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Creating Field Guides to Bennington — APA2217.01

Fall 2019
Instructor: Marina Zurkow, MFA Teaching Fellow
Credits: 2
In this 7-week workshop we will uncover aspects of Bennington, perform research, tell stories, and design booklets using the familiar form of the field guide. A field guide is a manual used to identify things (birds, trees, minerals and more) in their natural environment. It follows certain rules, such as an identification system, a grammar, a map, and a how-to use section. All
CAPA

Creating Immersive Soundscapes from Information: An introduction to data sonification — MSR4239.01

Spring 2023
Instructor: Carly Rudzinski
Credits: 2
In this course, students will learn tools and strategies for creating sound and music from any kind of data. The course will touch on a wide range of topics for using data sonification in sound installation, music performance and audio recording. Students will learn to design and build their own Arduino based sensors, MIDI controllers, Pure Data patches and mechanisms for
Music

Creating New Work from Traditional African Forms — DAN4134.01

Spring 2018
Instructor: Souleymane Badolo
Credits: 4
This advanced course explores the process of re-imagining traditional dance techniques to create a contemporary aesthetic. Souleymane Badolo utilizes customary dances to generate new movement. The students will experience his creative practice of using concepts like rhythm, space and time to build vocabulary that reflects the metamorphosis of traditional forms. Students are
Dance

Creating Our Future: Improvisation for a Catastrophe — APA2301.02

Fall 2020
Instructor: Susan Sgorbati
Credits: 2
This class will look at how we are all responsible to co-create the world that we want to live in, particularly right now during this global pandemic. What are the skills and capacities we need to learn and practice in improvisation, complex systems analysis, emergent structuring, conflict transformation and collaboration? We will hear from professional practitioners either on
CAPA

Creating Participatory Events at the Intersection of Choreographic and Conflict Engagement Practices — APA2447.01

Spring 2022
Instructor: Susan Sgorbati
Credits: 2
The course will involve students in the practice of integrating choreographic thinking and conflict engagement through practical application in the process of creating dynamic structures and motion strategies for a series of sketches for participatory event models, while increasing their understanding of possible cross-disciplinary applications of this work. The course will
CAPA

Creating substance prevention programming on campus — APA2362.01

Spring 2025
Instructor: Carly Rudzinski
Credits: 2
The use of substances (alcohol and common drugs of abuse) on campuses for recreation and stress management has had a long storied history. As more campuses focus on wellbeing, including Bennington, the emphasis has transitioned to creating space for students to think critically about these topics and dig deep into the myths and culture about use on campus. Using this as our
CAPA

Creating the CAPA Forum for Full Track Diplomacy — APA2149.01

Spring 2017
Instructor: Michael Cohen
Credits: 4
The world of diplomacy is traditionally divided into three tracks consisting of Track 1 (high-level political, military leaders, and official negotiators who discuss major agreements), Track 2 (academics, religious leaders, and managers who focus on relationships and problem solving often in new ways), and Track 3 (People to People diplomacy). Underutilized 
CAPA

Creating the Sensory World of a Play — DRA2136.01

Fall 2014
Instructor: dina janis
Days & Time: TBA
Credits: 4
How do you create imaginary rain or cold or heat? Where are you coming from when you enter a stage from the wings? How do you personalize and endow the set and props your character thinks of as real? What is substitution and how can it help bring the relationships of a play to life? In this class, we will work with the basic canon of sensory exercises designed to give the
Drama

Creating the World of the Play- Sensory Exploration Lab — DRA4142.01

Spring 2018
Instructor: Dina Janis
Credits: 4
This class is fundamentally an advanced rehearsal techniques class for actors and directors. The questions investigated include: What is substitution and how can it help bring the relationships of a play to life? I How do you create the physical, sensory world of the play? Where are you coming from when you enter a stage from the wings? How do you personalize and endow the set
Drama

Creating with Javascript — DA2134.02

Fall 2018
Instructor: Anna Kroll
Credits: 2
This course is an introduction to programming interactive and graphic experiences for the web browser. Using the Javascript library p5.js, we will get to know the basics of writing script and learn how to use them to implement dynamic sites and web applications. Together we will learn to break down interaction into logical steps, how to articulate those steps using the
Visual Arts

Creation of Statistics — MAT2247.01

Spring 2020
Instructor: Josef Mundt
Credits: 4
The amount of data in the world is vast and is increasing exponentially. It is easy to become overwhelmed and lose sight of the goal of data: to answer questions we have about the world in a specific, concise manner. The goal of this course is to help craft answerable questions—and then answer them. In order to do this, we will be using a programming language (“R”) to help us
Science and Mathematics

Creation of Statistics — MAT2247.01

Spring 2019
Instructor: Josef Mundt
Credits: 4
The amount of data in the world is vast and is increasing exponentially. It is easy to become overwhelmed and lose sight of the goal of data: to answer questions we have about the world in a specific, concise manner. The goal of this course is to help craft answerable questions---and then answer them. In order to do this, we will be using a programming language ("R") to help us
Environment Science and Mathematics Society Culture and Thought

