Art 130 Art in the Age of Instagram & Contemporary Digital Culture

This quarter the Art 130 course topic, entitled Art in the Age of Instagram & Contemporary Digital Culture, will focus on the study of art in the digital age. Students will explore works of art that use the language of the internet and social media to critique the way in which art has changed as a result of these digital platforms. This course also seeks to investigate how the Internet and social media has shifted the way that the spectator engages with art, and how it has transformed the way that artists think about, and make, art. We will have two museum field trips, and interesting reading materials that will help contextualize contemporary art practice in the time of social media.

Once the course website has been updated, you will be able to find the details here:
https://arthistoryandvisualculture.blogspot.com

A SPECIAL THANK YOU TO LACMA FOR OUR FIELD TRIP ON FEBRUARY 15

@LACMA Thank you so much for hosting my #UCSB Art 1A & Art 130 students yesterday. The former wrote a research paper on #JulieMehretu and are writing a paper on #DoHoSuh All of them were inspired by each exhibition! #LACMA #Art1AUCSB #Art130UCSB pic.twitter.com/FhHwPxqIYG

— Helen Taschian (@Art1AUCSB) February 16, 2020

Scholarly Research Training Workshop on Wednesday, July 3

On Wednesday, July 3 at 1:00PM there will be a Scholarly Research Training Workshop during section in Arts 1344. Chizu Morihara, from the Art & Architecture Library, will come to our classroom– therefore please arrive on time.

Course Reserves for Art 1A and Art 130 can be found HERE. You will need to use your UCSB NetID if you are off campus. I have placed many books on reserve for both classes to help you with your research papers.

ART 1A & ART 130 LACMA FIELD TRIP SUMMER 2019

Chris Burden. Urban Light (2008) LACMA

MEETING AT LACMA:

We will meet at LACMA at the Wilshire Blvd. entrance next to the ticket office and Chris Burden's Urban Light sculpture (shown above) at 11:30AM on Saturday, July 20. LACMA will be providing us with free admission to the museum.

Los Angeles County Museum of Art

5905 Wilshire Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA 90036

Phone: (323) 857-6010

PARKING & DIRECTIONS HERE

Parking costs $16.00 per vehicle, and it is not part of our free admission. If you are getting a ride in the University owned van (driven by your teaching assistant), you will be responsible to split the cost of parking (it will be a little over $1.00 for each of you, but the driver will not incur any of the costs since they are driving you for free). The cost of the UCSB vans and gasoline are being provided by the Department of Art.

Here are a few things to consider about our LACMA field trip: 

1) First, remember that this field trip is an all day event, and it replaces the Tuesday/Thursday lectures (July 16 & 18). You will, however, be attending your section that week (on July 17). Failing to go to LACMA, or the alternative museum trip to the Santa Barbara Museum of Art and the MCA, will result in two absences being recorded (Art 1A).

2) You must fill out the University of California, Santa Barbara Waiver of Liability, Assumption of the Risk & Indemnity Agreement if you are going on the LACMA field trip, even if you are staying in Los Angeles that weekend. If you haven't, then submit it to your TA ASAP. This is mandatory UCSB policy.

3) Be sure that your TA has your phone number and email, and that you have her email. If you arrive late, you want to be able to find us at the museum.

4) I would suggest eating a big breakfast since we won't be taking a break for lunch until later in the day. Furthermore, pack snacks for the road, and for lunch, unless you want to treat yourself to food at the museum. There are also food trucks that park across from the museum on Wilshire Blvd.

5) If you are driving from Santa Barbara, be sure to give yourself at least two hours to drive to LACMA.You never know what kind of traffic that you will encounter.

6) Wear comfortable shoes and clothing! We will be doing a lot of walking and hiking up stairs, so you want to be very comfortable.

7) Charge your phone since you will want to take a lot of pictures at the museum.

8) If you do not already have a Twitter account, then please start one for Art 1A since you will be taking pictures and Tweeting responses. Please use the Art 1A and LACMA handles: @Art1AUCSB and @LACMA

Magritte. The Treachery of Images (1928-29). LACMA

STUDENTS WHO DON'T GO TO LACMA:

Students who will not be going to LACMA will need to take a trip to downtown Santa Barbara to go to both the Santa Barbara Museum of Art and the Museum of Contemporary Art Santa Barbara.

