This website was created for a final project by three students in Arts 495/595 at Califonia State University Chico. Arts 495/595 is a Current Topics Studio Seminar class required to be taken by all Art Majors.

Sem-i-nar: n.1. a: A small group of advanced students in a college or graduate school engaged in original research under the guidance of a professor who meets regularly with them for reports and discussions b: A course of study so pursued by. c: A scheduled meeting of such a group. 2: A meeting for an exchange of ideas in some area; conference.

Course Description:

This interdisciplinary course uses the history, geology, evolution, and natural beauty (as well as the ab-uses) of the Sacramento Watershed in the Chico environs as its focus. All artworks produced for this course must reference (in some form) the existence and uses of the river, its tributary streams and adjacent flood plain in the finished product. Guest lecturers and field trips are included in this section.