The Creative Process In this course, students will have the opportunity to dig deeply into their own creativity and explore the processes by which ideas emerge and are given shape in the arts. The experiential nature of this course integrates cognition and action, mind and body.  Students will engage in a range of modes of discovering, knowing, and communicating, which are designed to push them beyond their present state of awareness and level of confidence in their creative power.  Practical work will be closely accompanied by readings and journaling, culminating with the creation and performance of a short project.

Culture as Creative Process This course is designed for students from a broad range of backgrounds and academic disciplines who are interested in developing their unique creative process, researching their cultural history, and creating and revising performance projects that reflect the intersection of the two. Improvisatory tools and guided imagery provide methods for developing creative work. Weekly workshops in movement from the African diaspora, regular journaling, work-in-progress showings, and feedback sessions add further depth. Students will also generate a bibliography relating to their cultural history and present the results of their research in written form. (This course can count for dance and theatre majors as ARDV 0116).

Christal Brown

Julia Proctor

Karima Borni

Laurel Jenkins

Lida Winfield

Michole Biancosino

Mira Veikley

Olga Sanchez Saltveit

Summer Jack

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This was a funny class to take. You definitely are forced to get outside your comfort zone, but it is such an easy class, and since everyone else is doing weird things too its not too bad. Laurel is definitely passionate about the coursework. 

this is the easiest class ever, but it honestly requires a surprising amount of work outside of class. The content is not applicable, and it's very loose and has a lot of breadth. I would recommend it if you need an easy class.

This course was interesting and pretty easy, even as someone with little artistic ability. We did lots of drawing and creative projects which can be time-consuming, but not too difficult. Definitely recommend this class.