This generation lives in a visual culture of unprecedented complexity. You have inherited a world in a storm of visual and artistic diversity. A sea of advertisements, websites, mobile devices, a billion apps and all before you’ve stepped foot in a museum. How did we get here and why does “here” look the way it does? In addition, what is the engine behind it all and can anyone learn the skills needed to meaningfully contribute?

In his Spotlight presentation, Mike Wiggins asks us to consider some of these questions.  Sometimes the answers are fairly straightforward, but at other times, they are not.

http://vimeo.com/50172058

 

Reading

In preparation for this Spotlight session, please read the following excerpt:

• Hilary Brand and Adrienne Chaplin, “Art and Blurred Boundaries”
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Hilary Brand and Adrienne Chaplin, Art and Soul: Signposts for Christians in the Arts.  (Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press, 1999), 110-122.

This article references many images and artists. For those artists that are unfamiliar, take a look at this visual guide.

Join the Conversation

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Spotlight Resources

Blind Sculptress of Saint Benedict’s

Creative Confidence

BIOGRAPHY

Mike Wiggins is an associate professor and chair of the Department of Art and Design. He is also a practicing graphic designer working in industries ranging from music and entertainment to higher education.