Registration is free and open to all OSU students but the workshop is limited to 40 people. Send email registration to Dr. Smith-Shank at smith-shank.1@osu.edu and the first 40 who register are guaranteed a fabulous educational evening!
Drawing “Dirty” Pictures:
Post-Neat Art as Curriculum Theme
Embrace mess as method and as metaphor. Overcome fear of the blank paper. Eschew neatness and
embrace the unplanned, the abject, the raw and dirty aspects of artmaking.
Analyze the thematics of dirt in contemporary culture, ranging from the merely messy to
life-threatening toxicity. Encounter a range of artists who will stimulate, irritate, and inspire
you and your students.
Incorporate projects in your curriculum that create rich, layered images that explore the depth and
complexity of personal narratives in contemporary life. Get down and dirty with your art.
This workshop includes methods for generating ideas and images with sometimes reluctant students,
identifying and developing content, beginning making art without a preconceived plan, engaging in
composition experimentation, and creating meaningful closure activities through peer exchange.
Olivia Gude
Professor & Founding Director of Spiral Workshop School of Art & Art History
University of Illinois at Chicago
gude@uic.edu
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