Art in the Public - Community, Place, and Engagement

Catalog description

This course is an introduction to the social, political, and artistic issues surrounding the creation and interpretation of art in the public. This course covers topics such as monuments, memorials, murals, graffiti, community engaged practices, site-specificity, patronage. The course emphasizes hands-on learning through site visits to local works of art and visits with administrators and artists working in the field of public art today. Building on these experiences, students have the opportunity to put local works in larger national and global contexts through individual and group projects throughout the semester. Offered Spring - Every Third Year.