H48.1023 / 2023 Lecture 4 Credits
Instructor(s): Professor Karen Finley
Art and/as Research
Professor Karen Finley
H48.1023.001 (Undergraduate)
H48.2023.001 (Graduate)
Tuesdays, 9:30am-12:15pm
Undergraduates – Juniors and Seniors
Graduate Students
4 points – will count toward general education requirements (Humanities)
This class will concentrate on research methods of art making. It has been argued that creativity has seven stages: orientation, preparation, analysis, ideation, incubation, synthesis, and evaluation. Each of these steps will be explored and researched with complimentary writing assignments and individual or group creative problem solving exercises. These seven steps of creativity will be a platform to structure the class and hopefully come to understand the mystery of inspiration, originality and invention. We will examine other related theories such as trauma and creativity, spontaneity, chance, creativity as a voice for empowerment and the function of freedom and lack of freedom to heighten artistic movement. How are we inspired? Is there a method to our creativity? Can the creative process have a formula? How does research inform the creative process? The class will utilize the archives, galleries and libraries as a research tool and NYU as research University. We will visit the Fayles library, the Tainamont library,
