ART 137 - Introduction to Socially Engaged Art

This course focuses on the world of socially engaged art through participatory and interactive creative processes within the classroom and beyond. Students will work together to learn basic principles of social art by discussing ideas in pairs, small groups, and the entire class. Projects will be dialogical, collaborative, and embodied. Students will perform social projects with their own communities outside of class. While the class may use basic craft materials in a limited capacity, the emphasis will be on socio-cultural human exchange. The class does NOT have an emphasis on tools, physical material sculpture, or image making in a traditional way. Students are required to do social artwork work outside of class times.

Unit(s): 1
Group Distribution Requirement(s): Distribution Group I
Instructional Method: Studio
Grading Mode: Letter grading (A-F)
Repeatable for Credit: May be taken 2 times for credit
Notes: Enrollment limited to 18.
Group Distribution Learning Outcome(s):

Understand how arguments can be made, visions presented, or feelings or ideas conveyed through language or other modes of expression (symbols, movement, images, sounds, etc.).
Analyze and interpret texts, whether literary or philosophical, in English or a foreign language, or works of the visual or performing arts.
Evaluate arguments made in or about texts (whether literary or philosophical, in English or a foreign language, or works of the visual or performing arts).