Art and Ecology

Catalog description

Designed for students with advanced independent studio art practices or sustainability studies students who have an interest in the way that their lives and practices engage environments. Through readings, slide presentations, discussions, guest visits, hands-on activities and screenings, explores the work of many contemporary ecological artists engaging with environments and environmental issues from a multitude of angles. Artists engage land remediation, agriculture, socio-ecological justice, sustainable materials, landscape design and much more. As cultural workers must be informed, the course content addresses some basic literacy with regard to environmental concerns and shares examples of realized accessible sustainable solutions. In addition to learning about ecologies and artists, students complete three art or research projects, inspired by assignments.