West Virginia Wesleyan College // School of Fine Arts & Humanities Department of Art Spring Term 2017  //  Video Art  //  ART255 Mon/Wed 3-5:30pm Professor: Ellen Mueller // Office: McCuskey Room 105 Office Hours: Tue/Thu, 4-6pm & by appointment Email: mueller_e@wvwc.edu COURSE DESCRIPTION This course focuses on the basics of planning, shooting, and producing video art projects. […]

You must check e-mail, this website, and our learning management system (Canvas/Blackboard/etc) on a regular basis to take this course. Assignments will be dispersed via these channels and it is your responsibility to stay informed. When you submit a file, you must put your last name into the file-name. Example: Mueller-first-draft.jpg

  Here’s a funny (and accurate) article about emailing profs. You must check e-mail on a regular basis to take this course. Assignments will be dispersed via email. Allow at least 24 hours for a response during the work week, and at least 48 hours for emails sent on the weekend. Never delete an email […]

This class relies on interaction with peers and the instructor, which cannot be duplicated outside of class. Students who miss class are putting both themselves and their classmates at a disadvantage. Students are responsible adults and if they miss a class, it is assumed they had good reason to do so. Therefore, I do not […]

  You are expected to put a minimum of 5 hours outside of class each week into your work. If there is no evidence of dedicated work outside of class, your grade will suffer. Work must be ready for class (whatever that entails for the medium we are currently working in). If your work does not fit […]

All assignments must be submitted on time. There are no exceptions. Hard-copy/physical assignments are always due at the start of class I do not accept late assignments, so you cannot hand in the assignment after class has started (even just a minute or two!), or at the end of class.  If you will not be able […]

SUPPLIES: You will need to have a device that shoots video. Art & Design majors are required to provide their DSLR camera. Non-majors are also encouraged to invest in a new or used DSLR camera or rent/borrow one for the semester. There are some DSLR cameras available for check-out through the library, although there are a […]

We will have in-depth critiques, and we will meet often to briefly critique work during class. During these critiques, you will familiarize yourself with the ways of looking, thinking and talking about art. We will examine the formal and conceptual attributes of each student’s work in addition to different approaches to critiquing. The purpose of […]

Students are expected to help maintain the studio spaces as clean, safe places to work. Please remember to return materials used in class to storage, and to wipe off any work surfaces (tables, stools, keyboards, mice, easels, counters, sinks, etc.). Remember to throw away all trash and to recycle all recyclables. Keeping the studio neat […]

  1.) Cell phones must be turned off during class. Texting or answering a call in the classroom is disrespectful to your classmates and to the instructor. You will lose attendance points if your phone rings, if you are texting, or if you are talking on the phone. 2.) No open laptops unless we are researching as […]

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Your professionalism in this class is recognized by, among other things, your understanding of copyright and fair use in your own work. Just as respecting others’ copyright is important, so is understanding when it is not only legal but appropriate to use others’ material without permission or payment. To clarify, consult CAA’s http://www.collegeart.org/fair-use/best-practices. “Academic Dishonesty” […]

Feel free to check out my work at EllenMueller.com  

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