Dushko Petrovich

Publishing yourself and publishing others will both be addressed in a start-to-finish manner as we cover the key aspects of publishing as a creative enterprise, from pitching and editing to fundraising and promotion. We will look at various historical and current models for both digital and print publications as students develop and produce their own publishing projects.

Taken every semester, the Graduate Projects courses allow students to focus in private sessions on the development of their work. Students register for 6 hours of Graduate Project credit in each semester of study.

What are the most urgent issues in contemporary art now? This online course addresses the central themes and ideas shaping the production and distribution of art. Students will develop and manage their own blogs and participate in continuing online discussions. The final requirement will be a finished paper.

This seminar will look at the mental faculty of attention and the role it plays in the production and reception of art, specifically how attention mediates experience between artists and viewers. We will examine the attempt to direct attention as a basis for making meaning within artworks, particularly in moving-image, spatial, and place-related work. We will also ask how the issues of attention and attention span that have become so ubiquitous, may impact the art context. In short, we will take up attention as an attribute, tool, or condition for making work in relation to other subjects rather than as a subject in itself, treating attention as a register for looking at artworks. The seminar will consist of readings and screenings drawn from philosophy, psychology, art theory, film theory, fiction, and other disciplines.