Artists use art to express their collective and personal identities and allow us to explore diverse narratives across history and geography. This course will consider the stories that artists and artworks tell, as well as the perspectives they ask us to consider. Session topics will include: reimagining South Asian visual histories through a contemporary perspective in the focus exhibition Shahzia Sikander: Collective Behavior; Black American printmakers’ expression of collective and personal identity in Karamu Artists Inc.: Printmaking, Race, and Community; the work of American photographer Kelli Connell, whose photographs reconsider the relationship between writer Charis Wilson and photographer Edward Weston; as well as other areas of the museum’s
collections and exhibitions. All sessions are held at the Cleveland Museum of Art.
This on-site course involves walking through the museum galleries and may also include slide presentations in our lecture hall, as well as viewing objects from our Education Art Collection in a classroom space. Assistive Listening Devices are available for use in the museum.