ART 210 Women In Art
This class examines works of art by women artists and representations of women in art and visual culture, with particular emphasis on the United States from 1930 to the present. Topics includes the roles and status of women in the arts; women's access to education, training, and professional opportunities; and their work as artists, collectors, organizers, and activists. While the focus will be on art and artists of the United States, these topics will be framed historically and examined within a global context.
Notes
Lower Division Transfer (LDT) Course
General Education Requirements
AAOT Arts & Letters, AAOT Cultural Literacy, AAS Human Relations, AGS Humanities/Arts, AS Difference, Power & Oppress
Outcomes
Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:
Describe the experiences and contributions of women in the arts in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. Explain historical and social constructions of gender and sexuality in art and visual culture. Analyze visual media examples using relevant vocabulary, concepts, methods, and theories, such as theories of spectatorship and the Gaze. Demonstrate the necessary skills to historically and socially contextualize artworks and visual representations, taking into consideration the intersections of gender, race, sexuality, ability, and location. Explain how ascribed differences are socially constructed, change over time, and impact our and others’ lived experiences. Articulate–using historical and contemporary examples–how ascribed differences, combined with inequitable distribution of power across cultural, economic, social, and/or political institutions, result in racism and intersect with other forms of systemic oppression. Describe how assets and resilience demonstrated by members of systematically marginalized communities and cultures play a role in dismantling racism and other systems of oppression. Interpret and engage in the Arts & Letters, making use of the creative process to enrich the quality of life. Critically analyze values and ethics within a range of human experience and expression to engage more fully in local and global issues.