What are the art worlds and modes of participatory culture that we want?
Introducing Solidarity Art Economies
This participatory workshop will introduce a range of processes that support you as you conceptualize, clarify, and articulate your visions for art worlds and forms of culture that you want to activate and share. Students from all disciplines
and life experiences, with varying kinds of creative and social practices, are invited to engage in this catalyst for individual and collaborative re-imagining. Inclusive modes of
teaching and learning will value the experiences, research interests, and knowledge generated by students, introduced by guest presenters, amplified through readings and interviews, and enacted in whole group, small group, and individual activities.
Caroline Woolard, the 2020 Harlan Boss Visiting Artist for Art, Participatory Culture, Social Practice, and Critical Theory is the guest catalyst for this workshop and will be a guest presenter for five of our fifteen meetings. Caroline Woolard will introduce her work focused on solidarity economy as well as the work of other contemporary artists and designers who consider the entire life of their projects. These perspectives will ground our semester-long process within a global context. They will challenge you to identify art worlds and forms of participatory culture that are appropriate to your work and to your concerns, while drawing connections to a series of organizations, collectives and interconnected art and design worlds.
Throughout the semester, we will also experiment the media, materials, and social modalities that interest you. With the intention of bringing you, your work, and your visions into closer relationship, we will conclude the workshop by sharing individually or collaboratively generated propositions, prototypes, iterations, and actions that begin to embody the art worlds and forms of participatory culture that you envision.