interdisciplinary study

ID210 Performance Studies: Actions & Interventions 3 credits
This class is a performance-related studio lab in which students explore the potential of the space-time dynamic. Basic approaches to performance art with an emphasis on visual organization, mixed media and interdisciplinary methods are addressed. Students participate in both personal and collaborative work, followed by the creation of a fully developed presentation. Field trips to view a variety of performance genres and a workshop with a guest artist are features of this course.
Prerequisites: None.
Fulfills: Sculpture Elective (Sculpture students); 300-level Studio Elective; Studio Elective

ID220 Images, Information and Ideas 3 credits
  A course investigating the relationship of imagery and content. Through the creation and manipulation of image collages, image and word pairings, and photographs, students investigate the construction and alteration of meaning.
Prerequisites:
Fulfills: Lens, Technology, Time Elective; Studio Elective

ID310 Public Art I: An Introduction 3 credits
This course, offered for the Fall Semester as a survey course pertinent to the understanding of art in the public realm, will review the current debate on the issues affecting this art form and undergo an exercise in the practicum of proposing a work of public art. Course work will include readings, written research assignments, visits by outside professionals in the field of public art, fieldtrips to view art in public spaces, site sketches, scaled drawings, model making, proposal writing, negotiation and implementation issues and full proposal presentation before a selected panel. The class will be taught in a double period format.
Prerequisites: Junior year or recommendation of the Department
Fulfills: 300-level Sculpture Elective (Sculpture students); 300-level Studio Elective

ID312 Public Art II: Implementation 3 credits
This course will occur during the Spring Semester as a follow-up studio course as a project-based application of public art studies. The term will focus on the realization of a major, temporary public artwork. In preparation for the implementation of their work, students must select their site within the predetermined listing of pre-approved sites. They must meet with the contact person from their site to establish a working dialogue that will determine the direction of their work. Students will develop and undergo full proposals for review with the assistance of their advisors before execution i.e. concepts, concept drawings, scaled site drawings and models of proposed work, required revisions and final presentations for approval before a selected panel of their proposals.
Prerequisites: Public Art I: An introduction
Fulfills: 300-level Sculpture Elective (Sculpture students); 300-level Studio Elective