Students will work in teams assigned to a specific town, and will produce cultural maps of existing resources and opportunities for art activities. Provides students opportunities for independent work in the field with professional artists and includes visiting artist projects. Students pursue work in forms of public art including murals, installations, and performances, under the tutelage of practitioners in the field. Offers longterm project advisement and offsite project involvement. Draws upon the artistic genres of environmental art, performance art, light and projection art, sacred art, and mixed media assemblage.
Students take field trips to studios of working professionals.
Visiting artists come to the VPA studios to talk about their own work and to give critiques. Students pursue individual and team projects in large-scale, public sculpture and mixed media installation using a variety of materials including work construction, metal work, stove, and ceramic. Students develop individual work and the class will take on a large-scale project on or off campus. Formerly known as VPA 405 Special Project Senior Capstone. May be repeated for credit when topics vary.