Course Syllabus

ART 1001 Summer Snow Workshops

Course Description

Summer Snow is offered each June as two, one-week intensive workshops. Participants choose from 5-6 courses offered each week, which are taught by professionals working in a wide range of mediums. Each unique workshop curriculum is designed by the artist invited to teach in their discipline of expertise. Courses are designed for participants with skill levels from novice through professional. Each participant will create work based on their individual artistic performance, skill level, and studio discipline. A collective gallery exhibition and a daily lecture series by all Summer Snow instructors provides insight into process, studio practice, and philosophy of each artist participating each week. This course is repeatable for credit.

Justification

Summer Snow workshop participants spend many hours in preparation, practice, attending classes, viewing demonstrations, and working on individual studio projects during workshop sessions and in the evenings. Participants may use earned credit toward Snow College graduation or transfer this credit as an art elective to any higher education institution. Many public educators utilize earned credit towards license renewal. In addition to a dynamic community outreach and recruiting tool, Summer Snow also provides professional development and networking opportunity for art faculty, current visual art students, and art alumni.

Student Learning Outcomes

1. Students will demonstrate Material Proficiency as workshops expose participants to unique material possibilities depending on an instructor’s expertise
2. Students will demonstrate understanding of Conceptual Principles as defined by each instructor's philosophy and practice in the context of their course design and studio discipline.
3. Students will demonstrate understanding of Historical Context as articulated by visiting instructors through demonstrations of historical method, discussions on the historical relevance of process, and lectures on historic influences on their own work.
4. Critical Analysis: Students will understand and practice the process of critical analysis as it applies to the specific discipline being taught in each workshop.
5. Students will demonstrate understanding and integration of Creative Process in keeping with the unique insight into creative process and studio practice provided by invited faculty

Course Content

Content and rigor of each workshop will be determined by the instructor. These unique courses will contain instruction in technique, composition, theory, history, process, and studio practice.