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Jessica Gatlin
ARTT448E Expecting an A- Anonymous 09/24/2025 |
Very nice and talented professor with a lot of interesting ideas. But the course lacked a lot of structure that made assignments confusing and stressful to work on. Going off campus for workshops was difficult sometimes as an on campus student and although these experiences weren't invaluable to me (very cool to see local history in zine archives and different types of art I haven't worked with or thought much about like "cameraless filmmaking", lithography demonstrations, etc) they didn't really relate to what me/other students wanted to do with our work. Frustratingly, mandatory workshops also took away from our already limited studio hours (always at the end of the day at odd hours, so some of us are unable to make the time to come in.) What I would say sucked the most is not having much feedback or clear guidelines for our assignments from the professor... Being open-ended and allowing us to be creative is one thing, but again it felt more like a lack of structure. I think we would have been more receptive to some of the subjects brought up in class if it was in a lecture/discussion type classroom setting (we read some interesting articles about printmaking at the beginning of the semester) but having to fumble my way through studio work made this course very frustrating. |
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Jessica Gatlin
ARTT448E Expecting an A- Anonymous 06/03/2025 |
JG is a nice professor, no doubt talented. However, this class produced little artwork and provided mostly student feedback. This course suffered from poor planning, structure, and teaching. Despite a tough grading, the curriculum lacked coherence, with excessive time spent on non-studio activities such as out of studio workshops, “filmless” movie making, and risograph instruction (which students can't operate on their own). Mandatory off-site workshops, many at the end of the semester, took away from crucial studio time for final projects. Limited workspace and a lack of proactive communication about assignment parameters and printmaking resources further hindered the studio environment. Nobody ever knew what was due exactly or what we were supposed to be working on, on any given day. Expect to devote your time outside of class working. When you receive your grades for your artwork, points taken off have no explanation or feedback. Never took such a stressful art course in my life. |
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Jessica Gatlin
ARTT343 Expecting an A Anonymous 05/19/2025 |
Professor JG is a really nice and supportive art teacher. As someone who had never done screen printing before this class, the way she structured the first half of the semester to teach you the basics and build up a technical portfolio was really helpful and effective! She's also super friendly and easy to approach if you have extra questions. If you show up consistently to class and plan out your projects in advance so you're not wasting studio time, there honestly isn't that much work you have to do outside of class, and its a pretty chill atmosphere. For the final project she has the class do an exchange portfolio, so you get to take home copies of your classmates' prints, which was really fun. She also schedules some fun class trips - we got to tour the Driskell Center's gallery and archives on campus, and we got to visit Pyramid Atlantic Art Center, which is just down Baltimore Avenue and has a really cool print studio. |