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Courses in Art, Film, and Visual Studies - Fall 2019 and Spring 2020

Fall 2019

GENERAL EDUCATION  (lecture course)
American Dreams Made in Hollywood GenEd 1043 Eric Rentschler MW 10:30-11:45 & weekly scr Tu 3:00-5:45 Carpenter Cr Lecture Hall
STUDIO ART  and PHOTOGRAPHY (practice based courses)    
Silkscreen AFVS 15AR Annette Lemieux TuTh 12:00-2:45 Carpenter Ctr 4th Fl. 
Contemporary Painting Practice: Beyond the Surface AFVS 20 Annette Lemieux TuTh 9:00-11:45 Carpenter Ctr 3rd Fl.
One Thing Leads to Another: Introduction to Oil Painting AFVS 22 Judith Belzer TW 12:00-5:45 Carpenter Ctr 3rd Fl.
Introduction to Still Photography AFVS 40A Elle Pérez MW 9:00-11:45 Linden 100
Introduction to Still Photography AFVS 40A Elle Pérez MW 1:30-4:15 Linden 100
Introduction to Still Photography AFVS 41A Sharon Harper MW 9:00-11:45 Carpenter Ctr B19
On Objects:A Studio Course in Sculpture and Performance AFVS 63 Karthik Pandian M 1:30-5:45 Carpenter Ctr 203
Frame, Spectacle, Spectator: Video as Medium*
*First meeting is Mon Sept 9 at 1:30 in CC B04 		AFVS 64F Carissa Rodriguez M 1:30-5:45 Linden 109
Loitering: Studio Course AFVS 80 Stephen Prina Tu 12-2:45 and then Th 1-4 Carpenter Ctr 5th Fl.
Malleable Forms (A Studio of the Political) AFVS 81R Xaviera Simmons W 12:00-5:00, including lunchbreak    Carpenter Ctr 203
Drawing 2: Model Witness AFVS 112 Katarina Burin MW 3:00-5:45 Carpenter Ctr 4th Fl.
Object Matter of Jellyfish AFVS 132R Nora Schultz TuTh 9:00-11:45 Carpenter Ctr  203
Making Mischief: Using Photography to Upset Expectations AFVS 141BR Sharon Harper MW 1:30-4:15 Carpenter Ctr  B19
Algorithmic Performance AFVS 161 Sohin Hwang Th 3:00-7:00 Sackler 111
Directed Research AFVS 196R Stephen Prina W 6:00-9:00 Carpenter Ctr. 5th Fl. & B04
Critical Printing AFVS 215 Matt Saunders & Jennifer Roberts TuTh 12:00-2:45 Carpenter Ctr. 3rd Fl. & H/AM
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Studio Language AFVS 231 Nora Schultz Tu 12-2:45 and then Thu 1-4 Carpenter Ctr 203
ANIMATION, FILM, VIDEO and NEW GENRES (practice based courses) 
Introduction to Non Fiction Filmmaking
*First meeting is Wed Sept 4 from 1:30-2:30 in Sever B10 		AFVS 50A Alfred Guzzetti M 1:30-4:15 and then W 1:30-5:45* Sever B10
Introduction to Video  AFVS 51A Robb Moss Tu 12-2:45 and then Th 12-4:15 Sever 411
Fundamentals of Animation AFVS 53 Andy London Tu 9-12:45 & wkly scr M 4:30-5:45 Sever 402 and CC B04 for scr
Approaching Narrative: Introduction to Filmmaking AFVS 60X Anocha Suwichakornpong WF 12:00-2:45 Sever 411
On Objects: A Studio Course in Sculpture and Performance AFVS 63 Karthik Pandian M 1:30-5:45 Carpenter Ctr 203
Frame, Spectacle, Spectator: Video as Medium*
*First meeting is Mon Sept 9 at 1:30 in CC B04 		AFVS 64F Carissa Rodriguez M 1:30-5:45 Linden 109
Film Directing: From Script to Screen AFVS 150A Anocha Suwichakornpong TuTh 1:30-4:15

Sever 415

Non Fiction Video Projects AFVS 151BR Ross McElwee TuTh 12:00-2:45 Sever 416
Intermediate Animation: Making an Animated Film AFVS 153AR Tim Szetela M 12:00-5:45, including wkly scr Sever 402 and CC B04 for scr