Creation of Statistics — MAT2247.01

Spring 2021
Instructor: Andrew McIntyre
Credits: 4
The amount of data in the world is vast and is increasing exponentially. It is easy to become overwhelmed and lose sight of the goal of data: to answer questions we have about the world in a specific, concise manner. The goal of this course is to help craft answerable questions—and then answer them. In order to do this, we will be using a programming language (“R”) to help us
Science and Mathematics

Creative Collaboration in Writing and Performance — DRA4261.01

Spring 2016
Instructor: Kirk Jackson
Credits: 4
This class is about surviving the crucible of creative collaboration to satisfy the instant gratification of a hungry audience. Students write, produce and perform serialized stories. The class will divide into storyline teams; each team writes and performs three scenes of a developing narrative every week. Each episode will necessitate meeting at least four times per week with
Drama

Creative Collaboration in Writing and Performance — DRA4261.01

Spring 2022
Instructor: Kirk Jackson
Credits: 4
This class is about surviving the crucible of creative collaboration to satisfy the instant gratification of a hungry audience. Students write, produce and perform serialized stories. The class will divide into story line teams; each team writes and performs three scenes of a developing narrative every week. Each episode will necessitate meeting at least four times per week
Drama

Creative Collaboration in Writing and Performance — DRA4261.01

Spring 2018
Instructor: Kirk Jackson
Credits: 4
This class is about surviving the crucible of creative collaboration to satisfy the instant gratification of a hungry audience. Students write, produce and perform serialized stories. The class will divide into storyline teams; each team writes and performs three scenes of a developing narrative every week. Each episode will necessitate meeting at least four times per week with
Drama

Creative Economies — APA4306.02

Spring 2021
Instructor: Carly Rudzinski
Credits: 1
This course is designed for students of all disciplines who are interested in connecting their discrete creations (a poem, a drawing, an artwork, a product, an event) to larger systems, organizations, and possible art worlds. In this course, we will examine the ways in which every aspect of your production and distribution process — from sourcing materials to
CAPA

Creative Economies — APA2167.02

Spring 2020
Instructor: Caroline Woolard, MFA Teaching Fellow
Credits: 2
This course is designed for students of all disciplines who are interested in connecting their discrete creations (a poem, a drawing, an artwork, a product, an event) to larger systems, organizations, and possible art worlds. In this course, we will examine the ways in which every aspect of your production and distribution process — from sourcing materials to organizing your
CAPA Visual Arts

Creative Economies — APA2167.02

Spring 2019
Instructor: Caroline Woolard
Credits: 2
This course is designed for students of all disciplines who are interested in connecting their discrete creations (a poem, a drawing, an artwork, a product, an event) to larger systems, organizations, and possible art worlds. In this course, we will examine the ways in which every aspect of your production and distribution process -- from sourcing materials to organizing your
CAPA

Creative Music Ensemble — MPF4697.01

Spring 2016
Instructor: Susie Ibarra
Credits: 2
Creative Music Ensemble will explore the practice of music that is created by Composer/Performers/Improvisers. Students will study and play music through scores, notation systems, game pieces, structured improvisations and conceptual drawings, created by various composers/performers  such as Pauline Oliveros, Wadada Leo Smith, John Zorn, Lukas Ligeti, among others. Open to
Music

Creative Music Ensemble — MPF2104.01

Fall 2013
Instructor: Susie Ibarra
Days & Time: TBA
Credits: 2
Creative Music Ensemble will explore the practice of music that is created by Composer/Improvisers. Students will study and play music through the scores, notation systems, game pieces, structured improvisations and conceptual drawings, created by contemporary composer/improvisers such as Pauline Oliveros, Wadada Leo Smith, John Zorn, Anthony Davis, Lukas Ligeti, Ikue Mori,
Music

Creative Podcasting — MSR2125.01

Spring 2021
Instructor: Senem Pirler
Credits: 2
In this course, we will explore the creative possibilities of the podcast medium and push the edges of verbal storytelling. We will investigate the forms of audio journalism and poetic soundscapes. We will use creative voice processing techniques working with electronics to transform the human voice. There will be an emphasis on production and experiential learning through
CAPA Music Visual Arts

Creative Practices in Sensory Geopolitics — MS2111.01

Fall 2023
Instructor: Carly Rudzinski
Credits: 4
This 2000-level media studies course is an introductory course on media studies that draws on case studies from around the world to consider media practices, amongst individual makers and communities as they engage with geopolitics. What are the dimensions of creative practices embedded in global crises? How can we draw out the sensory experiences of media such as touch, sound,
Society Culture and Thought

Creative Strategies for Artists — APA2165.01

Spring 2019
Instructor: Aaron Landsman
Credits: 2
This course examines production methods and career strategies for emerging artists, especially those working across genres. Specifically, we will focus on fundraising via donations, grants, commissions, day jobs and other sources; strategic planning, especially when looking at socially-engaged practice; written and verbal communications; working with venues; promotion and press
CAPA Dance Drama Visual Arts