Drawing in the Expanded Field

Course Info:
  • Instructors: Andrew Smaldone, Isabel Farnsworth
  • Department: Fine Arts
  • Area: Painting and Drawing
  • Credit Hours: 3, Contact Hours: 90
  • Course Number: ART 316
  • Prerequisite: Drawing III (exceptions will be made for non-majors by special permission)
Course Description:

Drawing in the expanded field is a studio art course that focuses on exploring contemporary drawing across a wide range of subjects and media.  Students will initially look closely at ideas pertaining to the pictorial and conceptual nature of the subject of drawing as a means to record, communicate and discover through mark making in wet and dry media.  As the course progresses, students will study artists working with drawing in media other than traditional materials. Alternative ways of drawing will be explored through the use of video, assemblage, on-site interventions and digital technology.

SRISA studio courses will have personal and course materials to be purchased in Florence. A complete list will be provided with the syllabus on the first day of class.