This course is explores the meaning, value, and variety of art in the public. Taking an interdisciplinary approach to contemporary social issues through the lens of art in public spaces, this course examines the surprisingly complex politics, economics, and aesthetics of public art in addressing hard-to-answer questions like What is "art"? What is 'the public"? "Why should we care about art in shared spaces". This course examines concrete cases--the notion of shared memory and memorialization, the removal of Confederate monuments, funding for the arts and more--through both site-specific experience and deep-level study and discussion.
- Teacher: Jason Miller