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PLEASE READ THE FOLLOWING
CAREFULLY!
AVT (SART) 300: The Rules:
- ALL
Artsbus credit is made through AVT (SART) 300.
- You
must enroll in AVT(SART) 300 in order to be credited for Artsbus participation,
regardless of whether you ride the bus, or do Independent or Alternate
assignments.
- Students who
have earned Artsbus credits prior to spring 2006 will have those
credits applied towards their required number of trips for graduation.
- Enrollment in AVT (SART) 300 offers
you the opportunity to ride the bus, but it does NOT guarantee you
a ticket. You must use the opportunity in a timely manner if you
want a seat on the trip of your choice.
All seats are held for AVT (SART) 300 students until September 9, 2009. After
that, all remaining seats are offered to the general public, and
are available on a first come, first served basis. When the tickets
are gone, they are gone.
- If you need more than one credit per semester, you may enroll
in AVT (SART) 300 more than once per semester. We have three sections of AVT (SART) 300, so if you need more than one
credit, sign up for the second or second and third section. Each credit of AVT (SART) 300 allows
you one opportunity to ride the bus to New York.
- AVT (SART) 300 is like any other course for the drop/add schedule. You must enroll/drop AVT (SART) 300 before the final drop/add dates.
HOW
MANY TRIPS DO I NEED??
General
Requirements and Conditions:
- Students are required to take one New York Artsbus
trip or Independent Travel per 15 credits, up to 5 AVT(SART) 300 credits.
- Freshmen who enrolled as AVT majors since the fall of 2005 must earn 5 AVT (SART) 300 "credits" prior
to graduation.
- Transfer students must take one AVT (SART) 300 per 15 credits taken at GMU ( approximately one AVT (SART) 300 credit for each semester they are enrolled at Mason prior to graduation).
- Artsbus trips that are required as part of the curriculum
of any individual course will be credited to fulfilling the general
AVT (SART) Artsbus requirement as long as the student has enrolled in AVT
(SART) 300.
How it works:
- Credit for independent travel
is only be granted during the semester in which the trip was taken.
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You enroll in AVT (SART) 300 the same way you do all other
classes.
- AVT (SART) 300 is entered into your
transcript as 'S' or 'NC'.
- AVT (SART) 300 is a 0 credit course.
Your transcript will show either: an 'S' for "satisfactory"
or an 'NC' for "no credit." If you recieve an 'NC' it will not effect your GPA.
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Students may earn Artsbus credits any one of three ways: 1) by travelling on the buses provided by the program
to New York City. Travel to New York City is highly encouraged. 2) By Independent
Travel to New York, 3) by the Alternate Assignment for DC galleries
and museums.
Requirements for Independent and Alternate assignments are listed
below.
- Students who travel on the bus are required to sign a risk release
form on the bus as proof of making the journey. Make sure the bus boss gets the form from you. (Download
a copy of the Risk
Release Form (PDF format)
PLAN AHEAD!!
- Enrollment in AVT (SART) 300 does NOT guarantee you a ticket on the bus. You must get tickets in a timely manner if you want a seat on the trip
of your choice.
- A block of seats for each trip will be held for AVT (SART) 300
students until September 9, 2009. The box office
will give you a ticket for the trip of your choice, provided that
all the seats for that trip have not already been taken. Each trip
will have a limited number of seats, and they will be available
on a first come, first served basis for AVT (SART) 300 students until September 9.
- After September 9, all remaining tickets will be released to the
general public. AVT (SART) 300 students may still be able to get tickets,
but be aware that as time goes on, fewer tickets will be available.
Getting Tickes for you and for others:
- Students must have a ticket to board the bus. The Center for
the Arts box office ( across from the pond) will have a list
of students enrolled in AVT 9SART) 300. For any semester you are enrolled
in AVT (SART) 300, simply go to the box office as soon as possible and
show your student ID. You will be given one ticket for the trip
of your choice, per AVT (SART) 300 enrollment, as long as tickets for that
trip are available.
- Please note that the AVT (SART) 300 Class List will be continually
updated until the last day to add and drop classes, and the final
list will be available to the box office very soon after that.
- Students who have not enrolled in AVT (SART) 300,
such as non-majors, parents, spouses or friends may still purchase
Artsbus tickets directly through the Center for the Arts box office.
Spring 2009 trip dates:
September 19...200 seats
October 17....250 seats
November 14....250 seats
Thank you,
Peter Winant
Artsbus Director
Independent Travel to NYC and DC Alternative Assignment Requirements:
NOTE: Travel to visit art museums and galleries in other cities
may be accepted, but must be cleared by the Artsbus director (pwinant@gmu.edu)
BEFORE such travel is undertaken.
