Art Minor
Students, are you interested in becoming more than just makers but visual thinkers and storytellers deeply engaged in the social, political, and cultural implications of creating? Then the art minor at Spelman College is for you.
Artists are grounded in historical and contemporary art practices that reach beyond the constraints of the Western canon and center Black, POC, transnational, and queer artists, scholars, and curators.
Demanding an intensive investment in writing, reading, research and the sketchbook, the art minor will introduce you to foundational interdisciplinary making strategies, the Spelman College Innovation Lab, and professional development tools. This program, an ideal supplement to the art history, interactive media, photography or documentary film majors, will equip you to be confident and capable studio artists, artist apprentices, and gallery/museum professionals upon graduation.
If you are interested in becoming an art minor, you should declare your minor no later than the second semester of the sophomore year, unless approved by the department chair.
The Art Minor Includes the Following:
- Comprehensive foundational coursework
- One additional making course, of the student’s choosing
- One art history course, of the student’s choosing
- One professional-development focused course
Minor Objectives
As an art minor, you will:
- Have a working knowledge of the woodshop for fabricating, prototyping, and exploring artist-derived projects.
- Have a working knowledge of the Innovation Lab for fabricating, prototyping, and exploring artist-derived projects.
- Learn strategies for seeking, identifying, and securing artist opportunities, that include but are not limited to, exhibitions, residencies, fellowships, and grants.
- Utilize research for building and executing artist-derived narratives. Research will span art historical frameworks, contemporary artist practices, social/political/cultural/personal catalysts for making.
- Develop an ability to communicate clearly, effectively, and critically through reading, writing, sketching, critiques, and presentations.
- Apply foundational interdisciplinary making strategies in order to experiment with tools, practices, and processes from student’s major discipline.
- Build professional development tools for post-graduation career advancement, including a CV, website, and artist statement.
- Work iteratively, in order to foster a generative artist practice able to translate ideas into tangible creative output.
SAVC 122 Digital 2D Foundations or SAVC 135 Digital 3D Foundations 3
SAVC 130 Surface: Concepts in Visualization, Representation, and Process 3
SAVC 215 Space: Concepts in Materials, Form, and Process 3
SAVC 390 Art Process and Practice 3
Choose from one of the following Making Courses:
SAVC 342 Black Feminist Thought and Studio Art 3
SAVC 280 Innovation, Technology and Art 3
SAVC 303 Installation and Performance 3
SAVC Projects in Handmade Paper 3
SAVC Projects in Clay 3
SAVC Projects in Fiber 3
SAVC Projects in Print 3
Choose From one of the following Art History Courses:
SAVC 235 Introduction to the Object 4
SAVC 141 Ways of Seeing: Pyramids to Cathedrals 3
SAVC 142 Ways of Seeing: Medieval to Modern Art 3
Total Credit Hours: 18-19