FINAR-6040 (Course Details)

FINAR-6040: Fine Arts Seminar

Course Description

Fine Arts Seminars are intended to broaden and clarify students' perspective on contemporary art practice. Each semester these seminars shift in focus and subject matter. Seminars may concentrate on art from the perspectives of art history, philosophy, sociology, anthropology, psychology, and so forth, or may take the form of a discipline-based critique focusing on the history, theory, and practice of painting, sculpture, and photography, among others.

In subject:

Graduate Fine Arts

Academic Level:

Graduate

Pre-Requisites and Co-Requisites:

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Sections:

Spring 2025

Section Name	SF/Oak	Meeting Info	Instructor(s)
FINAR-6040-1: Fine Arts Seminar: The Shape of Survival Deeds Brackens	San Francisco	Wed 12:00-03:00PM, Main Bldg - 107
FINAR-6040-2: Fine Arts Seminar: Press Print > Press Play Anthea Black	San Francisco	Tue 4:00-07:00PM, Double Ground - D160 Tue 4:00-07:00PM, Double Ground - D148	Anthea Black
FINAR-6040-3: Fine Arts Seminar: L.A. Artlandia Intensive James Gobel	San Francisco	Mon 12:00-03:00PM, Main Bldg - 141	James Gobel

Fall 2024

Section Name	SF/Oak	Meeting Info	Instructor(s)
FINAR-6040-1: Fine Arts Seminar: The page, the print, perfection? Nelson Chan	San Francisco	Mon 12:00-03:00PM, RayKo - 205 (Computer Lab)	Nelson Chan
FINAR-6040-2: Fine Arts Seminar: Hyper-Clay Nathan Lynch	San Francisco	Thu 4:00-07:00PM, Main Bldg - N14/16	Nathan Lynch
FINAR-6040-4: Fine Arts Seminar: Material World Mia Feuer	San Francisco	Tue 12:00-03:00PM, Double Ground - D125	Mia Feuer
FINAR-6040-5: Fine Arts Seminar: Make Our Own Museum Maria Porges	San Francisco	Mon 4:00-07:00PM, Hooper GC - GC3	Maria Porges

Spring 2024

Section Name	SF/Oak	Meeting Info	Instructor(s)
FINAR-6040-1: Fine Arts Seminar: Capp Street Fellow Sites and Situations Niloufar Emamifar	San Francisco	Fri 12:00-03:00PM, Main Bldg - N5 (Sculpture / Individualized Homeroom) (inactive)	Niloufar Emamifar
FINAR-6040-2: Fine Arts Seminar: Artist in Real Life (IRL) Marcel Pardo Ariza	San Francisco	Mon 12:00-03:00PM, Main Bldg - N5 (Sculpture / Individualized Homeroom) (inactive)	Marcel Pardo Ariza
FINAR-6040-3: Fine Arts Seminar: Press Print > Press Play Anthea Black		Tue 4:00-07:00PM, San Francisco Center for the Book (375 Rhode Island St)	Anthea Black
FINAR-6040-5: Fine Arts Seminar: Spring Intensive: L.A. Artlandia James Gobel	San Francisco	Mon 12:00-03:00PM, Hubbell - 131	James Gobel

Fall 2023

Section Name	SF/Oak	Meeting Info	Instructor(s)
FINAR-6040-1: Fine Arts Seminar: Post Mortems Angela Hennessy	San Francisco	Tue 4:00-07:00PM, Hubbell - 131	Angela Hennessy
FINAR-6040-2: Fine Arts Seminar: Fine Arts Seminar: Making in The Third Dimension Mia Feuer	San Francisco	Wed 4:00-07:00PM, Main Bldg - N5 (Sculpture / Individualized Homeroom)	Mia Feuer
FINAR-6040-3: Fine Arts Seminar: Hyper-Clay Nathan Lynch	San Francisco	Thu 4:00-07:00PM, Main Bldg - N6/8 (Painting & Drawing Studios)	Nathan Lynch
FINAR-6040-4: Fine Arts Seminar: The page, the print, perfection? Nelson Chan	San Francisco	Mon 12:00-03:00PM, RayKo - 205 (Computer Lab)	Nelson Chan
FINAR-6040-5: Fine Arts Seminar: Space to Place Sholeh Asgary	San Francisco	Mon 4:00-07:00PM, Hubbell - 151	Sholeh Asgary