For Independent
Travel to New York: READ
THESE INSTRUCTIONS CAREFULLY AND FOLLOW THEM!
- Do not make a trip without getting the proper form from the AVT
office (FAB C-200) before you travel. Read the forms carefully.
Specific, targeted shows change during the semester as different
exhibits appear.
- A student
may visit New York independently, or complete an "Alternate
Assignment" in regional galleries to fulfill his/her artsbus
requirement.
- Visits to theatres, the Natural History Museum, etc., or activities
not listed below may be valuable, but they will not be accepted
for Artsbus credit.
Proof of participation:
- Each semester, there will be a new assignment that will include
museum and gallery visits, plus a written component.
- It is advised that students make copies of their completed assignments
for their records.
- You may use a paper for an AVT or Art History class for the NYC Alternate Assignment as the written portion of the
assignment, but the assignment must be based on one of the exhibits posted below, or you must obtain prior permission form the Artsbus director. If the assignment is museum based, add 6 gallery announcements to your submission. If the assignment is gallery based, add the handouts to the specific museum exhibitions to your submission.
- Submit all required documentation to Susie Mueller BEFORE December 1, 2009 at the AVT office,
College Hall B-200.
ASSIGNMENT FOR FALL SEMESTER
2009 (The target shows will change during the semester ):
1) Obtain the Independent Travel
Form at the AVT
office (College Hall C-200).
2).... Visit one of the following Museums/Art Centers and view the exhibits listed for that venue. Please
link to the museum site for location and hours of operation
:
The
Drawing Center ....
- All Fall: 'Ree Morton: At the Still Point of the Moving World" "Morton’s work also looked to a pioneering use of personal narrative, intimacy, humor, and poetic imagination. Yet the scope of her artistic production remains largely unrecognized, as does her vital contribution to feminist art practice and the importance of drawing to her development as an artist." (Learn More! http://www.frieze.com/issue/review/ree_morton/ ...and http://www.moma.org/collection/browse_results.php?criteria=O%3AAD%3AE%3A4114&page_number=1&template_id=6&sort_order=1)
Solomon R. Guggenheim
Museum....
- All Fall: 'Kandinsky' is the first full scale retrospective since 1958 of the artist who many feel originated abstract painting. As a member of 'Der Blaue Rieter' (Blue Rider) group and throughout his lengthy career, the scope of his influence is enormous. Kandinsky's influence as a teacher was also great. His publications about color theory and composition, and his work at the Bauhaus place him at the center of the evolution of modern art.
- November: Anish Kapoor 'Memory' is a commissioned sculpture that adds to the range of this artist's astounding vocabulary. (more on Kapoor:http://www.anishkapoor.com/
PLUS the museum collection
The Metropolitan
Museum of Art ....
- September: 'Afghanistan' If you missed this exhibit when it was in DC, it is worth a look. Extraordinary objects of gold, statuary and ceramic spared from years of seige.
- Thru October: 'Roxy Paine' on the Met roof. Stainless steel trees installed above the park make a nice juxtaposition. This is a beautiful place to end the day before you get on the bus.
- October and November: 'Robert Franks; The Americans' is the first complete exhibition of the seminal "street" photographer's 1955-56 B+W documentation of a trip across the US. ...."Pablo Bronstein" creates a mythical version of the Met through drawings and installation. If you missed this exhibit in DC, don't miss it again (Learn More! http://www.nga.gov/exhibitions/2009/frank/index.shtm).....and, 'American Stories; Paintings of Everyday Life 1765-1915' is a 100 painting survey of quotidian activity from a Who's Who of american artists.
- All Fall: "Vermeer; Milkmaid' puts one of Vermeer's best known paintings, on loan from Holland, in context with other Vermeers as well as his contemporaries from the Met collection....and 'Jain Manuscripts' reflect the development of a segment of Indian culture from 1200 to 1500. This exhbit preceeds the spring exhibit of the Limbourg Brothers manuscripts of the 'Tres Riche Heures." Both exhibits should be quite beautiful.
Plus, works from the collection that represent at least two cultures (ie: Ancient Egypt, Modern and Renaissance)
Museum of Modern Art
(MOMA).....
