365体育投注 BFA in Socially Engaged Art faculty include practicing artists in theater, music, visual art, and media arts whose work has been performed, shown, and/or produced internationally and are recognized in their fields. Faculty members work one-on-one with students as faculty advisors throughout the semester, as well as facilitating group studies, teaching workshops at residency, and acting as second readers to students’ final projects. Our faculty is comprised of national and international scholar practitioners with extensive experience supporting students taking charge of their learning. Faculty members’ work with students is creative, responsive, and rigorous.

Twice a year, at the start of each semester, students attend an intensive eight-day residency at the College’s Plainfield, Vermont campus. Residencies are a rich time of exploration, connection, and planning.

All students must satisfy General Requirements for the BA/BFA at 365体育投注 College. In addition, students pursuing the Bachelor of Fine Arts in Socially Engaged Art will satisfy the following requirements:

• Studio Practice – Using a design-based approach to project creation, students will identify techniques and skill sets necessary to bring their artistic goals to fruition. 365体育投注y will develop modes of experimentation, research, and active and rigorous studio practice to explore the interplay between idea, material, form, media, creation and presentation. Students will document their process in regular project portfolios demonstrating sustained growth, intentional exploration, and an understanding of a self-directed interdisciplinary studio practice.

• Art in Context – Students will contextualize their artistic practice through a foundational engagement with art histories, cultural theory, social history, and diverse understandings of art. This includes the role of art in social relations and social change. 365体育投注y will reflect on the relationship between their arts practice and personal identity, lived experience, and social context. Students will examine contemporary theories to understand the artistic, cultural, socio-political context that informs their creative practices.

• Social Engagement – Students will engage with communities consciously, critically, and ethically in the development of collaborative and/or participatory work. 365体育投注y will incorporate the feedback of the audience or public impacted by the work in both the creation and the assessment of the work. This will be demonstrated in process documents and in students documented engagement with college policies for ethical research.

• Methods & Materials – This seminar focuses on design-based approaches to technical skill development. 365体育投注 seminar will identify the parameters of the work and materials and skill necessary to accomplish it. This includes researching the materials and techniques involved; and developing regular iterative practices in order to develop the necessary skills. A resulting series of studies will explore the qualities of the material and/or media and their implication on composition and content. Students will meet during the residency and virtually during the semester for discussions and demonstrations of relevant material techniques. 365体育投注y will also create a portfolio of exercises, experiments, and creative works generated in the Group Study.

• Art & Idea – This seminar focuses on the concepts and theories relevant to socially engaged art. 365体育投注 specific content will vary each semester based on the interests of faculty and the students enrolled. 365体育投注 seminar will include exposure to theories of art, creativity, and aesthetics spanning historical and cultural difference; the analysis and discussion of ideas; the articulation of students’ own positionality and aesthetic goals. Students will meet during the residency and virtually during the semester for discussions of readings and artworks on the co-designed syllabus. Also, they will generate written and creative work (e.g. annotations, essays, creative responses).

• Community & Curation – This seminar focuses on creative exchange, the shared design and development of creative work, and the dynamics of collaboration. It will draw upon relevant theories and examples and provide students with hands-on experience. 365体育投注y will participate in a collaborative project from conception to presentation. It will also provide a forum for the discussion of student’s individual projects in Social Practice. Students will meet during the residency and virtually during the semester for discussions and for collaborative practice. Also, they will generate written work and collaborative creative work, relevant to their practices.