Teaching
Made in Allegany is a collection of visual essays by Houghton College students about local producers in Allegany County, NY. The project began spring 2011 with students in the Advanced Topics in Photography course. It is supported by an Academic Dean's Grant from Houghton College. http://madeinallegany.com/
studentwork.tumblr.com/ - A selection of student work from courses taught by Ryan Thompson in the departments of Art and Communication at Houghton College. Fall 2009-present.
Project MICRO GRANT: In small groups, students develop a concept for a new micro financial grant to benefit individuals or organizations in and around Houghton, NY. They proceed to solicit proposals and funding, award the grant, and publicize the results - all at a website they have designed and built. http://webcomm232.com/microgrants/
Public Studio is a course about making art that is civically, socially, politically, or otherwise publicly engaged - both in content and context. We will critically examine contemporary public art practices - from monumental outdoor sculpture in 1980's New York to present day community gardening projects in San Francisco - as we develop individual and collaborative, cross-disciplinary projects, for and about the specific time and place in which we live. Course methods include reading discussions, collaborative research, field trips, studio projects, and a final public project or presentation. http://public-studio.org/
Theory Thursdays is an art and critical theory reading group co-organized by the Art Guild at Houghton College and Ryan Thompson (Assistant professor of Art and Communication). http://theorythursdays.tumblr.com/
Introduction to Web Communication course website, Fall 2011. http://webcomm232.com
background image: Brian Schaffer, digital image manipulation from Introduction to Digital Imaging, Fall 2009