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CALENDAR DESCRIPTION:

A continuation of the work begun in CA (or FPA) 160, with emphasis on particular problems in the visual arts worked through a series of projects, culminating in the Campus Project, a site-specific public work designed, built and installed at the end of the term. Some research is required. A course materials fee is required. May be of particular interest to students in other departments. Students with credit for FPA 161 may not take this course for further credit.

COURSE DETAILS:

This course addresses a broad range of questions concerning context and composition in relation to visual art projects. Students are expected to increase their facility with traditional and non-traditional artistic media. Discussion and practice will enable students to expand their approach to solving formal and conceptual challenges. Students will develop their knowledge of the histories, scope and directions within contemporary art and will be expected to increasingly acquire a vocabulary with which to articulate these issues in oral and written form. The theoretical foundation of this course focuses on the construction of meaning through visual media, and this topic will form a basis for how we look at art works as a class.

Students in CA 161 will work on assigned projects and will be encouraged to experiment freely within the parameters of the assignments. Reports on contemporary artists, gallery visits, reading assignments, and visiting artist lectures will be assigned, as well as an opportunity to participate in a large-scale public installation as part of the courses engagement with site-specific art. This course is designed for students who have completed CA 160

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