Form(ing) Ideas: a THESIS workshopThis studio course is designed for all creative disciplines across CCA—from writers to designers to artists—who want to explore how writing, artwork, and design meld to create meaning. Contemporary publication design practices as well as historic forms such as the manifesto will be explored as we interrogate how to place, align, squish, illustrate, and arrange image and text in space (on a page, poster, or hybrid forms) utilizing the Risograph as the primary (but not sole) mode of production. This is an ideal course for THESIS students across the college, offering robust making sessions on Saturdays during the term. Conscientious and dynamic research is required outside of class meeting time to support the Saturday making sessions. These long studio days will offer students the chance to establish a workflow focused on making physical work AND exploring the intellectual and contextual underpinnings of their work in a multidisciplinary and discussion-based setting. The studio will focus on student thesis work (integral or corollary), exploring personal projects, and/or development of instructor-provided prompts through making. There will be 1:1 and class critiques to review student work, and a final show/materials sale and discussion of student work in the Writers Studio at the end of the semester. Courses offered under the heading MFAW Practicum build skills in the practical aspects of areas such as literary production and teaching while providing students with key theoretical tools as well as exposure to their academic, social, and artistic applications.This class will meet bi-weekly for 6 hours on Saturdays. These are the dates the class will meet:9/4/21.

9/18/21.

10/2/21.

10/16/21.

10/30/21.

11/13/21.

12/4/21.

12/11/21. (final crit).

Visit Workday to view this information.