Leadership/ New Directions-ART/DRAM/MUS 582 Sec. 80, 2 cr.
Week 1: June 15-21
The focus of this seminar will be the defining and exploring of the critical intellectual processes that leadership training in the arts develops. Through the deconstruction of the "standardized testing" approach to education and the exploration of the nature of real learning and the processes of conceptualizing and developing ideas through critical and layered thinking, we will learn about effecting change through leadership. Leaders will examine their critical role in developing a change of perceptions and approaches to problem solving and essential thinking skills. Instructor: Randy Bolton
Thinking in Cultural Environments-ART/DRAM/MUS 583 Sec. 80, 2 cr.
Week 2: June 22-28
This seminar tracks the demands of disciplinary, synthesizing, creating, respectful, and ethical ways of thinking and learning as outlined in Howard Gardner's Five Minds for the Future - directly addressing characteristics Gardner maintains are essential for emerging leadership. We will explore how the ideas, symbols, and gestures of historical art performances compare with those of other civilizations in order to gain a consciousness of the past as a means to make sense of our own present. Instructor: Ann Wright
Cinema and Story | The Power of Visual Narrative-ART/DRAM/MUS 584 Sec. 80, 2 cr.
Week 3: June 29-July 2
This weeklong immersion into the world of film story, explores the cultural significance and use of story as a meaning-making process. Studying the shots, scenes and sequences that are often taken for granted, we will reveal their intentionality, as we deconstruct and re-assemble them again to investigate their properties from surface to core. In Acts of Meaning, Jerome Bruner states that 75% of our learning comes through story. How important it is then to know how stories in movies and media are constructed, and how they deliver their meaning. Film is arguably the symbolic language system of our time, but studying visual storytelling can also become a foundation from which to engage and motivate our students and collaborators as we build curriculum and develop projects. Instructor: Michael Murphy
Digital Technology in the Arts-ART/DRAM/MUS 585 Sec. 80, 2 cr.
Week 4: July 6-12
This seminar explores the relationship between aesthetics, education and the emerging capacities of digital technology. It will present a brief history of the pioneers of both traditional and digital art, analyze the methodology of associated artistic applications, demonstrate the capacities of distance education and collaboration, and discuss the cultural and aesthetic consequences of our emerging social networking online environment. Instructor: Rick Hughes
Visual Intelligence | From Realism to Abstraction-ART/DRAM/MUS 586 Sec. 80, 2 cr.
Week 5: July 13-19
This course will not only explore the historical paradigm shift from realism to abstraction that initiated modern art, but will also address these terms as significant ways of thinking and creating in contemporary art. Naturalism, imitation, formalism, surrealism, and other movements and "realities" in art will be discussed. Instructor: Rafael Chacón
Arts Education Practicum: The Creative Pulse
ART/DRAM/MUS 587, Sec. 80, June 14-18, 1 cr.
Arts Education Practicum: The Creative Pulse
ART/DRAM/MUS 587, Sec. 81, July 12-16, 1 cr.
Arts Education Practicum: The Creative Pulse
ART/DRAM/MUS 587, Sec. 82, July 12-16, 1 cr.
Acting and Creative Movement-ART/DRAM/MUS 588 Sec. 80, June 21-25, 1 cr.
This course integrates the artistic qualities of acting and creative movement and offers the participants opportunities to give voice to their bodies' expression and explore the practice of honest person-to-person interaction. Through guided improvisations, choreography and dramatic moments students will expand their understanding of public presentation and develop a deeper connection between body and mind. Instructors: Karen Kaufmann and Ann Wright
Creative Writing-ART/DRAM/MUS 588 Sec. 81, June 28-July 2, 1 cr.
Writing fiction and poetry is a highly lonely and personal act much like painting and sculpture. This workshop will utilize a group setting to stimulate and encourage writing. Techniques for revising and warming up for writing will be introduced. Instructor: Randy Bolton
West African Drumming-ART/DRAM/MUS 588 Sec. 82, June 28-July 2, 1 cr.
Discover the thrill of African polyrhythms in this hands-on workshop open to all levels. Drumming is an athletic, body-oriented music that challenges and rewards through the use of cross-rhythms and a group experience. Students will learn drum rhythms of Guinea, West Africa and technique specific to the djembe drum ensemble which includes hand and stick drums. Instructor: Dorothy Morrison
Visual Art / from Paint to Pixels-ART/DRAM/MUS 588 Sec. 83, July 6-9, 1 cr.
In this workshop students will design and create visual art in both traditional and digital form. By comparing and contrasting the underlying principles and techniques of each medium, artists will broaden their understanding and expand their personal aesthetic. Instructor: Amber Bushnell
