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Jordan Martins

Lecturer

Bio

BA Fine Art/Philosophy (with distinction), 2002, MFA, Universidade Federal da Bahia, Brazil, 2007. Exhibitions: The Franklin, Chicago; The Mission, Chicago, IL; Museu de Arte da Bahia, Salvador, Brazil; Evanston Art Center, IL; Experimental Sound Studio, Chicago, IL; Chicago Arts Coalition, IL. Publications: Newcity Brazil. Bibliography: Inside Within; Hyperallergic; Newcity Art. Awards: Individual Artist Grant, City of Chicago; Community Arts Assistance Program Grant, City of Chicago; Propeller Fund, Three Walls/Gallery 400; Bolsa da Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado da Bahia; John McCrady Award for Excellence in Visual Arts.

 

Courses

Title Department Catalog Term

Description

This course will prepare students for developing project proposals in various contexts ranging from informal collaborations with artist run spaces to formal grant applications. We will focus not only the process of conceptualizing a project idea and persuasively organizing the necessary content around it, but also explore the pragmatic aspects of carrying it out and interfacing collaboratively with an art space, an institution, or other artists. In addition to workshopping the various elements needed for a hypothetical project, students will be required to conceptualize, propose and execute a proposal of some scale at the end of the semester to put into practice the skills and ideas explored in the course. In doing so, we will use the project proposal as a means to understand the broader ecosystem of the artworld and the different roles people play within them: artist, curator, programmer, institution, non-profit infrastructure, commercial and corporate factors, and more. Chicago?s landscape of artists, institutions and DIY spaces will provide ample case studies and first hand know-how for us to tap into as we build an understanding of the interrelationships between an artistic practice and the space within which it is presented or contextualized.

Class Number

1753

Credits

3

Description

How can artists use professional tools to connect with the art world while engaging with communities, institutions and organizations? In what ways can artists stimulate the public's imagination? Speculative proposals can communicate radical and provocative possibilities to inspire change. In this class students will explore the fantastic, utopic and dystopic that can be made possible within the limits of a hypothetical proposal. During the semester, students will use models, plans, diagrams and sculptural forms to create speculative proposals as standalone 'finished' pieces that imagine realities beyond current financial, physical, legal or practical constraints. The semester will culminate in the presentation of student projects. The class will organize, plan and promote the dissemination of the finished proposals, focusing on unique forms of distribution, presentation and public engagement.

Class Number

1858

Credits

3

Description

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.

Class Number

1309

Credits

3 - 6