October 2nd – The Artist’s Studio
Discussion on the role and purpose of the artist’s studio and how it relates to your/a practice.
Required Reading/Discussion On:
- Daniel Buren Function of the Studio in Museums by artists p.61-67
- Rebecca Fortnum Creative Accounting: Not Knowing in Talking and Making from On Not Knowing: How Artists Think 70-87
Further Resources:
- Glenn Adamson and Julia Bryan-Wilson Art in the Making Artists and their Materials: From Studio to Crowdsourcing 2016
- Caitlin Jones The Function of the Studio (When the Studio is a Laptop) from STUDIO, p.116-121
- Mary Jane Jacobs and Michelle Grabner The Studio Reader
- Edited by Jens Hoffman STUDIO (From Whitechapel’s Documents of Contemporary Art series)
- Twyla Tharp The Creative Habit: Learn It and Use it for Life
Homework
- Prepare for being visited and conducting a studio visit for November 6th with peers in the class. Prepare and have work ready to show, can be in process/sketch and have language/writing or previous work for context. Prepare to view colleague’s work in a critical and rigorous lens, have questions ready, etc.
- By the end of this term you are to have attended 3 art events either at the University or in the city, one of those events must be with a partnership in this class. An analysis on the studio visit experience and the events you attended is due November 27th.
Upcoming Due Dates
Poster Presentations for next class, including blog summary & poster upload.