FINAR-6040: Fine Arts Seminar

Course Description

Fine Arts Seminars are intended to broaden and clarify students' perspective on contemporary art practice. Each semester these seminars shift in focus and subject matter. Seminars may concentrate on art from the perspectives of art history, philosophy, sociology, anthropology, psychology, and so forth, or may take the form of a discipline-based critique focusing on the history, theory, and practice of painting, sculpture, and photography, among others.

Academic Level: Graduate

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Subject

Graduate Fine Arts

Sections

Fall 2025

Section	Instructor(s)	Meeting Info
FINAR-6040-1: Fine Arts Seminar: Postmortems Angela Hennessy	Angela Hennessy	Tue 12:15-03:05PM, Main Bldg - W2
FINAR-6040-3: Fine Arts Seminar: Shape Shifters: Color Intensive Linda Geary	Linda Geary	Tue 3:30-06:20PM, Main Bldg - W4
FINAR-6040-4: Fine Arts Seminar: Video Time Video Space Kota Ezawa	Kota Ezawa	Mon 12:15-03:05PM, Main Bldg - 131
FINAR-6040-5: Fine Arts Seminar: Hyper Clay Maria Porges	Maria Porges	Wed 3:30-06:20PM, Double Ground - D144

Spring 2025

Section	Instructor(s)	Meeting Info
FINAR-6040-1: Fine Arts Seminar: The Shape of Survival		Wed 12:00-03:00PM, Main Bldg - 107
FINAR-6040-2: Fine Arts Seminar: Press Print > Press Play Anthea Black	Anthea Black	Tue 4:00-07:00PM, Double Ground - D160 Tue 4:00-07:00PM, Double Ground - D148
FINAR-6040-3: Fine Arts Seminar: L.A. Artlandia Intensive James Gobel	James Gobel	Mon 12:00-03:00PM, Main Bldg - 141

Fall 2024

Section	Instructor(s)	Meeting Info
FINAR-6040-1: Fine Arts Seminar: The page, the print, perfection? Nelson Chan	Nelson Chan	Mon 12:00-03:00PM, RayKo - 205 (Computer Lab)
FINAR-6040-2: Fine Arts Seminar: Hyper-Clay Nathan Lynch	Nathan Lynch	Thu 4:00-07:00PM, Main Bldg - N14/16
FINAR-6040-4: Fine Arts Seminar: Material World Mia Feuer	Mia Feuer	Tue 12:00-03:00PM, Double Ground - D125
FINAR-6040-5: Fine Arts Seminar: Make Our Own Museum Maria Porges	Maria Porges	Mon 4:00-07:00PM, Hooper GC - GC3

Spring 2024

Section	Instructor(s)	Meeting Info
FINAR-6040-1: Fine Arts Seminar: Capp Street Fellow Sites and Situations Niloufar Emamifar	Niloufar Emamifar	Fri 12:00-03:00PM, Main Bldg - N5 (Sculpture / Individualized Homeroom) (inactive)
FINAR-6040-2: Fine Arts Seminar: Artist in Real Life (IRL) Marcel Pardo Ariza	Marcel Pardo Ariza	Mon 12:00-03:00PM, Main Bldg - N5 (Sculpture / Individualized Homeroom) (inactive)
FINAR-6040-3: Fine Arts Seminar: Press Print > Press Play Anthea Black	Anthea Black	Tue 4:00-07:00PM, San Francisco Center for the Book (375 Rhode Island St)
FINAR-6040-5: Fine Arts Seminar: Spring Intensive: L.A. Artlandia James Gobel	James Gobel	Mon 12:00-03:00PM, Hubbell - 131

Fall 2023

Section	Instructor(s)	Meeting Info
FINAR-6040-1: Fine Arts Seminar: Post Mortems Angela Hennessy	Angela Hennessy	Tue 4:00-07:00PM, Hubbell - 131
FINAR-6040-2: Fine Arts Seminar: Fine Arts Seminar: Making in The Third Dimension Mia Feuer	Mia Feuer	Wed 4:00-07:00PM, Main Bldg - N5 (Sculpture / Individualized Homeroom)
FINAR-6040-3: Fine Arts Seminar: Hyper-Clay Nathan Lynch	Nathan Lynch	Thu 4:00-07:00PM, Main Bldg - N6/8 (Painting & Drawing Studios)
FINAR-6040-4: Fine Arts Seminar: The page, the print, perfection? Nelson Chan	Nelson Chan	Mon 12:00-03:00PM, RayKo - 205 (Computer Lab)
FINAR-6040-5: Fine Arts Seminar: Space to Place Sholeh Asgary	Sholeh Asgary	Mon 4:00-07:00PM, Hubbell - 151

