Hello everyone,
Welcome to Art 1A: Visual Literacy! I wanted to reach out to let you know that everything that you need to know about Art 1A will be posted here on the Art 1A website, not on Canvas. Please read everything carefully, I will go over this information in class when we meet, and I will answer any questions that you may have.If you have time conflicts with work, or with other classes, then you should make arrangements to be available for our weekly lectures and sections. There are also two Los Angeles museum field trips that are an important part of the class. We are offering an alternative museum field trip in Santa Barbara for one of the field trips, if you can't get to Los Angeles twice. Please make sure that you are available on Saturday, October 17 and Saturday, November 7. These two museum field trips are in lieu of the lectures those weeks, but sections are still scheduled. Students are responsible for their own transportation to the Los Angeles and Santa Barbara museums. Neither UCSB, nor the UCSB Department of Art will furnish transportation, or organize it. However, students tend to organize their own carpools each quarter.
Please purchase your course reader and book as soon as possible because you will have written assignments due the first week of class. The course reader and books are on reserve at the library (please have them in your possession before class meets for the first time).
Please fill out the Art 1A Questionnaire (HERE), and return it to me and your TA ASAP. This will help us get to know you! You can find our contact information HERE.
2) Rebecca Morse et al., (Required) Eileen Cowin: Between Panic and Paradise (Purchase from Chaucer's Books, Artbook, LACMA or Amazon). Eileen Cowin's art is the subject of the Art 1A research paper this quarter, and we will be seeing her exhibition at LACMA on Saturday, October 17. This book is important resource for your research paper.
3) Susan Magsamen and Ivy Ross, Your Brain on Art: How the Arts Transform Us. On reserve at the library, but you can download a free copy when you log into the library website (using your UCSB Net ID).
Please fill out the Art 1A Questionnaire (HERE), and return it to me and your TA ASAP. This will help us get to know you! You can find our contact information HERE.
1) The Course Reader (Required. Cover shown above) is only available from from SB Printer located in the UCen You can purchase a physical copy (HERE).
Weekly assignments are due the first week of class, and if you don't have your course reader yet, the assignments for week 1 have download links in the "Calendar" section of this website (Use your UCSB Net ID to download from the library website).
4) The Course Syllabus can be found HERE.
6) Information about Lectures and Sections can be found HERE.
7) The Research Paper prompt can be found HERE.
8) The UCSB Library Art 1A Research Page can be found HERE.
9) The UCSB Campus Learning Assistance Services (CLAS) can be found HERE.
10) View the UCSB policy about Academic Integrity and Academic Dishonesty (cheating, plagiarism, furnishing false information, unauthorized collaboration and misuse of course materials) HERE.
11) Fill out the museum liability waivers: All trips require Liability Waivers: Fill out all three of the liability waivers (HERE):
*Simply sign and date them (must include the year). You must use your full legal name as it appears on eGrades and GOLD.
12) Information about the Department of Art can be found HERE.
13) The UCSB Counseling and Psychological Services (CAPS) contact information can be found HERE.
14) UCSB Department of Art Intellectual Challenge Policy: "Intellectual challenge and academic rigor are among the foundations of our program. Our faculty foster communities of inquiry and free speech based in self-awareness, individual responsibility, and an informed world view. We encourage divergent opinion and cogent argument, believing lively debate, exposure to differing viewpoints, and a certain level of discomfort are essential to intellectual and artistic growth.
In our classes, students will be shown work and introduced to theories and practices that may challenge their beliefs and assumptions. Students are expected to think critically rather than react impulsively; to consider opposing viewpoints and others’ opinions and experiences with openness and thoughtfulness; and to engage in a manner befitting themselves as artists and scholars in this university, an institution of higher learning."
