Description
[Social Practice minor] Collaborative Art Practice will introduce students to key concepts needed to examine social practice and challenge them to engage with off campus organizations on a semester long project. Structured class time focused on considering ways the arts intersect with a broad range of social modalities will support the realization of individually designed collaborative projects. Distinguishing between traditional object oriented artistic expression and participatory event based works, students will be expected to retain their voice and a sense of creative agency while directing their talents toward the engagement of others as part of the creative act. Classroom discussion will help students develop, plan, implement and evaluate their off campus projects and adapt to real world challenges encountered outside the classroom. Students will be self-directed in their studio projects, arrange for their own transportation to their chosen community engagement sites and maintai