Description
[Social Practice minor] This course will introduce students to a wide variety of collaborative artistic practices, and help students build relationships in the local community to further their own socially engaged artistic practice. The course will center on engagement with local and regional artists, curators, and cultural organizers who collaborate with others as a major component of their creative practice. We will take field trips to community organizations, in order to better understand the local ecosystem for engagement, and we will collectively develop and produce a semester-long class project in partnership with a selected community organization. Alongside this practice-oriented work, we will also read and discuss critical theoretical texts that help to illuminate various aspects of collaboration in social practice. In line with the Social Practice student learning outcomes, this course is designed to help students gain awareness of the social practice field; network and build relationships with relevant artists and organizations; and apply foundational principles of social practice and collaborative ethics in project development and production. Collaborative Art Practice is the second required course in the Social Practice core curriculum. Enrollment is open to anyone who is interested in learning more about social practice, whether or not they are currently enrolled in the Social Practice minor.