DIVST300 Painting/Drawing Intensive
May 19–June 26, 2008

This studio course examines the effective use of humour, satire, popular culture, biography, and narrative, while teaching students how to draw on sources and research to support these strategies. The class covers such techniques as mapping, list making, marginalia, cross referencing, and the use of literary sources. While the course concentrates on popular culture, students also learn different techniques to achieve individual goals: underpainting, glazing, alla prima, collage, and the use of mixed media. Students who take this course for the diversity studio credit also investigate minority theory and cultural identity issues. This separate track shares in the main conceptual and technical pursuits of the class and includes readings from Edward Said and Bell Hooks.