1) Learning to be more sensitive to visual work – learning to notice, to pay attention, to dig deeper.

2) Learning how to articulate our experience of visual work – our own, and the work of others.

3) Learning to speak persuasively and clearly about visual work.

4) Learning to write about, and to communicate about visual work in words, speech, websites, portfolios, artists statements, proposals.

5) To do all of the above we will explore artist websites, documentary films about artists and artmaking, and write/speak about all of the above.

6) You will absolutely love this stuff. Trust me.

Come to class.

Do the reading.

Take notes!

Make an outline before you begin writing!

Welcome to Visual Communication for Artists, a course that will expand your abilities with words, writing, reading, and thinking. It will also put extra money into your bank account, wipe out any existing credit card balances, and make you 200 percent cuter than you are right now.