This studio class is designed to address a problem we all have, throughout our lives as artists: the rut. We become complacent about our art work, the routines we have in the studio, our usual relationship to our ideas and our materials. It's useful to shake ourselves up, do something that seems opposed to our usual paths. This course works as an exorcism for the same-old, same-old. Through projects, discussions of art, films and literature, we will challenge you to question ideas of mistakes or wrong turns and to explore how notions of good and bad are formed in art making. We'll push you to divert from any style or formula that your work might have taken, to follow paths that you may be neglecting in the creative process. Come make "bad art" with us!