ART 411a03 - Seminar in Visual Culture & Theory: Text and Textiles
Department: Art
Description: Course examining artists who make work at the intersections of text and textile focusing on modern and contemporary artists. The course will begin with a chronological overview of textile/fiber art (weaving, embroidery, knitting/crochet, samplers, quilting, etc.) and its relationship to text, and then continue thematically (for example, attending to issues of gender & identity, social justice, poetics, narrative, collage & montage, materiality & form, and the now-historical divide of craft/art) and include work by writers/artists from antiquity to the present. prerequisites: Not for credit if earned credit in ART 311a03.
Credit Hours: 3
Graduate Level Course: This course is approved for graduate credit
Current Offerings
Spring 2025
- 001 - Lecture (In Person): Th 2:00 PM - 4:50 PM , Melissa Johnson 3.00 hour(s) , Majors Only
Dates: 01/13/2025 - 05/03/2025
Location: Center for the Visual Art 201 (CVA 201)
Instructor: Melissa Johnson
Course Specification: Majors Only
Textbooks have not been finalized for section.