Posts tagged class

Posts tagged class
Yes. My school did offer a class on my favorite TV show.
Yes. I took it.
Yes. I got credit.
Yes. Real credit.
Yes. Like, graduating credit.
Yes. My final paper was about what I thought was going to happen next season.
Yes. I know. We Rock.
More proof that ExCos are amazing.
Photos from award-winning writer Dan Chaon’s visit to Wisconsin. He led a writing exercise for students in Lynda Barry’s “What It Is” class at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, followed by a reading and book-signing at the Madison Museum of Contemporary Art. On Saturday morning he also taught a writing workshop with Lynda Barry at MMoCA.
These were the final public events of Lynda Barry’s Spring 2012 term as Artist In Residence at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
All photos were taken by the official What It Is class documentarian and artistic badass, Angela Richardson to whom Professor Lynda extends special thanks for helping to make what it is we are doing in our “What It Is” class visible to those who have been following the class on tumblr.
The Near-Sighted Monkey would also like to say thank you ANGELA aka Bucca 4 of Hearts. Come on down to the Near-Sighted Monkey Lounge for free drinks anytime!
Our advisor, Dan Chaon, visits Lynda Barry & her students in Wisconsin / leads workshops / gives a talk.
Profs in action and on tour!
Music theory courses average about 20 people per class. There are usually 8 sections taught for each level each semester.
- Ma’ayan Plaut ‘10, Social Media Coordinator
Guest blogger Heather Galloway, Paintings Conservator at the Intermuseum Conservation Association, recently visited one of Oberlin College’s Art History classes and shares some of her discussion with us:
“Artists have long worked with materials that challenge conservation and preservation efforts. Despite a long history of artwork changing with time it is often the aging of art of one’s own generation, or one’s parents, that takes people by surprise and can be hard to accept. Thanks to an invitation by Professor Sarah Hamill to come join her class on Art after 1960, I had a chance to share my experiences in the conservation of modern and contemporary art and to challenge myself with some thought provoking questions posed by the students.
The class, which took place in the AMAM’s Ellen Johnson Gallery, had been well prepared for the arrival of a conservator by Professor Hamill, and the attendance of AMAM Assistant Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art Denise Birkhofer helped bring further insight into how a museum balances the audience’s access and experience of sculptural installation with the safety and preservation of the artwork.
Standing amongst the artworks, the students expressed their thoughts on issues of repair or replacement in the care of artworks that might include found objects such as river stones; conceptual works not created by the hand of the artist; and light bulbs that may eventually become obsolete. Finally, we explored the philosophical questions of whether an artwork might no longer serve the original vision of the artist due to alteration and what conservators’ responsibilities were to that work, the institutions collecting that work, and the artist’s reputation and memory.”
Oberlin College students taking Professor Sarah Hamill’s class “What was Minimalism?” recently traveled to Marfa, Texas to visit the Chinati Foundation and AMAM Assistant Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art Denise Birkhofer also made the ‘pilgrimage’ to the isolated site. She recently wrote an entry for the ‘Oberlin in Marfa’ Tumblr blog (click through on the link below to read the whole post). Many more entries from the class can be found here.
oberlininmarfa:Throughout our few days in Marfa, I began to develop the impression that we were visiting an enormously large-scale exhibition curated by Donald Judd. It seemed that practically the entire town had been purchased by Judd and converted into art exhibition spaces or curated living/working spaces:…
- There are very few things more enjoyable than having a group of students you like and respect best your expectations of them.
- One of my measures for a good class period is whether we have to kick the students out of the room after the class is supposed to have ended—especially if the class period in question was a two-hour-long discussion class.
Tonight was a good night.
An open letter to our students, written by Jacquelynn:
Dear Students,
Through a series of fortuitous events, I have the great pleasure of teaching another ExCo. As my class list finally settles down, students who intend to drop my class do, and we approach our first real discussion this week, I wanted to take a moment to write a letter—equal parts love letter and list of dos and don’ts—to you, my students.
You should read it if you’re one of our students. You should also read it if you would be interested in submitting an article on Doctor Who and religion for publication or baking cupcakes shaped like Daleks.
ExCos: they can take you to other worlds and other times.
The Aysha Upchurch Winterterm Dance Intensive
This semester, everyone is going to answer a question and get it wrong. I am making it my mission to get everyone to answer a question incorrectly so you all can stop being so self-conscious about speaking up in class. We all make mistakes people, deal with it. Participate!
If you see me on the back of your bike, don’t fret! I want to go to class with you and learn.