HUMT 1210 - Creative Expression for Peace and Justice

5 credit hours
In this course, students are actively engaged in the creation of original artwork as they examine the process and product of artists whose work has instigated social and political change. Various pieces are used to allow students insight into how art reveals the internal struggles of those striving against injustice, those facing ethical and emotional challenges within the context of the greater social system in which they find themselves. Students will gain perspective on the context of social injustice by studying the insights of thinkers and observers who record conditions “on the ground” among those living at the bottom of the socio-economic construct. Students will bring what they learn from these texts to their own, original piece, composing works which reveal and combat social injustice in the context of the contemporary American landscape.