FAA 199d, FALL 2008 ART\CREATIVITY\ DIVERSITY M T W TH F KAM /
KCPA 9 10 11 12 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 |
UNIVERSITY
OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA-CHAMPAIGN KRANNERT ART
MUSEUM + KRANNERT CENTER FOR PERFORMING ARTS INSTRUCTORS:
ERIC BENSON
+ GEORGE
GOLLIN |
|
COURSE
DESCRIPTION High art and street art, tradition and experimentation, the
familiar and the unfamiliar, creativity in America and around the globe
provide the foundation for this course that welcomes curious students from
all disciplines on campus. Students will attend performances and exhibitions,
meet and interact with artists, and examine core issues and values associated
with diversity and the creative process in the context of our increasingly
complex society and global human collective. Faculty teams from the arts,
sciences, humanities, and other campus domains will lead students through a
variety of visual arts, music, dance, and theatre experiences throughout the
semester at the Krannert Center for the Performing Arts and the Krannert
Art Museum — two of the country’s leading university-based cultural
institutions — to spark investigation and dialogue. Admission to performances
and exhibitions will be provided without charge to students enrolled in this
course. |
“Untitled Study in Graphite,” Eric Benson (2005). |
HOW THIS
COURSE IS DESIGNED The
students and instructors in this course come from various backgrounds,
experiences and disciplines, however everything that we do is in someway interconnected. This course is designed
to allow you to examine the fractal shapes of things and the threads that bridge the various performances and
artwork brought to you by the Krannert Center and Krannert Art Museum this
semester. The instructors have specifically chosen a number of “ingredients” that take the form of
dance, music, theater, spoken word, two-dimension & three-dimensional
art, and new media that are diverse but connect. It is your job to combine
the diverse themes from these ingredients and construct a creative narrative
describing the interconnectedness
of it all. COURSE WORK You will be keeping a document that evolves
weekly with new thoughts and points of discussion that are |
affected by course discussions and performances
you experience. Initially this document will be a reflection of how your
classmates/instructors think and begin to tie together the diverse and
creative methods in which they work. This one page reflection will evolve on
a weekly basis (adding one page per week) constructing new connections from
the performances you experience. GRADING 60% of your grade is determined by your
essay reflections and 40% by your participation in events/discussion. ATTENDANCE Attendance is mandatory. In addition,
promptness and participation are required. Failure to arrive on time to
class and/or lack of participation will affect the student’s overall grade.
Student is also responsible for content of missed classes or events. There
will be no exceptions to this policy. |
SCHEDULE |
|
T 08/26 |
Class
Introductions/Discussion + Project Introduction [6:00 – 7:20 at KAM] |
|
Exhibitions:
School of A+D Faculty Show, The World of Yugen (Kyoko Ibe), The Rise of
Abstraction in Post-War Japan (Sosaku Hanga, Woodblock Prints), Collecting
East Asia; The Lee Wonsik Collection [5:00 – 7:00 at KAM] |
T 09/02 |
Discussion
of Exhibitions + Page 1 Due [6:00 – 7:20 at KAM] |
Birds
as Art
– Ernesto Scott [6:00 at 62 KAM] |
|
T 09/09 |
Discussion
+ Page 2 Due [6:00 – 7:20 at KAM] |
IPRH
Film, 8½ [5:30 PM at 62 KAM] |
|
T 09/16 |
Discussion
+ Page 3 Due [6:00 – 7:20 at KAM] |
Murder
by Death and Evangelicals [6:00 in Link Gallery at Art & Design] -
Optional |
|
Builder’s
Association: Continuous City [7:30 at KCPA] |
|
T 09/23 |
Discussion
+ Page 4 Due [6:00 – 7:20 at KAM] |
TH 09/25 |
No class
for Friday Performance |
Hubbard
Street Dance Chicago [7:30 at KCPA] |
|
T 09/30 |
Discussion
+ Page 5 Due [6:00 – 7:20 at KAM] |
