Description
Narrative and Ephemera in the Midwest refers to the common practice of landscape observation for artists. This class will document using “plein air” drawing, photography and on-site installation to describe the narrative of the human condition and the effects we cause to the environment. Current visual culture and printmaking share the practice to describe events and raise awareness through the illustrated narrative on paper. Students will source images for site-specific locations and reconstruct their experiences and artistic voices through the means of digital imaging and hand drawing. Prints will represent their place and time in our society by combining the nature of documentary photography in tandem with the hand-mark by the artists, altering, enhancing or editing the original. NEM will use current available print technology and processes in the printmaking department, Beals III studios and the print center to process drawings and photos into positives and negatives translated to