The hours required for intensive observation in the field are conducive to the summer schedule, which permits longer painting sessions. This class will coincide with Landscape 2000, a symposium and exhibition presented by the University of Wyoming Museum of Art. There are exhibition opportunities either at the museum in the American Heritage Center Gallery at the end of the summer or in the Up Gallery in the Fine Arts Building in the fall. Different sites in and around the vicinity of Laramie will be used as painting locations. In addition, one weekend trip will be scheduled for a more intensive outdoor experience.
Works can be realistic, expressionistic or completely abstract.
The main influences on the students should be light, color and location. Discussion of completed works and works in progress will be conducted informally on-site and more formally in the painting room. A five-day seminar examining the history, culture, and contemporary status of Chicanos, Mexican Americans in the United States, Wyoming and the Rocky Mountain, Plains region. Prerequisites for the course are high school teacher s curriculum specialists, enrollment in College of Education, Chicano Studies minors and six hours of education courses, or consent of instructor. The intended audience will consist of high school teachers, curriculum specialists, students in education and Chicano Studies.