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Social Science Lecture - The Importance of Being Un-Original in the Arts

  • Location:Hitchcock Auditorium - Pioneer Hall, COCC Bend Campus
  • Date/Time:Wednesday, 5/29/2013 from 4:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m.

Social Science Lecture Series Presents

The Importance of Being Un-Original in the Arts
Wednesday, May 29th 4:30 – 5:30 pm
Hitchcock Auditorium

Social Science Lecture Series21st Century artists, and art students in particular, are hard-pressed to create original works. Meanwhile, originality remains one of the primary cultural criteria for appraising new works of art. Through examples from his own career trajectory, Cravis demonstrates that artistic creation is itself an original act, regardless of whether – and in some cases especially because – everything has already been done before..."

 - Bill Cravis, M.A. Visual Arts Program

For more information, contact Sara Henson (541- 330-4357, shenson@cocc.edu) Dr. Andria Woodell (awoodell@cocc.edu); or Mick McCann (mccann@cocc.edu).

Public parking is available behind the COCC library and Boyle Education Center.


Social Science Lecture Series Poster (pdf)