The MA in Art, Place + Public Studies uniquely addresses the impact and potentialities of contemporary art practices in public space.
The program emphasizes critical awareness of the impact of the arts in specific contexts, along with the agency of artists and scholars to make socially conscious contributions. Students study relevant scholarly literatures at the nexus of art history, visual cultural studies, critical theory, urban sociology, and critical geography, to foster complex and contextualized ways of thinking about how the arts are entangled with transformations of planetary space.
In addition to academic coursework, MA students may enroll in studio courses, and they conduct original research as the basis for the MA Thesis. Courses this Fall include: “Site, Space, Place: Contexts for Making Art in Public,” and “Art, Place and Public Studies: Core Concepts”.
Faculty
Robin Balliger, Chair (APPS)
Cristóbal Martínez (Art & Technology)
Dewey Crumpler (Painting)
Jeannene Przyblyski (HTCA)
Nicholas Gamso (Liberal Arts)
Refal (APPS)
Amy Berk (APPS)
Rigo 23 (APPS)
Eddie Yuen (Liberal Arts)
Maria Elena Gonzalez (Sculpture)
Kal Spelletich (Art & Technology)
Laura Richard (HTCA)
Orit Ben-Shitrit (Film)
Johnna Arnold (Photography)
Art Hazelwood (Printmaking)
Mark Brest Van Kempen (Sculpture)
Andrea Dooley (Liberal Arts)
Joshua Keller (Art & Technology)
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Virtual Tour + Recorded Lectures
Title | Units |
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Site, Space, Place: Contexts for Making Art in Public | 3 |
Global Perspectives of Modernity | 3 |
Art, Place & Public Studies Electives | 3 |
Critical Studies, EMS, or Art History Electives | 3 |
Graduate Lecture Series | 0 |
Title | Units |
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Research & Writing Curriculum | 3 |
Art, Place & Public Studies Electives | 3 |
Critical Studies, EMS, or Art History Electives | 3 |
Elective | 3 |
Graduate Lecture Series | 0 |
Title | Units |
---|---|
Thesis | 3 |
Collaborative Project | 3 |
MA Intermediate Review | 0 |
Graduate Lecture Series | 0 |
Title | Units |
---|---|
Thesis | 3 |
Collaborative Project | 3 |
MA Final Review | 0 |
MA Thesis Symposium | 0 |
Graduate Lecture Series | 0 |
Program Learning Outcomes