Description
[Social Practice Program] This course will explore the questions and issues facing visual artists in the era of climate change. Through individual and collaborative studio projects, students will develop strategies for discussing, analyzing, and working with topics like: sustainability, ecology, climate science, citizen science, activism, urban agriculture, and social justice.
Using primarily reclaimed ceramic materials, we will look for opportunities to harvest our own materials, ask questions about sustainable alternatives in our artistic practices (including assessing one’s own studio practice), and utilize outdoor classrooms whenever possible. Basic hand building and low-tech mold forming with clay will be covered. For example, students will have the opportunity to grow plants from seeds in planters of their own design and construction. This class will work with the earth and focus on the power of “transformation” and “growth” as guiding creative principles.
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