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Studio SIP Information Kalamazoo College Art Department STUDIO ART SIP GUIDELINES Senior Individualized Projects (SIP) in
Studio Art will all be for one unit. SIPs are to be advanced level work and a
faculty member must agree to supervise your project. It is up to the sponsoring
faculty member to approve your project. Faculty members have the discretion
whether to supervise your project or not. Students should have considerable
experience, equivalent to at least two courses, in a medium before registering
for a SIP in that area. REQUIREMENTS FOR REGISTRATION á At
least two courses in the area of the intended SIP—due by end of Junior
Spring Quarter á Document
of Intent—due by end of Junior Spring Quarter á Completed
SIP Proposal form and outline—due quarter before SIP Quarter á SIP
contract—due at least a quarter before SIP Quarter á Research
involving human subjects must
receive approval from the College Institutional Review Board (IRB). https://campus.kzoo.edu/irb/ (includes all documentary video SIPs) REQUIREMENTS FOR THE SIP Body of Work Thesis Defense (Midterm and Final
Review, Oral) Sip Document (Please see our document style guide for
more details) http://www.kzoo.edu/art/document_style_guide.htm á Cover
sheet (designed so that your sip title and name show through the cut-out of
official sip binder, which is available at the college bookstore) á Narrative
Description of the development of the work from nascent stage to
completion—include influences and relationship to other work in the
similar genre (ten pages minimum) á Sheet
of thumbnail images of your work for easy, quick viewing á Separate
artist statement á Hard
copy image list that corresponds to a CD with ten to twenty medium resolution
images of your completed SIP work (save your images around 7Ó x 9Ó at 150 dpi
for this)...also include a digital copy of your Narrative Description and your
PowerPoint presentation and any of your earlier works that informed your
project. TIME TABLE Normally students will register to do
their SIP in the winter of their senior year. A one unit SIP can be completed
during the summer on rare occasions, if the student has the required experience
and the summer SIP unit is necessary to complete 38 units for graduation. The
summer SIP unit will be credited during the fall of the senior year as an
overload. Two-unit SIPs in Art are extremely rare. Please note: the final bound document of
the written component of a Studio SIP will be due in week two of the term
following the term of registration (penultimate draft due earlier). THE THESIS EXHIBITION Most students have an exhibition of SIP
work in the gallery of the Light Fine Arts Building. The exhibition is to be
hung in consultation with your SIP supervisor and must meet his or her
standards of professional conditions. These may include, but are not limited
to: á An
Artist Statement á Advertisement
for the Exhibition á Proper
Labeling á Appropriate
Presentation (framing, installation, labeling etc.) á Reservation
of the space and lobby for reception á Documentation
of Exhibition The exhibition
schedule will be determined by the faculty of the Art Department. OTHER INFORMATION Tedrow-Little-Tyler
Fund: This provides a grant for materials used for your art SIP (or a grant for
living or research expenses, in the case of an internship or research), for up
to $200. Please make a written request for funding to the Art Department Chair.
The Business Office requires receipts for expenses; give them to the department
chair, Sarah Lindley, who will send them to the Business Office. Grading of studio SIPs is a
collaborative effort of the Art and Art History faculty. Grades are based on the technical,
formal and conceptual strength of the work, the studentÕs organization, process
and progress throughout the project, the scope of the completed project, an
understanding of the context for the work as it is addressed throughout the
creation of the work, the oral reviews and the final SIP document. |