Art and Design for Social Work, Social Justice and Social Change
Summary
This course is aimed to create the following impacts on student learning: increased knowledge of the history of community based art and design in the US; increased knowledge of methods for collaborative community based art and design; develop skills in collaboration with community groups in developing community based art and design projects; Knowledge and skills to evaluate the impact of community based art and design activity.
Our class is organized around principles of adragogy (adult learning), empowerment, and collaboration. We will develop a colearning environment that will include presentations, skill building activities and exercises, speakers, and different media. Experiential activities will be central to the structure and process of this course.
Our class is organized around principles of adragogy (adult learning), empowerment, and collaboration. We will develop a colearning environment that will include presentations, skill building activities and exercises, speakers, and different media. Experiential activities will be central to the structure and process of this course.
- Describe ways in which live and abstract art by women artists and artists of color addresses politics.
- Analyze the public view of abstract art as a retreat from politics and protest - an abnegation of a commitment to civil rights and feminism.
- Outline the history of community-based art and design in the US.
- Describe methods for collaborative community based art and design through critical review of case histories and interviews with artists.
- Apply model of socially-just practice in considering use of art and design for social change.
- Apply model of ethical decision-making in considering art and design for social changes in communities and communal spaces.
- Evaluate the impact of community based art and design activity.
- Outline the history of live art.
- Engage with live art in both embodied and analytical ways (as audience, artist, and scholar-historian).
- Critically analyze ways in which artists' bodies are displayed, made vulnerable, and empowered.
- Describe ways that performance art can challenge boundaries between audience/performer.
- Identify potential ethical issues within live performance art.
- Creatively reinterpret the work of an artist or movement covered in the course through a final public performance, commentary, or review.
- Describe how live art responds to the social structures of its time.
Agenda
| Date | Time | Description |
|---|---|---|
| March 13, 2020 | 9:00am - 10:00am | Politics in live art and abstract art |
| March 13, 2020 | 10:00am - 11:00am | Abstract art as a retreat from politics and protest |
| March 13, 2020 | 11:00am - 12:00pm | History of community based art and design in the US |
| March 13, 2020 | 1:00pm - 2:00pm | Socially just practice in abstract art and design |
| March 13, 2020 | 2:00pm - 3:00pm | Ethical issues in art and design for social change |
| March 13, 2020 | 3:00pm - 3:30pm | Evaluating the impact of community based art and design activity |
| March 13, 2020 | 3:30pm - 4:30pm | History of abstract art |
| March 13, 2020 | 4:30pm - 5:00pm | Engage with abstract art in both embodied and analytical ways (as audience, artist, and scholar-historian). |
| March 20, 2020 | 9:00am - 9:30am | Engage with live art in both embodied and analytical ways (as audience, artist, and scholar-historian). |
| March 20, 2020 | 9:30am - 10:00am | Displaying abstract art and impact on subject of the work |
| March 20, 2020 | 10:00am - 10:30am | How artist's bodies are displayed, made vulnerable, and empowered |
| March 20, 2020 | 10:30am - 11:30am | Challenging boundaries between audience/performer |
| March 20, 2020 | 11:30am - 12:00pm | Ethical issues within live performance art |
| March 20, 2020 | 1:00pm - 1:30pm | Ethical issues within abstract art |
| March 20, 2020 | 1:30pm - 2:30pm | Reinterpreting the work of a live artist or movement covered in the course |
| March 20, 2020 | 2:30pm - 3:00pm | Reinterpreting the work of an abstract artist or movement covered in the course |
| March 20, 2020 | 3:00pm - 4:00pm | Sense of meaning as creators and as citizens |
| March 20, 2020 | 4:00pm - 5:00pm | Future use of art and design for social change |
Instructor
Larry M. Gantface-to-face semester course (mini-course)
Sessions
- 3/13/2020 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM
- 3/20/2020 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM
CE Contact Hours
- 2 ethics in-person
- 12 regular in-person
Skill Level
Beginner
Location
U-M School of Social Work
1080 South University Avenue
TBD
Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109
1080 South University Avenue
TBD
Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109
Room: B780
Fees
$265.00
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