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Foundation Studio I (FOUN 100)

Term: 2020-21 Fall

Faculty

Nancy Eastman
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Andrew Mcilvaine
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Schedule

Mon-Tue-Wed-Thu, 1:00 PM - 4:50 PM (8/31/2020 - 12/17/2020) Location: MAIN JG 8
Fri, 10:00 AM - 11:20 AM (8/31/2020 - 12/17/2020) Location: ONLIN

Description

Foundation Studio I begins with three weeks of rotating workshops that introduce all students to all faculty members and to a shared set of ideas and practices. During these three weeks, students meet a different faculty member each day who teaches a specific topic. Some of the foci of these rotating 3-week workshops have been: The Sketchbook; Unlikely Tools and Experimental Mark-Making; Artistic Research; Scale in Context; Collaboration and Teamwork; Critique; Making and Remaking; Activating a Studio Practice; Photography, Composition, Documentation; Material Exploration; Iteration and Sequencing; Looking, Finding, Measuring. After these first three weeks of grounding, each Foundation studio is led by a dedicated faculty mentor for the remainder of the Fall semester. In these studios, faculty mentors are responsible for crafting a narrative arc through a series of interrelated projects that incorporate the three primary areas of inquiry that shape the Foundation year: Perception + Obs