Diversity Studies Studios introduce students to the interrelations between race/ethnicity, art making and design practices. These courses complement the Diversity Studies Seminars with their hands-on approach in which themes of ethnic identity are incorporated into studio and community practices.Is 2020 a peaceful transfer of power?This course looks at the effervescent river of California activists and leaders of color such as Mayor Jesse Arreguin of Berkeley, Natalia Neira-Retamal, La Pena, San Joaquin Valley’s Mi Familia Vote, Oakland’s Community Works, 13th District representative, Barbara Lee, Youth Against the Apocalypse, Mom’s for Housing in West Oakland and beyond as the country faces the most significant election in recent decades. What can art/design do in a phenomena of cultural leadership and its potential for impact. We will create art and design projects that function as acts of resistance, as well as witness the local/regional impacts of the U.S. national government in light of the impending election. As citizen journalists/artists students will document and highlight the texture and power of the shift of power or not? We will have field studies opportunities and create a podcast, posters, broadside, and playful humorous elements for public discourse. 

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