Developing a Line of Inquiry

At the heart of the Visual Arts course is the idea that a student's practice should be driven by personal investigation rather than by producing unrelated exercises. A line of inquiry is a sustained question, theme, or area of interest that gives direction and coherence to a body of work. This lesson explains what a line of inquiry is and how to develop one.

What a line of inquiry is

A line of inquiry is the thread that connects your studio work into a purposeful investigation. It might begin as a subject (identity, memory, the natural world), a question (how can I represent grief visually?), a material fascination (what can I do with layered translucent surfaces?), or a conceptual concern (the relationship between technology and the body). What matters is that it gives you something genui