Word: visual
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...this October, signaling the development of one of Harvard's newest student organizations. Now known as the Art Students' Caucus (ASC) after full approval from Dean Epps and CHUL, the group is settling down to work on projects that emphasize its primary goal: encouraging students and faculty in the visual and environmental arts to adopt a collective approach and a spirit of interaction concerning arts-related issues...
...time and hours spent on course assignments, many students find they have little time left for private artwork. Moreover, many find it difficult to maintain a serious self-image as an artist in an environment of such traditional academic attitudes: an environment pervaded by ignorance and misconceptions of the visual arts and of the VES department...
Additional difficulties have stemmed from the fact that the Visual and Environmental Studies Department is among the newest at Harvard, fairly small, and struggling for more financial support from the University. Many studio courses depend on fees, an almost unheard of situation in the sciences. The small but dedicated faculty have virtually achieved miracles within the limitations of space and budget that have affected teaching, studying and exhibitions. Yet the department chairman, Lou Bakanowsky has been much quoted for his remark that "the visual arts need to be more visible...
...then, functions as a response to these various pressures, a support system ready and organized to assume a more active role for Harvard's artists. The specific aims of the ASC are nowhere stated more clearly than in its charter and bylaws: --To further cooperation among members of the visual arts community at Harvard-Radcliffe...
Cohen is best known for his films "The Wiz," "Thank God It's Friday," and "Mahogony." He is a graduate of Harvard's Visual and Environmental Studies Program. Corty directed the television film, "Autobiography of Miss Jane Pitman...