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Brian Sikes

Associate Professor

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Associate Professor, Contemporary Practice (2011). BFA, 1981, School of the Art Institute of Chicago; MFA, 1990, University of Illinois at Chicago. Exhibitions: DePaul University Museum; Sullivan Galleries, Chicago; Zolla/Lieberman Gallery, Chicago; Chicago Cultural Center. Bibliography: Dialogue; New Art Examiner; Art in America, FlashArt; ARTS; ARTnews. Collections: Stockyard Institute, Chicago; Ameritech, IL; Heller, Ehrman and McAuliffe, CA; Winston and Strawn, Chicago; Chip Tom, IL. Commissions: Archer Heights Library, Public Art Commission, Chicago; DePaul University; V3 Companies, IL; Crown Consolidated Industries. Awards: Illinois Arts Council Artists Fellowship; Edwin Austin Abbey Painting Fellowship, British School at Rome, Italy; Arts Midwest Painting Fellowship; Illinois Arts Council Completion Grant.

 

Courses

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Description

This studio course focuses on themes, practices, contexts, and questions undertaken by contemporary artists and designers. Research Studio I is a course that asks students to begin to develop and connect their own work and ideas with a diverse range of artists, designers, and communities. This course engages with cultural institutions including: museums, galleries, libraries and archives as resources of critical engagement. Students will undertake various types of research activities: a) collecting and classification, b) mapping and diagramming, c) systems of measurement, d) social interaction, e) information search systems, f) recording and representation, and g) drawing and other notational systems. Assignments in this course are faculty directed, open-media, interdisciplinary and idea based. The projects are designed to help students recognize their work habits, biases, strengths, and weaknesses. Students will experience a wide range of research methods and making strategies. Critique as an evaluative process used in art and design schools, is a focus in this course. Various methods and models of critique are used in order to give students the tools to discuss their own work and the work of others.

Class Number

1327

Credits

3

Description

This studio course focuses on themes, practices, contexts, and questions undertaken by contemporary artists and designers. Research Studio I is a course that asks students to begin to develop and connect their own work and ideas with a diverse range of artists, designers, and communities. This course engages with cultural institutions including: museums, galleries, libraries and archives as resources of critical engagement. Students will undertake various types of research activities: a) collecting and classification, b) mapping and diagramming, c) systems of measurement, d) social interaction, e) information search systems, f) recording and representation, and g) drawing and other notational systems. Assignments in this course are faculty directed, open-media, interdisciplinary and idea based. The projects are designed to help students recognize their work habits, biases, strengths, and weaknesses. Students will experience a wide range of research methods and making strategies. Critique as an evaluative process used in art and design schools, is a focus in this course. Various methods and models of critique are used in order to give students the tools to discuss their own work and the work of others.

Class Number

1321

Credits

3