Course info

Introduction to Indigenous Art is a three-credit course designed to introduce students to Indigenous art and cultural objects from pre-Contact through contemporary artistic practice. Employing postmodern, feminist and post-colonial scholarship, students will discover how contemporary art historical study is reframing previous understandings Indigenous arts & cultural practices. This course acquaints students with practices of critical looking and introduces scholarly strategies for interpreting the material aesthetics and cultural history of Indigenous art works. Students will utilize their existing writing skills to develop argumentative analyses of art works and incorporate an expanded academic vocabulary in their assignments.