Hands-On Art History

Department	Fine and Performing Arts
Teacher	Kelly Foshee
Sessions	1
Offered	Currently
Open to	Sophomores Juniors Seniors

For millennia, humans have created all manner of artwork using a wide variety of materials and techniques to achieve their artistic goals-- have you ever wondered what it would be like to create art the way they did? What’s it like to paint a fresco or weave a basket? How do you make a pot?

In this class, you’ll explore a wide variety of media projects based in an art historical context including painting, sculpting, clay, ink, fibers, prints, paper and more. This includes studying a variety of styles and techniques from other cultures and multiple time periods and applying that knowledge to a physical project. There will be research, sketchbook and studio work to give yourself a greater understanding of how over time artists and cultures have worked with their hands to shape their vision of their world.