This section fulfills a Critical Ethnic Studies STUDIO requirement. This summer course allows both seminar and studio to meet together. The students in the Studio section will meet 2 days a week In-Person plus 1 additional day Online. We investigate how present-day Asian American artists are contesting societal assumptions and subverting stereotypes through their socially engaged art practices and participation in local as well as global social movements. The students will create art projects with strong sociological and political bends, which address the undercurrent problems related, but not limited to, class gender and ethnicity. Through virtual gallery/studio visits, reviews, online exchanges, and discussions with the members of cultural and artistic Asian American collectives, students will learn a critical and conceptual framework to examine the body of works of selected artists and will learn to
- Instructor: Pallavi Sharma
In this course we will explore the art of visual storytelling through comics while critically analyzing the approaches author/artists use towards representing people of color. Students also see how comic book artists creatively depict subject matter such as understanding our ethnic identities, displacement, gentrification and colorism through the medium. The assigned reading material will cover different genres of comics while we examine some comics theory, process, and the power structures that are present within the comics industry.
- Instructor: Breena Nunez
Course Description: Primeval Intersection is an immersive performance workshop centered on utilizing the body as a vehicle for artistic, political, spiritual, and social expression.
Drawing from Jungian and Gestalt psychological principles, as well as experimental theater techniques, this course provides students with a liberated and supportive space for creative exploration within a community framework.
Rooted in non-Western concepts of art as ritual and integral to communal life, the primary objective of this course is to understand collective performance practices and foster harmony by delving deeply into individual identities.
Designed for art students seeking to embrace public performance and conquer stage anxieties, this course offers both a challenge and an opportunity for personal growth. However, if performing in front of others feels uncomfortable, this course may present either a compelling challenge or a readiness hurdle.
The course concludes with the creation of a performance video at the semester's end. All sessions will be conducted online
Drawing from Jungian and Gestalt psychological principles, as well as experimental theater techniques, this course provides students with a liberated and supportive space for creative exploration within a community framework.
Rooted in non-Western concepts of art as ritual and integral to communal life, the primary objective of this course is to understand collective performance practices and foster harmony by delving deeply into individual identities.
Designed for art students seeking to embrace public performance and conquer stage anxieties, this course offers both a challenge and an opportunity for personal growth. However, if performing in front of others feels uncomfortable, this course may present either a compelling challenge or a readiness hurdle.
The course concludes with the creation of a performance video at the semester's end. All sessions will be conducted online
- Instructor: Guillermo Galindo