How are our personal experiences influenced by the homes, apartments, and spaces we inhabit. To what degree are our lives defined by our books, toys, comics, movies, clothing and other mass-produced objects from popular culture and everyday life? Illustrators and artists have long responded to their immediate surroundings as a starting point for projects, using approaches ranging from storytelling, to editorial images, to invented worlds.
In this course, students will explore how their personal spaces and collections can inspire new and inventive ways to build their illustration practices. Through a series of projects, presentations, videos, and readings, the class will engage with the spaces and objects that surround them. A variety of creative responses will be explored, including methods ranging from notebooks, drawing spaces from memory and touch, to the use of found objects. The course will culminate with a longer investigative project that could take forms such as artist books, illustrated stories, concept art or narrative paintings.
In this course, students will explore how their personal spaces and collections can inspire new and inventive ways to build their illustration practices. Through a series of projects, presentations, videos, and readings, the class will engage with the spaces and objects that surround them. A variety of creative responses will be explored, including methods ranging from notebooks, drawing spaces from memory and touch, to the use of found objects. The course will culminate with a longer investigative project that could take forms such as artist books, illustrated stories, concept art or narrative paintings.
- Teacher: Jesse Garbe