Spring 2025 | GWSS 3302 Section 001: Women and the Arts (54491)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Discussion
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/21/2025 - 05/05/2025Tue, Thu 01:00PM - 02:15PMUMTC, East Bank
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (0 of 35 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Study of women in the arts, as represented and as participants (creators, audiences). Discussion of at least two different art forms and works from at least two different U.S. ethnic or cultural communities.
- Class Description:
Centered on the intersection of the arts and socio-political discourse, this course deeply examines how artistic expressions can ignite meaningful dialogue. The focus is on understanding the dynamic interplay between arts and socio-political contexts, with a special emphasis on the unique challenges confronted by women and the LGBTQ community. The central theme explores the dual nature of art as both a personal and political assertion, encompassing inquiries, cultural critique, and a dedication to social commentary. Furthermore, it functions as a platform for resistance, providing a nuanced exploration of gender positionality.
The class discussions will engage various perspectives, including curatorial, performer, artist, and audience viewpoints, creating a comprehensive cartography of relations, networks, and global connections within the arts. Central to the course is an exploration of how aesthetics and production contribute to the interconnectedness of the global and local spheres, specifically through the lens of women, gender identity politics, and their imaginative capacities.
To enhance the depth of our discussions, the class will actively involve literary works, dance /performances, and paintings, all of which prominently explore gender dynamics as a central theme. These artists not only trace cultural and traditional influences but also incorporate contemporary forms, contributing to a rich tapestry of perspectives. Originating from diverse regions such as Asia, Australia, the Americas: South, North, and Central, and Africa, these artistic expressions inject a global dimension into our exploration of art's transformative potential within the socio-political landscape.
- Who Should Take This Class?:
This class is suitable for individuals who have a keen interest in the intersection of the arts and socio-political discourse, particularly focusing on the challenges faced by women and the LGBTQ community. The course delves into the dynamic relationship between artistic expressions and socio-political contexts, emphasizing the dual nature of art as both a personal and political assertion.
Students of the Arts and Humanities: Those studying disciplines such as literature, fine arts, performing arts, cultural studies, or gender studies would find this class highly relevant to their academic pursuits.
Activists and Advocates: Individuals who are actively involved in or interested in socio-political activism, especially related to women's rights and LGBTQ issues, can gain valuable insights into how art can be a powerful tool for advocacy and resistance.
Artists and Performers: Visual artists, writers, dancers, and performers who want to explore the intersection of their creative work with social and political issues, as well as those interested in understanding the impact of their art on gender dynamics.
Curators and Cultural Critics: Individuals interested in curatorial practices, cultural critique, and the examination of art within its broader social context will find this class beneficial.
Anyone Interested in Global Perspectives: The inclusion of artistic expressions from diverse regions such as Asia, Australia, the Americas, and Africa makes this class suitable for those interested in a global perspective on the transformative potential of art within the socio-political landscape.
Students of Gender and Identity Studies: Those studying gender and identity studies or related fields will find the class particularly relevant, given its emphasis on gender positionality and identity politics.
Individuals with a Passion for Social Commentary: If you have a passion for exploring societal issues through various forms of artistic expression and want to engage in meaningful dialogue, this class offers a platform to deepen your understanding.
- Learning Objectives:
- Understanding how arts as a form of expression mode and its modality. How arts take role in society, and how arts form as a new language within relationality on the world order, power and gender politics.
- Grading:
- A-F
- Exam Format:
- paper or any other creative format and require consultation with the instructor.
- Class Format:
- Lecture, Discussion (Seminar)
- Workload:
- readings assigned every week. Reading could be in the form of performances, video/ film.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/54491/1253
- Past Syllabi:
- http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/laras001_GWSS3302_Spring2024.docx (Spring 2024)
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 27 November 2023
Summer 2024 | GWSS 3302 Section 001: Women and the Arts (82305)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Discussion
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- Completely Online
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session06/03/2024 - 07/26/2024Off CampusVirtual Rooms ONLINEONLY
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (10 of 30 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Study of women in the arts, as represented and as participants (creators, audiences). Discussion of at least two different art forms and works from at least two different U.S. ethnic or cultural communities.
