CREATIVITY AND THE ARTS
ART 107
COURSE DESCRIPTION:
This class focuses on the creative process as spiritual and personal growth. Readings in The Artist’s Way as well as consistent daily writing of “Morning Pages” aids and directs creative and personal growth in the student’s journey. Additional readings, video talks on the creative process as well as the creation of artistic projects from start to finish, inform the student about the creative journey. A study of the arts and their effects as an act of expression and a way of learning and communicating is a main focus of this class.
STUDENT LEARNING OUTCOMES:
Learn elements of and steps in the creative process
Apply the creative process to an artistic project and to the learning process
Utilize the arts as a means of expression and communication
Create a project based on an idea in Jewish learning that utilizes one art form and includes a personal connection or point of view