F407i Session 01 — Directed Study — 10 JUL

Wednesday, 10 July 2024
ASYNCHRONOUS

DUE Wednesday, 10 July by 4pm ET/US | 9p BST
INTRO PACKET/PORTFOLIO AND SURVEY
ASYNCHRONOUS INDIVIDUAL CRIT FEEDBACK VIA EMAIL

GOALS /
— Introduce your project and where you would like to go in the next few weeks.
— Set up space and start to contemplate your work.
— Initiate sketchbook exercises.
— Complete 2-4 pieces for next week.

PROMPTS /

1. Put together a brief introductory portfolio as a single .PDF and upload to the Online Studio.
2. Complete the survey questions in the Online Studio — SEE BELOW
3. Designate a sketchbook and initiate the ongoing assignments.
4. Complete 2-4 pieces throughout the week for our first group crit. These should be presented at a stage where you are ready to receive feedback — but they do not all need to be “finished”. We will use this month together as a time for organic work flow with the goal of completing all work by the end of the course — so please feel free to present works-in-progress when appropriate or necessary.

RESEARCH /
Studio research should include in-depth investigations into contemporary artists, curators, exhibitions, reviews/writing, etc., on local, national and international arenas. This knowledge will help you gain more perspective into your own work and will help you align with your artistic lineage, which is not only important for pushing our practice further, but also helps confirm, reaffirm and/or challenge our ways of working and thinking. As Sister Corita Kent writes in her 10 rules…

Always Be Around. Come or go to everything. Always go to classes. Read everything you can get your hands on. Look at movies carefully and often. Save everything — it may come in handy later.

Research should be collected, contemplated and utilized throughout your studio practice. Course members should regularly visit exhibitions, talks, lectures, panels, screenings, etc. Though we will not formally attend these as a group, if possible, you should plan to attend at least one arts-related event throughout this course. Be sure to take notes and contemplate in your sketchbook.

ONGOING SKETCHBOOK ASSIGNMENT /
SPONTANEOUS LIBRARY RESEARCH
Wander around a library for some time — this can be your personal library, a digital library, or your local library.

Stumble upon a book or two or three. Look through these items. What stands out? What reaffirms how you think? What challenges you? What surprises you? If possible/necessary, check these books out an allow the research to begin. Spend time with them. Flip through looking at images/passages. Take more time to read an essay or two or all. What about titles? Materials? etc…

Using one or more of your books (in your sketchbook) answer the following:
01. What initially excited you about this book?
02. What new discoveries did you make with this book?
03. What artists or artworks resonate with you?

NOW select one chapter/essay from the book and thoroughly read through, taking notes and researching further if necessary. Does this further research take you to take out more books? Go view an exhibition? Watch a film? Research online?

Continue your research:
04. What is something that surprised you about this reading?
05. What has this reading provided your work? Your practice? (How might these be different?)
06. How might the reading be different if it was written about your work?

Continue the research by returning to what you have already collected and contemplated. Spend time with it. What is missing? Fill in any gaps in your research by supplementing as necessary.

>> PLEASE COMPLETE THIS FORM