Visual Culture and Social Art Practice: Collaborations and Community Interactions

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Visual Culture and Social Art Practice: Collaborations and Community Interactions is an advanced course which combines relational, performative, and collaborative community-based engagements with theoretical and conceptual investigations. Students interact artistically and directly with local communities as well as consider themselves in relation to those communities. Through the lens of social and relational art practices, students will develop and realize projects specific to various communities in Shanghai such as the Yangling Dementia Center, Qisehua Primary School, Lantian Middle School for Migrant Children, Power Station of Art Museum, and Zhongshan High School. This is a Dean’s Service Scholar course in collaboration with the Office for Community Engaged Learning (link to CEL Office site). Enrollment in this course requires the completion of an application, an orientation to service learning, and participation in an event to present and celebrate your final projects. Prerequisites: None Fulfillment: IMA elective; IMB major IMA/B elective; Social Science focus course Anthropology track 200 level.