DISABILITY AND ART.

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Explores the many connections between disability and art, including both art created by people with disabilities and the wide variety of artistic representations about disability. Examines the purposes of art-making by people with disabilities: for therapeutic reasons, as a means of self-expression, to achieve professional goals, or as an act of activism. Investigates historical depictions of disability in art as well as art's role as a visual voice for the disability rights movement. Can be taken as a distance learning course. Offered as DS 3399 and ART 3399 ; credit will only be granted once. Prerequisites: Any two of the three courses ART 1309 , ART 1310 , and ART 1317 ; or permission from the instructor or from Disability Studies.