Global Arts Praxis

• Course Number: ART-GE 2840
• Hours: 10 per pnt
• Units: 1-6 (var)
• Description: An umbrella course designed for NYU Global Study sites. These classes will allow students to explore the ideas & art of specific cultures from an artistic perspective. By combining art & writing assignments with readings, film, screenings, field trips & lectures, these courses will embody the “praxis” model of combining theory with artistic practice. The goals of these classes is to help students experience, appreciate, & respond to cultural difference, & to develop a conceptual basis for their formal explorations. The Global Arts Praxis classes are synthetic in nature to encourage students to drawn on diverse ideas, references, forms & medias to enrich their artwork.
• Old Course Number: E90.2840