“LA Artlandia” will guide students through an exploration of the always changing landscape of the Los Angeles art scene. Open to all artists, this class will focus on what it means to be an art-maker in such an enormous art market. Unlike other major art cities, the center of LA's "art scene" is always moving geographically. In addition to Los Angeles’s well established commercial art galleries we will explore both artists’ studios and exhibitions off the greater art path; Pop-up galleries, artist run spaces and non-profits. These excursions will focus on Los Angeles based artists and the inner workings of their studio practice. The entirety of the course, with the exception of our initial introductory meetings, will take place Spring Break, daily 9am-7pm. Students will be responsible for all accommodations, travel to and from LA and the during trip.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.

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