The goal of this program is to bring together studio art practice with the challenges and advantages of off-campus study – drawing from nature in a new environment, studying social issues in context, and producing narrative work in response to travel. Students will work both to improve their drawing skills and to see drawing as a unique way to understand the world. The work of the entire term, including both drawing and printmaking projects, will form a visual journal in which the students will record the experiences of travel abroad. Students will examine social and environmental issues, learn about indigenous and post-colonial art and artists, visit with artists, and interact with many people along the way.
Before winter term 2019, students must have completed Arts 110: Observational Drawing or Arts 113: Field Drawing or have previous comparable drawing experience approved by Professor Hagstrom.
Applicants should be comfortable in the water, possess basic swimming skills (snorkeling and diving days will be scheduled), and be prepared for vigorous hiking.
18 Credits
ARTS 212: Media Drawing (6 credits)
This course involves directed drawing in bound sketchbooks, using a variety of drawing media, and requires ongoing, self-directed drawing in these visual journals. Subjects will include landscape, nature study, figure, and portraits. The course will require some hiking in rugged areas.
Instructor: Fred Hagstrom
ARTS 275: The Physical and Cultural Environment of Australia and New Zealand (6 credits, S/CR/NC, SI)
This course examines how Australia and New Zealand have changed since colonization. Students study the physical and environmental beginnings of these countries and learn about the history of their indigenous peoples, noting how the physical landscape has been changed through agriculture, mining, and the importation of non-native species. This course will include readings, meetings with visiting artists and lecturers, and visits to cultural centers.
Instructor: Fred Hagstrom
ARTS 275: The Physical and Cultural Environment of New Zealand and Australia (6 credits, S/CR/NC, SI, IS)
This course examines how New Zealand and Australia have changed since colonization. Students will study the history of indigenous people and the environment of these countries, noting how the physical landscape has changed through agriculture, mining, and the introduction of non-native species. This course includes readings, films, lectures, meeting with locals, and site visits.
Instructor: Eleanor Jensen
PE 136: Independent Activity – Snorkeling/Diving and Hiking
Snorkeling, diving, and hiking on this program can be counted toward the PE requirement. Approximately 5-6 required snorkeling or diving days will be scheduled. Students will be assisted in obtaining snorkeling equipment. Those who wish to SCUBA dive must obtain necessary certification and medical testing before departure and bear the cost of SCUBA boat and tank rental, as well as costs for proper supervision.
Language of Instruction
English
Fred Hagstrom, Rae Schupack Nathan Professor of Art
Fred Hagstrom has led twelve Carleton seminars in studio art to the South Pacific. His teaching areas are printmaking, drawing, book arts, and courses that focus on the narrative potential of art. Professor Hagstrom works and teaches in all of the processes of printmaking. His work ranges from large-scale relief prints to artist’s books and community-based projects.
Dorms, Apartments, Hotels, Bunkhouses, and Tents
Rarotonga in the Cook Islands is the first program site. Here students will start a study of Polynesian culture, begin the drawing course, and snorkel for the first time. The group will travel to New Zealand, beginning in Auckland. They will then travel to the Northland region of the country, including a Marae stay with a Maori tribe in Waipoua. Traveling south, the group will stay at Tongariro National Park to study the volcanic region, then move on to Wellington. The final site in the first half of the term will be on the South Island at Abel Tasman National Park. Midterm break will take place during the New Zealand portion of the trip. The group’s departure point from New Zealand will be from Wellington.
Study in Australia will begin in Melbourne, with the printmaking course working at the Australian Print Workshop. Melbourne will be the longest stay of any site during the trip. After Melbourne the group will see Wilson’s Promontory, a coastal park at Australia’s southern tip. The group will then fly north to Queensland, traveling to the arid region of Carnarvon Gorge. The group will see the Great Barrier Reef, staying at Lady Elliot Island, on the southern end of the reef. The group will then travel to Brisbane for some museum visits before the flight home.
Program dates roughly correspond to the Carleton academic term. Specific dates will be communicated to program participants.
All Carleton-sponsored 10-week off-campus study programs charge the Carleton comprehensive fee, which includes instruction, room and board, group excursions, public transportation, medical and evacuation insurance, travel assistance, and most cultural events.
Students are responsible for books and supplies, passports and visas (when required), transportation to and from the program sites, and personal expenses and travel during the seminar. Students will receive a program-specific Additional Cost Estimate at the time of acceptance.
Student financial aid is applicable as on campus. See the Off-Campus Studies website for further information on billing, financial aid, and scholarships.
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Winter 2025 Program: April 8, 2023