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Corey Smith

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BM, 2014, University of Michigan School of Music, Theatre, and Dance, Ann Arbor, MI; MFA, 2021, School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Exhibitions/Performances: Frank Lloyd Wright’s Emil Bach House, Steppenwolf Theater, Detroit Fringe Festival, Pivot Arts Festival, Elastic Arts, Comfort Station, Uri-Eichen Gallery, Roman Susan, Links Hall, Chopin Theater, Defibrillator Gallery. Publications: Midwest Architectural Journeys, Belt Publishing. Bibliography: Architectural Digest, See Chicago Dance, Chicago Stage Standard. Collections: University of Illinois Springfield Visual Arts Gallery, Joan Flasch Artists’ Book Collection. Awards/Residencies: Artist in Residence 2022, High Concept Labs; DCASE Individual Artist Program Grantee 2017, 2018, 2022; Foundation for Contemporary Art Emergency Grant 2018; Artist in Residence, Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve 2017; Pivot Arts Incubator Program 2017; Artist in Residence Iowa Lakeside Laboratory 2016.

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Description

This studio course focuses on themes, practices, contexts, and questions undertaken by contemporary artists and designers. Research Studio I is a course that asks students to begin to develop and connect their own work and ideas with a diverse range of artists, designers, and communities. This course engages with cultural institutions including: museums, galleries, libraries and archives as resources of critical engagement.

Students will undertake various types of research activities: a) collecting and classification, b) mapping and diagramming, c) systems of measurement, d) social interaction, e) information search systems, f) recording and representation, and g) drawing and other notational systems.


Assignments in this course are faculty directed, open-media, interdisciplinary and idea based. The projects are designed to help students recognize their work habits, biases, strengths, and weaknesses. Students will experience a wide range of research methods and making strategies. Critique as an evaluative process used in art and design schools, is a focus in this course. Various methods and models of critique are used in order to give students the tools to discuss their own work and the work of others.

Class Number

1338

Credits

3