A21: Seeing Art, the Art of Seeing -  3 units
Jane Anne Young
Tues. 2:00–3:30 p.m. - Sept. 9, 16, 23                       
Les Yeux du Monde Gallery - Limit: 10

Jane Anne Young, retired Director of Education at UVa Art Museum, has been exploring the art of seeing philosophically and practically for many years. She holds a B.A. from the University of Delaware and an M.A. in Teaching from the Harvard Graduate School of Education. She was appointed to the faculty of UVa in 1987. She has consulted and collaborated with museums all over the country, among them the Corcoran Museum, the National Gallery, Maier Museum at Randolph Macon, MOMA, Toledo Museum of Art, Denver Museum of Art, and Monticello, and is currently working with the education department at the Smithsonian American Art Museum. While at UVa she supervised outstanding volunteer docents; created the UVa student-docent program; began a program with at-risk high-school students; initiated the flower and art exhibitions; instituted family hands-on activities for all ages; began senior school, University and preschool series; was instrumental in the founding of the Writers’ Eye competition; and taught an ongoing education program about looking at art.

How do we see? How do we interpret or even really look at art? What internal and cultural sensibilities affect the way we see? Using iconic and well-known works of art, we will explore the world of visual literacy together. No art history required—simply a desire to think about how we learn to see. Bring your imagination, your sense of humor and a willingness to discover for yourself and begin a lifelong adventure in looking at art.  As a class, you will be encouraged to examine not only what you see, but what you don’t, and why you see what you think you do.  Debate may ensue and stimulate as we examine and discuss familiar and not-so-familiar images of our culture and others and how they relate to our lives today.  Demystifying, decoding and debunking—have fun!