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Erica R. Mott

Assistant Professor, Adjunct

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Bio

MA, 2001, Psychophysical Performance, University of Exeter, UK.Performances: Free Fall Festival, Toronto; Ingenuity Fest, Cleveland; NES, Iceland; Museo del Ferrocarril, Mexico; CAD Special Exhibitions Space/ Artopolis. Core Troupe: La Pocha Nostra; [re]public in/decency. Awards: Amnesty International Patrick Stewart Human Rights Fellowship; The Santa Fe Art Institute Residency; Ragdale Foundation; NES Artist; Chicago Dancemakers Forum Fellowship; City of Chicago CAAP and NAP Program.

 

Courses

Title Department Catalog Term

Description

This critique course is offered for students who do not speak English as their first language. Students build competence in giving critiques, participating in class discussions, and giving presentations. Students make artwork to present to the class. They learn and practice the vocabulary of visual and design elements and use these to analyze and critique their own and their classmates' works. Students practice a variety of critique formats by using formal, social-cultural, and expressive theories of art criticism. They discuss and critique works both verbally and in writing.

Class Number

1315

Credits

3

Description

What does one¿s emergent creative practice have to do with one¿s body in the world? How do we maintain the resilience and vulnerability required of artists and art students when we already feel so vulnerable in our everyday lives? How, as audiences and community members, do we share and receive feedback generously while still honoring our own lived experiences?

This course offers strategies for students to explore, reflect upon, and connect common themes and interests in the development of an emerging creative practice that will serve as the basis of their ongoing studies at SAIC and beyond. While the focus of this course will be on both embodied practices and the politics of having a body, it is open to all disciplines and areas of study. Through studio assignments, readings, viewings, and writing projects, students will generate a clearer understanding about how and why they make art, and how to continue making their work authentically.

Class Number

1763

Credits

3

Description

This advanced performance class is intended to give the department the flexibility to offer specialized topics as needed. A wide range of aesthetic and practical concerns are addressed, reflecting contemporary forms and issues in the performance field. See the current topic description for a description of the topic to be offered in the particular semester.

Class Number

1516

Credits

3