ART PERFORMANCE
An exploration of art genres that often incorporate a form of time-based performance, including but not limited to elements found in theater, dance, music, spoken word/poetry, etc.
Prerequisites & course information
Requisites: None Course Designation: Grad 50% - Counts toward 50% graduate coursework requirement Repeatable for Credit: Yes, unlimited number of completions Last Taught: Fall 2025 Learning Outcomes: 1. Experiment with different conceptual, formal, and thematic approaches to performance, applying them in exercises and student-developed artworks. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 2. Analyze examples of art performance from art history, contemporary art scenes, and their peers’ class projects, to differentiate their varying aesthetic and structural approaches and evaluate their effectiveness. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 3. Survey, through readings and in-class materials, the recent history of performance as an interdisciplinary art form, and connect their own goals to historical precedents. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 4. Articulate a relation to performance that supports planned graduate work. Audience: Graduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Experiment with different conceptual, formal, and thematic approaches to performance, applying them in exercises and student-developed artworks. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 2. Analyze examples of art performance from art history, contemporary art scenes, and their peers’ class projects, to differentiate their varying aesthetic and structural approaches and evaluate their effectiveness. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 3. Survey, through readings and in-class materials, the recent history of performance as an interdisciplinary art form, and connect their own goals to historical precedents. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 4. Articulate a relation to performance that supports planned graduate work. Audience: Graduate
Sources
- Course catalogue ↗2026-2027