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Course Number

Course Title

Course Delivery Type

AH 1642B

Art History and Visual Culture: Baroque to Contemporary

Online

AH 1646A

Media and Popular Culture

Online

AH 2600F

Theories and Practices of Art History and Visual Culture

In-Person

AH 2620G

Northern Renaissance Art

Online

AH 2630G

Pre-Contact American Art & Architecture

Blended

AH 2632G

Canadian Art

Online with in-person exam

AH 2634G

Indigenous Women in the Arts in Canada: Cultural Traditions, Survival, and Colonial Resistance

In-Person

AH 2662F

Art and Mass Media

Online

AH 2690F

Special Topics: Art and Science Unbound, A Global Perspecitve: From Renaissances to Modernity

In-person
AH 3674G Sustainability and Art In-person

AH 3676F

Lessons by Design Online

AH 3690G

Special Topics in Art History: Net.art and the Born Digital: Internet Art Practice 1990-Present

In-Person

AH 3692F

Special Topics in Art History: Collecting Art and Culture: Accessibility and the Senses

In-Person

AH 4636G

Seminar in Art of the Americas: Brazilian Art in Canada

 In-Person

AH 4640F

Seminar in Modern/Contemporary Art: Queer Archives

In-Person

AH 4660G

Seminar in Film or the Moving Image

In-Person

AH 4670F

Seminar in Architecture and Urbanism or Design

 In-Person

AH 4689E

Project-based Internship

N/A

 

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Course Number

Course Title

Course Delivery Type

SA 1601

Foundations of Visual Arts

In-Person

SA 1605

Advanced Visual Arts Foundation Studio

In-Person

SA 2500B

Art Now! I

In-Person

SA 2510A

Drawing Explorations

In-Person

SA 2560B

Making Art with Accessible Technology

In-Person

SA 2602A

Studio Seminar I

In-Person

SA 2610A

Introduction to Drawing

In-Person

SA 2610B

Introduction to Drawing

In-Person

SA 2620A

Introduction to Painting

In-Person

SA 2620B

Introduction to Painting

In-Person

SA 2630A

Introduction to Print Media

In-Person

SA 2630B

Introduction to Print Media

In-Person

SA 2645

Introduction to Ceramic Art

In-Person

SA 2652A

Intro to Digital Photography

Online

SA 2662A

Intro to Time-Based Media Art: Video and Animation

In-Person

SA 2676A

Landmarks: Spatial Storytelling, Land, Art, Place & Community I

In-Person

SA 3602B

Studio Seminar II

In-Person

SA 3611

Drawing

In-Person

SA 3623

Painting

In-Person

SA 3633

Print Media

In-Person

SA 3642A

Sculpture II: Installation and Performance

In-Person

SA 3674B

Alternative Approaches to Creative Methods

In-Person

SA 3690B

Special Topics in Studio Art: Net.art and the Born Digital: Internet Art Practices 1990-Present

In-Person

SA 4605

Practicum

In-Person

SA 4606A

Advanced Interdisciplinary Open Studio I

In-Person

SA 4608B

Advanced Interdisciplinary Open Studio II

In-Person

SA 4682A

Internship in Studio Art N/A

SA 4682B

Internship in Studio Art N/A

SA 4689E

Project-based Internship N/A

 

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Course Number

Course Title

Course Delivery Type

MCS 2620A

Intro to Museum and Curatorial Studies

In-Person

MCS 3660A

Digital Tools for Arts Professionals

In-Person

MCS 3674G

Sustainability and Art

In-Person

MCS 3690G Special Topics in Museum and Curatorial Studies: Net.art and the Born Digital: Internet Art Practices 1990-Present In-Person

MCS 3692F

Special Topics in Museum and Curatorial Studies: Collecting Art and Culture: Accessibility and the Senses

In-Person

MCS 4689E

Project-based Internship

N/A

MCS 4690F

Special Topics in Museum and Curatorial Studies: Queer Archives

In-Person

MCS 4693G Special Topics in Museum and Curatorial Studies: Brazilian Art in Canada In-Person

 

AH 2690F - Special Topics: Art and Science Unbound, A Global Perspecitve: From Renaissances to Modernity

Imagine a world where art and science mesh, creating a rich, inclusive tapestry of knowledge woven from diverse cultural threads. This course offers you the opportunity to journey through space and time and discover little-known tales of cross-cultural collaboration. We will begin with the vibrant exchanges of the Renaissance, move through the revolutionary ideas of the Enlightenment, and continue into the innovations of the nineteenth century and the groundbreaking collaborations of the twenty-first century. Our exploration will highlight the invaluable contributions of Indigenous and Global South communities to scientific knowledge and artistic expression, challenging the traditional Eurocentric narratives that have long dominated these fields. By uncovering the rich scientific and artistic traditions of marginalized communities, we will discover alternative ways of understanding the world that expand contemporary paradigms. We will also examine the impact of colonialism on knowledge production and discuss ongoing efforts to recover and reframe scientific and artistic practices in decolonial and postcolonial frameworks.

