Student-Originated Studies: Visual Arts (winter)
CANCELLED Last Updated: 10/09/2009
Winter quarter
Faculty: Matthew Hamon visual art
Faculty Signature Required: Faculty signature required. Students must submit a portfolio with at least 6 examples each of their best 2D and 3D works and complete an application. Applications will be available upon request via email or at the Academic Fair. Complete applications received at or before the Academic Fair, December 2, 2009, will be given priority. Qualified students will be accepted until the program fills. For more information or to submit a portfolio online, contact Matt Hamon at hamonm@evergreen.edu. Students will be individually notified by e-mail of their acceptance into this program.
Major areas of study include visual art (all media), and art history
Class Standing: Juniors or seniors; transfer students welcome.
Prerequisites: At least two college-level courses in 2D art (drawing, painting, or printmaking) and two college-level courses in 3D art (3D design, sculpture, or craft), OR, at least one year of Evergreen programs with substantive art components. Students need to be prepared to do intermediate and higher level art, writing and research work addressing the themes of the program.
This program is designed for students who are thinking of graduate school, professional work in the visual arts, or arts education at any level, and who want to join a learning community of visual artists and art scholars who are interested in doing advanced work in drawing, painting, photography, new media, printmaking or sculpture.
Students will design their own projects, complete visual research and write papers appropriate to their topic, share their research through presentations, work intensively in the studio together, attend weekly seminars on shared readings, produce a significant thematic body of work, participate in demanding weekly critiques, and participate in the collective study of art history. The group will meet together weekly for student and faculty lectures on research topics, guest artist talks, critiques and field trips.
Credits: 16 per quarter
Enrollment: 20
Program is preparatory for careers and future studies in visual art, education, art history, museum studies, aesthetics and humanities.
Planning Units: Expressive Arts
Program Revisions
| Date | Revision |
|---|---|
| October 9th, 2009 | This program has been combined with Visual Arts to make a single, two-quarter program. |