Santa Barbara Museum of Art
1130 State Street
Santa Barbara, CA 93101
Phone: 805.963.4364
@sbmuseart
Tues - Sun 11 am - 5 pm
Thurs 11 am - 8 pm
Closed Mondays and holidays
Admission: Students with ID $3.00. Free admission for Santa Barbara County students (K – college) with current ID/proof of local residency.

Museum of Contemporary Art Santa Barbara
653 Paseo Nuevo
Santa Barbara, CA 93101
Phone: 805.966.5373
@MCASantaBarbara
Mondays and Tuesdays: Closed
Wednesdays, Fridays, and Saturdays: 11 - 5 pm
Thursdays: 11 - 8 pm
Sundays: Noon - 5 pm
Admission Free

ASSIGNMENTS FOR EVERYONE:

Whether you go to LACMA or the Santa Barbara Museum of Art and the Museum of Contemporary Art Santa Barbara, you will be tweeting pictures of works of art that interest you. Additionally, you will write a 2 page museum response paper that will be due on Tuesday, July 23 in lecture.

Here are the twitter handles that you will need to use if you go to LACMA:
@Art1AUCSB
@LACMA

Here are the twitter handles that you will need to use if you go to SBMA and MCA:
@Art1AUCSB
@sbmuseart
@MCASantaBarbara

Art 1A & Art 130 Getty Center Trip | Winter 2019 #GettyMuseum #GettyCenter #SallyMann

@GettyMuseum Thank you for graciously hosting my Art 1A and Art 130 students from #UCSB The Sally Mann: A Thousand Crossings exhibit at the #GettyCenter was utterly sublime! #sallymann #gettyinspired #art1aucsb #art130ucsb #athousandcrossings pic.twitter.com/EOT6s68lg4

— Helen Taschian (@Art1AUCSB) February 10, 2019

GETTY CENTER FIELD TRIP FOR ART 1A & ART 130 | WINTER QUARTER 2019

The Getty Center Museum Trip

Please make sure that you have submitted your University of California, Santa Barbara Waiver of Liability, Assumption of the Risk & Indemnity Agreement to Elisa and Marshall in order to attend The Getty Center field trip. Even if you are driving yourself, or coming from LA, you have to submit this form. If you need a ride on one of the two UCSB vans, then talk to your TA (this is a two-way ride to LA and back to SB. If you want to spend the weekend in Los Angeles, you must find your own transportation to The Getty Center). 

If you are carpooling (2 or more Art 1A students in a single vehicle), then you are eligible to receive free parking. Once you have submitted your liability waiver to go on the field trip, then you will receive the special Getty issued code for free parking (on the day of the trip). Parking is $15.00 per vehicle if you are not carpooling.

If you do not already have a Twitter account, then please start one for Art 1A since you will be taking pictures and tweeting responses. Please use the Art 1A and Getty handles: @Art1AUCSB and @GettyMuseum We will be meeting at 11:30 on the museum side of the tram drop off (shown above).

The Getty Center
1200 Getty Center Dr.
Los Angeles, CA 90049
Parking and Transportation Information HERE
Parking lot opens 9:30 a.m.

We will be meeting on Saturday, February 9 at 11:30 AM on the museum side of the tram drop off (shown above).

Driving directions can be found here. General information: www.getty.edu

Sally Mann: A Thousand Crossings November 16, 2018–February 10, 2019, GETTY CENTER

Sally Mann: A Thousand Crossings, which is the inspiration for the Art 1A Research Paper 2, will be on view during our trip to the Getty Center. Please make every effort to go on this Getty Center field trip because this exhibition is very important, and it closes on February 10.

According to The Getty Center,

The first major travelling survey of the artist’s career, this exhibition explores how Sally Mann’s relationship with the American South has shaped her work. Experimental, elegiac, and hauntingly beautiful photographs—many never before shown—reveal how she probes themes of family, mortality, and the landscape as a repository of personal and collective memory. Asking powerful questions about history, identity, race, and religion, the exhibition demonstrates how the legacy of the South continues to permeate American identity.

Sally Mann: A Thousand Crossings exhibition catalogue

Check out this amazing introduction to The Getty!

STUDENTS WHO DON'T GO TO THE GETTY: 

Students who will not be going to The Getty will need to take a trip to downtown Santa Barbara to go to both the Santa Barbara Museum of Art and the Museum of Contemporary Art Santa Barbara.

