Because contemporary culture is so expansive, the process of making these determinations is no longer guided by tradition and precedent. It must be invented by each participant, or chosen from the extensive inventory of creative options currently being practiced. In this course, students are guided through personal explorations of these zones of creative decision-making. Projects are designed to help students discover the means to clarify and communicate their intentions. Innovation, as a product of necessity is encouraged.
Education is an essential component of each guest's creative activities.
Thus the term vanguard belongs to their roles in the classroom and in the studio. The workshops will culminate in group or individual projects in which students will apply their workshop experiences to their own creative endeavors. It is a component of an ongoing curricular program in which course content and format are crafted to suit a timely academic, political, ethical, religious, economic, or social issue. This functional approach directs artistic creativity and innovation toward useful outcomes and current conditions. Eco-Arts invites students from all arts disciplines to work with students in environmental studies to investigate ecological activism.