TH 10/02 |
No class
for Friday Performance |
Druid:
The Playboy of the Western World and the Shadow of the Glen [7:30 at KCPA] |
|
T 10/07 |
Discussion
of paper evolution + Page 6 Due [6:00 – 7:20 at KAM] |
TH 10/09 |
No class
for Friday Performance |
Compañia
Flamenco José Porcel [7:30 at KCPA] |
|
T 10/14 |
Discussion
+ Page 7 Due [6:00 – 7:20 at KAM] |
Sudden Sound Performance [7:30 at KAM] |
|
T 10/21 |
Discussion + Page 8 Due [6:00 – 7:20 at
KAM] |
Out of Sequence Opening [6:00 – 8:00 at KAM] |
|
CultureTalk: Merwin, Pinsky and Powers [7:30 at KCPA] |
|
Anon(ymous) [7:30 at KCPA] |
|
T 11/4 |
Discussion + Page 9 Due [6:00 – 7:20 at
KAM] |
Anthony Brown’s Asian American Orchestra [7:30 at KCPA] |
|
T 11/11 |
Discussion + Page 10 Due [6:00 – 7:20 at
KAM] |
Song and Dance Ensemble of West Africa [7:00 at KCPA] |
|
TH 11/13 |
No class for Wednesday Performance |
T 11/18 |
Discussion of paper evolution + Page 11 Due [6:00 – 7:20 at
KAM] |
Takács Quartet/Muzsikás/Márta Sebestyén [7:30 at KCPA] |
|
TH 11/20 |
No class for Wednesday Performance |
T 11/25 |
THANKSGIVING |
TH 11/27 |
THANKSGIVING |
T 12/2 |
Discussion + Page 12 Due [6:00 – 7:20 at
KAM] |
TH 12/4 |
Work on finessing paper |
T 12/9 |
Working Document Due |
GRADING SCALE 100% A+ 79% - 77% C+ 99% - 95% A 76% - 74% C 94% - 90% A- 73% - 70% C- ______________ ______________ 89% - 87% B+ 69% - 67% D+ 86% - 84% B 66% - 64% D 83% - 80% B- 63% - 60% D- GRADING EXPLANATIONS A = Excellent (Excellent concept,
excellent execution) The grade “A” is assigned in situation where
students clearly excel in their mastery of course topics both intellectually
and visually. This grade indicates sound engagement with the course material,
the ability to verbally articulate the process, and success in synthesizing
ideas into form and content. _________________________________________________ B = Above Average (Better than average conceptualization, or
average conceptualization and excellent execution) The “B” grade is assigned to student
performance that reaches beyond the minimum in grasp of the topic and / or
execution. Often students are able to engage course matter at a higher intellectual level than their visual
sophistication allow; i.e., their form-giving skills are not yet developed
adequately to allow them to express their ideas visually. Thus, an ambitious
attempt at extending themselves out beyond their own comfort zone, even
though it may not succeed as an end product, may constitute the “B” level
performance. |
C = Average (Average performance; all minimum
requirements met) It is assumed at the beginning of the course
that all students are capable and at least willing to perform at an average
level; therefore, “C” is considered average performance. It is left to the
individual student beyond that point to distinguish himself or herself,
rising to the levels of “B” or “A”. _________________________________________________ D = Below Average (Less than average concept, or average
concept with poor execution) “D” grades are intended to communicate to
students that they are not performing even to the average basic level in the
project or course. It is absolutely imperative if you receive a “D” grade
that you set up an appointment with your instructor and discuss means of
improvement. _________________________________________________ F = Failure (Non-fulfillment of minimum requirements) A failing grade of “F” is given when
students have not demonstrated a sufficient degree of mastery of the course
content to proceed to the next level in the curricular sequence. _________________________________________________ Pluses and minuses are assigned as grades to
students to evaluate varying levels of craft and comprehension on a
particular project and also as the overall semester grade. With appreciation to the Andrew W. Mellon
Foundation, the Office of the Provost, and the Academy for Entrepreneurial
Leadership for their generous support of the
FAA 199d 2008, ART\CREATIVITY\ DIVERSITY course. |