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

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Ruth Poor

Lecturer

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Bio

Ruth L. Poor, raised in Indiana, uses their work to dissect memories of the rural midwest and to investigate intersections between identity, power, American history, Christianity, and deviancy. Poor received their MFA from the Painting & Drawing department at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and completed their B.A. in Studio Art and Religious Studies at Cornell College and DePauw University. They currently reside in Chicago, Illinois, and has shown work at the New York Academy of Art [New York, NY], Zolla/Lieberman Gallery [Chicago, IL], Pinto International Gallery [New York, NY], ADDS DONNA Gallery [Chicago, IL], Manifest Gallery [Cincinnati, OH], Woman Made Gallery [Chicago, IL], and Indiana University [Bloomington, IN].

Courses

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Description

Students draw from the model as a means of understanding form, shape, and line using a variety of media. The course emphasizes shorter poses as training in immediate response to gesture and form. This course serves as a requirement and preparation for topic-based Figure Drawing B classes.

Class Number

1586

Credits

3

Description

Students draw from the model as a means of understanding form, shape, and line using a variety of media. The course emphasizes shorter poses as training in immediate response to gesture and form. This course serves as a requirement and preparation for topic-based Figure Drawing B classes.

Class Number

1875

Credits

3