Santa Barbara Museum of Art
1130 State Street
Santa Barbara, CA 93101
Phone: 805.963.4364
@sbmuseart
Tues - Sun 11 am - 5 pm
Thurs 11 am - 8 pm
Closed Mondays and holidays
Admission: Students with ID $6.00

Museum of Contemporary Art Santa Barbara
653 Paseo Nuevo
Santa Barbara, CA 93101
Phone: 805.966.5373
@MCASantaBarbara
Mondays and Tuesdays: Closed
Wednesdays, Fridays, and Saturdays: 11 - 5 pm
Thursdays: 11 - 8 pm
Sundays: Noon - 5 pm
Admission Free

Assignments:
Whether you go to The Getty or the Santa Barbara Museum of Art and the Museum of Contemporary Art Santa Barbara, you will be tweeting pictures of works of art that compel you. Additionally, you will write a 2 page museum response paper that is due in lecture on Tuesday,  February 19 for Art 1A and on Thursday February 21 for Art 130.

Once you have tweeted all of your images, then capture the tweet URL and email it to your TA. To capture the tweet URL, simply click on the time stamp on the upper right next to your handle:

Then the permanent URL can be grabbed from the address bar:

https://twitter.com/Art1AUCSB/status/878752316655980544

Here are the twitter handles that you will need to use if you go to The Getty:
@Art1AUCSB
@GettyMuseum
#GettyInspired

Here are the twitter handles that you will need to use if you go to SBMA and MCA:
@Art1AUCSB
@sbmuseart
@MCASantaBarbara

Damned in the USA on Reserve at Kerr Hall for Art 1A and Art 130 Students

For those among you who want to watch Damned in the USA (Paul Yule, 1992. Call Number: DVD-1551), it is on reserve for you at Kerr Hall.

Location: Digital Editing Lab & Reserved Media Viewing Room Kerr Hall Room 1126. Be sure to bring your Student ID.

Marina Abramovic The Artist is Present is on Reserve for Art 1A and Art 130 Students

For those among you who want to watch Marina Abramovic The Artist is Present, it is on reserve for you at Kerr Hall.

Location: Digital Editing Lab & Reserved Media Viewing Room Kerr Hall Room 1126. Be sure to bring your Student ID.

LACMA FIELD TRIP SUMMER SESSION A

David Hockney. Barry Humphries from 82 Portraits and 1 Still-Life (2015)

MEETING AT LACMA:

We will meet at LACMA at the Wilshire Blvd. entrance next to the ticket office and Chris Burden's Urban Light sculpture (shown below) at 10:45 AM on the scheduled date. LACMA will be providing us with free admission to the museum.

Los Angeles County Museum of Art

5905 Wilshire Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA 90036

Phone: (323) 857-6010

PARKING & DIRECTIONS HERE

Parking costs $16.00 per vehicle, and it is not part of our free admission.

Chris Burden. Urban Light (2008) LACMA

Here are a few things to consider about our LACMA field trip: 

1) First, remember that this field trip is an all day event, and it replaces the Tuesday/Thursday lectures (July 17 &19). You will, however, be attending your section (July 18). Failing to go to LACMA, or the alternative museum trip to the Santa Barbara Museum of Art and the MCA, will result in two absences being recorded.

2) You must fill out the University of California, Santa Barbara Waiver of Liability, Assumption of the Risk & Indemnity Agreement if you are going on the LACMA field trip, even if you are staying in Los Angeles that weekend. If you haven't, then submit it to your TA ASAP. This is mandatory UCSB policy.

3) Be sure that your TA has your phone number and email, and that you have her email. If you arrive late, you want to be able to find us at the museum.

4) I would suggest eating a big breakfast since we won't be taking a break for lunch until around 2:00pm. Furthermore, pack snacks for the road, and for lunch, unless you want to treat yourself to food at the museum. There are also food trucks that park across from the museum on Wilshire Blvd.

5) If you are driving from Santa Barbara, be sure to give yourself at least two hours to drive to LACMA.You never know what kind of traffic that you will encounter.

6) Wear comfortable shoes and clothing! We will be doing a lot of walking and hiking up stairs, so you want to be very comfortable.

7) Charge your phone since you will want to take a lot of pictures at the museum.

8) If you do not already have a Twitter account, then please start one for Art 1A since you will be taking pictures and Tweeting responses. Please use the Art 1A and LACMA handles: @Art1AUCSB and @LACMA

Magritte. The Treachery of Images (1928-29). LACMA

STUDENTS WHO DON'T GO TO LACMA:

Students who will not be going to LACMA will need to take a trip to downtown Santa Barbara to go to both the Santa Barbara Museum of Art and the Museum of Contemporary Art Santa Barbara.

