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Architectural Graphics — ARC2104.01

Fall 2014
Instructor: donald sherefkin
Days & Time: TBA
Credits: 2
An introduction to a broad range of drawing techniques, including observational drawing, diagrammatic sketching, and geometric constructions. We will also master the conventions of architectural drawing, from plans and sections to three-dimensional projections. Weekly workshops and drawing assignments are required. Corequisites: Architecture 1 - Elements, ARC2101.
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Architectural Graphics — ARC2104.01

Spring 2023
Instructor: Donald Sherefkin
Credits: 2
This course provides an introduction to a range of drawing processes, including observational drawing, diagrammatic sketching, and geometric constructions. We will also master the conventions of architectural graphics, from plans and sections to three-dimensional projections. Weekly workshops and drawing assignments are required. All of the drawings will be
Visual Arts

Architectural Graphics — ARC2104.01

Spring 2022
Instructor: Carly Rudzinski
Credits: 2
An introduction to a broad range of drawing techniques, including observational drawing, diagrammatic sketching, and geometric constructions. We will also master the conventions of architectural drawing, from plans and sections to three-dimensional projections. Weekly workshops and drawing assignments are required. This class also requires registration in ARC 2121: Elements of
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Architecture 1 – Elements — ARC2101.01

Spring 2019
Instructor: Donald Sherefkin
Credits: 4
Introduction to the discipline of architectural exploration. This studio focuses on the formation of architectural concepts through the development of spatial investigations. using scale models and drawings. In addition, a thematic history of architecture will be presented through slide lectures and readings. We begin with a series of abstract exercises which explore ways in
Visual Arts Environment

Architecture 1 – Elements — ARC2101.01

Fall 2017
Instructor: Donald Sherefkin
Credits: 4
Introduction to the discipline of architectural exploration. This studio focuses on the formation of architectural concepts through the development of spatial investigations. using scale models and drawings. In addition, a thematic history of architecture will be presented through slide lectures and readings. We begin with a series of abstract exercises which explore ways in
Visual Arts Environment

Architecture I - Elements — ARC2101.01

Fall 2019
Instructor: Donald Sherefkin
Credits: 4
Introduction to the discipline of architectural exploration. Architecture I focuses on the formation of architectural concepts through the development of spatial investigations using scale models and drawings. We begin with a series of abstract exercises which explore ways in which meaning is embedded in form, space and movement. These exercises gradually build into more
Visual Arts

Architecture I - Elements — ARC2101.01

Fall 2014
Instructor: donald sherefkin
Days & Time: TBA
Credits: 4
Introduction to the discipline of architectural exploration. Architecture I focuses on the formation of architectural concepts through the development of spatial investigations. using scale models and drawings. We begin with a series of abstract exercises which explore ways in which meaning is embedded in form, space and movement. These exercises gradually build into more
Visual Arts

Architecture I - Elements — ARC4115.01

Spring 2014
Instructor: Donald Sherefkin
Credits: 4
Introduction to the discipline of architectural exploration. Architecture I focuses on the formation of architectural concepts through the development of spatial investigations. using scale models and drawings. We begin with a series of abstract exercises which explore ways in which meaning is embedded in form, space and movement. These exercises gradually build into more
Visual Arts

Architecture I - Transformations — ARC4101.01

Spring 2017
Instructor: Donald Sherefkin
Credits: 4
This course will focus on the process of drawing and modeling as vehicles for discovering alternative worlds. The drawings and models become the 'program' which define the limits and possibilities of architectonic invention. Each studio project is intended to provide a catalyst for the next. They will use a variety of strategies and source materials for inspiration, including
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Archive Fever — MA2124.01

Spring 2015
Instructor: Erika Mijlin
Credits: 4
A course on the creation, maintenance and philosophical/social implications of digital archives. The Archive, as a concept, suggests important questions about history, power, memory, access, self-determination, public and private spheres, etc. This course will address the Archive as a powerful idea, through reading and discussion, but also as an active and ongoing construction,
Visual Arts

Art Exhibitions as Site for Contemplation and Research — VA4117.01

Spring 2018
Instructor: Liz Deschenes
Credits: 2
This is a six-week course that will require no previous knowledge of Museum or Curatorial studies. We will spend class time together looking at how for profits, otherwise know as a commercial art galleries, produce art exhibitions- solo and group exhibitions. Students will have assignments and readings, that will support the visits and research that we will embark upon as group
Visual Arts

Art Exhibitions as Site for Contemplation and Research — VA4138.01

Spring 2019
Instructor: Liz Deschenes
Credits: 2
This is a six-week course that will require no previous knowledge of Museum or Curatorial studies. We will spend class time together looking at how for profits, otherwise know as a commercial art galleries, produces art exhibitions- solo and group exhibitions. Students will have assignments and readings, that will support the visits and research that we will embark upon as
Visual Arts

