Students in Taos
From May 16-27, many OSU students will embark on two weeks of intense study, reflection and personal growth at the OSU Doel Reed Center in Taos. Two academic credit courses will be in session that will include opportunities for the students to learn from their exposure to the Taos cultural scene while developing lasting friendships with fellow OSU classmates.
DHM 3423: Editorial Styling for Merchandising
Instructor: Cosette Joyner Armstrong, Ph.D. | Associate Professor, Design, Housing & Merchandise
In this course, students will learn about the production of artful images and the
editorial styling techniques that support this production. This course reviews the
elements of editorial styling for fashion merchandising, including photography basics,
focusing on image production for digital and print media. Students will learn on-location
styling competences, including location scouting, working with natural light and “roadside”
photoshoot management. This course is a hands-on learning experience in which students
are required to gather inspiration broadly, develop a concept for an editorial fashion
photoshoot, create a detailed implementation plan, source garments and work with a
professional photographer to conduct their photoshoot on location. This particular
version of the course will employ the aesthetics and historical references of New
Mexico to produce an album cover and jacket insert for a rock’n’roll band.
ENGL 4400/5210: Writing the Native City from New Mexico
Instructor: Lindsey Claire Smith, Ph.D. | Associate Professor, English
From the Santa Fe Indian School to Indian Market to the Institute of American Indian
Arts, Indigenous Oklahomans have been at the vanguard of arts cultures of northern
New Mexico. Oklahoma writers in particular have a history of participation in the
Santa Fe and Taos writers’ communities, revealing traces of Oklahoma’s historical
and creative influence on northern New Mexico. In this course, we will study the New
Mexico writings of Indigenous writers from Oklahoma, considering them in a critical
framework that brings together the regional, urban and settler colonialism, as well
as Indigenous studies methodologies and the unique arts cultures that inform them.
Students in credit classes will hear from Jim and Linda Burke's Visiting Scholar, Jill Momaday. Ms. Momaday is a Native American writer, actor, photographer and acclaimed filmmaker from Santa Fe, NM. Her background and experience will add valuable insight to the course curriculum while sharing with both classes. Jill Momaday will also be lecturing to the general public at the Harwood Museum on Wednesday, May 25, 5:30 p.m. to 7:00 p.m as part of the OSU Doel Reed Center in Taos’ educational outreach to the Taos community.