- Class Description:
- Study of women in the arts, as represented and as participants (creators, audiences). Discussion of at least two different art forms and works from at least two different U.S. ethnic or cultural communities.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/82305/1245
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 23 February 2015
Spring 2024 | GWSS 3302 Section 001: Women and the Arts (55323)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Discussion
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/16/2024 - 04/29/2024Tue, Thu 01:00PM - 02:15PMUMTC, East BankBlegen Hall 130
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (32 of 35 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Study of women in the arts, as represented and as participants (creators, audiences). Discussion of at least two different art forms and works from at least two different U.S. ethnic or cultural communities.
- Class Description:
Centered on the intersection of the arts and socio-political discourse, this course deeply examines how artistic expressions can ignite meaningful dialogue. The focus is on understanding the dynamic interplay between arts and socio-political contexts, with a special emphasis on the unique challenges confronted by women and the LGBTQ community. The central theme explores the dual nature of art as both a personal and political assertion, encompassing inquiries, cultural critique, and a dedication to social commentary. Furthermore, it functions as a platform for resistance, providing a nuanced exploration of gender positionality.
The class discussions will engage various perspectives, including curatorial, performer, artist, and audience viewpoints, creating a comprehensive cartography of relations, networks, and global connections within the arts. Central to the course is an exploration of how aesthetics and production contribute to the interconnectedness of the global and local spheres, specifically through the lens of women, gender identity politics, and their imaginative capacities.
To enhance the depth of our discussions, the class will actively involve literary works, dance /performances, and paintings, all of which prominently explore gender dynamics as a central theme. These artists not only trace cultural and traditional influences but also incorporate contemporary forms, contributing to a rich tapestry of perspectives. Originating from diverse regions such as Asia, Australia, the Americas: South, North, and Central, and Africa, these artistic expressions inject a global dimension into our exploration of art's transformative potential within the socio-political landscape.
- Who Should Take This Class?:
This class is suitable for individuals who have a keen interest in the intersection of the arts and socio-political discourse, particularly focusing on the challenges faced by women and the LGBTQ community. The course delves into the dynamic relationship between artistic expressions and socio-political contexts, emphasizing the dual nature of art as both a personal and political assertion.
Students of the Arts and Humanities: Those studying disciplines such as literature, fine arts, performing arts, cultural studies, or gender studies would find this class highly relevant to their academic pursuits.
Activists and Advocates: Individuals who are actively involved in or interested in socio-political activism, especially related to women's rights and LGBTQ issues, can gain valuable insights into how art can be a powerful tool for advocacy and resistance.
Artists and Performers: Visual artists, writers, dancers, and performers who want to explore the intersection of their creative work with social and political issues, as well as those interested in understanding the impact of their art on gender dynamics.
Curators and Cultural Critics: Individuals interested in curatorial practices, cultural critique, and the examination of art within its broader social context will find this class beneficial.
Anyone Interested in Global Perspectives: The inclusion of artistic expressions from diverse regions such as Asia, Australia, the Americas, and Africa makes this class suitable for those interested in a global perspective on the transformative potential of art within the socio-political landscape.
Students of Gender and Identity Studies: Those studying gender and identity studies or related fields will find the class particularly relevant, given its emphasis on gender positionality and identity politics.
Individuals with a Passion for Social Commentary: If you have a passion for exploring societal issues through various forms of artistic expression and want to engage in meaningful dialogue, this class offers a platform to deepen your understanding.
- Learning Objectives:
- Understanding how arts as a form of expression mode and its modality. How arts take role in society, and how arts form as a new language within relationality on the world order, power and gender politics.
- Grading:
- A-F
- Exam Format:
- paper or any other creative format and require consultation with the instructor.
- Class Format:
- Lecture, Discussion (Seminar)
- Workload:
- readings assigned every week. Reading could be in the form of performances, video/ film.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/55323/1243
- Syllabus:
- http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/laras001_GWSS3302_Spring2024.docx
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 27 November 2023
Summer 2023 | GWSS 3302 Section 001: Women and the Arts (87394)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Discussion
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- Completely Online
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session06/05/2023 - 07/28/2023Off CampusVirtual Rooms ONLINEONLY
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (26 of 30 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Study of women in the arts, as represented and as participants (creators, audiences). Discussion of at least two different art forms and works from at least two different U.S. ethnic or cultural communities.
