Word: ves
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...result, a group of concentrators drafted a letter last year to certain VES Faculty. They complained that at Carpenter they found" 'art' being taught as 'design' in a series of experiments." The letter went on to say that although courses on color theory and the psychology of art were offered, there were no courses in painting, sculpture, etching, or on the economic and moral position of the artist. They wanted to see art "taught by artists, not architects, designers, art historians, or Harvard graduates from other fields...
...questionnaire administered in May, 1972, well over half of the concentrators claimed that the VES department was too theory-oriented. Only 8 per cent said that it was too creation-oriented. Approximately three-quarters claimed that they would like to see the department changed. The verdict--the department should move in the direction of creativity, away from principles and jargon. This meant less-structured studio courses and the introduction of many desired courses in painting and print-making into the VES curriculum...
Whether the department will respond to these criticism remains to be seen. However, as a result of a VES student-faculty committee on curriculum review, certain changes appear to be in the offing...
...addition, the department is now considering a large introductory lecture course, VES 1, in order to expand its offerings for the non-VES concentrator. The course would be comparable to Fine Arts 13 and would introduce students to a range of concerns from a small-scale visual analysis to an environmental design project. It is tentatively scheduled...
...letter to the VES curriculum committee last year, Rudolf Arnheim, professor of the Psychology of Art, said that Carpenter Center should not continue to convey the impression that understanding "figure-ground relationships" and "complementary colors" are the objectives of its teaching. Instead, Arnheim said, it should shift its emphasis from teaching visual tools to asking what these tools can be used for, especially in terms of self-expression...