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Stemming from conceptions grounded in abstraction, this course for beginning to intermediate painters will include extensive experimentation with techniques, materials, and mediums through individual painting dilemmas. Emphasis will be placed on improvisational decision-making to explore formal and material options as part of the painting process, focusing on form and meaning. We will explore painting-related texts such as Notes on the Diagram by Amy Sillman, Faith, Hope, and Impossibility by Philip Guston, Color by Hugo von Hofmannsthal, and The Sexuality of Abstraction: Agnes Martin by Jonathan D. Katz in hopes of forming communal dialogue and inspiration around painting, color, and abstraction. Students will work primarily with oil or acrylic-based media, however, we will also explore collage and drawing techniques.