This course will examine the relationship between shamanism and art. We will start at our beginning as modern humans during the Paleolithic and examine the evidence for the simultaneous origin of shamanism and image making as it is revealed in the cave paintings in Europe, the Americas, and Africa. We will examine the practice of shamanism in traditional societies, and the roles of the shaman as performer, storyteller, and as image maker. Finally, we will discuss the image of the shaman in the creation and practice of modern and contemporary art, and among new age practitioners.