Date: April 5th
Location: UW2-021
Time: 11am - 12:30pm


Title of talk:  “WHY DO I LIKE THIS SO MUCH?”
		PRINCIPLES OF ARTISTIC EVALUATION
Speaker: CHRISTOPHER GILDOW

Abstract:  There can be a great divide between the emotional reaction
to an art work and the reasons given for that reaction.  Works of art,
and sometimes ordinary objects, can carry a number of different meanings.
Many of these are centered around design, symbolism, or the viewer’s own
notions of taste.  There are, however, certain ways to evaluate these
works beyond just the means used to produce them.  Ideas of form and
content, design elements, structure and function all play a part in
ultimately coming to terms with creativity and its aesthetics.

Biographical Information:  Christopher Gildow is an associate faculty
member at Cascadia Community College teaching courses in the introduction
to art, drawing and design.  He received his Master of Fine Arts degree
from Tufts University in Medford, Massachusetts, in conjunction with the
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.  Mr. Gildow is a visual artist producing works
in painting, printmaking and sculpture.  He has taught at Cascadia Community
College since 2001, and is currently on the faculty at North Seattle Community
College and Pratt Fine Arts Center in Seattle.