Update::
Currently under construction for the upcoming Summer and Fall 2006 semesters.

NEW ART HISTORY COURSES FOR SPRING SEMESTER::
Elements of Chinese Painting
In this course we will explore the elements of Chinese painting: the physical tools and the painted marks and the iconographic forms. Painting is a visual language and this introductory foray into Chinese art will familiarize students with the basic language of Chinese painting as well as introduce them to its self-referential complexities.

History of American Architecture
This course is an introduction to American Architecture through Post-Modernism. We will focus on major monuments including buildings, land-scapes, urban plans and unbuilt projects. Our goal is to place these architectural works in their social, political, economic and religious context in order to understand architecture as an expression of its time and culture. This course will also provide an introduction to some of the important theorists who shaped the course of American architecture and their writings. Finally, this course will help develop skills of visual analysis and familiarize you with the terms and concepts which are used in the study of the built environment.

NEXT EXHIBTION AT THE ANDERSON GALLERY::
Still Life w/PEACHES
[and a little black boy atop a spotted pony]
Exhibition Dates: November 10 - December 11, 2005
Opening Reception: Thursday, November 10, 5 - 7 pm
Opening Night Performance Features Rachel Norgaard [keyboard] and Theaster Gates [vocals]

The Anderson Gallery at Drake University is pleased to announce the first one-person exhibition of work by Mitchell Squire. A native of Natchez, Mississippi and having spent his childhood in Chicago, Squire’s work flows from his experiences as an African American man and integrates personal notions of culture, race, family, and the cycle of life. Architectural in scale and technique, his work manifests as volumetric forms that serve as armatures or containers relating such notions to collections of artifacts. In Still Life w/PEACHES, Squire probes the subject of bloodline and addresses issues of pedigree, strain and inheritance.

[go to anderson gallery site]