The drawing course is preparatory for intensive classes at the New York Studio School in Greenwich Village. In addition to studio work and lectures at the New York Studio School, the New York segment includes visiting galleries and museum collections. Each student gives a presentation in New York directly in front of a selected work. The last week of the course students r eturn to Knox to resolve a body of work based on their experiences in New York. The cost of the New York segment and air fare is covered by a special program fee.
Temporary work is installed around campus.
Students learn to build preliminary scale models of their proposed projects, as well as procedures necessary for the installation of public works of art. Emphasis is placed on the process of perceptual painting while exploring various spatial structures in both representational and non-representational works. The expression of the material, the sense of place, the development of formal vocabulary and issues of content are integral to assigned projects and individual work. In the 1990's, a younger generation of artists and filmmakers, hugely influenced by MTV, video games, and after school specials has emerged to redefine traditional notions of value in visual representation and to challenge the construction of identity in popular culture. They use photography, video, installation, and film in unconventional and irreverent ways to explode various social structures in our post-politically correct era.