Special Topics courses offer students opportunities for more concentrated focus beyond general curriculum offerings. Courses may align with an instructor’s own research, they may propose topics responding to contemporary events and issues, or they may offer a specialized skill. Primarily intended for advanced undergraduates and graduates in Art Practice but open to others.

In this course, students experiment with making and curating short-term, temporary art projects across different situations, contexts, and spaces. Students will consider the history of artist-run spaces and the communities they formed and nurtured. This class expands the traditional art gallery from object-focused display spaces to community-activated ecosystems. Throughout the semester, students collaboratively organize a series of pop up exhibitions, performances, and events at Platform Artspace (www.platformart.space), and they have the opportunity to participate in all aspects of the process, including: site research, programming content, planning an opening event, digital marketing, and engaging local communities. Each student artist will participate in stewarding the space and shaping its mission and philosophy.

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