ARTS 4024 / 5024
FALL 2020
HYBRID COURSE Online/Studio
M/W 1:50-4:20 STUDIO 277 + 276 FALL 2020
COURSE DESCRIPTION:
This course focuses on the topic of Public Art and the spatial, political, historical and aesthetic evolution surrounding its many forms. Public Art includes studio and outdoor projects, lectures, readings, writing assignments, and guest presentations. Students are required to complete 4 projects, participate in group critiques and discussion and produce a final portfolio. We will meet online on Mondays and in the studio on Wednesdays. We will be remote the first two-weeks of the semester.
WEEK ONE
Aug. 24 Remote: Welcome and Course Introduction
Aug. 26 Remote: Overview / Discussion: What do we know about Public Art?
Weekend Assignment: Listen or Read: Colorado Public Radio on Regional Public Art
Denver Virtual Public Art Tour - visit responsibly in person if you can
Anthony Garcia Interstate Installation - visit responsibly in person if you can
WEEK TWO
Aug. 31 Remote: Project 1 - Power of a Line: Art and Spatial Politics
Readings Due: Francis Alys: A Moment of Collective Complicity, Aakash Nihalani Works, Lita Albuquerque in Conversation with Jocko Weyland, Lost Art by Jennifer Mundy, Eva Rothschild King’s Cross, My World and Your World
Zoom Discussion
Sept. 02 Remote : Project 1 - Power of a Line: Art and Spatial Politics
Zoom Discussion: Individual
WEEK THREE
Sept. 07 Labor Day - No Class
Sept.09 Studio: Project 1 - Power of a Line: Art and Spatial Politics
Reading Due: Marjetica Potrc Public Space in Contemporary City
Zoom Discussion: Individual
WEEK FOUR
Sept. 14 Remote: Project 1 - Power of a Line: Art and Spatial Politics
Zoom Discussion: Individual
Sept. 16 Studio: Project 1 - Power of a Line: Art and Spatial Politics
Zoom Discussion: Individual
WEEK FIVE
Sept. 21 Studio: Project 1 - Power of a Line: Art and Spatial Politics
Sept. 23 Studio: Project 1 - Power of a Line: Art and Spatial Politics
WEEK SIX
Sept. 28 Reading Due: Heritage and Place: Chicano Murals of Colorado, Appreciating America’s Overlooked Post Office Murals, Judy Baca and SPARC
Guest Speaker: Allyson Elise Burbeck, Chicano/a Murals Researcher, Denver, CO
Sept. 30 Critique Project 1: Power of a Line: Art and Spatial Politics (2-4PM)
Rachel, Hayden, Michael, Shane, Xiaoxiao
15 minute time-slots per person inc. critique and Q&A - Screen Share for your presentations
*Email 100-200 word statement prior to presentation
WEEK SEVEN
Oct. 05 Remote: Project 2 - Intervention or Integration?
Lecture and Discussion: Intervention or Integration?
Readings: Temporary Coalitions by Grant Kester and The Social Turn Chapter 1 by Claire Bishop, Rick Lowe on Designing Project Row Houses, Assata Shakur on Living in Project Row Houses
Discussion on Readings
Oct. 07 Remote: Project 2 - Intervention or Integration?
Reading Due: Integration versus Intervention by Miwon Kwon, The Interventionists Toolkit Parts I-IV from Places Journal by Mimi Zeiger, Space Junction of Energy, Art in Action: The Icelandic Love Corporation
Discussion on Readings
WEEK EIGHT
Oct. 12 Guest Speaker: Jen Krava, Director of Programming + New Initiatives - Forecast Public Art, St. Paul MN
Oct. 14 Remote: Project 2 - Intervention or Integration?
Zoom Discussion: Individual
WEEK NINE
Oct. 19 Guest Speaker: Mandy Vink, Public Art 101, Boulder Office of Arts and Culture
Discussion
Oct. 21 Remote: Project 2 - Intervention or Integration?
Zoom Discussion: Individual
WEEK TEN
Oct. 26 Remote: Critique Project 2 - Intervention or Integration?
Oct. 28 Studio: Project 3 - Monuments & Memorials
Guest Speaker: John Grant, Public Art Services Denver, CO
Reading Due: Public Art and it's Uses, Rachel Whiteread, House , Maya Lin, Vietnam War Memorial
WEEK ELEVEN
Nov. 02 Remote: Project 3 - Monuments & Memorials
Guest Speaker: Nina Elder, Albuquerque, NM
Readings Due: A Monument to Outlast Humanity, Four Statements by Thomas Hirschhorn, Blast Theory, Maya Lin: Landscapes and Memorials
Nov. 04 Studio: Project 3 - Monuments and Memorials
Defining National Values Baboons, Pet Rocks, and Bomb Threats from Critical Issues in Public Art by Senie and Webster It Is What it Is by Jeremy Deller, Robert Smithson: A Tour of the Monuments of Passaic, NJ
WEEK TWELVE
Nov. 09 No Class Meeting: Project 3 - Monuments & Memorials
Reading catch up and research session for reflection papers
Reading Due: Mellon Foundation Public Art and Monument Lab
Nov. 11 Online Lecture: Visiting Artist Beatriz Cortez “Building a successful proposal.” 2-4PM
Zoom Link: https://cuboulder.zoom.us/j/98112261705
WEEK THIRTEEN
Nov. 16 DUE: 4-page reflection paper on readings and discussions of Monuments and Memorials
Remote: Introduction to Project 4 - Ephemeral Monument Proposal
Nov. 18 Project 4 - The Ephemeral Monument Proposal
Reading Due: The Momentary Monument: Thomas Hirschhorn, Plop, Recent Projects of The Public Art Fund
Zoom Discussion: Individual
WEEK FOURTEEN
Nov. 23 FALL BREAK - NO CLASS
Nov. 25 FALL BREAK - NO CLASS
WEEK FIFTEEN
Nov. 30
Remote: Project 4 - The Ephemeral Monument Proposal
Zoom Discussion: Individual
Dec. 02 Remote: Project 4 - The Ephemeral Monument Proposal
Zoom Discussion: Individual
WEEK SIXTEEN
Dec. 07 Remote: Project 4 - The Ephemeral Monument Proposal
Zoom Discussion: Individual
Dec. 09 Critique: The Ephemeral Monument Proposal
Dec. 11 Final Portfolios Due by 5PM