ART 5011

LAND: Art, Ecology and Environmental Activism

Course Description

Course information provided by the 2025-2026 Catalog.

In this moment of climate collapse, the relationship of art to the land has an urgent new meaning. LAND surveys artist's engagement with land from a material, historical, spiritual and political perspective including transcendentalism, land art, earthworks, neighborhood-based projects, to eco arts and activism culminating in collaborative site-specific projects. Students will learn about local ecologies, and the plant and animal life that their projects will intersect with and serve. This class will participate in the physical cultivation and maintenance of a mini-forest which will require digging, planting, as well as other tending and doing connected to a web of sustainable artist-initiated land-based works. Students can expect to spend time outdoors at off-campus locations.

Last 1 Terms Offered 2025FA

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