Course Detail

21/WI DFA-285-A
PRNTMKING & POL OF PROTEST

Instructor: Buie
Department: ART PRACTICE
Credits: 3   Instruction Method: HYB
Status: OPEN

The Special Project class is offered on an occasional basis, with course content specific to the area(s) being explored.

WINTER 2021 Printmaking and The Politics of Protest examines the role of prints and printed matter in the context of political protest, the power of images, and how artists as well as non-artists have asserted and supported social justice and sustainability issues through art. While exploring the historical and structural basis of inequality, students will learn different theoretical paradigms and techniques for visual analysis in order to understand how visual media can inscribe and dismantle power and be a catalyst for change while mediating numerous social, economic, cultural and political differences. More importantly students will form recognition of their positions in an increasingly pluralistic world while fostering an understanding of social and cultural differences. This will be investigated through some of the following methods: lectures, exhibitions, guest lectures, video, historical art and media, group research initiatives, and the discussion of and creation of images that define and explore issues impacting our lives. null Printmaking methods span time from antiquity to present day, providing contemporary artists and individuals a powerful medium for personal expression. Students will explore the role printmaking continues to have in providing a voice to those who wish to offer a dissenting opinion from the status quo. This course provides an environment in which individuals from all disciplines will research and think critically about societal concerns, while developing visual literacy and critical voices to assist in addressing some of the important human struggles confronting us today. null

Start Date: 2021-01-19 End Date: 2021-05-08
Meeting in: B
Room: 207
Days: T
Start Time: 12:45 PM
End Time: 6:45 PM