SUNY COIL Conference 2018

COIL experience in the undergraduate art studio course. This presentation is a report on the first interned-based international collaborative project between Slippery Rock University Fiber Art Studio and the Experimental Art Studio at Victoria University, Australia. Both groups collaborated on 20 Australian themed designs for an outdoor banner project, then the SRU students handmade the artworks. The annual banner project focuses on Global Cultures and is presented across campus. Challenges and success of COIL in the studio: breaking barriers, communication skills and tools, art project and teamwork, learning process, assessment. The impact of collaboration on students participating and on community.