opportunities to put theory into practice.
Prerequisites
Prerequisite: Must be enrolled in the Low-Residency MFA Program.
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Class Number
1148
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Credits
3
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Department
Masters in Fine Arts Low Residency
Location
Online
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Art Ideas: Translation, Reciprocity, Return |
6410 (003) |
Nathanaël |
TBD - TBD
All Online
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Description
What are the most urgent issues in contemporary art now? This online course addresses the central themes and ideas shaping the production and distribution of art. Students will develop and manage their own blogs and participate in continuing online discussions. The final requirement will be a finished paper.
This formulation of Art Ideas will be attentive to the Caribbean archipelago as a place from which to perceive the world. Contesting continental presuppositions, we will be heedful of Antonio Benitez-Rojo¿s affirmation that ¿the culture of the Caribbean is aquatic, not terrestrial¿ and follow Aimé Césaire¿s famous injunction: ¿I shall command the islands to be.¿ We will move among texts and artworks in a kind of organic displacement, bearing in mind that the archipelago is in constant metamorphosis, an interchange between land and water, a seismic circumstance, a volcanic advent, an appellation of migrations, languages in flux ¿ in sum, a series of imbricated translations that overturn the idea of a single, stable vantage. A sense that, as Toni Morrison insists, ¿just as we watch other life, other life watches us.¿
Prerequisites
Prerequisite: Must be enrolled in the Low-Residency MFA Program.
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Class Number
2313
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Credits
3
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Department
Masters in Fine Arts Low Residency
Location
Online
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Top:Research Methodologies |
6450 (001) |
Andrea Ray |
TBD - TBD
All Online
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Description
What is research and why is it important to artistic practice? In this elective, students will be presented with a range of research and visual methodologies?ways of organizing and writing about their process and practice. This course provides a framework for students to research artistic practices that relate to their individual practices. Students will write case studies articulating the chosen artists' practices, related histories, and theories. Shared case studies among the cohort will echo the multitude of ways to approach a fine arts practice. It is anticipated that the topics covered and case studies produced may work toward parts of the written thesis developed the following semester.
Students in this course are introduced to a broad range of research methodologies including; philosophical, material, experiential, comparative, descriptive, naturalistic, and practical via readings and visual material. The specific visual methodologies introduced are; semiotics, psychoanalysis, sociological, and historical approaches. Artistic research projects are introduced as an extension of new ideas around research in art, though not central to the course assignments.
Research Methodologies provides a framework for students to deeply research artistic practices that interest them. Students will write case studies that define and articulate the artists' particular methodologies and genealogies?ways of practicing and their related histories and theories. Students will build and manage their own blogs and participate in continuing online discussions. The online sharing of fellow students? case studies will echo the multitude of ways of working and the related histories behind diverse artistic practices learned. The assessed tasks are three case studies.
Prerequisites
Prerequisite: Must be enrolled in the Low-Residency MFA Program.
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Class Number
1149
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Credits
3
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Department
Masters in Fine Arts Low Residency
Location
Online
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Architecture, Color, Painting |
6450 (002) |
John D Neff |
TBD - TBD
All Online
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Description
This seminar-style online course will examine relationships between architecture and painting, with special attention paid to ways that color shapes our experience of space. An introductory section will focus on some theories of aesthetic, spatial, and visual experience. The body of the course will be a series of case studies of artworks, with a concentration on works of international Modern and Contemporary abstract art. The course will conclude with student directed projects informed by our studies. Authors will include Sarah Ahmed and Gaston Bachelard. Artists discussed will include Eileen Gray, Dr. Esther Mahlangu, Toshiko Horiuchi MacAdam and Judy Ledgerwood. Students will be asked to contribute their own readings and references to the synchronous and asynchronous discussions as well.
Prerequisites
Prerequisite: Must be enrolled in the Low-Residency MFA Program.
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Class Number
1166
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Credits
3
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Department
Masters in Fine Arts Low Residency
Location
Online
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Top:Human Rights and Art |
6450 (003) |
Pamela I. Sneed |
TBD - TBD
All Online
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Description
Human Rights and Art: A Study of Social Movements is a course about art, activism, and writing about art in relationship to history, philosophy, social studies, literature, film, and ideas of the human. We will investigate ways artists in a variety of cultures articulate and express human rights, acting as conduits and catalysts who respond locally and globally to its abuses. In particular, we will investigate the uses of poetry, performance, theater, and visual arts. Through writing prompts, essays, and online discussions we will examine art produced by and not limited to AIDS activism of the early 90s, feminism, the LGBTQ liberation struggle, the South African anti-apartheid struggle, liberation struggles in Egypt and the Middle East, and the current Black Lives Matter movement. Also, we will examine the current resurgence in political art. We will look at many philosophers, historians, and essayists including Hannah Arendt, Kevin Bales, along with artists such as Pussy Riot, Simone Leigh, Carlos Martiel, Karen Finley, Kara Walker, and Ai WeiWei.