Spring 2023

Section Name	SF/Oak	Meeting Info	Instructor(s)
FINAR-6040-1: Fine Arts Seminar: Professional Practices Christine Wang	San Francisco	Fri 4:00-07:00PM, Hooper GC - GC1	Christine Wang
FINAR-6040-2: Fine Arts Seminar: Art Life Tactics Linda Geary	San Francisco	Fri 12:00-03:00PM, Hooper GC - GC3	Linda Geary
FINAR-6040-3: Fine Arts Seminar: Press Print > Press Play Anthea Black	San Francisco	Tue 4:00-07:00PM, Hooper GC - GC2	Anthea Black
FINAR-6040-4: Fine Arts Seminar: Ground Up Brian Conley	San Francisco	Mon 4:00-07:00PM, 80 Carolina - P3	Brian Conley
FINAR-6040-5: Fine Arts Seminar: L.A. Artlandia Intensive James Gobel	San Francisco	Mon 12:00-03:00PM, Hooper GC - GC5	James Gobel

Fall 2022

Section Name	SF/Oak	Meeting Info	Instructor(s)
FINAR-6040-1: Fine Arts Seminar: Chromophilia Angela Hennessy	San Francisco	Thu 4:00-07:00PM, Hubbell - 151	Angela Hennessy
FINAR-6040-2: Fine Arts Seminar: Dumpsters, Flea Markets and Beyond Mia Feuer	San Francisco	Fri 4:00-07:00PM, Hooper GC - GC1	Mia Feuer
FINAR-6040-3: Fine Arts Seminar: Hyper-Clay Nathan Lynch	San Francisco	Thu 4:00-07:00PM, Main Bldg - N1 (Ceramics Work Room)	Nathan Lynch
FINAR-6040-4: Fine Arts Seminar: Embodied Genevieve Quick	San Francisco	Mon 12:00-03:00PM, Main Bldg - 102 B	Genevieve Quick
FINAR-6040-5: Fine Arts Seminar: Irresponsible Writing Dodie Bellamy	San Francisco	Mon 4:00-07:00PM, Main Bldg - 103	Dodie Bellamy
FINAR-6040-6: Fine Arts Seminar: Side Project	San Francisco	Tue 12:00-03:00PM, Hubbell - 131	TBD

Spring 2022

Section Name	SF/Oak	Meeting Info	Instructor(s)
FINAR-6040-1: Fine Arts Seminar: Shape Shifters Linda Geary	San Francisco	Fri 12:00-03:00PM, San Francisco - Main Building - E5	Linda Geary
FINAR-6040-2: Fine Arts Seminar: LA Artland: 2022 Edition James Gobel	San Francisco	Mon 4:00-07:00PM, San Francisco - Grad Center - GC1	James Gobel
FINAR-6040-3: Fine Arts Seminar: Moving Images Alison O'Daniel	San Francisco	Mon 8:00-11:00AM, San Francisco - Grad Center - GC5	Alison O'Daniel
FINAR-6040-4: Fine Arts Seminar: Maximum Magic Aaron Gach	San Francisco	Thu 4:00-07:00PM, San Francisco - Grad Center - GC2	Aaron Gach
FINAR-6040-5: Fine Arts Seminar: Press Print / Press Play Anthea Black	San Francisco/Oakland	Fri 4:00-07:00PM, San Francisco - Grad Center - GC3 Fri 4:00-07:00PM, Oakland - Founders - 103: Letterpress	Anthea Black
FINAR-6040-6: Fine Arts Seminar: Digital Tools Mia Feuer	San Francisco	Tue 8:00-11:00AM, San Francisco - Main Building - Lab B	Mia Feuer

Fall 2021

Section Name	SF/Oak	Meeting Info	Instructor(s)
FINAR-6040-1: Fine Arts Seminar: The Anti-Closing-Down Machine Brian Conley, Jaime Austin	San Francisco	Mon 2:00-04:00PM, Online - FA-17 Mon 2:00-04:00PM, San Francisco - Main Building - N11	Brian Conley Jaime Austin
FINAR-6040-2: Fine Arts Seminar: Of, By, and With People Susanne Cockrell	San Francisco	Tue 11:00AM-01:00PM, Off Campus - Dogpatch 1	Susanne Cockrell
FINAR-6040-3: Fine Arts Seminar: Material Biographies Deborah Valoma, Angela Hennessy	San Francisco	Tue 5:00-07:00PM, Off Campus - Dogpatch 1	Deborah Valoma Angela Hennessy
FINAR-6040-4: Fine Arts Seminar: Buddies Books and the Bay Nelson Chan	San Francisco	Mon 5:00-07:00PM, Off Campus - Dogpatch 1	Nelson Chan
FINAR-6040-5: Fine Arts Seminar: HYPERCLAY Nathan Lynch	Oakland	Fri 5:00-07:00PM, Oakland - Treadwell - 1: Glaze	Nathan Lynch
FINAR-6040-6: Fine Arts Seminar: Making our Museum Maria Porges	San Francisco	Tue 2:00-04:00PM, Off Campus - Dogpatch 1	Maria Porges

