This course focuses on the haptic, aka touch. How can we as artists revel in the sensation of making art and transmit that textural joy to an audience? We will explore modes of making art that begs to be touched. Demos and art historical examples will give students the opportunity to work in dialogue with times and places of their choosing to produce “texture”. Together we will define and redefine texture in and out of text, word, and image and on the threshold of 2-D and 3-D. This course is about how we can surpass textual learning multi-modally in multiple languages. The tactile becomes a tactical source of pleasure and joy in the face of disability as we make art not just to survive but to thrive.
 Upper Division Interdisciplinary Studios extend a student's cross-school experience from Core Studio up into their upper division years. 3 units of Interdisciplinary Studio are required of all majors and must be completed in the junior or senior year. This advanced level studio is thematic in nature. Technical demonstrations are paired with thoughtful readings, seminar discussions and ambitious projects. Collaboration, experimentation and presentation skills are developed in concert with critical thinking.

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