Conceptual Drawing            Course: Art 3110          Section: 01

Instructor:  Visiting Artist / Assistant Professor Karin Hodgin Jones

Meet:  5:30 – 9:30 W

Location:  VAS room 7          

Office:  Hunt House 1^st Floor

Office Hours:  By appointment

Course Overview:

This class will focus on developing conceptual skills for producing drawings.  We will execute and challenge traditional and contemporary ideas about what makes a drawing and how meaning and voice are effectively communicated through image.  The course will focus heavily on YOUR interests.  Through exercises, you will be asked to construct a portfolio that reflects your own interests and interpretations of the assignments.

Course Framework

The course will be broken into 6 units

Unit 1 - The 5 Obstructions

Unit 2 – Constructed Narrative / Altered bodies

Unit 3 – Translation

Unit 4 – Mediated mark making

Unit 5 – marks in landscape

Unit 6 – Open Final Projects

**A calendar will be drafted after the 1^st week of class.  Complete project descriptions will be handed out to the class at the introduction of each unit.  A description will also be on our class website for you to access from any computer.

We will begin the class with discussion about your goals.  You will be asked throughout the course to revisit the question of what you wish to accomplish.  There will be several pauses for feedback and reflection.  By maintaining a reflexive relationship with me (the instructor) and other students, we will flex as much as is possible as knowledge and skills are acquired so that you may get your best work from assignments.  Please make it one of your goals to absolutely throw yourself into this process! 

My goals:

My role in our community will be to facilitate your engagement with materials, your peers and to help you find your own best methodology for creating a sustainable art practice to carry through your lives.  I hope to present you with a series of dilemmas that will introduce ways of approaching making that you may not have experienced before.  The assignments will be designed by me but I will endeavor to encourage creative interpretation of the framework I provide.   My enthusiasm is guaranteed. 

Attendance policy:

- 2 unexcused absences will result in a 5% reduction in your final grade.

- 3 unexcused absences will result in a 10% reduction in your final grade.

- MORE THAN 3 ABSENCES will result in a FAILING GRADE for the course.

- It is vitally important that everyone makes the best use of the facilities for their own success, to gain the input of their peers and access to the instructor during our very brief ~ 4 meeting hours each week.

- Arriving late, leaving to purchase materials or leaving early without permission will be counted as an absence. Please come to class with all necessary materials.

- If you must miss class please email karinhodgin@gmail.com to let me know you will miss class.

- I am very reasonable, please communicate with me if you are having difficulties attending class and we can work out a best course of action for you.

Office hours and Email Policy:

- My office is in Hunt House.  Please do not hesitate to arrange a meeting in person.

-Email is my preferred method of basic communication outside of class. You may email me at any time to ask questions about projects, to let me know of anticipated absences, for clarification on assignments or expectations for this course.

-I will make every reasonable effort to reply to emails within 24 hours.

Special Needs:

If any student has medical difficulties, disabilities, learning disorders, or any other extenuating circumstances that affect your ability to attend or participate in any part of the class, please talk to me immediately. I will work to accommodate your request and to make you feel comfortable in class. I want all students to have an equal opportunity to enjoy and learn from the class information.

It is often necessary to contact Disability services to be able to accommodate students with special needs in class.  If you need assistance getting in touch with their office or have questions about how to proceed, please talk to me immediately after the course begins.