Course-Related Projects
Course-related special exhibitions and research projects for SLU courses:
- From Weave to Web: West African Textiles (Fall 2009)
Design a personal symbol for an Asante adinkra-inspired, block-printed textile pattern using Rubbercut, relief carving tools, and ink or water-based markers on paper or cloth.
-download instructions for the exercise as a Word doc or a pdf file;
-download a pdf file about adinkra symbols.
On-line resources: Oxfam's Cool Planet: The Adinkra Story and National Commission on Ghana Culture: Adinkra Symbols.
- Sister Corita: The Joyous Revolutionary (Fall 2009)
Using Adobe Photoshop, combine text and visual elements to create exciting imagery and new meanings:
-download instructions for the exercise as a Word doc or a pdf file;
-download text lingo as a Word doc or a pdf;
-download commercial slogans as a Word doc or a pdf.
-Also available is a Powerpoint presentation that documents how contemporary artists use text in their work.
Special thanks to Diane Drayse for curriculum development.
- After the Wall: Gender Relations in Contemporary European Posters and Ephemera, exhibition for Gender Studies (Spring 2003).
- Creative Expressions of Healing (Cultural Encounters 212), thangka paintings (Spring 1999).
- Artists' Books (English 347) syllabus (Fall 1998).
- From Litho Stone to Pentium Chip: Interpreting Gender in U.S. World War I Posters, exhibition for Gender Studies 103 (Spring 1998).
- Untitled gouache by Pablo Amaringo used by various Spanish classes (ongoing).