Spring 2023

Section	Instructor(s)	Meeting Info
FINAR-6040-1: Fine Arts Seminar: Professional Practices Christine Wang	Christine Wang	Fri 4:00-07:00PM, Hooper GC - GC1
FINAR-6040-2: Fine Arts Seminar: Art Life Tactics Linda Geary	Linda Geary	Fri 12:00-03:00PM, Hooper GC - GC3
FINAR-6040-3: Fine Arts Seminar: Press Print > Press Play Anthea Black	Anthea Black	Tue 4:00-07:00PM, Hooper GC - GC2
FINAR-6040-4: Fine Arts Seminar: Ground Up Brian Conley	Brian Conley	Mon 4:00-07:00PM, 80 Carolina - P3
FINAR-6040-5: Fine Arts Seminar: L.A. Artlandia Intensive James Gobel	James Gobel	Mon 12:00-03:00PM, Hooper GC - GC5

Fall 2022

Section	Instructor(s)	Meeting Info
FINAR-6040-1: Fine Arts Seminar: Chromophilia Angela Hennessy	Angela Hennessy	Thu 4:00-07:00PM, Hubbell - 151
FINAR-6040-2: Fine Arts Seminar: Dumpsters, Flea Markets and Beyond Mia Feuer	Mia Feuer	Fri 4:00-07:00PM, Hooper GC - GC1
FINAR-6040-3: Fine Arts Seminar: Hyper-Clay Nathan Lynch	Nathan Lynch	Thu 4:00-07:00PM, Main Bldg - N1 (Ceramics Work Room)
FINAR-6040-4: Fine Arts Seminar: Embodied Genevieve Quick	Genevieve Quick	Mon 12:00-03:00PM, Main Bldg - 102 B
FINAR-6040-5: Fine Arts Seminar: Irresponsible Writing Dodie Bellamy	Dodie Bellamy	Mon 4:00-07:00PM, Main Bldg - 103
FINAR-6040-6: Fine Arts Seminar: Side Project TBD	TBD	Tue 12:00-03:00PM, Hubbell - 131

Spring 2022

Section	Instructor(s)	Meeting Info
FINAR-6040-1: Fine Arts Seminar: Shape Shifters Linda Geary	Linda Geary	Fri 12:00-03:00PM, San Francisco - Main Building - E5
FINAR-6040-2: Fine Arts Seminar: LA Artland: 2022 Edition James Gobel	James Gobel	Mon 4:00-07:00PM, San Francisco - Grad Center - GC1
FINAR-6040-3: Fine Arts Seminar: Moving Images Alison O'Daniel	Alison O'Daniel	Mon 8:00-11:00AM, San Francisco - Grad Center - GC5
FINAR-6040-4: Fine Arts Seminar: Maximum Magic Aaron Gach	Aaron Gach	Thu 4:00-07:00PM, San Francisco - Grad Center - GC2
FINAR-6040-5: Fine Arts Seminar: Press Print / Press Play Anthea Black	Anthea Black	Fri 4:00-07:00PM, San Francisco - Grad Center - GC3 Fri 4:00-07:00PM, Oakland - Founders - 103: Letterpress
FINAR-6040-6: Fine Arts Seminar: Digital Tools Mia Feuer	Mia Feuer	Tue 8:00-11:00AM, San Francisco - Main Building - Lab B

Fall 2021

Section	Instructor(s)	Meeting Info
FINAR-6040-1: Fine Arts Seminar: The Anti-Closing-Down Machine Brian Conley Jaime Austin	Brian Conley Jaime Austin	Mon 2:00-04:00PM, Online - FA-17 Mon 2:00-04:00PM, San Francisco - Main Building - N11
FINAR-6040-2: Fine Arts Seminar: Of, By, and With People Susanne Cockrell	Susanne Cockrell	Tue 11:00AM-01:00PM, Off Campus - Dogpatch 1
FINAR-6040-3: Fine Arts Seminar: Material Biographies Deborah Valoma Angela Hennessy	Deborah Valoma Angela Hennessy	Tue 5:00-07:00PM, Off Campus - Dogpatch 1
FINAR-6040-4: Fine Arts Seminar: Buddies Books and the Bay Nelson Chan	Nelson Chan	Mon 5:00-07:00PM, Off Campus - Dogpatch 1
FINAR-6040-5: Fine Arts Seminar: HYPERCLAY Nathan Lynch	Nathan Lynch	Fri 5:00-07:00PM, Oakland - Treadwell - 1: Glaze
FINAR-6040-6: Fine Arts Seminar: Making our Museum Maria Porges	Maria Porges	Tue 2:00-04:00PM, Off Campus - Dogpatch 1

