WKS 357A - Workshop in Community Art Practices

Institution:

Antioch University-Midwest (Closed)

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Description:

This workshop explores the emerging field of Relational Aesthetics. Using creative theater and art strategies the class will investigate, conceive and develop events and methods whose goal it is to generate dialogues across identities and borders. Community Art Practice combines activism, theater, art and therapy. We will look at techniques developed by seminal theater figures such as Augusto Boal, renowned director of the Theater of the Oppressed, classic agit-prop theater - as well as the recent work of artists such as Suzanne Lacy, the ensemble Group Material, and John Malpede's Los Angeles Poverty Department (LAPD).

Credits:

1.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.antioch.edu

Phone Number:

(937) 769-1800

Regional Accreditation:

North Central Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Quarter

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