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Course Description

Practice using drawing to create and define conceptual spaces. Students are taught strategies for using conceptual space as co- informative to the pictorial space of drawing.

Athena Title

Adv Draw in Conceptual Space

Prerequisite

ARST 2010

Grading System

A - F (Traditional)

Student learning Outcomes

Using both traditional and non-traditional drawing materials, students will engage a variety of approaches to an expansive notion of drawing.
Students will build an understanding of the practices of contemporary artists and be able to discuss how their work engages conceptual space.
Students will expand their drawing practice to open a space that is beyond the pictorial, such as a "conceptual space" in the mind where the artist performs, where time passes, where another site is referred to, where a research method or generative process is felt, or where topology, taxonomy, signs, symbols, codes, systems, and language are used to generate form and content.
Students will enhance their drawing practice within the concepts of drawing (perspective, mass, illusion, foreground/background, mark, surface, tone, direction, scale) such as those that are used in the expanded field of forms and practices that are not in traditional drawing media.
Students will develop a drawing practice that foregrounds a phenomenological, social, physical, or sensory experience such as those where the experience of the work becomes the primary constituency of the art object.
Students will develop and enhance skills in the techniques of conceptual drawing and apply them in original and imaginative ways, taking appropriate risks to creatively solve problems, synthesize ideas, and develop imaginative and original responses in creative art practice.
Students will enhance skills in observation and attention to detail, interpreting visual information through abstract thinking, engaging various sources of inspiration, research, and experiences, while resolving creative challenges through appropriate methodologies in experimentation and critical evaluation, synthesizing an iterative working process of production, self-evaluation, problem solving, and refinement.
Students will engage in the oral critique of creative works, interpreting inferences in symbolic and indirect discourse, supporting one’s conclusions with sound reasoning and judgement, while considering, engaging, and analyzing opposing viewpoints.
Students will develop and effectively express ideas in written and oral form using language with clarity and precision, navigating interpersonal communication with respect and maturity, and tailoring communication strategy and style appropriately for various contexts.
While engaging the work of others, students will develop an awareness, appreciation, and knowledge of varying perspectives from cultures and communities beyond one’s own.
Students will participate in a supportive arts community, developing self-discipline by initiating and sustaining a creative studio practice, while engaging and motivating others toward a shared vision of creative community through encouragement and trust.

Topical Outline

Students will explore how drawing can move beyond the modernist notions of form and develop content in the expanded field of conceptual space.
Varieties of conceptual drawing will be addressed through studio projects based on topics such as the creation of a conceptual space beyond the pictorial, the topographical use of drawing to describe a psycho-physical environment, the use of non-traditional media, and projects whose experience as a duration or phenomena is the primary constituency of the art object.
Critique and peer feedback sessions.
Through readings and/or media presentations and research projects, the class will look at the practices of contemporary artists and engage in a discussion of how their work engages conceptual space.

Institutional Competencies Learning Outcomes

Creativity & Innovation

The capacity to combine or synthesize existing ideas, images, or expertise in original ways and the experience of thinking, reacting, and working in an imaginative way characterized by innovation, divergent thinking, and risk taking.

Critical Thinking

The ability to pursue and comprehensively evaluate information before accepting or establishing a conclusion, decision, or action.

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Advanced Drawing: Drawing in Conceptual Space