In this course, students study and practice historic types of play, make art, examine the artistic practices of established artists, and create their own projects that focus on practice and play. Students spend time visiting and exploring their inner lives and will practice having rich, robust conversations with themselves as they work to resist spending too much time in productivity-mode where purpose and intention can become shallow or rote, and students share their findings with their peers during course sessions. Students’ eight-week course projects ultimately ask students to define an artistic process for themselves and are based on both theoretical models and the work of other practicing artists. Prerequisite: Junior or senior standing, and formal declaration of any Creative Arts major or minor.
- Teacher: Rachel Himmelheber