ARTS 457

Spring 2021 All Classes

All Classes

Credit: 3 hours.

Focuses on the relationship between artworks and their historical, institutional, spatial, geographic, architectural or other contexts for the purpose of engaging in a critical analysis of artworks, as well as developing informed, intentional studio production. Students will encounter topics related to a critical and ethical understanding of context including site-specificity, phenomenology, public art, Situationism, relational aesthetics, and the production of space through social and political process such as building and mapping. The goal is to investigate and understand the dynamic relationship between art and its context.

Additional fees may apply. See Class Schedule. 3 undergraduate hours. No graduate credit. May be repeated to a maximum of 6 hours. Prerequisite: Junior standing.

A student registered in one or more Art & Design course(s) exhibiting this message, will be assessed a $95 facility use fee once each term.

ARTS 457 class schedule data for spring 2021
CRN Type Section Time Day Location Instructor Section Details
54739
Studio
1
4:00PM -6:40PM
MW
331 Art and Design Building
Bakker, C
Part of Term:
1
Date Range:
01/25/21-05/05/21
Section Info:
Art in Context: The Everyday will focus on the context of the mundane, the ordinary, the routine, and the day-to-day as a creative resource and a critical subject — paying special attention to how our understanding of the everyday has adjusted to the quarantine conditions of a global pandemic. This studio/seminar will incorporate readings, weekly films, studio exercises, and a semester long project—meeting primarily online with offline, site-based components and occasional in-person meetings if conditions are favorable. This section meets mostly online, but may have occasional in-person meetings. You will be charged an Art + Design Facilities Fee which will grant you access to the Art + Design Facilities.
Restriction(s):
Restricted to Graphic Design or Crafts or History of Art or Photography or Industrial Design or Painting or Sculpture or Art Education or New Media or Studio Art or Art and Art History major(s).
72613
Online Lab
1OL
4:00PM -6:40PM
MW
n.a.
Bakker, C
Part of Term:
1
Date Range:
01/25/21-05/05/21
Section Info:
Art in Context: The Everyday will focus on the context of the mundane, the ordinary, the routine, and the day-to-day as a creative resource and a critical subject — paying special attention to how our understanding of the everyday has adjusted to the quarantine conditions of a global pandemic. This studio/seminar will incorporate readings, weekly films, studio exercises, and a semester long project—meeting primarily online with offline, site-based components and occasional in-person meetings if conditions are favorable. Online section.
Restriction(s):
Restricted to Graphic Design or Crafts or History of Art or Photography or Industrial Design or Painting or Sculpture or Art Education or New Media or Studio Art or Art and Art History major(s).
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