Taught By:
Mildred Beltre
Professor
Art and Art History
University of Vermont
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Course Description:
Students will spend a semester in New York gaining firsthand knowledge of the art world and arts in community via two courses and a 360-hour community-based experience. This program is for students that are interested in using the visual arts and the city of New York as a lens for exploring and understanding issues of inequality and the struggle for social justice. All majors welcome.
The program consists of two academic courses: the “Art and Activism” seminar, and a course focused on students’ development as working professionals and community organizers called “Learning by Doing”. Students will also be matched with an arts organization in the city to complete 24 hours per week of community-based work.
