Course Notes: Experimental Mixed Media: 2D, 3D, and Everything in Between Course meetings Monday and Tuesday via Zoom at 9:00 am and again at 4:00 pm (see syllabus for specifics) Description: With attention to concept, content, and design this course will encourage students to explore the potential of the unconventional combination of materials. There will be challenges to create 2-dimensional images, small sculptures, artist¿s books, and installations--often using found or recycled materials. Throughout the session each student will design a body of work based in experimentation with contemporary concepts and techniques. This winter at-home-residency affords each participant the opportunity to actively respond to the visual world around them. Students will work at home with daily morning Zoom meetings and five afternoon Zoom critiques. The final project will be a mixed media piece that will use two or more approaches used throughout the class (or similar unconventional approaches) in a dimensional form. This can include dimensional drawings or collages, installations, books, or small sculptures.

Course Notes: Economic Recovery and Food Business in the Age of COVID-19 Description: This course will introduce students to the challenges and opportunities that food-based businesses face in economic recovery during the Covid19 pandemic. Working with research data gathered by Professor Bilodeau, USM¿s School of Business, and the Maine Small Business Development Center, students will evaluate potential ideas to support economic recovery in the coffeeshop, microbrewing, and restaurant industries in Southern Maine. Students will use a number of tools and models that assist in gaining a better understanding of customers, trends, environments, resources, and opportunities to support economic recovery and development.