Art in America Since WWII — AH2286.01

Fall 2014
Instructor: andrew spence
Days & Time: TBA
Credits: 4
After WWII, artists in U. S. cities played a major role in the transformation of contemporary art from Modernism to Post Modernism and the present. As a survey, this course looks at several of these artists' works and their connections to important movements such as Abstract Expressionism, Pop Art, and the proliferation of later movements including Photo Realism, Minimalism,
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Art in Public Spaces as connective tissue — DAN4380.01

Spring 2026
Instructor: Martin Lanz
Days & Time: MO,TH 10:00am-11:50am
Credits: 2

In this course, we will explore various projects that aim to connect people with their surroundings and communities.
We will also explore the strategies that various artists have implemented to increase their audiences and interest in the arts.
We will analyze and design projects that seek sustainability, diversification, and access to the experience of art and

CAPA Cultural Studies and Languages Dance Education Architecture Curatorial Studies Art History

Art in the Public Realm II: Bennington and China — APA4107.01

Fall 2017
Instructor: Jon Isherwood and Susan Sgorbati
Credits: 2
This course will research, develop and implement public art for two projects: Bennington We will research existing models nationally and internationally that have provided integrations for public spaces. We will explore opportunities on the Bennington campus including, but not limited to, the Commons project. Through dialogue and collaboration, we will assess what spaces are
CAPA Visual Arts

Art in the Public Realm: Oslo Project — VA4107.01

Fall 2014
Instructor: jon isherwood; susan sgorbati
Days & Time: TBA
Credits: 4
Through the experience of developing with Jon Isherwood a site-specific, commissioned work of art for the U.S. Embassy in Oslo, Norway, students in this course will examine the definition, unique challenges, history, and implementation of public art. Over the course of the term, the class will conduct case studies of prior public art projects and explore the various dimensions
CAPA Visual Arts

Art in the Public Realm: Oslo Project II — VA4107.01

Spring 2015
Instructor: Jon Isherwood; Susan Sgorbati
Credits: 2
Through the experience of developing with Jon Isherwood a site-specific, commissioned work of art for the U.S. Embassy in Oslo, Norway, students in this course will examine the definition, unique challenges, history, and implementation of public art. In the second-half of this year-long course, the class will continue to conduct case studies of public art projects and to
CAPA Visual Arts

Art of Alterity: Representation and Otherness in American Visual Culture, 1839-1939 — AH2347.01

Spring 2021
Instructor: Vanessa Lyon
Credits: 4
From the advent of photography to the start of the second World War, American art, the cultural product of a former British colony younger than many of its foreign-born citizens, had what many perceived as "otherness" to contend with. Immigrants, enslaved and later freed, blacks, women of all sorts, sexual “deviants,” religious outsiders, the disabled, among other and
Visual Arts

Art of Resistance: The Bennington College Poster Project (part 1) — VA2118.02

Fall 2018
Instructor: Ann Pibal
Credits: 2
This course will provide a collaborative site for the production of distributable protest and resistance imagery, as well as a shared investigation into the rich international history of political posters and related ephemera. Students will be provided structure both in which to work together on research, and on the design, production, and distribution of imagery. Discussion
Visual Arts

Art of Resistance: The Bennington College Poster Project (part 2) — VA2119.01

Spring 2019
Instructor: Ann Pibal
Credits: 2
This course will provide a collaborative site for the production of distributable protest and resistance imagery, as well as a shared investigation into the rich international history of political posters and related ephemera. Students will be provided structure both in which to work together on research, and on the design, production, and distribution of imagery. Discussion of
CAPA Visual Arts

Art of the Islamic World — AH2123.01

Fall 2018
Instructor: Razan Francis
Credits: 4
This course is an introduction to the art of the Islamic world from the late seventh century to the present, covering a geography that extends from Central and South Asia to North Africa and Spain. Focusing on objects of different materials (e.g., mosaics, textiles, metalwork, painting, sculpture, wood, ivory carvings, illuminated manuscripts, and glassware), we will pay
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Art on the Brink of Modernity in the 18th Century — AH4103.01

Fall 2015
Instructor: Zirwat Chowdhury
Days & Time: TBA
Credits: 4
This seminar explores how art and visual culture in France, Britain, and South Asia catalyzed and were informed by an emerging culture of modernity in the 18th century. By situating the relationship between art and modernity within global networks of trade, diplomacy, and colonial power, the course also offers students an opportunity to asses the ways in which art instantiated
Visual Arts

Art, Visual Culture, and Empire in the Nineteenth Century — AH4104.01

Spring 2016
Instructor: Zirwat Chowdhury
Credits: 4
This course will engage students with a critical history of nineteenth-century art and visual culture in Europe (primarily France, Britain, and Belgium) and its colonial domains in North and Central Africa, the Near and Middle East, and South Asia. It will thus explore how nineteenth-century art and visual culture instantiated the psychological, physical, and imaginative
Visual Arts

Artist's Portfolio — DAN4366.01

Fall 2016
Instructor: Dana Reitz
Credits: 2
Explaining artwork often goes against the grain, yet artists are regularly called upon to articulate their processes, tools, and dynamics of collaboration. To help secure any of the myriad forms of institutional support including funding, venues, and engagements, artists must develop–creatively and flexibly–essential skills. Finding a public language for what is the private
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