Spring 2021

Section Name	Meeting Info	Instructor(s)
FINAR-6040-1: Fine Arts Seminar: EMBODIED Alison O'Daniel	Wed 4:00-05:55PM	Alison O'Daniel
FINAR-6040-2: Fine Arts Seminar: Why Pictures Now? Aspen Mays	Mon 4:00-05:55PM	Aspen Mays
FINAR-6040-3: Fine Arts Seminar: Shape Shifters Linda Geary	Mon 4:00-05:55PM	Linda Geary

Fall 2020

Section Name	Meeting Info	Instructor(s)
FINAR-6040-1: Fine Arts Seminar: Anti-Closing Down Machine Brian Conley	Fri 4:00-07:00PM	Brian Conley
FINAR-6040-3: Fine Arts Seminar: Performing the Object Peter Simensky	Mon 4:00-07:00PM	Peter Simensky
FINAR-6040-6: Fine Arts Seminar: Photography: Books, Buddies, and the Bay Nelson Chan	Wed 8:00-11:00AM	Nelson Chan
FINAR-6040-10: Fine Arts Seminar: Textilities: The Expanded Field of Textiles Deborah Valoma, Angela Hennessy	Tue 4:00-07:00PM	Deborah Valoma Angela Hennessy
FINAR-6040-12: Fine Arts Seminar: Of, By, and With People Susanne Cockrell	Mon 4:00-07:00PM	Susanne Cockrell
FINAR-6040-14: Fine Arts Seminar: Moving Images Lynn Kirby	Tue 4:00-07:00PM, Online - FA-6	Lynn Kirby

Spring 2020

Section Name	SF/Oak	Meeting Info	Instructor(s)
FINAR-6040-1: Fine Arts Seminar: Digital Tools Mia Feuer	San Francisco	Mon 8:30-11:30AM, San Francisco - Main Building - Lab C	Mia Feuer
FINAR-6040-7: Fine Arts Seminar: Photography: The Expanded Field Aspen Mays	Oakland	Wed 8:30-11:30AM, Oakland - Ralls - 202	Aspen Mays
FINAR-6040-11: Fine Arts Seminar: Film Film Lynn Kirby	San Francisco	Mon 4:00-07:00PM, San Francisco - Main Building - 131	Lynn Kirby
FINAR-6040-12: Fine Arts Seminar: Performing the Object Peter Simensky		Tue 4:00-07:00PM, Off Campus - Dogpatch 1	Peter Simensky

Fall 2019

Section Name	SF/Oak	Meeting Info	Instructor(s)
FINAR-6040-2: FAS: Irreparable Painting James Gobel		Mon 12:00-03:00PM, Off Campus - Dogpatch 1	James Gobel
FINAR-6040-7: FAS: Chromophilia Deborah Valoma, Angela Hennessy	San Francisco	Tue 4:00-07:00PM, San Francisco - Grad Center - GC6	Deborah Valoma Angela Hennessy
FINAR-6040-11: FAS: Anti-Closing Down Machine Brian Conley	San Francisco	Fri 4:00-07:00PM, San Francisco - Grad Center - GC2	Brian Conley
FINAR-6040-14: Talking Contemporary Art Elizabeth Thomas		Wed 8:30-11:30AM, Off Campus - Curatorial Research Bureau	Elizabeth Thomas
FINAR-6040-15: Social Practice Workshop Susanne Cockrell		Tue 12:00-03:00PM, Off Campus - Dogpatch 1	Susanne Cockrell
FINAR-6040-16: FAS- FILM Strange Truth Jeanne Finley	San Francisco	Tue 4:00-07:00PM, San Francisco - Main Building - 131	Jeanne Finley

Spring 2019

Section Name	SF/Oak	Meeting Info	Instructor(s)
FINAR-604-01: FAS: Social Practice Wkshp Amy Balkin	San Francisco	Wed 8:00-11:00AM, Main Building - W1	Amy Balkin
FINAR-604-02: FAS: Thinking Textiles Deborah Valoma, Angela Hennessy	San Francisco	Tue 4:00-07:00PM, Grad Center - GC6	Deborah Valoma Angela Hennessy
FINAR-604-06: FAS: SF Workshop			TBD

Fall 2018

Section Name	SF/Oak	Meeting Info	Instructor(s)
FINAR-604-01: FAS: EcoDomics Ignacio Valero		Wed 4:00-07:00PM	Ignacio Valero
FINAR-604-02: FAS: Lining the Wild Bee Mark Thompson	San Francisco	Mon 12:00-03:00PM, Grad Center - GC6	Mark Thompson
FINAR-604-03: FAS: Talking Contemporary Art Christina Linden			Christina Linden
FINAR-604-07: FAS:Cinema & the Moving Image Lynn Kirby		Mon 4:00-07:00PM	Lynn Kirby
FINAR-604-10: FAS: Residency Intensive Tschabalala Self	San Francisco	Tue 4:00-07:00PM, Main Building - 200	Tschabalala Self
FINAR-604-11: FAS:Resistance Art & Nov 2018 Kim Anno		Fri 12:00-03:00PM	Kim Anno