AH 3676F - Lessons by Design

This course examines through a number of key texts differing aspects of design ranging from the technical to the theoretical, from the practical to the utopian, from typography and fashion to design thinking in business. It offers a broad survey of the contemporary design landscape, aimed at showing how pervasive design is in our everyday lives.

AH 3692F/MCS 3692F - Special Topics: Collecting Art and Culture: Accessibility and the Senses

Museums should invite and intrigue more than just the eyes, which usually have all the fun in a museum. The other senses too can teach us things that the visual alone cannot. We will look for encounters between people and culture that use all the senses, investigating how this move also opens up the museum to visitors with a variety of needs and abilities. We will expand, analyze, and hopefully implement novel ways to collect, curate, and exhibit artwork.

AH 4640F/MCS 4690F - Special Topics: Queer Archives

"The archive is not simply a repository; it is also a theory of cultural relevance, a construction of collective memory, and a complex record of queer activity. In order for the archive to function, it requires users, interpreters, and cultural historians to wade through the material and piece together the jigsaw puzzle of queer history in the making.” - Judith Halberstam, In a Queer Time and Place, 169-70.

This course investigates art practices that consult, challenge, intervene in, or respond to archives using a queer theory lens. Students will:
-examine sources on the interdisciplinary fields of archives, public history, and queer theory to gain a familiarity with local, national, and international case studies.
-explore how 2SLGBTQI+ artists, activists, and scholars engage with archival materials and spaces to disrupt dominant narratives, decolonize and reclaim erased histories, and imagine alternative futures and worlds.
-develop skills in archival research strategies, the application of methodologies, engage with primary source materials, and develop new knowledge of queer and queering history through community-based projects.  

AH 4670F - Seminar in Architecture and Urbanism or Design: Architecture, Crime, Conflict, and Authority

This course examines the complex relationship between architecture and the built environment, exploring how they are intertwined with crime, punishment, and disciplinary control while also serving as backdrops to conflict, rebellion, resistance, and other forms of violent and non-violent actions. Most often, the built environment visualizes the authority and dominance of institutional bodies through buildings and urban designs. In our course, we will explore the interconnections among authority, resistance, and architecture during the Early Modern period, drawing direct correlations to contemporary practices. We will begin by exploring theoretical premises that explore the disciplining of urban spaces. Next, we will explore selected examples in Western Europe and the colonial world through extant examples of the built form or through surviving visual artifacts (paintings, manuscripts, prints, written accounts, etc.). These historical precedents serve as a foundation for considering how these practices continue to manifest in our current contexts.

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AH 3690G/MCS 3690G/SA 3690B - Special Topics: Net.art and the Born Digital: Internet Art Practices 1990-Present

This class will combine an overview of Internet Art history from 1990-Present, and a studio-based component that encourages students to parse through the material qualities and conceptual framework of art that lives online. Beginning with a survey of net.art, Nasty Net forums, email chains and the disruptive virtual actions of artists working online in the 1990s, through to the pervasive influence of Silicon Valley and digital capitalism in contemporary Internet Art, this course will investigate how the accelerated evolution of the Internet has informed those making art online. Alongside a study of Internet Art history and contemporary practices, students will create two net-based projects. During the course, students will gain a knowledge of the history of Internet Art from 1990-present, as well as, an introduction to coding, DIY website hosting, datamoshing and other hacker methodologies.

AH 4636G/MCS 4693G - Seminar in Art of the Americas: Brazilian Art in Canada

This seminar will focus on art from Brazil in Canadian collections, exhibitions of Brazilian art in Canada, and art from the Brazilian diaspora in Canada. Students will be exposed to important artistic trends in Brazil since the 1920s, cultural relations between the two nations, and migration from Brazil to Canada. The seminar is aligned and will engage with Museum London’s exhibition Tropi-X: Brazilian Art in Canada, from the 1970s to the Present and some of the classes will take place in the museum. The course will combine lectures by the instructor, guided discussions, and other active learning activities.

AH 4660G - Seminar in Film or the Moving Image: Paracinema

“Paracinema” refers to works that attempt to generate the effects of cinema without using the traditional materials or physical support of film. Art historically, the term has been used to describe sculpture, installation, and video works from the 1960s and 1970s (including, for example, Anthony McCall’s “Line Describing A Cone” [1973]) that encourage analysis of “cinema” as an idea or concept by recreating its aesthetic, spectatorial and technological dimensions through a variety of creative strategies. This course will begin with a brief survey of paracinema’s early twentieth-century precedents, followed by a more in-depth exploration of its post-1960s manifestations. It will also consider the extent to which the term facilitates productive engagements with a variety of practices since the “cinematic turn” in contemporary art.

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