ARTH 668 Theories and Methodologies in Art History: The Place of Embedded Art Writing

• Thursdays, 11:45 am-2:45 pm
• Instructor: Dr. Rebecca Duclos

This seminar will be taught as a collaboration between the Department of Art History and the Gail and Stephen A. Jarislowsky Institute for Studies in Canadian Art. This course is for art historians and cultural critics whose writing flourishes when they are embedded in studio, rehearsal, and gallery spaces in addition to classrooms. This course is for those who came to Concordia specifically to rub shoulders with creative practitioners in the areas of Design, Fine and Performing Arts. This course is for those who wish to gain experience building events where thinkers, writers, and makers come together. We will spend much of our time with peer-artists who are developing and honing their craft in Concordia's many disciplinary spaces in and around campus. We will build a series of public hands-on workshops at the Jarislowsky Institute to share what we learn about artistic process. And we will respect and reflect on the ethics of embedded engagement that allow artists and art historians to create new processual languages together. Over the semester, Speaking from the Studio will support students to develop skills in listening, looking, conversing, and questioning and will be structured around three key "Afternoons at the Institute" that will be organized by course participants. Speaking From the Studio is for students who would like to develop their own approach to art writing—new ways to capture and compose, observe and articulate—in order to formulate a distinct voice through live interaction and critical conversation with artistic practitioners.