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A focus on contemporary art practices in public art, urban studies, and food-themed art projects. Students will survey artist's processes and topics such as urban locales, politicized territories, cultural identities and globalization of pivotal foods throughout history. Class will examine the artistic tactics of Suzanne Lacy, Daniel Martinez, Teddy Cruz, Rirkrit Tiravanija, among others. Students design proposal-based art, and (not required but encouraged) create food themed projects. Guests include curator Julio Morales, Torolab, historian Dawn Mabalon, other Stanford faculty. Field trips. Art majors and non-majors welcome.

Production skills and project development in documentary filmmaking. The fundamentals of filmmaking using digital video production techniques focused on documentary storytelling. Shooting in mini-DV format and editing with Final Cut Pro software, students actualize their ideas in an audiovisual medium from conceptualization through post-production and exhhibition.

Students use video and photo as a means to document, construct, and perform. Foundation in the work of artists from the 70s, such as John Baldessari, Cindy Sherman, Vito Acconci, and Bruce Nauman; sources include texts from the 70s. Individual and group projects. How these concepts have seen a resurgence in contemporary artmaking. Students will learn the fundamentals and language of digital photography, Photoshop, and image composition.

By producing their own stereo 3D equipment, images and movies, participants in the DIY S3D workshop learn the principles of binocular vision, the history of stereoscopic methods and systems, and the technologies and techniques for creating and displaying stereoscopic media. Emphasis is on perceptual, aesthetic and cognitive issues, with a focus on experimental techniques that create a hybrid space that hovers on the cusp of reality and illusion.

As increasing technological advances can further separate us from direct impressions of nature, this class is designed to reconnect and enhance our relationship to the natural world and our surrounding environment. To do this we will develop visual skills and critical thinking through careful observation and classical drawing techniques.\n\nInspired by Stanford's natural and manicured landscapes, students will enjoy the great outdoors while learning elements of perspective, composition, light, and form. Students will learn about master landscape artists, investigate the built and natural environment of the campus, and experiment with various drawing techniques, mediums, and styles.

Drawing course where students create alter egos, fictional selves and characters, utilize inspiration from fiction, true stories, and outrageous lies for stand-ins to express ideas and spawn imagery. An exploration of who we would rather be (and not be) and what we would rather say if only it were not so polite or it just did not sound peculiar in our voices, but primarily we explore these things because it is fun to extend the limits of who we are by playing pretend. drawing from models costumed and posed in character from stories read aloud, fictionalized self-portrait assignments, assignments of animal or inanimate object that represents an aspect of us. Course will incorporate found and self-written text, zines and comics. Art majors and non-majors welcome. Drawing experience recommended.

Students learn basic comic book skills such as drawing, inking, panel production, and cover design. Emphasis is on characterization, storyline development, storyboarding, and comic book creation, including individual and group projects. Lectures on various topics and visiting comic book artists complement the studio work. Drawing I recommended.

Thematically focused photography course surveys ideas surrounding the staged photograph and its relationship to narrative and fiction. Workshop open studio format with slide lectures on historical and contemporary figures working within this genre of photography. Assignments include construction of scenes and collaborative photo shoots. Through discussions, demonstrations, and the creation of photographs, students explore the potential of the constructed image in their own work as well as its role in contemporary photo-based practices. Emphasis placed on conceptualizing ideas prior to making exposures. Art majors and non-majors welcome.