Santa Barbara Museum of Art
1130 State Street
Santa Barbara, CA 93101
Phone: 805.963.4364
@sbmuseart
Tues - Sun 11 am - 5 pm
Thurs 11 am - 8 pm
Closed Mondays and holidays
Admission: Students with ID $3.00. Free admission for Santa Barbara County students (K – college) with current ID/proof of local residency.

Museum of Contemporary Art Santa Barbara
653 Paseo Nuevo
Santa Barbara, CA 93101
Phone: 805.966.5373
@MCASantaBarbara
Mondays and Tuesdays: Closed
Wednesdays, Fridays, and Saturdays: 11 - 5 pm
Thursdays: 11 - 8 pm
Sundays: Noon - 5 pm
Admission Free

ASSIGNMENTS FOR EVERYONE:

Whether you go to LACMA or the Santa Barbara Museum of Art and the Museum of Contemporary Art Santa Barbara, you will be tweeting pictures of works of art that interest you. Additionally, you will write a 2 page museum response paper that will be due on Tuesday, July 24 in lecture.

Here are the twitter handles that you will need to use if you go to LACMA:
@Art1AUCSB
@LACMA

Here are the twitter handles that you will need to use if you go to SBMA and MCA:
@Art1AUCSB
@sbmuseart
@MCASantaBarbara

Art 1A & Art 130: The Getty Center and LACMA Trip | Summer Session A

Please make sure that you have submitted your University of California, Santa Barbara Waiver of Liability, Assumption of the Risk & Indemnity Agreement to Sunny– this is mandatory– even if you are coming from LA.

We will be seeing the Robert Mapplethorpe: The Perfect Medium exhibition that is currently on view at The Getty (March 15–July 31, 2016), and this will really help further contextualize what you have learned from viewing Paul Yule's documentary film, Damned in the USA. 

N.B.: If you have HBO, then you should try to watch the new documentary, Mapplethorpe: Look at the Pictures, that is currently On Demand. I suggest watching it before our museum trip, if at all possible.

If you do not already have a Twitter account, then please start one for Art 1A since you will be taking pictures and Tweeting responses. Please use the Art 1A and Getty handles: @Art1AUCSB and @GettyMuseum

If you are carpooling (2 or more 1A and Art 130 students in a single vehicle), then you are eligible to receive free parking. Parking is $15.00 per vehicle if you are not carpooling.

We will be meeting at 10:00 on the museum side of the tram drop off (shown above).

Driving directions can be found here. General information: http://www.getty.edu

Chris Burden. Urban Light (2008)

After we finish up at The Getty, we will be heading over to LACMA, and we will discuss the time to meet while we are getting ready to leave The Getty. Please wait for me at the Wilshire Blvd. entrance next to the ticket office and Chris Burden's Urban Light sculpture (shown above). I will have all of the admission tickets to hand out to you there.

I strongly encourage you to eat something before you get to LA, and bring some snacks, because we won't take a break for lunch until a bit later in the day. If you do not want to buy lunch in LA, then you will want to bring something with you.

Los Angeles County Museum of Art
5905 Wilshire Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA 90036
Phone: (323) 857-6010
@LACMA

Directions and parking information can be found here. Parking costs $12.00 per vehicle, and it is not part of our free admission.

Students who will not be going to LACMA will need to take a trip to downtown Santa Barbara to go to both the Santa Barbara Museum of Art and the Museum of Contemporary Art Santa Barbara.

Santa Barbara Museum of Art
1130 State Street
Santa Barbara, CA 93101
Phone: 805.963.4364
@sbmuseart
Tues - Sun 11 am - 5 pm
Thurs 11 am - 8 pm
Closed Mondays and holidays
Admission: Students with ID $6.00

Museum of Contemporary Art Santa Barbara
653 Paseo Nuevo
Santa Barbara, CA 93101
Phone: 805.966.5373
@MCASantaBarbara
Mondays and Tuesdays: Closed
Wednesdays, Fridays, and Saturdays: 11 - 5 pm
Thursdays: 11 - 8 pm
Sundays: Noon - 5 pm
Admission Free

Whether you go to The Getty and LACMA or the Santa Barbara Museum of Art and the Museum of Contemporary Art Santa Barbara, you will be tweeting pictures of works of art and other things that compel you– along with a short response. You will also be writing a short response paper after the museum trip (1 page is sufficient, but it can be longer if you have more to say).

Here are the twitter handles that you will need to use:
@Art1AUCSB
@LACMA
@sbmuseart
@MCASantaBarbara