Courses are sponsored by the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign School of Art & Design, and as such are available for academic credit (graduate and undergraduate) and non-credit.

We encourage the enrollment of members of the public, as well as university students in the Washington, D.C. area. Students from other universities should check with their own academic institution for confirmation about transferability of credits.

Fall 2007 classes listed below.
Archives of previous semesters' course offerings are available at right.

Spring 2008 classes coming soon.

Survey of Contemporary Art

ARTH 546/491

Description:

Following an introduction to Pop, Minimalism, and Conceptual art, this course will examine art made in the last twenty-five years. We will explore topics including the emergence of new media alongside the cyclical so-called death and return of painting; the economics of the art market and the increasing ubiquity of art fairs; the politics of representation and the NEA culture wars; and the efflorescence of the aesthetic in recent years.

Schedule:

Meets:
Tuesdays, 6:00pm - 8:00pm
With one hour of discussion on Wednesdays (for UIUC students only)
Phillips Collection Carriage House

Dates:
September 4 - December 13, 2007

Credit Options:

3 undergraduate credits, 4 graduate credits, non-credit

Professor: Suzanne Hudson

Geographies of Modernism

ARTH 541/491

Description:

This advanced seminar will consider how ideas of geography—and of places imagined as physical spaces as well as political spheres—have been transformed in the last century. Indeed, asking not only what, but where, was Modernism, we will investigate questions of site-specificity, identity, globalization, and cultural production and assimilation. Topics will additionally comprise public art, community-based art, and landscape art, among others.

Schedule:

Meets:
Thursdays, 10:00am - 1:00pm
Carriage House Conference Room, The Phillips Collection

Dates:
September 6 - December 13, 2007

Credit Options:

3 undergraduate credits, 4 graduate credits, non-credit

Professor: Suzanne Hudson

Museum Studies

ARTH 460

Description:

This course, taught by the Center's Associate Director with participation from various members of the museum staff, is concerned with advanced theoretical issues of art museum work, including current practices and issues. Topics covered include the history of museums in America, collections, curatorial issues, educational program planning, trustee relations, public outreach, fundraising, budgeting, and staff organization. It will also focus on actual experiences in The Phillips Collection's galleries as well as field trips to other area art museums. This course will count for seminar credit in the graduate art history program at the University of Illinois.

Schedule:

Meets:
Wednesdays, 2:00pm - 5:00pm
Carriage House Conference Room, The Phillips Collection

Dates:
September 5 - December 12, 2007

Credit Options:

3 undergraduate credits, 4 graduate credits, non-credit

Professor: Ruth Perlin

Issues in Contemporary Art

ARTS 492

Description:

An advanced seminar discussing issues related to contemporary art practice. Discussion and readings are guided by a practicing curator. Seminar explores aesthetics, criticism, art history, and recent work. There will be regular readings of theoretical and art historical texts as well articles from art journals. May include guest lectures by artists, curators, or historians and visits to museums and galleries. Enrollment will be limited to 15 students in order to ensure active participation by all students in the class.

Schedule:

Meets:
Wednesdays, 7:00pm - 9:00pm
Carriage House Studio, The Phillips Collection

With addtl. museum/gallery trips to be scheduled outside of class time.

Dates:
September 5 - December 12, 2007

Credit Options:

3 undergraduate credits, 4 graduate credits, non-credit

Professor: Anne Ellegood

Photomontage / Collage Studio

ARTS 499

Description:

This hands-on studio course is taught by a practicing artist and will offer both individualized and group instruction in drawing and collage techniques. In addition, each class session will devote some time to art historical overviews of the uses of drawing and multimedia collage by such groups as modern and contemporary artists, graphic novelists, outsider artists, children and musicians. This class is open to students of all levels of artistic ability.

Schedule:

Meets:
Fridays, 1:00pm - 4:00pm
Carriage House Studio, The Phillips Collection

Dates:
September 7 - December 14, 2007

Credit Options:

3 undergraduate credits, 4 graduate credits, non-credit

Professor: Tim Spelios

Taking Pictures

ARTS 499

Description:

This course will examine, discuss and execute the ideas of contemporary photographers. Students will be asked to bring some kind of camera of their own to the class. Technical skills of camera operation and printing will be taught in conjunction with studies of the work of contemporary photographers. These include in-class presentation of influences, ideas, material choices and problem solving techniques for photographers. Photographic assignments will be given and critiqued; we will also discuss the work of important contemporary photographers.

Schedule:

Meets:
Saturdays, 1:00pm - 4:00pm
Carriage House Conference Room, The Phillips Collection

Dates:
September 8 - December 15, 2007

Credit Options:

3 undergraduate credits, 4 graduate credits, non-credit

Professor: Chan Chao

Art Museum Internship

ARTH 595/399
(UIUC students only)

Description:

A limited number of semester-long credit internships are available. Because space is limited, UIUC students are encouraged to apply to the "Illinois at The Phillips" program as early as possible to ensure participation.

Download this document to read about specific departments with possible internship openings:
The Phillips Collection departments (RTF)

Credit Options:

1-3 undergraduate credits or 3-6 graduate credits, depending on the number of hours per week spent interning (approximately five hours a week for every credit hour earned).