BUILDING A SUSTAINABLE CREATIVE PRACTICE

DS 529

Course Description

Artists and designers' material choices influence the content, social meaning, and physical structure of their work, as well as leaving an environmental foot print and affecting social exchange. Consideration given to reuse and recycling, and critically engaging ideas of sustainability in art making and design practice with an emphasis on fiber related topics including textile and apparel design, soft sculpture, papermaking and book arts, as well as exhibition, installation, and/or the distribution of finished works.

Prerequisties

Junior standing

Satisfies

This course does not satisfy any prerequisites.

Credits

Not Reported

Offered

Not Reported

Grade Point Average

3.69

-4.71% from Historical

Completion Rate

100%

No change from Historical

A Rate

69.23%

-17.41% from Historical

Class Size

14.71% from Historical

Instructors (2025 Fall)

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