History of Art & Visual Culture Summer Courses

HAVC 117

Session 2

Prerequisites lifted for all students in summer.

Examines contemporary arts in post-colonial Africa, 1960-present, including new popular cultural forms; arts resulting from new class and national structures; commodification of culture; Pan-Africanism; exhibitionism; and questions of destiny. (General Education Code(s): IM.) 

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Instructor: Kristen Laciste

HAVC 127F

Session 2

Online only class.

Examines Asian American artists as well as representations of Asian Americans through American history. This course addresses such themes as migration and dislocation, race and identity, intergenerational relationships, origins and diasporas, and American foreign policies in Asia. (General Education Code(s): ER.) 

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Instructor: Michelle Yee

HAVC 186Q

Session 1

Students will gain critical skills to grapple with queer art, visual culture, and theory of diverse histories and geographies. We will consider how “queer” is applied and appropriated in the scope of in/visibility in a transnational context. (General Education Code(s): CC.) 

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Instructor: Katherine Korroch

HAVC 186I

Session 1

Online only class.

Examines how Indigenous artists and activists visually respond to issues related to land and sovereignty. Looks at a broad range of media used by Indigenous creative practitioners, including documentary filmmaking, printmaking, photography, and performance. (General Education Code(s): ER.) 

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Instructor: Amber Hickey