Prerequisites
Prerequisite: Must be enrolled in the Low-Residency MFA Program.
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Class Number
2338
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Credits
3
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Department
Masters in Fine Arts Low Residency
Location
Online
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Guided Study |
6907 (001) |
John D Neff |
TBD - TBD
In Person
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Description
Guided Studies are intensive, self-driven courses of study that have a clear rationale for their configuration and articulate an expressed need in terms of a student's scholarly, material, and theoretical research. As a 3 credit course, a Guided Study constitutes 135 hours of study and production on the part of the student, including four meetings (virtual or otherwise) with a supervising faculty who has expertise in the research areas. On the Guided Study syllabus co-produced by the LRMFA student and supervising faculty, expected research accomplishments must be formulated, alongside a course description, learning objectives, evaluation criteria, a proposed timeline, a communication plan, and a suggested reading list or bibliography. Open to Low Residency MFA students only.
Prerequisites
Prerequisite: Must be enrolled in the Low-Residency MFA Program.
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Class Number
2433
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Credits
3
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Department
Masters in Fine Arts Low Residency
Location
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Guided Study |
6907 (002) |
Nathanaël |
TBD - TBD
In Person
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Description
Guided Studies are intensive, self-driven courses of study that have a clear rationale for their configuration and articulate an expressed need in terms of a student's scholarly, material, and theoretical research. As a 3 credit course, a Guided Study constitutes 135 hours of study and production on the part of the student, including four meetings (virtual or otherwise) with a supervising faculty who has expertise in the research areas. On the Guided Study syllabus co-produced by the LRMFA student and supervising faculty, expected research accomplishments must be formulated, alongside a course description, learning objectives, evaluation criteria, a proposed timeline, a communication plan, and a suggested reading list or bibliography. Open to Low Residency MFA students only.
Prerequisites
Prerequisite: Must be enrolled in the Low-Residency MFA Program.
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Class Number
2448
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Credits
3
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Department
Masters in Fine Arts Low Residency
Location
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Guided Study |
6907 (003) |
Terri Kapsalis |
TBD - TBD
In Person
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Description
Guided Studies are intensive, self-driven courses of study that have a clear rationale for their configuration and articulate an expressed need in terms of a student's scholarly, material, and theoretical research. As a 3 credit course, a Guided Study constitutes 135 hours of study and production on the part of the student, including four meetings (virtual or otherwise) with a supervising faculty who has expertise in the research areas. On the Guided Study syllabus co-produced by the LRMFA student and supervising faculty, expected research accomplishments must be formulated, alongside a course description, learning objectives, evaluation criteria, a proposed timeline, a communication plan, and a suggested reading list or bibliography. Open to Low Residency MFA students only.
Prerequisites
Prerequisite: Must be enrolled in the Low-Residency MFA Program.
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Class Number
2457
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Credits
3
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Department
Masters in Fine Arts Low Residency
Location
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Guided Study |
6907 (004) |
Jennifer Lobo |
TBD - TBD
In Person
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Description
Guided Studies are intensive, self-driven courses of study that have a clear rationale for their configuration and articulate an expressed need in terms of a student's scholarly, material, and theoretical research. As a 3 credit course, a Guided Study constitutes 135 hours of study and production on the part of the student, including four meetings (virtual or otherwise) with a supervising faculty who has expertise in the research areas. On the Guided Study syllabus co-produced by the LRMFA student and supervising faculty, expected research accomplishments must be formulated, alongside a course description, learning objectives, evaluation criteria, a proposed timeline, a communication plan, and a suggested reading list or bibliography. Open to Low Residency MFA students only.
Prerequisites
Prerequisite: Must be enrolled in the Low-Residency MFA Program.
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Class Number
2485
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Credits
3
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Department
Masters in Fine Arts Low Residency
Location
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Graduate Projects |
6909 (002) |
Aliza Shvarts |
TBD - TBD
In Person
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Description
The Graduate Projects course allows students to focus in private sessions on the development of their work and research from their home studio or mobile platforms. The continued development of ideas and approaches initiated during the summer Graduate Studio Seminar will be supported through in-person and online conversation with SAIC Program Mentors. These liaisons are intended to support the off-campus development of work while also providing personal connections to SAIC's vast global network of distinguished alumni. Open to Low Residency MFA students only.
