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The Senior Project seminar is a one-credit course offered in the spring semester as a requirement for graduating majors in studio art. The purpose of the senior project seminar is to provide seniors with practical knowledge to begin a career as a professional artist or to continue an education in studio art in graduate school. The seminar is also designed to provide intensive feedback of each individual's thesis project during group critique sessions scheduled throughout the semester. The seminar will be team-taught by studio art faculty. Each student's work, including a written statement, will be presented in a group senior project exhibition in the gallery at the end of the semester. For and restricted to senior studio art majors. Spring.
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The incomparable resources of Washington, D.C. form the topic of this seminar. In addition to class discussions of readings on museum history, theory and practice, there will be numerous field trips around the city. Class participants will meet with museum professionals representing all facets of this unique institution, including directors, curators and conservators. We will also visit a private collector and others yet to be determined. This seminar serves as an introduction to the complexities of the institution of the museum and is intended for advanced art history students.
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Credits: 3
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Museum Studies Foundations is the core course for the M.A. Program in Art and Museum Studies. Emphasizing both theory and practice, the course offers an overview of what the discipline of museum studies entails. Readings and discussion introduce the historical evolution of museums and critical issues issues in today's museum world. We examine ethical issues related to world cultures and to contemporary art, within the contexts of museum organization, administration, education, curatorship, and conservation. Several classes are held in Washington museums.
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A practice-oriented course which will examine the many behind-the-scenes activities beyond curatorial work: collections care, marketing, membership and external relations, and fund-raising. The course will emphasize the collaborative nature of museum work and involve group projects based upon case studies of museums in D.C. and elsewhere. The course will include first-hand experience with grant-writing and meetings with professionals from area museums.
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The course introduces students to principles and practices of museum education, with attention to permanent collections and special exhibitions in Washington museums. Education specialists from several area museums will participate, and several classes will take place in the museums.
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In this intensive course taught at Sotheby's Institute of Art, London, we study stylistic developments in design and decorative art in the context of architecture and interiors and against their wider social, historical and cultural background. Major trends, including Neoclassicism, the Arts and Crafts Movement, Art Nouveau, Art Deco, Modernism, Pop, the Craft Revival and Postmodernism are examined, and the contributions of key designers such as William Morris, Emile Gallé, J.E. Ruhlmann, Alvar Aalto, Charles Eames and Ettore Sottsass are assessed. Students learn through slide lectures, visits to museums and houses, handling sessions and previews of Sotheby's sales. A varied program of assignments assists students to develop visual, analytical and interpretative skills appropriate for a career in the art world.
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Credits: 12
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Art Business, taught at Sotheby's Institute of Art, London, is designed for students who are interested both in art history and in how the art world operates. Through lectures, walking tours, and visits to specialist museums and collections in the first week, students are introduced to the cultural history of London and how art has been made, sold, and collected there. Students choose from a number of art, photography and design models, for a personal, tailored program. The business component examines the history, management and legal ramifications of both public and private art organizations. Lectures and seminars are augmented by visits to museums, galleries, historic houses, art and design dealers, and to the auction houses.
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The Contemporary Art course emphasizes connections between dominant ideas of the period and visual languages of art. We study the development of the American art market, visit commercial galleries, auction houses, private collections and public institutions to become familiar with their differing characteristics and functions. Issues in aesthetics and art theories are related to works currently on view in New York. Students who enter in spring semester will be given outlines and reading lists for background preparation. The spring semester emphasizes 1980 to the present, emerging media and markets, art law, and research methodologies.
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With prior consultation with a sponsoring faculty member and permission of the Program Director, a student may elect a Museum Studies Thesis option. The thesis may be a traditional academic research paper or may take the form of a substantial project undertaken within a curatorial, exhibition, education, or other department in a museum.
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This survey introduces the visual arts of the western world, moving chronologically from the prehistoric era to the present day. Our primary goal is to develop critical tools for analyzing the historical significance of monuments, images and artifacts. Expressly designed for non-majors, the class has no prerequisites. Spring.
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