Documentary Fictions*

*First meeting is on Fri Sept 6 at 12pm in Sever 416

AFVS 155 Joana Pimenta F 12-5:45 & wkly scr W 7:15-10 Sever 416 and CC Lecture Hall for scr
Introduction to Critical Media Practice AFVS 255 Julie Mallozzi W 12:00-5:00 & additional section TBD Sever 416
FILM and VISUAL STUDIES (seminars & lecture courses)   
Exploring Culture Through Film (Anthropology 1645) AFVS 73 Veronika Kusumaryati Tu 3-5 Tozzer 203
Photography and Ecology AFVS 144M Makeda Best Thu 12:45-2:45 Carpenter Ctr  401
Art of the Real: Rethinking Documentary AFVS 174 Dennis Lim M 3-5 & wkly scr M 12-2:45 Carpenter Ctr 401 & Lecture Hall
Cinemas of Resistance: Political Filmmaking Across the Globe AFVS 197K Kate Rennebohm W 3-5:45 & wkly scr  F 12-2:45 Sever 415 & CC Lecture Hall for scr
Proseminar: History AFVS 270 Tom Conley Tu 5-7 & wkly scr Tu 7:15-10:00 Carpenter Ctr 401 and Lecture Hall
Materiality, Visual Culture and Media  AFVS 279 Giuliana Bruno W 2-4 Carpenter Ctr  402
The Frankfurt School on Mass Media and Mass Culture AFVS 289 German 254 Eric Rentschler M 12:45-2:45 Sever 411
GRADUATE COURSES OF PRACTICE, READING & RESEARCH   
Film & Visual  Studies Workshop AFVS 301 Eric Rentschler    
Reading & Research AFVS 310 Members of the dept.    
Directed Study AFVS 320 Members of the dept.    
Teaching Workshop AFVS 330R Carrie Lambert-Beatty    
Film Study Center Non-Fiction Filmmaking Workshop AFVS 351HF Lucien Castaing-Taylor Tu 6:00-9:00 Sever 416
Graduate Studio Workshop AFVS 390 Lucien Castaing-Taylor W 6:00-10:00 29 Garden Street

