About the Course:
This course prompts us to rethink about works of art ranging from prehistory to contemporary context from multiple lenses including topics on gaze and smile in paintings, bodies, texts, the psychology of color, nature, science, various symbolic objects, and creative constraints. Such lenses will provide an opportunity for learners to curate and understand art in a unique way beyond chronological examination. In addition, learners will expand their knowledge of history, geography, politics, religion, languages as they explore the story of artists as told through the art they created. The course is structured around essential questions that frame explorations of the nature of art, creative processes, and our responses to art.
Instructor: Sohee Koo
Sohee Koo received a doctorate in Art and Art Education from Columbia University, and a BFA and an MFA from the School of Visual Arts. She has more than 5 years of experience as a college- level lecturer, teaching undergraduate and graduate both art majors and non-majors in a wide range of courses including art history, studio art, art criticism, and art education. She has chaired and presented her research at numerous conferences including National Art Education Association (NAEA), College Art Association (CAA), and Foundation in Art and Theory in Education (FATE). Her articles were published in Visual Inquiry: Learning & Teaching Art, Marilyn Zurmuehlen Working Papers in Art Education, and Routledge/Taylor & Francis.
