Students investigate contemporary movements and concepts including happenings, installation, performance, new figuration, and postmodern aesthetics in studio projects that reflect knowledge and insights gained from a series of panel discussions led by college faculty, critics, and visiting artists. These studio projects culminate in a major research project covering contemporary artists and issues as they relate to the student’s own artistic vision. Prerequisite: FA 2015 Seminar in Modern + Contemporary Art

The focus is on an individually oriented pursuit of drawing. The sense of artistic discovery is enhanced by the development of a series of drawings in which sources in contemporary art history, along with an awareness of selected materials and media, are combined with a more conceptual, creative process. Extreme departures in scale, surface tool, and medium are investigated. Prerequisite: FD 1275 Drawing 1

This course traces the origins of installation art as early as 1923 when El Lissitzky created sculptures that occupied the corners of his “Proun Rooms”. In this advanced level studio course, students investigate contemporary and other historical artists who work in this genre. Students work on and off-campus to create their own installation-based works. Field trips are taken to view locally exhibited examples of installation art. At the conclusion of this course, students understand the vernacular of installation art, and create their own installation-based work confidently. Prerequisite: FD 2120 Visual Design 2. Non-Fine Arts majors accepted upon department Chair’s or department Head’s approval. Must be a junior or a senior.