Course description:
“Study of American arts and artists in their aesthetic, social, and political contexts, focusing on 20th and 21st centuries. Arts examined include architecture, poetry, music, visual arts, dance, theatre, performance art, and fiction. Special emphasis on issues of cultural diversity.
Project description: “Silent Screams and the Everyday: Sexual Violence in Performance Art”
By calling attention to earlier performance artists, we are more equipped to analyze performance art as it relates to sexual violence in the 21st Century.