ART 409/ART H 409: MUSEUM STUDIES
Museum Studies explores the theory and practice of American art museums in the midst of philosophical and theoretical transformation, introduces students to professional practices in art museums, and contextualizes these practices within an academic framework. The course is held in the Palmer Museum of Art, which serves as a space wherein students may negotiate both the connections and dissimilarities between theory and professional practice.
AED 513: PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT SUMMER INSTITUTE
co-taught with Dr. B. Stephen Carpenter, II
A new graduate-level Art Education summer session course with a focus on intersections between contemporary art and curriculum. The course is a collaborative effort between the Palmer Museum of Art and the Art Education Program, and employs an innovative instructional approach that combines an intensive one-week intensive on-campus experience (Monday through Friday and Saturday morning) followed by correspondence, discussion, and presentation of a final student projects on ANGEL during the second six-week summer session.
ART/ARTH 475: CONTEMPORARY WOMEN ARTISTS
The participants in this course will investigate the work of women and genderqueer artists who currently work professionally in the global world of art and visual culture. Using feminist theoretical and intersectional lenses, we will develop understandings of the social, historical, cultural, and sexual discourses that shape the work of contemporary women artists and the ways in which race, class, ethnicity, sexual orientation, (dis)ability, caregiver status, education, and gender identity inform their work.
ART 100: CONCEPTS AND CREATION IN THE VISUAL ARTS
Art 100 is intended to provide a basic introduction to the ideas, theories, works of art, and artists that comprise the world of contemporary art and visual culture, which spans from approximately 1980 to the present. This course introduces historical and theoretical foundations of contemporary art practice, provides a framework for interpreting works of contemporary art, and examines contemporary art and artists using a thematic approach. Students will also become familiar with a variety of processes and materials used in the creation of contemporary art as well as creating works of their own.