ARTS 471 - Accessibility & Disability in Contemporary Art

Semester Offered: Second Semester
Credits: 4 Credits
Attribute: 4HU,WADV

This interdisciplinary seminar course explores topics of accessibility and disability in contemporary art practice, history, and theory. Students will be familiarized with key writings, methods, and concepts of disability studies, applying them critically to topics circumscribing artistic, curatorial, and museological practices. Close readings and group discussion will introduce students to painting, sculpture, dance, installation, new media, performance, and other practices engaging disability. We will analyze artworks and institutions from critical aesthetic and intersectional frameworks, giving special attention to understanding how art and disability interrelate within broader contexts of ableist culture, political economy, public infrastructure, race, gender, sexuality, immigration, and decolonization. Field trips required.

Enrollment Limit: 15
Instructor: C. Eppley

Consent of the Instructor Required: Yes
Prerequisites & Notes: A 300-level course in art history