Visualizing Washington

This community will introduce you to ways of understanding visual images in a variety of contexts, including art, photography, film, and performing arts. You will learn about aesthetics, as well as the production aspects of visual images; discover intuitive dimensions of seeing; and analyze the influence of culture on visual symbols and communication. Through the student service component of this community, you will participate in Washington, D.C., to make a positive difference that extends far beyond the AU campus.
 
Throughout the semester, your work will be featured on the professor’s Web site of student work, and by the end of the semester, you will create a portfolio piece that draws on one or more of the visual media studied. You will showcase your final portfolio project; other examples of your work, such as photography, visual design, short films or videos; and analysis of visual literacy experiences from throughout the city on a Web site of your own creation. Your analysis will include your artistic statement of vision, growth, and reflection.

 “When it came time to write big papers and take midterms and finals, there was always a reliable study group that I could work with, which took a lot of the stress off of doing these things for the first time in college.”

- Joshua Kaplan, from Glastonbury, CT