This interdisciplinary course will explore the geopolitics and culture of "Hybrid-ism" and establish an international discourse between the students from California College of the Arts and Accademia delle Belle Arti Palermo, Sicily, Italy. Throughout the semester there will be online interaction (blog) between students from CCA & ABAP. This conversation is based on an exchange of ideas from student work, based on a similar topic, in progress and will result in a collaboratively designed & produced catalog and an international exhibition. The diverse cultural landscape within San Francisco continues to evolve, each new wave of immigration over generations both transform and are transformed through existing world communities creating hybrids of cultural identity or "Hybrid-ism". This course will research and explore through design and visual art, the social, political, economic and cultural impacts of "Hybrid-ism" within our local immigrant and under-represented communities. Through visits to activist organizations, performance art cooperatives, artist studios, and an online exchange with art and design students from the Accademia delle Belle Arti Palermo, Sicily, Italy. The student will gain insight into contemporary global immigrant community struggles with identity and assimilation. The students will produce works through a discipline of their choice (art, design, architecture), that reflect an understanding of the dilemma facing new immigrants or refugees as well as their influences on local and global culture. The course will conclude with a possible International Exhibition, San Francisco & Palermo, Italy and a book/catalog.

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