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Art 250: Faces, Hands, Feet: Introduction to Figurative Wood Carving
Professor Stefanie Rocknak (rocknaks@hartwick.edu)
Monday-Friday: June 7-18 (9:00-5:00pm)
2 credits
Tuition/fees $1,354.00
Through in-class demonstrations and personal supervision by the instructor, students will learn to advance their figurative woodcarving skills, regardless if they are basic, intermediate or advanced. Over the course of ten days, students will focus on mastering some of the most difficult aspects of the figure: faces, hands and feet. All forms of expression are welcome and encouraged; students need not be realists. Attention will also be paid to finishing, tool sharpening techniques, laminating techniques and safety concerns (approval from the art department pending).
ECON 101: Economics of Sustainability
Professor Karl Seeley (seeleyk@hartwick.edu)
Monday-Thursday: June 7-24 (9:00-12:30pm)
3 credits
Tuition/fees $1,095.00
This course shows students the ecological underpinnings of human economies: how natural constraints influence the kinds of societies a place can support, and the way that new technologies and human choices change our influence on the environment. The course uses Hartwick College’s Pine Lake campus, local farms and forests, and the City and Town of Oneonta as a series of living classrooms. The course incorporates several activities that may be adaptable to elementary or high school classrooms.
ENGL 250: Nature and Spirit: Exploring the Self through the Natural World
Professor Alice Lichtenstein (lichtensteina@hartwick.edu)
Monday-Tuesday: June 7-29 (9:00-2:30pm)
3 credits
Tuition/fees $985.00
This course is a writing workshop that will combine intensive reading of masterworks of the genre of nature writing and personal essay with specific aspects of craft to help students to write about themselves, the natural world, and their journey of self-discovery. A Hartwick teacher of creative writing, I will lead participants through several writing exercises to generate the images and memories for their personal essays and introduce the elements of the craft of nature writing, such as voice, context, and research. Readings to be discussed include selections from Emerson, Thoreau, Annie Dillard, Bernd Heinrich, John Muir, Edward Abbey, Mary Oliver, and Walt Whitman. Guest naturalists from the Hartwick community will provide additional insight and texture to the course.
