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Welcome to this demonstration version of HUMN 311 Visual Art Seminar: Art Talk
Online. This course was developed by Lucy Hogg and has been offered since the Spring of 2006.This
version, the first two weeks of the course, is presented here without student content in the Forums (where
asynchronous discussions take place), the Chats (for synchronous meetings)
or student assignments. For more information about enrolling return to
the main page. Go to...
ART TALK: This course examines how encounters with visual material create discussion, which then translates to writing. It will look at the various forms of writing about art, including the press release, the artist statement, the critical review, and the catalogue essay, in printed and online formats. Students will discuss publications and workshop their own writing on a weekly basis.
 Liz Larner/Whitney Biennial/2006
An oversized tumbleweed of
tangled metal tubing wrapped in shiny fragments of red, white and blue,
suggesting a patriotic parade run amok.
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Before you start anything this week, edit your profile .
Go to Edit Profile in the left hand column of the moodle page. Here you will introduce yourself.
Consider this your first writing exercise (a short one).
In 200 words, tell us:
Your name, your year level, your area of interests, your current
thematic interests in your art production. And: tell us a little bit
about your comfort levels with writing, whether you written a lot, or
not at all.
In
previous incarnations of the class, we have had a range of students,
from those who are new writers, to those who have published. Everybody
has an area of expertise that everyone can learn from. This is because
this course isn't just about writing, its about learning to look at and
talk about art.
Post
an image of yourself (a jpeg). You can find examples under
'Participants' on the left hand site of our web page. Please do not use
emoticons. The point is to find the words we need to express ourselves.
Double check your entry to see if it has been posted. Check for
spelling, grammar, repeated words or phrases.
THIS IS a warmup exercise for your first writing assignment, the artist statement.
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