ENG 347 - Wilderness and the Arts (FEE) Taught at the Boundary Waters (Wilderness Field Station, Minnesota) (1)

The class will immerse in the glorious September outdoors at the somewhat primitive Field Station on Low Lake up by the Boundary Waters of Canada/Minnesota, and thoughtfully consider conventional concepts of the wilderness in our culture as we challenge and broaden those frames to incorporate art and meditation. We canoe, make art, write wilderness journals, read and discuss literature, contemplate paintings–from the Pictographs on the cliffs within the Boundary Waters to vibrant forest paintings and journals of Emily Carr. Absorbing Braiding Sweetgrass by indigenous scientist writer Robin Wall Kimmerer, we cultivate awareness of our own encounters with the wilderness and the artworks about the wilderness that we study. We read fiction and poetry in the wild, keep journals/portfolios of projects involving writing, literature, meditation, and photography. As we encounter photography by Tokihiro Sato, Jim Brandenberg and Daido Loori, we will deepen and enrich our own photographic practice, and create our own photo-essay journals. The class will learn to do Japanese suminagashi, floating ink marbling, and make journals using Japanese stab binding. Open to seasoned campers & neophytes. We are all wildly able. (FEE)

Registration entails additional costs, estimated $500. Prerequisite: writing (W) course, ENG 201 , ENG 202 , ENG 215 , or ENG 225    This course is pre-approved for transcript notation in the Ingenuity in Action category, Civic Engagement. To participate and earn notation of completion on your transcript, please complete the Ingenuity in Action application.
(Humanities) (Intercultural Literacy Encounter)