Section Description:Students wishing to register for this course need to first obtain instructor approval by emailing the instructor (instructor emails are listed with a more detailed program description in portal: cca.edu/abroad). Once a student is approved, registration must be done in person at the Student Records Office on either campus.Open to all disciplines, this three-week interdisciplinary course immerses students in the extraordinary landscape, culture, history, and art of Iceland. Focusing on both rural and urban Icelandic culture, it uses the history and storytelling of the Icelanders as a catalyst for students to deepen their own artistic practice and to consider the role art plays in shaping human experience and its impact on the natural world.
 
In Reykjavik, students receive an intensive introduction to the art and culture of Iceland, exploring not only the city's extraordinary museums and venues but also exciting contemporary work featured in the annual Reykjavik Arts Festival. Participants then spend two weeks in rural Iceland on the Snæfellsnes peninsula, near Snæfellsjökull, famous as the setting of Jules Verne’s Journey to the Center of the Earth. The area surrounding Snæfellsjökull is one of four National Parks in Iceland and rich in history from the time of the earliest Viking settlements c.861.
 
Texts, videos, and music are assigned in preparation for the class. Students are also expected to read and share additional material of their own choosing during the class, keep a daily studio diary or sketchbook in their media of choice (whether analog or digital), and to participate in daily studio work sessions while in Snæfellsnes.

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