Course

Course: Art/English/Theatre & Drama 469 Interdisciplinary Studies in the Arts
Topic Title: What It Is: Manually Shifting the Image
Instructors: Lynda Barry, Spring 2012 Artist in Residence
UW Instructor of Record: Tom Loeser, Department of Art
Section 1: Tuesdays and Thursdays 4:30-7 p.m.
Location:: 6101 Humanities Limit: 24
Credits: 3
Admittance: This course is closed.

Course Description

Open to both graduate and undergraduate students from all academic disciplines, the focus of this class will be the relationship between the hand, the brain, and spontaneous images, both written and visual. No artistic talent is required to be part of this class, but students should have an active interest in spontaneous memory and ideas, how pictures and stories work, how the brain works, and what the biological function of the thing we call ‘the arts’ may be.

Class time will be used for active studio work, creating projects entirely by hand, evenly divided between writing stories and making pictures. Students will be required to complete a handmade book by the end of the semester and to teach at least one off-campus writing or picture making workshop using the techniques developed in this class.