ARTS 100   Introduction to Studio Art: Public Art and Public Space

ARTS 100 B: Public Art and Public Space
Since the creation of the Federal Art in Architecture program and the States percent for art ordinances some 50 years ago, Public Art has become a ubiquitous presence in our civic spaces and public cultural life. From monumental to miniature; from murals to sculptures; from permanent to fleeting; art in public space offers viewers unmediated encounters with art in a myriad of forms, styles, and materials. Sometimes celebrated, often vilified, or even controversial, public art lays bare our current political, social, and cultural tensions around the purpose of, support for, and reception of contemporary art in public life. Part history, part critical analysis, and part creation, students in this course will engage with a variety of strategies, sites, and communities and then propose, produce, and execute their own projects for public spaces on the Colgate campus.