Courses:
The inaugural courses in partnership with the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago (MCA) are hybrid in format - both online and on the MCA premises. They will address art
histories that draw undervalued artists and educators into the art
school setting. There is also an interest in the time and place of
recent (less than 50 years) art historical phenomena.
Current:
Making New Monuments
8-Week Session
April 7 - May 26 2024
(+ May 26 - June 9 Independent Production Period)
Sundays 10:00am-12:30pm Central Time (Chicago Timezone)
Hybrid format (@ MCA Chicago & Virtual)
The Spring 2024 Making New Monuments course introduces innovative forms of, and revised approaches to the practice of, monument making. Participants will imagine and consider how to memorialize a renewed scene of subjects, topics, and histories.
Previous:
FESTAC ’77: Witnesses, Art Histories, and Documents
10-Week Session
September 26 - Dec 5, 2023
Tuesdays 4:30-7:30pm Central Time (Chicago Timezone)
Hybrid format (@ MCA Chicago & Virtual)
The Fall 2023 course is on FESTAC ’77 and will explore the Second World Black and African Festival of Arts and Culture, which took place in Lagos, Nigeria in 1977. The faculty includes FESTAC ’77 participants as well as artists, art historians, and authors of key texts and art histories on FESTAC, as well as those with expertise and knowledge in relevant areas.
Faculty include Darlene Blackburn, Romi Crawford, Fred Moten, Stefano Harney, Ntone Edjabe/Chimurenga, Gerald Williams, Mackda Ghebremariam Tesfau’, Haki Madhubuti, Dindga McCannon, Abdul Alkalimat, K. Kofi Moyo, Roy Lewis, and Andrew Apter. Students will explore FESTAC's dimensionality through art making and art history sessions. The outcome project is in collaboration with the Moleskine Foundation and was featured at the 2024 Lagos Biennial.
Current:
Making New Monuments
8-Week Session
April 7 - May 26 2024
(+ May 26 - June 9 Independent Production Period)
Sundays 10:00am-12:30pm Central Time (Chicago Timezone)
Hybrid format (@ MCA Chicago & Virtual)
The Spring 2024 Making New Monuments course introduces innovative forms of, and revised approaches to the practice of, monument making. Participants will imagine and consider how to memorialize a renewed scene of subjects, topics, and histories.
Previous:
FESTAC ’77: Witnesses, Art Histories, and Documents
10-Week Session
September 26 - Dec 5, 2023
Tuesdays 4:30-7:30pm Central Time (Chicago Timezone)
Hybrid format (@ MCA Chicago & Virtual)
The Fall 2023 course is on FESTAC ’77 and will explore the Second World Black and African Festival of Arts and Culture, which took place in Lagos, Nigeria in 1977. The faculty includes FESTAC ’77 participants as well as artists, art historians, and authors of key texts and art histories on FESTAC, as well as those with expertise and knowledge in relevant areas.
Faculty include Darlene Blackburn, Romi Crawford, Fred Moten, Stefano Harney, Ntone Edjabe/Chimurenga, Gerald Williams, Mackda Ghebremariam Tesfau’, Haki Madhubuti, Dindga McCannon, Abdul Alkalimat, K. Kofi Moyo, Roy Lewis, and Andrew Apter. Students will explore FESTAC's dimensionality through art making and art history sessions. The outcome project is in collaboration with the Moleskine Foundation and was featured at the 2024 Lagos Biennial.