Syllabus

Art 691A MFA Seminar

Thurs., 6pm-8:45

Instructor: Kristen Morgin

Office hours: thurs. 4-5pm , AC600

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Course Goals:

- Students will continue to develop their artwork and studio

practices.

- Students should gain what they can from my personal experiences

being a professional artist.

- Students will expand their motivations and methodologies for

creating work. Students will be exposed to different ways of

working.

- Students will gain practice speaking about and critiquing art.

Assignments:

  • In this course students will have group and individual critiques.
  • There will be several guest lectures and field trips planned. We will visit artist studios and inspirational cites in the Los Angeles area.
  • Students will be asked to give short in class presentations – likes and dislikes project.
  • Students will have one cumulative art project that will be displayed and critiqued at the end of the semester.
  • Students will design, curate, and exhibit a show of their work. The show will be critiqued on the day of the class final.

Grading:

Grades will be determined by:

(part 1)

attendance – after 3 absences your final grade will be lowered by half a letter grade. students’ participation and engagement in critiques and discussions.

(part 2)

completion and development of studio work, willingness and effort put into presentations , cumulative art project and final exhibition.

Tentative schedule:

Jan. 25 – introductions

(Exhibitions : Smoke and Mirrors – TAM , Jan 20 – March 10.

Melting Point – Craft and Folk Art Museum , Jan 27 – May 6)

Feb 1 – Secretive cumulative art project proposals due.

Secretive cumulative art projects begin.

Likes / Dislikes presentations (4-5)

Feb 8 - Lecture : Gioj De Marco

Likes / Dislikes continued (3-4)

Feb 15 – Likes / Dislikes (Remaining)

Feb 18 – Field Trip : Visit K. Morgin/ J. Schustack studio and Lecture with Fran seigel, Danial Nord and Kristen Morgin

Feb 22 – Field Trip : Visit Julia Haft Candell studio.

March 1 – Show discussion

March 10 – Field Trip : oran z’s pan African black facts and wax museum

March 8 – Group Critique

March 15 – Group Critique

March 29 – Group critique

April 5 – Field Trip : Emily Maddigan studio

April 12 – show discussion, individual critiques

April 19 – individual critiques

April 21 – Field Trip : Siobhan McClure and Greg Rose Studio

April 26 -group critique, cumulative art projects due

May 3 – group crit, cumulative art projects due

May 10 -group crit, cumulative art projects due

Final: Show and Crit.