Held in person at McKimmon Center: The 20th century brought a major shift to the art world with the supremacy of the New York art scene replacing historically Euro-centered artists and movements, namely Impressionism and Post Impressionism. This two-part course will feature the works of four proto-typical American artists who changed the meaning of art and popularized movements that were inclusive of social change and women’s art and the radicalization of art making. Session one will feature Ben Shahn and Judy Chicago. We will examine Shahn’s figurative work using art as social conscience, and explore how Judy Chicago’s Dinner Party bought women’s art to major media attention and an area of academic inclusion at the university level. Session two will feature Jackson Pollack and Andy Warhol. Jackson Pollack led the new breed of Abstract Expressionists artists in New York as the energy and vitality of the U.S. after World War II shifted from narrative and object-based imagery to non-figurative, non-objective art. Andy Warhol broke every rule of art. Despite the unconventional anti-art rational, his works are among the most recognized in the world today.

Registration Deadline: Mar. 14