The purpose of this class is to expose students to an expanded view of art practices and potentialities in various communities and settings, including but not restricted to those that are not “mainstream”. Implicit in the structure of this course is the attempt to experience life beyond the campus and the relevance of art in differing context, in the case, especially to painting. The primary focus of this studio class is communicated content, over created form.  There will be a wide range of institutions, venues, and communities considered, as well as interactions that intersect race and class boundaries which especially distinguish the ethnic communities in question. Painting will be considered in a broad sense, as a two dimensional art impulse that utilizes a wide range of materials and techniques: e.g., murals, graffiti, quilting, banners, as well as standard painting in acrylic, oil or mixed media applications. The students definition of their communities will also determine investigation.Critical Ethnic Studies 3000-level studios deepen students’ knowledge of the fundamental theoretical and political questions regarding the social construction of race, ethnicity, gender, sexuality, class from both domestic and global perspectives through art, writing, and design practices. The seminars utilize decolonial, transnational, and intersectional approaches for producing works related to power, oppression, and systems of knowledge from the following interdisciplinary fields of critical ethnic studies, Africana studies, African-American Studies, Asian American studies, Indigenous studies, Chicano/a /x and Latino /a/x studies, Women’s studies, border studies, cultural studies, Queer studies and global racialized and marginalized communities. Studio courses bridge the gap between seminar and studio courses and can be in-person, hybrid, or online.

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