ART 3637 - Socially Engaged Art

Credits: 3

Prerequisite(s): ART 1101, ART 1141, ART 1501, (ARTH 1500 or ARTH 1600), ARTH 1700, (ART 1531 or IND 2100) and (ART 2691 or ART 2693 or ART 2651 or ART 2611 or ART 2613 or ART 2682 or ART 2671 or ART 2673 or ART 2661 or ART 2666 or ART 2641 or ART 2643 or CDES 2222) with C- or better in each; or permission of the department.

Description: Students in this course are introduced to the field of socially engaged art through an emphasis on conversations, communities, situations, participation, places, aesthetics, and activism. Course content demonstrates the increasing use of relational and dialogical aesthetics informing conceptual and formal structures in contemporary art and design. Socially Engaged Art adopts a field-based model for its curriculum that is designed to provide students with opportunities to work contextually in a variety of public spheres. This is an Integrated Media course.