ILLUS-3238

DREAMS, SYMBOLS + MEMORIES

Faculty: Kyung-Me

Course Level: Junior, Senior, 5th Year

3 CREDITS

Many artists have used metaphor as a way to process complex information and emotion in order to reflect on internal and external realities. Each artist draws upon their own unique index of symbols that derive from the personal, the mythic and the universal. An artist must learn to see how their own associations with their symbols circulate within a larger orbit of meaning. 

This class aims to equip students with a framework of thinking that allows for rigorous self-examination and historical exploration. The most powerful works of art refract light on unseen connections. In this class, students will be encouraged to make connections between their internal and external worlds. 

Written and image-making assignments will aim to help students navigate their world of symbols. The classwork will consist of individual, partner + group assignments. Every class will begin with a writing reflection. At the end of each class, there will be a screening of a film.

Capacity: 15

Registration Restriction: Major elective; restricted to Illustration juniors and seniors; open to non-majors pending seat availability and permission of instructor. 

Semester Offered: Spring