Description
The Spring semester is divided into three five-week sessions, during which a series of themed workshops are offered. Each of the workshop sessions reinforces one of the programmatic areas of inquiry from the fall semester (Perception + Observation, Visual Forces, and Form + Space) with the introduction of Time, Motion, + Expanded Media as additional curricular opportunity for focused study. Students choose among the workshop topics and are able to shape, with more intent, how they pursue their interests. While workshop themes change from year to year, some of the underlying creative processes often include figurative drawing, portrait painting, stop-motion animation, character design, sculptural installation, filmmaking, ceramic form building, wearable forms, and socially engaged practices to name just a few. Students are also oriented to the Beals Studios for Arts and Technology in Foundation Studio II.