ART 506 - Graduate Seminar II

3 credits
This seminar will explore the creative process, visual culture, and the formal and conceptual basis of a thesis. Students will identify their own artistic influences, develop an understanding of the concept behind a thesis proposal, and further develop artistic purpose and identity. Students will be urged to think in new ways about their studio work. The seminar will introduce a non-media-specific theme related to fundamental concepts of the creative process (e.g. “space”), and examine it through readings, visiting artist lectures, and/or visits to exhibitions as a group. In addition to writing assignments, a studio assignment based on the theoretical framework of the theme will be completed. ART 531 On Creativity is accepted as an alternative to ART 506 Graduate Seminar II.