Prerequisites
Prerequisite: Must be enrolled in the Low-Residency MFA Program.
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Class Number
2459
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Credits
3
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Department
Masters in Fine Arts Low Residency
Location
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Graduate Projects |
6909 (003) |
Asha Iman Veal |
TBD - TBD
All Online
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Description
The Graduate Projects course allows students to focus in private sessions on the development of their work and research from their home studio or mobile platforms. The continued development of ideas and approaches initiated during the summer Graduate Studio Seminar will be supported through in-person and online conversation with SAIC Program Mentors. These liaisons are intended to support the off-campus development of work while also providing personal connections to SAIC's vast global network of distinguished alumni. Open to Low Residency MFA students only.
Prerequisites
Prerequisite: Must be enrolled in the Low-Residency MFA Program.
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Class Number
2460
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Credits
3
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Department
Masters in Fine Arts Low Residency
Location
Online
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Graduate Projects |
6909 (004) |
Assaf Evron |
TBD - TBD
All Online
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Description
The Graduate Projects course allows students to focus in private sessions on the development of their work and research from their home studio or mobile platforms. The continued development of ideas and approaches initiated during the summer Graduate Studio Seminar will be supported through in-person and online conversation with SAIC Program Mentors. These liaisons are intended to support the off-campus development of work while also providing personal connections to SAIC's vast global network of distinguished alumni. Open to Low Residency MFA students only.
Prerequisites
Prerequisite: Must be enrolled in the Low-Residency MFA Program.
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Class Number
2461
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Credits
3
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Department
Masters in Fine Arts Low Residency
Location
Online
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Graduate Projects |
6909 (005) |
Betelhem Makonnen |
TBD - TBD
All Online
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Description
The Graduate Projects course allows students to focus in private sessions on the development of their work and research from their home studio or mobile platforms. The continued development of ideas and approaches initiated during the summer Graduate Studio Seminar will be supported through in-person and online conversation with SAIC Program Mentors. These liaisons are intended to support the off-campus development of work while also providing personal connections to SAIC's vast global network of distinguished alumni. Open to Low Residency MFA students only.
Prerequisites
Prerequisite: Must be enrolled in the Low-Residency MFA Program.
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Class Number
2462
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Credits
3
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Department
Masters in Fine Arts Low Residency
Location
Online
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Graduate Projects |
6909 (006) |
Kelly F. Kaczynski |
TBD - TBD
All Online
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Description
The Graduate Projects course allows students to focus in private sessions on the development of their work and research from their home studio or mobile platforms. The continued development of ideas and approaches initiated during the summer Graduate Studio Seminar will be supported through in-person and online conversation with SAIC Program Mentors. These liaisons are intended to support the off-campus development of work while also providing personal connections to SAIC's vast global network of distinguished alumni. Open to Low Residency MFA students only.
Prerequisites
Prerequisite: Must be enrolled in the Low-Residency MFA Program.
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Class Number
2463
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Credits
3
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Department
Masters in Fine Arts Low Residency
Location
Online
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Graduate Projects |
6909 (007) |
John D Neff |
TBD - TBD
All Online
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Description
The Graduate Projects course allows students to focus in private sessions on the development of their work and research from their home studio or mobile platforms. The continued development of ideas and approaches initiated during the summer Graduate Studio Seminar will be supported through in-person and online conversation with SAIC Program Mentors. These liaisons are intended to support the off-campus development of work while also providing personal connections to SAIC's vast global network of distinguished alumni. Open to Low Residency MFA students only.
Prerequisites
Prerequisite: Must be enrolled in the Low-Residency MFA Program.
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Class Number
2465
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Credits
3
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Department
Masters in Fine Arts Low Residency
Location
Online
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Graduate Projects |
6909 (008) |
Matt Morris |
TBD - TBD
All Online
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Description
The Graduate Projects course allows students to focus in private sessions on the development of their work and research from their home studio or mobile platforms. The continued development of ideas and approaches initiated during the summer Graduate Studio Seminar will be supported through in-person and online conversation with SAIC Program Mentors. These liaisons are intended to support the off-campus development of work while also providing personal connections to SAIC's vast global network of distinguished alumni. Open to Low Residency MFA students only.
Prerequisites
Prerequisite: Must be enrolled in the Low-Residency MFA Program.
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Class Number
2466
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Credits
3
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Department
Masters in Fine Arts Low Residency
Location
Online
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