Coursework is broken down in two sections, the first being in-class academic reading, writing, activities and projects, the second being the CBEL component and related activities and assignments.

CBEL Component:

The CBEL component will consist not only of the hours towards the project that you will accomplish with your institutional partner, but projects, journals and in-class presentations that will accompany the experience.  You will set a plan towards how to approach the first meeting with your partner, followed by a plan as to how you will approach the project.  This will be accompanied by academic, professional and personal goal-setting, pre and post reflection journals, and in-class conversations.  You will be expected deliver a presentation on your institution in class at various stages, sometimes in more formal settings, other times as group work.  You will engage in peer/self and supervisor reviews, and examine critically, your growth process and engagement.  The CBEL component will also include a final project summary detailing your experience, and a creative response to present on the final class get-together.  Throughout the course and throughout your experience we will be revisiting, on many occasions, ways to define the artists’ role in society.

CBEL Component Breakdown:

P/F            Orientation Meeting with Partner   (this is Pass/Fail of the entire component)
6%            Project Organization/Plan (in pairs if working on same project)
7%            Poster Presentation of Institute Partner (in pairs) and blog post
4%            Pre-Reflection (goal setting)
8%            In-class Activities for CBEL Partnership
10%          Post-Reflection
22%          Engaged Learning, sum of 50-hour placement by way of project materials
 8%           Creative Response
65%         Total Weight of Final Mark

Course Work:

The other half of the course will accompany your CBEL experience with topic-based discussions on the many facets of the role of the artist in society. This will include readings, writing, reflection activities, a screening, studio and other artist visits.  Your experience will not solely illustrate the readings and terms learned in class, but act as an extension to how they are complicated by your interests, strategies of representation, process, medium, and situation. You will also contribute to the community with writing projects, such as an exhibition review and/or artist interview, and you will also extend this to place yourself by researching and writing a personal artist statement.  The “Overall Artistic Growth” category contributes to recognizing the many obstacles you may face and overcome through the duration of the course, that are essential to your growth as an artist.  What this can also mean is that what is commonly referred to as a ‘blunder’ – which are in fact necessary learning opportunities. I (as the Instructor) see these moments as an integral challenge that you can choose to pursue and overcome. Participation, reading discussion activity, studio visits, and other independent contributions by attending artist talks, openings, and other events, will be acknowledged for class credit as they are integral to your personal growth and experience of your space as an artist, resulting in success in this course.

The Total Course Breakdown is as follows:

65%          CBEL Project (please see above)
20%          Reading Discussions & Topic Work (4% x 5)
10%          Studio Visits & Art Events Analysis
5%            Overall Growth
100%       TOTAL