- September: 'James Ensor' "was a major figure in the Belgian avant-garde of the late nineteenth century and an important precursor to the development of Expressionism in the early twentieth" (Learn more! ; http://www.newyorker.com/online/multimedia/2009/07/06/090706_audioslideshow_jamesensor
- September and October: 'Ron Arad; No Discipline' surveys the cutting edge work of this Israeli designer (Learn More! http://www.ronarad.com/)
- October and November: 'Paul Seitsema' intermixes "ethereal drawings, sculptures, and films explore combinations of color, space, and movement through subjects spanning a broad geographic and temporal range." (Learn More! http://www.regenprojects.com/artists/paul-sietsema/)....and 'New Photography 2009' "is a thematic presentation of significant recent work in photography that examines and expands the conventional definitions of the medium"
All fall: 'Compass in Hand' surveys 300 modern and contemporary drawings "In its exploration of diverse artistic tendencies at the turn of the twenty-first century, this exhibition proudly celebrates the panoramic state of drawing today".....and 'Monet's Waterlillies' from the collection resurface for the first time since 2004
P.S. 1 Contemporary
Art Center ....
All Current exhibits
Whitney Museum of
American Art ....
- September: 'Photoconceptualism' "focuses on works by conceptual artists of the late 1960s and early 1970s. During that time, photography became a favored medium (along with video) for art that placed more importance on concepts than on aesthetic and material concerns and rejected the necessity of the gallery or museum as a primary site of exhibition."...and 'Dan Graham:Beyond' " surveys the artist's career from the mid-1960s to the present. As one of contemporary art's most innovative and influential figures, Dan Graham has been at the forefront of many of the most significant developments in art, including conceptual art, video and film installation, performance, site-specific sculpture, and musical collaboration."
- All Fall: 'Georgia O'Keefe: Abstraction' "The exhibition includes more than 130 paintings, drawings, watercolors, and sculptures by O'Keeffe as well as selected examples of Alfred Stieglitz’s famous photographic portrait series of O’Keeffe." The focus is on O'Keefe's abstract works, as the exhibit title suggests.
PLUS the general collection
The New Museum
- September: 'Intersections Intersected: The Photography of David Goldblatt' "documented the complexities and contradictions of South African society. His photographs capture the social and moral value systems that governed the tumultuous history of his country’s segregationist policies and continue to influence its changing political landscape. Whether showing the plight of black communities, the culture of the Afrikaner nationalists, the comfort of white suburbanites, or the architectural landscape, Goldblatt’s photographs are an intimate portrayal of a culture plagued by injustice."....and 'Rigo 23: The Deeper They Bury Me, the Louder My Voice Becomes' "For nearly 20 years, Rigo 23 has created murals, paintings, drawings, and performances, conducted interventions and published zines advocating for social and political change. His site-specific installation for the New Museum is the newest in a series of works that take as their subject political prisoners such as Leonard Peltier, Geronimo ji-Jaga [Elmer Pratt], Mumia Abu-Jamal [Wesley Cook], and the Angola 3."
- November: 'Urs Fischer' "Zurich-born, New York-based artist Urs Fischer will be the first artist to take over the entire New Museum on the Bowery. For his first large-scale solo presentation in an American museum to date, Fischer will transform the New Museum's gallery spaces by creating a mesmerizing environment featuring towering monuments, tangled abstractions, and a labyrinth of mirrors."
The Cooper-Hewitt
National Design Museum-
- October and November: 'Design USA: Contemporary Innovation' "celebrates the accomplishments of the winners honored during the first ten years of the prestigious National Design Awards. The exhibition features outstanding contemporary achievements in American architecture, landscape design, interior design, product design, communication design, corporate design, interaction design, and fashion." (Learn More! http://www.nationaldesignawards.org/2009/)
- All Fall: 'Design for a Living World' " Ten leading designers have been commissioned to develop new uses for sustainably grown and harvested materials in order to tell a unique story about the life-cycle of materials and the power of conservation and design."
The
International Center for Photography (ICP):
September: 'Avedon Fashion 1944-2000' He "revolutionized fashion photography starting in the post-World War II era and redefined the role of the fashion photographer." (Learn More! http://www.avedonfoundation.org/#p=-1&at=-1)....and 'John Wood;Quiet Protest' "explores political and social issues of the day through thoughtful photo montage pieces that exist in marked contrast to more traditional aggressive documentary photography. Rather than offering explanations or promoting solutions, Wood's manipulated photographs present contemplative routes into issues ranging from the Vietnam War to domestic gun violence to ecological concerns."
October and November: 'Dress Codes: the Third Triennial of Photography and Video' "will mark the closing cycle of ICP's 2009 Year of Fashion, a series of projects that critically examine fashion and its relationship to art and other cultural and social phenomena. The theme of fashion encompasses a diverse range of practices and ideas, including explorations of identity and affiliation; the production, distribution, and consumption of images and goods; contemporaneity; age; gender; and global industry."
