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Course # (Section)
Title
Day/Times
Instructor
Room
PosTag(s)
Info
AS.010.305 (01)
The Ethiopia at the Crossroads
Th 4:30PM - 7:00PM
Sciacca, Christine
Gilman 119
HART-MED
The Ethiopia at the Crossroads AS.010.305 (01)
Ethiopia played a foundational role in modern-day civilization and culture: as the find site of Lucy, the earliest bipedal hominid, the seat of the Queen of Sheba’s kingdom, the second country in the world to adopt Christianity in the early 4th century CE, and the nexus of exchange between Africa, Europe, and Asia. In fall 2023, The Walters Art Museum will mount the exhibition tentatively titled, Ethiopia at the Crossroads, which addresses Ethiopia’s relationship and artistic exchange with its surrounding cultures, including South Arabia, Nubia, Egypt, Byzantium, Armenia, Italy, and India. It also discusses the impact of Ethiopian art beyond its borders, bringing works of Ethiopian contemporary art into dialogue with the historical Ethiopian art that these artists draw upon in their work. The exhibition covers approximately 1,750 years of Ethiopian history with a special focus on the art of the medieval period, broadly conceived. The course will also offer insights into how a museum exhibition is developed from the initial concept to the physical presentation in the galleries.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Upper Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: Th 4:30PM - 7:00PM
Instructor: Sciacca, Christine
Room: Gilman 119
Status: Open
Seats Available: 7/12
PosTag(s): HART-MED
AS.010.442 (01)
Without Representation: Race, Gender, and Belonging in American Art
M 4:30PM - 7:00PM
Flores-Garcia, Jez
HART-MODERN
Without Representation: Race, Gender, and Belonging in American Art AS.010.442 (01)
This course explores the fundamental question: who counts as an American in American Art? Through our examination of objects, texts, and public collections we will document the marginalized, obscured, and omitted populations in traditional conceptions of American Art. Our goal is to understand the political and social impact of these absences. In this seminar, we will address the concept of cultural representation, both as image and agent, in art produced in the United States. Texts from art criticism, museum studies, gender studies, and ethnic studies will inform our investigations. We will also survey museum collections to understand the role of institutions in selecting, canonizing, and preserving a particular view of American culture. Throughout the course, we will pay close attention to power as it relates to class, race, gender, and sexuality. We will begin in the mid-nineteenth century with the emergence of photography and the establishment of public art museums in the United States. At the postwar period, when the art world shifted from Paris to New York, we will consider how culture externally served political dominance while internally reinscribing elitism. We will examine the role of art in feminist, Black, Chicano, and Asian American civil rights movements and conclude with an investigation of museum efforts to address the complexity of American identity today.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Upper Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: M 4:30PM - 7:00PM
Instructor: Flores-Garcia, Jez
Room:
Status: Waitlist Only
Seats Available: 0/12
PosTag(s): HART-MODERN
AS.389.202 (01)
Introduction to the Museum: Issues and Ideas
W 1:30PM - 4:00PM
Forloney, Robert
Shaffer 100
PMUS-INTRO
Introduction to the Museum: Issues and Ideas AS.389.202 (01)
Museums face practical, political and ethical challenges, including economic difficulties, debates over interpretation of culture and pressure to demonstrate social value. This course considers how museums are answering these challenges.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Lower Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: W 1:30PM - 4:00PM
Instructor: Forloney, Robert
Room: Shaffer 100
Status: Open
Seats Available: 7/18
PosTag(s): PMUS-INTRO
AS.389.260 (01)
Cultural Heritage in Crisis
TTh 10:30AM - 11:45AM
Balachandran, Sanchita
Gilman 150A
PMUS-INTRO, INST-GLOBAL, ARCH-ARCH
Cultural Heritage in Crisis AS.389.260 (01)
We explore the possible futures of cultural heritage and museums in times of accelerating climate change, pandemics, armed conflict and political and social turmoil by examining past and contemporary events.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Lower Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: TTh 10:30AM - 11:45AM
Instructor: Balachandran, Sanchita
Room: Gilman 150A
Status: Waitlist Only
Seats Available: 0/15
PosTag(s): PMUS-INTRO, INST-GLOBAL, ARCH-ARCH
AS.389.280 (01)
Of and For Everyone: Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Access in the Museum
F 1:30PM - 4:00PM
Kingsley, Jennifer P
Gilman 277
PMUS-INTRO, ARCH-RELATE
Of and For Everyone: Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Access in the Museum AS.389.280 (01)
How are museums responding to the pressures to be more equitable, inclusive, and accessible towards public audiences and their staff? Students go behind the scenes of the Smithsonian, Baltimore Museum of Industry and Baltimore Museum of Art to meet with working groups and staff charged with transforming their institutions. Includes site visits, hands-on experiences and research on best practices.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Lower Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: F 1:30PM - 4:00PM
Instructor: Kingsley, Jennifer P
Room: Gilman 277
Status: Open
Seats Available: 2/15
PosTag(s): PMUS-INTRO, ARCH-RELATE
AS.389.314 (01)
Commemoration, Mourning, and Race: The Stories of Mount Auburn Cemetery
Th 1:30PM - 4:00PM
Dean, Gabrielle
BLC 2030
PMUS-PRAC
Commemoration, Mourning, and Race: The Stories of Mount Auburn Cemetery AS.389.314 (01)
In partnership with Mount Auburn Cemetery in Baltimore, owned and operated by the Sharp Street Memorial United Methodist Church, this community-engaged course will address the African American cemetery in general, and the Mount Auburn Cemetery in particular, as a place of multiple meanings: a sacred site of private mourning, a public place of commemoration, a representation of racism, an historic accomplishment. This course will require on-site research that contributes to the cemetery’s interests.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Upper Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: Th 1:30PM - 4:00PM
Instructor: Dean, Gabrielle
Room: BLC 2030
Status: Open
Seats Available: 3/10
PosTag(s): PMUS-PRAC
AS.389.348 (01)
Queer Oral History
TTh 12:00PM - 1:15PM
Plaster, Joseph (Joseph)
Gilman 75
Queer Oral History AS.389.348 (01)
Students learn to conduct, analyze, and interpret their own oral histories as they contribute to a wide-ranging project documenting queer worldmaking in the Baltimore-Washington D.C. region. We engage with scholarship from performance studies, queer of color critique, LGBTQ history, and public humanities to consider the politics of storytelling and the promises of public-facing oral history projects. Students have the option of developing podcasts, multimedia projects, and public humanities proposals as their final assignment.
