Public Art + Dissent: Art, Protest and Public Spaces Mini-Course - Day 2

Subtitle: 
Mini-Course for K-12 Educators
Activity Type: 
Symposium
Date: 
Wednesday, November 11, 2020 - 18:00 to 20:30
Event Status: 
As Scheduled
Location: 
Online via Zoom
Contact Person: 
Patrick Hughes
Contact Email: 
hughespw@pitt.edu
Cost: 
Free and Open to the Public

Throughout our history, art and artists have resisted oppression, violence, injustice, and inequality. Some of the world’s most interesting art is on the streets and easily accessible to all. In this workshop we will discuss how protest art uses public space to engage in dialogue between the artist and the public. At an unprecedented moment in geopolitics, the work of public artists amplifies activism, resistance, and solidarity. Artists give context and vision to broad social movements, supporting those who have been marginalized and who need justice. Artists around the world question what is and why that transcends national boundaries and politics . We will examine works of Ai Wei Wei, Keith Herring, murals from Northern Ireland, to the Black Lives movement.

Wednesday, November 11
6:00 - 8:300 pm (Eastern Time)
Eric Shiner: "Kusama Yayoi, Radical Performance as a Means of Self-Preservation and Social Critique"
Erin Hinson: "Loyalty in Dissent: Loyalist Public Murals in Pre- and Post-Ceasefire Northern Ireland"

To learn more, please visit our website: https://www.ucis.pitt.edu/ncta/

Register here!

UCIS Unit: 
Asian Studies Center
Center for Latin American Studies
European Studies Center
Global Studies Center
National Consortium on Teaching About Asia
Is Event Already in University Calendar?: 
No