Time: M/W 11:15 a.m. - 1:45 p.m.
Instructor: Sonja Rieger

This class will explore alternative methods of making photographic images from historical media to contemporary trends, which may include Cyanotypes, Mordancage, Lumen Prints, Impossible Project, and Holograms.

Time: M/W 12:20 - 1:35 p.m.
Instructor: Jessica Dallow

Topics in contemporary art, ca. 1970 to the present. This semester will focus on the representation of animals in contemporary visual culture and the strategic roles visual artists have played in producing and challenging cultural understandings of animals.

Time: T/TH 2:00 - 4:30 p.m.
Instructor: Christopher Davenport

This course examines The Art of Protest through historical and contemporary practices. In particular, we will focus on the ways visual artists, filmmakers, and performance artists have used their practice to advocate for various social and environmental issues. Informed by class readings, discussions, and individual research, each student will create a series of works exhibiting a culminating discourse and philosophy related to an issue of their choice.

Time: W 12:30 - 5:00 p.m.
Instructor: Heather McPherson

The course will examine late nineteenth-century European art from Impressionism through Post-Impressionism and Art Nouveau including: Manet, Degas, Cézanne, Van Gogh, Gauguin, and Toulouse-Lautrec. It will include special behind-the-scenes visits to the Birmingham Museum of Art and assignments based on the Museum’s collection.