Spring 2020

FRESHMAN SEMINAR
Work: An Audio/Visual Exploration FRSMR 38X Robb Moss TBD TBD
GENERAL EDUCATION 
Painting's Doubt: What Artmaking Lets Us See and Say GENED 1114 Matt Saunders Th 1:30-2:45 + studio sections to be scheduled on W, Th, F 9-1 or 3-7 Deknatel Hall (H/AM) for lecture and 3rd fl painting studio                      
STUDIO ART and PHOTOGRAPHY (practice based courses) 
Drawing 1: Drawing as Visual Language  AFVS 12 Katarina Burin TuTh 3:00-5:45 Carpenter Center 4th Floor
Introduction to Still Photography AFVS 40A Elle Pérez  TuTh 9:00-11:45 Carpenter Center B19
Introduction to Still Photography AFVS 41A Sharon Harper MW 3:00-5:45 Carpenter Center B19
Introduction to Still Photography AFVS 42A Jiehao Su MW 10:30-1:15 Carpenter Center B19
Frame, Spectacle, Spectator: Video as Medium AFVS 64F Carissa Rodriguez M 1:30-5:45 Linden 109
Malleable Forms (A Studio of the Political) AFVS 81R Xaviera Simmons W 12:00-5:00, including lunchbreak    Carpenter Center 203
The Devil, Probably x 8 + 1: A Studio-based Seminar AFVS 83 Stephen Prina Tu 12-2:45 and then Th 1-4 Carpenter Center 5th Floor
Post-Brush: Studio Course AFVS 123R Annette Lemieux TuTh 12:00-2:45 Carpenter Center 4th Floor 
Object Matter of Jellyfish: Sculpture Course AFVS 132R Nora Schultz TuTh 9:00-11:45 Carpenter Center 203
Difficult Pictures AFVS 143 Elle Pérez  TuTh 1:30-4:15 Carpenter Center B19
Directed Research  AFVS 196R Stephen Prina W 6:00-9:00 Carpenter Ctr 5th Fl &  B04
Artistic Research Workshop AFVS 251 Sohin Hwang Th 3:00-7:00 TBD
ANIMATION, FILM, VIDEO and NEW GENRES (practice based courses) 
Introduction to Non Fiction Filmmaking AFVS 50B Alfred Guzzetti M 1:30-4:15 and then W 1:30-5:45 Sever B10
Working in Film AFVS 50F Robb Moss TuTh 9:00-11:45 Sever B10
Introduction to Video AFVS 51A Ross McElwee TuTh 9:00-11:45 Sever 416
Fundamentals of Animation AFVS 53AR Andy London Tu 9-12:45 & wkly scr M 4:30-5:45 Sever 402 and CC B04 for scr
Frame, Spectacle, Spectator: Video as Medium AFVS 64F Carissa Rodriguez M 1:30-5:45 Linden 109
True Fiction: Intermediate Film Production AFVS 150B Anocha Suwichakornpong TuTh 1:30-4:15 Sever 415
Intermediate Animation: Making an Animated Film AFVS 153AR Tim Szetela M 1:30-5:45, including wkly screenings Sever 402 and CC B04 for scr
Sound and Image as Equal Partners  AFVS 157G Alfred Guzzetti Thu 1:30-6pm Sever B10
Sensory Ethnography 1 AFVS 158AR Verena Paravel MWF 12-2:45 Sever 416
Sensory Ethnography 2 AFVS 158B Lucien Castaing-Taylor & Verena Paravel MWF 3:00-5:45 Sever 416
Foreign Bodies, Directing Images: Non-fiction filmmaker-cinematographers AFVS 159J Joana Pimenta TBD TBD 
Advanced Critical Media Practice AFVS 355 Lucien Castaing-Taylor Th 6-10 Sever 16
FILM and VISUAL STUDIES (seminar and lecture courses)
The Art of Film  AFVS 70 Kate Rennebohm TuTh 10:30-11:45 & wkly scr Tu 7:15  Carpenter Ctr B04 and Lecture Hall  
Curating Contemporary Art: Exhibitions, Artists, Institutions, and Audiences AFVS 118C Dan Byers Tu 12-2:45 Carpenter Center 401
Film and the Self-Image: From Local Cinema to the Selfie AFVS 170S Kate Rennebohm W 3-5:45 & wkly scr F 3-5:30 Sever 415 & CC Lecture Hall for scr
What is (21st-Century) Cinema? AFVS 173D Dennis Lim  M 3-5 & wkly scr M 12-2:45 Carpenter Center 401 & Lecture Hall
Film Theory, Visual Thinking  AFVS 181 Giuliana Bruno Th 12:00-1:30 & wkly scr W 7:15 Carpenter Center 402 & Lecture Hall
Postwall German Cinema AFVS 188G Eric Rentschler M 12-45-2:45 & wkly scr F 12:45-3:15 Carpenter Center B04 & Lecture Hall
The Cinema According to Alfred Hitchcock AFVS 197 Haden Guest W 12:45-2:45 & wkly scr M 3-5:45 Carpenter Center 401 & Lecture Hall
Proseminar: Theory  AFVS 271 Giuliana Bruno W 2-4 Carpenter Center 402
REQUIRED for all AFVS CONCENTRATORS
Sophomore Tutorial AFVS 97 Katarina Burin Thu 6-8pm & additional TBD Linden 109
GRADUATE COURSES OF PRACTICE, READING & RESEARCH
Film & Visual  Studies Workshop AFVS 301 Eric Rentschler    
Reading & Research AFVS 310 Members of the dept.    
Directed Study AFVS 320 Members of the dept.    
Teaching Workshop AFVS 330R Carrie Lambert-Beatty    
Film Study Center Non-Fiction Filmmaking Workshop AFVS 351HF Lucien Castaing-Taylor Tu 6:00-9:00 Sever 416
Advanced Critical Media Practice AFVS 355R Lucien Castaing-Taylor Thu 6-8pm & additional TBD  
Graduate Studio Workshop AFVS 390 Lucien Castaing-Taylor W 6:00-10:00 TBD