This is the first part of an introductory level course designed to acclimate students to the fundamental contexts in which the practice of making art co-exists with art¿s audience, collectors, exhibitors, theorists, and historians. It unfolds many ways of seeing and thinking, opening up new perspectives on the world of contemporary visual art for both practitioners and viewers.

This class will continue your introduction to the context of art¿the history, meaning, social milieu, theories, and effects of art within the world at large.

Offered through SUAbroad by educational institution outside the United States. Student registers for the course at the foreign institution and is graded according to that institution's practice. SUAbroad works with the S.U. academic department to assign the appropriate course level, title, and grade for the student's transcript.

Exploration of a topic (to be determined) not covered by the standard curriculum but of interest to faculty and students in a particular semester.

Workshops connecting themes and issues in art, theories and practices.

Workshops connecting themes and issues in art, theories and practices

Exploration of a problem, or problems, in depth. Individual independent study upon a plan submitted by the student. Admission by consent of supervising instructor(s) and the department.

Documentation as contemporary art making strategy; conceptual/contextual process, form, and issues.

Exploration of a topic (to be determined) not covered by the standard curriculum but of interest to faculty and students in a particular semester.

Online course designed to equip students with strategies for a socially responsible approach to creative leadership and citizen entrepreneurship that may be applied within school systems, arts organizations, museums, and community centers. Additional work required of graduate students.

Community engagement coursework focused on planning and instruction of ongoing arts & design-based portfolio development, mentoring workshops for teens, fostering the next generation of creative leaders. Additional work required of graduate students.

Introduction to critical approaches that illuminate how modes of visual culture function as rhetoric, commerce, art, and ideological expression. Examines how institutional frameworks shape global image circulation.

Drawing upon diverse disciplinary content rethinking the role of the arts & design in society as purpose-driven, as a way of knowing and as an urgent, beneficial means of active social entrepreneurship. Additional work required of graduate students.

History, theory, and practice of visual artists in publicly-engaged, community-based, and socially-active projects.

This course will take place outside of the "classroom" exploring potential sights of learning and creation. The city and all of its spaces and places will act as the "material" for making and collaboration.

Contemporary artists and art educators with significant national and international exhibition and publishing records talk about their work and its development, including art-historical and other inter-disciplinary connections. Additional work required of graduate students.

Offered through SUAbroad by educational institution outside the United States. Student registers for the course at the foreign institution and is graded according to that institution's practice. SUAbroad works with the S.U. academic department to assign the appropriate course level, title, and grade for the student's transcript.

Students will create collaborative and conceptual art projects. The class will also investigate the cultural and theoretical background of collaborative, conceptual and performance art.

Research as contemporary art making strategy; conceptual/contextual process, form, and issues.

Exploration of a topic (to be determined) not covered by the standard curriculum but of interest to faculty and students in a particular semester.

Analysis, history of manifestos, theoretical writings produced by visual artists in the 20th century. Students write their own manifestos, press releases, artist statements and other forms of art communication.

Study the history of jewelry/metalsmithing from prehistoric to contemporary pieces. Differences and similarities among cultures is discussed.

Exploration of a problem, or problems, in depth. Individual independent study upon a plan submitted by the student. Admission by consent of supervising instructor(s) and the department.

Archive as contemporary art making strategy; conceptual/contextual process, form, and issues. Additional work for graduate level students. 

Exploration of a topic (to be determined) not covered by the standard curriculum but of interest to faculty and students in a particular semester.