Studio Thesis I (Research)

This course provides a critical discussion to assist graduating students as they define their own studio work. Through group conversations, in-process critiques and workshops, students will identify and pursue meaningful subjects and position their practice in the context of history, society, and culture outside of the art world. Students will learn strategies for studio research and production through an increasingly self-directed practice. Students will initiate a preliminary body of work and present it through the semester for review and discussion. This is a six-hour course that continues in the winter semester, resulting in a coherent body of finished work supported by an artist's statement and an oral presentation.