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GART 1B50
Nature & Culture: Drawing
0.50 Credit(s)
Studio
Prerequisite: Students must have completed a minimum of 1.0 credit of First-year studio curriculum.
The intersection of human activity and natural phenomena provides a zone of contention under investigation in contemporary art today.

Every culture has a relationship to and a mythology invested in elements of the natural world: plants, animals, the human figure, the land. These relationships and mythologies determine how that community perceives and relates to those things, thereby defining their inherent individual societal responsibilities. Through researching these ideas, developing their technical skill and utilizing traditional and/or experimental drawing tools and media, students will create work that investigates issues of representation, memory and identity, personal mythology, political and social ramifications of ecological issues and our relationship to our urban/wild, sacred/endangered land.
Notes: New title and code: formerly GART 1B14 Nature and Culture
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