- Class Description:
- Study of women in the arts, as represented and as participants (creators, audiences). Discussion of at least two different art forms and works from at least two different U.S. ethnic or cultural communities.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/87394/1235
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 23 February 2015
Spring 2023 | GWSS 3302 Section 001: Women and the Arts (67703)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Discussion
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/17/2023 - 05/01/2023Mon, Wed 03:35PM - 04:25PMUMTC, East BankPeik Gymnasium G55
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (34 of 35 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Study of women in the arts, as represented and as participants (creators, audiences). Discussion of at least two different art forms and works from at least two different U.S. ethnic or cultural communities.
- Class Description:
Dedicated to question on how arts could inspire socio political conversation, influenced by them and challenges that placed for women. Question of arts as personal and political claim, inquiries, cultural critique and dedication to social commentary, a resistance project and also clarification to the gender positionality. The class discussions include curatorial, performer, artist and audiences that represent the cartography of relation, network and world connection/globalization in arts.
- Who Should Take This Class?:
- anyone interested in human expression, imagination through creative process, students of liberal education and other interest on humanities studies and new world order in understanding aesthetic.
- Learning Objectives:
- Understanding how arts as a form of expression mode and its modality. How arts take role in society, and how arts form as a new language within relationality on the world order, power and gender politics.
- Grading:
- A-F
- Exam Format:
- paper or any other creative format and require consultation with the instructor.
- Class Format:
- discussion, guest lecture, viewing videos/ film.
- Workload:
- readings assigned every week. Reading could be in the form of performances, video/ film.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/67703/1233
- Past Syllabi:
- http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/laras001_GWSS3302_Spring2024.docx (Spring 2024)
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 8 September 2020
Fall 2020 | GWSS 3302 Section 001: Women and the Arts (33764)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Discussion
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- Completely Online
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education RequirementOnline Course
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/08/2020 - 12/16/2020Mon, Wed 10:00AM - 11:15AMOff CampusUMN REMOTE
- Enrollment Status:
- Closed (30 of 30 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Study of women in the arts, as represented and as participants (creators, audiences). Discussion of at least two different art forms and works from at least two different U.S. ethnic or cultural communities.
- Class Notes:
- This course is completely online in a synchronous format. The course will meet online at the scheduled times.
- Class Description:
Dedicated to question on how arts could inspire socio political conversation, influenced by them and challenges that placed for women. Question of arts as personal and political claim, inquiries, cultural critique and dedication to social commentary, a resistance project and also clarification to the gender positionality. The class discussions include curatorial, performer, artist and audiences that represent the cartography of relation, network and world connection/globalization in arts.
- Who Should Take This Class?:
- anyone interested in human expression, imagination through creative process, students of liberal education and other interest on humanities studies and new world order in understanding aesthetic.
- Learning Objectives:
- Understanding how arts as a form of expression mode and its modality. How arts take role in society, and how arts form as a new language within relationality on the world order, power and gender politics.
- Grading:
- A-F
- Exam Format:
- paper or any other creative format and require consultation with the instructor.
- Class Format:
- discussion, guest lecture, viewing videos/ film.
- Workload:
- readings assigned every week. Reading could be in the form of performances, video/ film.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/33764/1209
- Past Syllabi:
- http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/laras001_GWSS3302_Spring2024.docx (Spring 2024)
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 8 September 2020
Spring 2020 | GWSS 3302 Section 001: Women and the Arts (65802)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Discussion
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/21/2020 - 05/04/2020Tue, Thu 01:00PM - 02:15PMUMTC, East BankFord Hall 115
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (26 of 30 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Study of women in the arts, as represented and as participants (creators, audiences). Discussion of at least two different art forms and works from at least two different U.S. ethnic or cultural communities.
- Class Description:
- Study of women in the arts, as represented and as participants (creators, audiences). Discussion of at least two different art forms and works from at least two different U.S. ethnic or cultural communities.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/65802/1203
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 23 February 2015
Fall 2017 | GWSS 3302 Section 001: Women and the Arts (16946)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Discussion
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/05/2017 - 12/13/2017Tue, Thu 02:30PM - 03:45PMUMTC, East BankFord Hall 127
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Study of women in the arts, as represented and as participants (creators, audiences). Discussion of at least two different art forms and works from at least two different U.S. ethnic or cultural communities.
