North Native America I

3 Credits · Level: Undergraduate

This course surveys ancient and historic Native American visual culture, as well as contemporary Native American art. It looks at what has inspired Native American artists working throughout the present-day United States and explores how those artists have responded to what they have considered the most important spiritual, cultural, aesthetic, or political issues of their times. To the greatest degree possible and through a variety of means, the class will go behind the scenes to hear directly from Native scholars, curators, and artist to examine individual expressions of visual culture and artworks. This course will also address the gulf that has long existed between Westerners and Native Americans regarding Native American visual culture and art, and examine the concepts of Indigenous aesthetics and Indigenous curation. For more information about this and other courses in the Department of Art and Art History, please visit https://art.georgetown.edu