3) ....AND visit
6 of the following galleries. Please link to the sites for
location and hours of operation:
IN CHELSEA:
Alexander
& Bonin
Bellwether
Postmasters
David
Zwirner
Josee
Bienvenue Gallery
Bitforms
Jack
Shainman
Mathew
Marks Gallery
Marianne
Boesky
New
Museum of Contemporary Art/ Chelsea
Yancey
Richardson
Sonnabend
Frederieke
Taylor Gallery
Leslie Tonkonow
Artworks and Projects
Perry
Rubenstein
Mary
Boone Gallery
Charles Cowles
Gallery
Gagosian
Gallery
Luhring
Augustine Gallery
Metro
Pictures
Andrea
Rosen
Cheim
and Read
ClampArt
Betty
Cuningham Gallery
Pace/MacGill
and Pacewildenstein
Stux
Gallery
James
Cohan
Gallerie
Lelong
International
Print Center New York
Lehmann
Maupin
Robert
Miller
Mitchell-Innes
and Nash
Roebling
Hall (NYC)
Paul
Kasmin
Flomenhaft
Gallery
Sean
Kelly Gallery
AND/OR
Lower East Side Galleries
Apexart
Art in General
Canada
DCKT Contemporary
Eleven Rivington
Envoy
Gallery Onetwentyeight
Janos Gat Gallery
Jen Bekman
Lehmann Maupin
Lisa Cooley
Luxe
Miguel Abreu Gallery
Museum 52
Participant Inc.
Reena Spaulings Fine Art
Rental
Rivington Arms
Sunday
Thierry Goldberg Projects
Thrust Projects
V&A
4) collect gallery and museum announcements, and receipts from any museum that charges for admission.
5) write a two page (total) description and critique
of the work you have seen in three galleries and one museum.
6) Your submission
will be reviewed, and if the requirements have been fulfilled, credit
for artsbus participation will appear on your transcript.
7) All submissions for Artsbus credit are subject to the University's
Honor Code
DC ALTERNATE ASSIGNMENT:
FOLLOW
THESE INSTRUCTIONS CAREFULLY
Proof of Participation:
The assignment requires visits to local and regional museums
and galleries. The target shows will change during the semester.
Fulfillment of the assignment will require 10-12 hours.
- Submit all required documentation to Suzie Mueller BEFORE December 1, 2009 at the AVT office,
College Hall B-200.
FOR FALL SEMESTER 2009:
1) Obtain the Washington, D.C. Alternate
Assignment form at the AVT office (College hall C-200).
2) Visit three (3) of the following museums and see the targeted shows
listed for each museum you visit. Please be certain to link to the
websites for addresses and hours of operation:
Hirshhorn
Museum and Sculpture Garden....
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- Black Box Gallery...current show
- General Collection
National
Gallery or Art....
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- General Collection
The
Corcoran Gallery of Art....
- General Collection
The
Phillips Collection....
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- General Collection
Smithsonian American Art Museum/ National Portrait Gallery
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- General Collection
The
National Museum of Women in the Arts
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- General Collection
3) AND 5 of the following galleries.
Use the gallery links to preview shows, and find addresses:
it is advised you call ahead to make sure the galleries are open.
Hemphill
Fine Arts
Conner
Contemporary
Marsha
Mayteka Gallery
Adamson
G
Fine Art
Transformer
Irvine Contemporary
Flashpoint
Project 4
Addison Ripley
Pyramid Atlantic
Arlington Arts Center
The Katzen Arts Center
The Mclean Project for the Arts
4)
collect gallery announcements, and a receipt or announcement from
the museums.
5) write
a brief description and critique of the work you have seen in five
galleries and two museums (three pages, total.) You
may NOT use any written assignments
for other AVT or Art History classes to fulfill the DC Alternate Artsbus requirement.
6) Attach
the gallery announcements, receipts
or fliers specific to the targeted shows from the museums you visited
and your written descriptions to the Independent travel Form and
turn the packet in to Susie Mueller at the AVT office, College Hall
B-200 by December 1, 2009. Your submission
will be reviewed, and if the requirements have been fulfilled, credit
for artsbus participation will appear on your transcript
7) All submissions for Artsbus credit are subject to the University's
Honor Code
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GMU student, Greg Svitil, writing in notebook at ACE Gallery
photo: Virginia Daughtrey, GMU Alumni
GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS
RISK RELEASE FORM
INDEPENDENT TRAVEL
ALTERNATE ASSIGNMENT
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