VMAP 253

Emphasizes interpretive and independent based studies while exploring abstract, conceptual, and process/system-based painting. Variety of paint media (ex. oil, water-based, non-traditional, etc.) and surfaces/supports (ex. canvas, various papers, polypropylene, wood panel, patterned fabrics, ephemeral supports, non-traditional, etc.) used to investigate historical, contemporary and experimental methods of painting. Refines critical skills in examining painted content, including its forms, concepts, and contexts.