Art & Wellness

Catalog description

Is creativity conducive to wellness? Is art-making therapeutic? Is exposure to the arts, as a maker or a viewer, imperative to our individual and collective health? This course is designed for people who are interested in the growing intersection between art and wellness. Through a variety of texts (articles, essays, films, etc.), discussions, hands-on workshops, guest speakers, and professor and student-led exercises/presentations, we will explore how engagement with art-making and works of art impacts personal and collective well-being. While the course examines histories of contemporary art and wellness, it focuses on constructing a more accessible social role for artists and artistic practice as a way to achieve a healthier society.