- Class Description:
- Study of women in the arts, as represented and as participants (creators, audiences). Discussion of at least two different art forms and works from at least two different U.S. ethnic or cultural communities.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/16946/1179
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 23 February 2015
Fall 2016 | GWSS 3302 Section 001: Women and the Arts (17439)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Discussion
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/06/2016 - 12/14/2016Thu 06:00PM - 08:30PMUMTC, East BankFord Hall 115
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Study of women in the arts, as represented and as participants (creators, audiences). Discussion of at least two different art forms and works from at least two different U.S. ethnic or cultural communities.
- Class Description:
- Study of women in the arts, as represented and as participants (creators, audiences). Discussion of at least two different art forms and works from at least two different U.S. ethnic or cultural communities.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/17439/1169
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 23 February 2015
Fall 2015 | GWSS 3302 Section 001: Women and the Arts (23857)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Discussion
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/08/2015 - 12/16/2015Wed, Fri 01:00PM - 02:15PMUMTC, East BankFord Hall 110
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Study of women in the arts, as represented and as participants (creators, audiences). Discussion of at least two different art forms and works from at least two different U.S. ethnic or cultural communities.
- Class Description:
- Study of women in the arts, as represented and as participants (creators, audiences). Discussion of at least two different art forms and works from at least two different U.S. ethnic or cultural communities.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/23857/1159
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 23 February 2015
Fall 2014 | GWSS 3302 Section 001: Women and the Arts (25905)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Discussion
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/02/2014 - 12/10/2014Mon 06:20PM - 08:50PMUMTC, East BankFord Hall 127
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Study of women in the arts, as represented and as participants (creators, audiences). Discussion of at least two different art forms and works from at least two different U.S. ethnic or cultural communities.
- Class Description:
- Mia Mingus, a queer activist of color, gave a keynote speech at the Femme of Color Symposium, in which she challenged her audience to imagine ?Moving Toward the Ugly: A Politic Beyond Desirability?. Following Mingus's notion of moving beyond desirability, this course seeks to explore what emerges when art disinvests from `the beautiful?. In the masculinist and imperialist history of Euro-American culture, women (especially cisgendered and transgender women of color) have been the object of art ? looked at, desired and represented on canvas, on screen, in words etc. Feminisms have challenged the institutionalization of such desire, its misogyny and all too often, its racism. What would it mean for art to escape ?beauty? and acceptability, museums and galleries? What possibilities arise when we move from purely aesthetic to aesthetically political? We will approach these questions by examining how the artistic representations that surround us every day, organize and represent the world. We will then consider how visual media can also allow us to see differently, and force us to critically reflect on our political beliefs and articulate them in new ways.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/25905/1149
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 24 April 2014
Fall 2013 | GWSS 3302 Section 001: Women and the Arts (34078)
- Instructor(s)
- Carolyn Erler
- Class Component:
- Discussion
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/03/2013 - 12/11/2013Tue 06:20PM - 08:50PMUMTC, East BankFord Hall 151
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Study of women in the arts, as represented and as participants (creators, audiences). Discussion of at least two different art forms and works from at least two different U.S. ethnic or cultural communities.
- Class Description:
- What is the relationship between art, media, and social justice? How do artists position themselves and their art in relation to social change? How are artists experimenting with form and subject not only to respond to existing social inequities, but to also imagine alternative ways of being? And how do projects by contemporary artists complement, complicate, and contest one another? This class takes up these questions with regard to women artists (cisgendered and transgendered) and female bodied-artists who may not identify within the male-female gender binary. (In some cases, we will discuss the work of male-identified artists where their work intersects with the themes of the class.) Thinking through various art forms (the visual, performance-based, dance, the spoken and written word, music, film and mixed-media) we will explore how these artists contest and complicate notions of gender and genre as they intersect with questions of identity (such as race, class, ability, sexuality, religion, nation) and political commitments. While we will engage with artists from a wide range of social and geopolitical spheres, we will also engage on the local level, taking particular advantage of the vibrant arts scene in the Twin Cities. Because art cannot simply be "studied", but is also intrinsically linked with experience, audience and engagement, in addition to reading key pieces of feminist and queer art criticism, a central part of the course will be devoted to attending, reflecting, and discussing local arts events in the community. Students will be asked to attend at least 4 arts events during the semester. The majority of writing will be reflective and/or creative, allowing students to work through and respond to questions and themes addressed in the works we engage throughout the semester.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/34078/1139
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 31 July 2013
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