Spring 2021

Section	Instructor(s)	Meeting Info
FINAR-6040-1: Fine Arts Seminar: EMBODIED Alison O'Daniel	Alison O'Daniel	Wed 4:00-05:55PM
FINAR-6040-2: Fine Arts Seminar: Why Pictures Now? Aspen Mays	Aspen Mays	Mon 4:00-05:55PM
FINAR-6040-3: Fine Arts Seminar: Shape Shifters Linda Geary	Linda Geary	Mon 4:00-05:55PM

Fall 2020

Section	Instructor(s)	Meeting Info
FINAR-6040-1: Fine Arts Seminar: Anti-Closing Down Machine Brian Conley	Brian Conley	Fri 4:00-07:00PM
FINAR-6040-3: Fine Arts Seminar: Performing the Object Peter Simensky	Peter Simensky	Mon 4:00-07:00PM
FINAR-6040-6: Fine Arts Seminar: Photography: Books, Buddies, and the Bay Nelson Chan	Nelson Chan	Wed 8:00-11:00AM
FINAR-6040-10: Fine Arts Seminar: Textilities: The Expanded Field of Textiles Deborah Valoma Angela Hennessy	Deborah Valoma Angela Hennessy	Tue 4:00-07:00PM
FINAR-6040-12: Fine Arts Seminar: Of, By, and With People Susanne Cockrell	Susanne Cockrell	Mon 4:00-07:00PM
FINAR-6040-14: Fine Arts Seminar: Moving Images Lynn Kirby	Lynn Kirby	Tue 4:00-07:00PM, Online - FA-6

Spring 2020

Section	Instructor(s)	Meeting Info
FINAR-6040-1: Fine Arts Seminar: Digital Tools Mia Feuer	Mia Feuer	Mon 8:30-11:30AM, San Francisco - Main Building - Lab C
FINAR-6040-7: Fine Arts Seminar: Photography: The Expanded Field Aspen Mays	Aspen Mays	Wed 8:30-11:30AM, Oakland - Ralls - 202
FINAR-6040-11: Fine Arts Seminar: Film Film Lynn Kirby	Lynn Kirby	Mon 4:00-07:00PM, San Francisco - Main Building - 131
FINAR-6040-12: Fine Arts Seminar: Performing the Object Peter Simensky	Peter Simensky	Tue 4:00-07:00PM, Off Campus - Dogpatch 1

Fall 2019

Section	Instructor(s)	Meeting Info
FINAR-6040-2: FAS: Irreparable Painting James Gobel	James Gobel	Mon 12:00-03:00PM, Off Campus - Dogpatch 1
FINAR-6040-7: FAS: Chromophilia Deborah Valoma Angela Hennessy	Deborah Valoma Angela Hennessy	Tue 4:00-07:00PM, San Francisco - Grad Center - GC6
FINAR-6040-11: FAS: Anti-Closing Down Machine Brian Conley	Brian Conley	Fri 4:00-07:00PM, San Francisco - Grad Center - GC2
FINAR-6040-14: Talking Contemporary Art Elizabeth Thomas	Elizabeth Thomas	Wed 8:30-11:30AM, Off Campus - Curatorial Research Bureau
FINAR-6040-15: Social Practice Workshop Susanne Cockrell	Susanne Cockrell	Tue 12:00-03:00PM, Off Campus - Dogpatch 1
FINAR-6040-16: FAS- FILM Strange Truth Jeanne Finley	Jeanne Finley	Tue 4:00-07:00PM, San Francisco - Main Building - 131

Spring 2019

Section	Instructor(s)	Meeting Info
FINAR-604-01: FAS: Social Practice Wkshp Amy Balkin	Amy Balkin	Wed 8:00-11:00AM, Main Building - W1
FINAR-604-02: FAS: Thinking Textiles Deborah Valoma Angela Hennessy	Deborah Valoma Angela Hennessy	Tue 4:00-07:00PM, Grad Center - GC6
FINAR-604-06: FAS: SF Workshop TBD	TBD

Fall 2018

Section	Instructor(s)	Meeting Info
FINAR-604-01: FAS: EcoDomics Ignacio Valero	Ignacio Valero	Wed 4:00-07:00PM
FINAR-604-02: FAS: Lining the Wild Bee Mark Thompson	Mark Thompson	Mon 12:00-03:00PM, Grad Center - GC6
FINAR-604-03: FAS: Talking Contemporary Art Christina Linden	Christina Linden
FINAR-604-07: FAS:Cinema & the Moving Image Lynn Kirby	Lynn Kirby	Mon 4:00-07:00PM
FINAR-604-10: FAS: Residency Intensive Tschabalala Self	Tschabalala Self	Tue 4:00-07:00PM, Main Building - 200
FINAR-604-11: FAS:Resistance Art & Nov 2018 Kim Anno	Kim Anno	Fri 12:00-03:00PM