Public Art in the U.S.

Catalog description

This course presents a historical overview of public art in the United States, focusing on key paradigms: memorials, non-commemorative sculpture, landscape or urban design projects, and social interventions. It includes class visits to major public art commissioning agencies such as Percent for Art (Department of Cultural Affairs), MTA Arts for Transit and Creative Time. Requirements consist of take-home midterm and final exams, several short writing assignments, weekly classroom group discussions and presentations.