AEAH 5714 - Aesthetic Inquiry with Urban Youth and Communities

3 hours

Explores multiple ways of dialoguing and inquiring into art that can be adapted to educational sites including city museums, urban school art classrooms, and community arts programs. Expands how children and youth understand what art is, how it functions in a sociocultural context, how we value art, and finally, how art affects the body and the senses. Through these modes of inquiry and dialogue, students learn how to reflect on their experiences of art, articulate these experiences to others, and develop heightened sensitivity toward and appreciation of the power of the arts.

Prerequisite(s): Admission to the MA with a major in art education with a concentration in urban art education studies, or consent of instructor.