First Day...

...First assignments!


From the Print Studio III Syllabus:

"The aim of this course is to encourage invention both in content and technique. Scale will be explored both large and small, as well as the concept of the edition as the dissemination of numerous repeatable images.

"Assignment 1: Lexpionage/the sleuthing of new words and phrases.
Browse wordspy.com. Choose a new word (or phrase) in today's culture. Collect images, articles, etc. that reflect or use the word. Give presentation about your word or phrase next week. This will become the stuff of your first project.
Presentations due September 17"




From the Painting III Syllabus:

"Goals withing this consultation, lecture, and studio class:
-Hone individual formal, conceptual, and process skills, while developing creative vision and personal imagery
-study of materials, methods and concepts appropriate to this level of study.
-Writing and readings, possible visitors or field trips.
-encouragement of creativity and exploration through experimentation, improvisation and subsequent analysis of work.
-Work with either oil and/or water based , as well as your choices of paint tools and supports. Mixed media work is encouraged, including possible combination of other media in which you work, like print, drawing, sculpture, photo, digital processes or output, etc.
-Work may be traditional or experimental

"Project 1: Appropriation
Goal: To hone your visual, conceptual, material and process skills through the creation of a work that, all or in part, borrows, recycles or copies images, objects or styles from other artists, history, culture, or the media and uses them in your own work.
Description: Create one or more paintings or mixed media works that include paint media, and also appropriates other content, as described above in the Goal section.
Written Component: Write a one or two paragraph statement about the content in this work. Typed rough draft due 9/29

"Minimum time and homework: 34 hours or more of work inside and outside class time.
Due Date: Complete for Review on 10/13"



From the Syllabus of my Humanities and Sciences Class "Profiles of Disease: When the Healthy Body Fails":

"I want to explore with you various aspects of health, such as genetic and reproductive well-being, and our host defenses against countless diseases. Therefor, I plan to talk about heredity, about hormones and the endocrine system, and we will delve into immune defenses, both specific, and how these defenses protect us. We will deal with a host of different kinds of disease, including some critical genetic disorders, some diseases of aging, some orthopedic conditions, certain intriguing hormonal problems, and a number of infectious diseases caused by bacteria, by viruses, by fungi, or by protozoa. Whenever possible I intend to set the biological concerns into a relevant societal context because there are public issues surrounding many diseases that afflict the human family.


"On this first day, I would like to begin a cooperative effort to generate a list of about a hundred diseases of interest, which means ones that you would really like to read about and talk about at some point during the time we will spend together this semester. So this is your first assignment, and we can begin it right here, right now."



Ideas, concepts, things done, excess crap, etc... it'll be in the next post.