Description:
This survey course will explore the work of radical collectives, community artists, guerilla performers, and other modern and contemporary troublemakers and active agents whose artistic practices are fundamentally committed to social justice through the visual and performing arts. We will investigate theoretical and historical references as they relate to public and context-based work within and outside of institutional environments. We will explore work as it pertains to the performance arts, visual arts, writing arts, community building/organizing and other practices that eloquently question/examine the dynamics between artists and their communities.
Objectives:
-Students will acquire a contextual understanding of historical and contemporary political, social and artistic references and practices as they relate to the development of the field of arts and activism
-Students will explore and investigate social justice-focused artistic practices through research and in-class presentations
-Students will learn about and implement leadership skills, community building strategies and collective approaches
-Students will learn about and interact with a network of LA-based community arts organizations, artists, performers, activists, and intellectuals working and advancing issues of social justice through their artistic practices.
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