Marina Kassianidou’s current practice combines painting, drawing, collage, installation, site-specific work, and writing. Her research focuses on processes of marking. She approaches marking as a means of enacting subjectivity and exploring relations between self and other, that is, exploring who we are and how we interact with materials, spaces, and the world at large. In her artistic practice, she experiments with everyday surfaces and spaces, looking for marks that respond to the features of each surface/space. Her academic writing explores responsive modes of marking and draws mainly upon poststructuralist philosophy and feminist psychoanalytic theory.
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collage, site-specific art, site-responsive art, art theory, feminist theory, psychoanalytic theory
ARTS 2022 - Beginning Drawing
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Spring 2018 / Spring 2022 / Fall 2024
Emphasizes proportion and perspective through observation based drawing. Students are introduced to various drawing materials and learn to translate what they see into drawing media using two basic subjects: still-life and the figure.
ARTS 3012 - Figure Drawing
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Fall 2019 / Fall 2021
Explores varied drawing techniques and media. Introduces concepts relevant to the understanding of drawing and the creative process. May not be repeated. Formerly ARTS 2002. Recommended restrictions: Students are also eligible to take this class with instructor permission if they have taken a non-majors class in Drawing.
ARTS 3022 - Intermediate Drawing
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Fall 2019 / Fall 2020 / Spring 2021 / Spring 2023 / Spring 2024
In addition to being a continuation of Beginning Drawing, Intermediate Drawing will focus on a non-traditional approach to making images encouraging conceptual development, experimentation and research. Moving beyond observation based drawings multiple thematic possibilities will be explored. Emphasis will be placed equally on ideas and technical execution.
ARTS 4002 - Advanced Drawing/Portfolio
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Spring 2020 / Spring 2021 / Spring 2023 / Spring 2024
Continuation of Drawing 3. Advanced studio class in drawing for creative expression and individual portfolio development. Emphasis varies by semester;contact individual instructor for more information. May be repeated up to 12 total credit hours.
ARTS 4202 - Advanced Painting/Portfolio
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Spring 2018 / Spring 2019
Continuation of Painting 3. Advanced studio class in painting for creative expression and individual portfolio development. Emphasis varies by semester;contact individual instructor for more information. May be repeated up to 12 total credit hours.
ARTS 4717 - Studio Critique
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Spring 2020 / Summer 2020 / Fall 2020 / Spring 2021
Consists of consultations with faculty on individual studio problems and projects. May be repeated up to 6 total credit hours. Department consent required.
ARTS 5117 - Graduate Art Seminar
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Fall 2020 / Fall 2021
For students intending to pursue a professional career in Art. Emphasizes the development of a critical overview of their work and interests. For non-ARTS or non-ARTH Grads, permission of instructor required.
ARTS 5202 - Graduate Painting
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Spring 2019 / Spring 2020 / Spring 2022 / Fall 2024
This course is an intense inquiry into contemporary studio practices. Students will be expected to consider and communicate the context (social, political, personal, philosophical, etc.) underpinning studio work as well as the decisions that go into making that work. Specific themes of inquiry will vary by semester, depending on the instructor. Coursework may include readings, group discussions, group and individual critiques, written assignments, and projects. For non-ARTS or non-ARTH Grads, permission of instructor required. May be repeated for up to 18 total credit hours.
ARTS 5717 - Graduate Studio Critique
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Spring 2018 / Fall 2020
May be repeated up to 6 total credit hours with any single faculty member.
