Hello everyone,
I hope that this finds each of you safe and healthy during these trying times. I wanted to talk a bit more about Art 130, and how we will be approaching this class. As many of you already know, I teach Art 130 as a seminar rather than as a lecture.This class is intended to prepare you for advanced studies and graduate school. You will each be in a group of 4-5 people, and your group will present the weekly readings to the entire class each week. This method, which is the foundation of the graduate seminar, engages everyone in interesting discussions about the reading materials and the works of art discussed. It is an intellectually stimulating and gratifying way to learn the material and to grow academically. It is even more gratifying when you work closely with your peers in a group because you learn so much by sharing your interpretations and perceptions with one another. This class is 100% synchronous and will not be recorded, therefore your attendance is crucial. Please complete the Art 130 Questionnaire at your earliest convenience and email it to me: taschian@arts.ucsb.edu
Required Books:
BOOK #1
Publisher's URL: https://www.phaidon.com/store/design/visual-impact-9780714869704/#tab-3
ISBN: 9780714869704
Edition: 15
Title: VISUAL IMPACT: Creative Dissent in the 21st Century
Author: MCQUISTON, LIZ
Publisher: HACHETTE B/ PHAIDON PRESS
Statement of Use: REQUIRED
Also available at the Campus Bookstore
BOOK #2
Publisher's URL: https://www.lwbooks.co.uk/book/decolonising-the-camera-photography-in-racial-time
ISBN: 9781912064755
Title: Decolonising the Camera: Photography in Racial Time
Author: Mark Sealy
Publisher: Lawrence and Wishart
Date: July 2019
Statement of Use: REQUIRED
Also available at the Campus Bookstore
BOOK #3
Publisher: https://thamesandhudson.com/art-and-politics-now-9780500291474
ISBN: 9780500291474
Title: Art and Politics Now
Author: Anthony Downey
Publisher: Thames & Hudson
Date: 6 October 2014
Statement of Use: REQUIRED
Also available at the Campus Bookstore
BOOK #4
Publisher's URL: https://www.mhpbooks.com/books/seeing-power/
ISBN: 9781612190440
Title: Seeing Power: Art & Activism in the 21st Century
Author: Nato Thompson
Publisher: Melville House Books
Date: August 18, 2015
Statement of Use: REQUIRED
Not available at the Campus Bookstore
ART 130 RESOURCES:
1) Art 130 Syllabus: can be found HERE.
2) Weekly Reading Assignments: can be found HERE.
3) Art 130 Questionnaire: can be found HERE. Please fill this out and return it to me very quickly. There are numerous questions that relate to your access to technology during this time.
4) Research Paper Prompt: can be found HERE. You will be selecting an artist about whom you will write a formal research paper (their work must be relevant to the topic of this seminar). You need to have selected your rough topic by Thursday, January 28 (week 4). Your artist should be well enough known to have been the subject of scholarly research. You may use any of the assigned books for this class, but you will also want to utilize scholarly journal articles from the Davidson Library Website (HERE). You will note that I have linked to the Art 1A page of the Davidson Library website because it is very easy to navigate, and it is very helpful. Before you select your photographer, be sure to look through your four books for inspiration, and once you have narrowed down the field I will speak with each of you individually about your proposed subject of research.
5) If you need help finding research materials, then please reach out to our Art and Architecture Librarian, Chizu Morihara.
cmorihara@ucsb.edu
6) Office Hours: By appointment and directly following class.
7) Reading Journals: During normal in-person instruction of Art 130, the reading journals are due on the last day of class. However, this quarter I want you to turn in your weekly reading summaries each Friday by 6:00PM PT.
Your reading journals are largely intended to help you learn the material, and to identify scholarly sources that can be used in your research paper. However, they also allow me to see how you are framing and interpreting the materials the we are covering.
You should be summarizing the most important points that are made by the authors, and those that you find particularly interesting. You need to write in full sentences, rather than listing abbreviated ideas in the form of bullet points.
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