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Course Info for AHIS - 227 - 01, Spring 2023
Class number: 2913 Title: Public Art Department: Fine Arts
Career: Undergraduate Component: Lecture Session: Regular
Instructor's Permission Required: No Grading Basis: Regular Units: 1.00
Enrollment limited to 12 Current enrollment: 8 Available seats: 4
Start date: Wednesday, January 25, 2023 End date: Friday, May 12, 2023 Mode of Instruction: In Person
Schedule: F: 1:30PM-4:10PM, HHN - 105 Instructor(s): Gordon, Alden
Prerequisite(s): This course is not open to first-year students.
Distribution Requirement: Meets Arts Requirement
Course Description:
Art as part of public spaces or incorporated into architecture has been integral to artistic practice and civic patronage from antiquity to the present. This digital humanities course will give students the chance to create written, visual and interactive content while learning the history of art in public places from antiquity to the present. Students will curate tours and other digital features for a web catalog of public art and gain field experience working with Greater Hartford NGOs, Museums and Government.