COURSE SCHEDULE

SPRING 2015

Course Schedule (tentative)

 

Week (Date)	Topic	Session Activities & Exhibition Production Plans
Week 1: (Jan 28)	Introduction – Course Overview & Expectations	Discuss student skills & interests, exhibit Kickstarter Campaign, Case Studies of Guatemalan artists, and student artistic investigations from Fall Seminar
Week 2: (Feb 4)	Guatemala Historical Memory + Concepts in Curatorial Practices	Discussion of readings on Guatemala & Curating >> Students review case studies on selected artists for the exhibit
Week 3: (Feb 11)	Understanding Artistic & Curatorial Practices in Guatemala	Guest: Pablo Jose Ramirez, Guatemalan Curator >> Students present curatorial research & design concepts for selected artist works in exhibit
Week 4: (Feb 18)	Digital Collections and New Media Practices for Emerging Exhibitions	Review Digital Collection Platforms & New Media >> Students examine museum digital collections & design user interface & content for Guatemala project
Week 5: (Feb 25)	Examining Exhibition Design Concepts and Social Practices	Guest: Prof. Brenda Cowan, Exhibit Design, SUNY/FIT >> Students present case studies of exhibitions hosted at the New School, New York City and global contexts
Week 6: (Mar 4)	Engaging Publics through Creative & Educational Programming	Guest: Jessica Kaire, Guatemalan Artist, NuMu founder >> Students examine case studies of public programs that engage diverse publics & propose April program
Week 7: (Mar 11)	Midterm: Presentation of Exhibit Design & Digital Collection Concepts	>> Students present completed design proposals for exhibit design and digital collection for peer-review
Week 8: (Mar 18)	Refining Concepts and Preparing Exhibit, Digital and Public Program	Preparation of Final Exhibit Design Specifications for SJDC + Digital materials in Collection & Public Program
Week 9: (Mar 25)	Spring Break – No Class
Week 10: (Apr 1)	Planning work for Exhibition Opening & Digital Collection Launch	Review of all updated exhibit materials, website and artists works + planning for exhibit installation
Week 11: (Apr 8)	Working Production Session at SJDC for Exhibit Opening on April 9th	Installation of the Guatemala Después exhibition at the Sheila C. Johnson Design Center (SJDC)
Week 12: (Apr 15)	Public Programming I at The New School (at SJDC or other venues)	Running the 1st set of Public Programs (including panels, screenings, gallery tour and performance)
Week 13: (Apr 22)	Public Programming II at The New School (at SJDC or other venues)	Running the 2nd set of Public Programs (including panels, screenings, gallery tour and performance)
Week 14: (Apr 29)	Closing of Exhibit at SJDC + Review of Exhibit Outcomes	De-installation of the Guatemala Después exhibition at the Sheila C. Johnson Design Center (SJDC)
Week 15: (May 6)	Presentation of Final Projects	Write-up critical mixed-media essays on experiences on design and curation of exhibit/program
Week 16: (May 13)	Course Reflections and Future Work for Guatemala Exhibition in June	Course Reflections, Ongoing Research Interests + Planning for Design of the exhibit in Guatemala

 FALL 2014

Overall Course Schedule

Week (Date)	Topic of Class Session (Thursdays)	Potential Readings, Films, Site Visits or Invited Guests
	Part I: Artistic Practices – Then & Now
Week 1: (Aug 28)	Introduction: Art, Media and ConflictCourse overview and creative directions	Intro by Prof. Nitin Sawhney + discussing interests of class participants
Week 2: (Sept 4)	Overview of Artistic & Curatorial Practices in Guatemala + Recap of Guatemala Biennale 2014	Guest: Pablo Jose Ramirez, Curator, Ciudad de la Imaginatión, Talk by Pablo at ICI 6:30pm: To Think the Impossible
Week 3: (Sept 11)	Indigenous Art Practices in Guatemala and Central/Latin America	** Students Investigate and Present Reading Responses in Class
Week 4: (Sept 18)	Contemporary Art Practices in Guatemala and Central/Latin America	Invited Guest: Jessica Kaire (Artist and Co-founder, Proyectos Ultravioleta)
Week 5: (Sept 25)	Rosh Hashanah Holiday – NO CLASS	Visit to Guggenheim Museum on Friday, Sept 26th for exhibit: Under the Same Sun: Latin American Art (meet 2pm in lobby)
	Part II: Film, Performance & Artistic Interventions in Public Space
Week 6: (Oct 2)	Contemporary Art Practices focusing on specific artists (presented by students)	** Students Investigate and Present Contemporary Practices in Class
Week 7: (Oct 9)	Sexual and Gender Dissidence and Political Practices	Invited Guest: Carlos Motta (Parsons) Readings + Gender Talents Film by Carlos
Week 8: (Oct 16)	Midterm Project Concept Presentations with Peer Review and External Crits	Invited Guest Crits: Jessica Kaire and Yasmin Hage
Week 9: (Oct 23)	Role of Documentary Film: When the Mountains Tremble and Granito	Invited Guest: Pamela Yates (Filmmaker, Skylight)
Week 10: (Oct 30)	Designing and Curating in the Public Domain	Invited Guest: Radhika Subramanian (Parsons)
Week 11: (Nov 6)	Designing the Guatemala Después Exhibition	Discussion of the exhibition project, curatorial concepts, and artistic proposals
	Part III: Production of Digital Archive & Exhibition Concepts
Week 12: (Nov 13)	The role of Digital Archives for Artistic Meaning Making	Invited Guest: Shannon Mattern (Media Studies)
Week 13: (Nov 20)	Examining Digital Archive Platforms and Practices for use in Guatemala Project	Discussion of the Scalar Platform and creating content online
Week 13: (Nov 25)	Presenting sample project modules on Digital Archive	Students should prepare a module for the digital platform
Week 14: (Nov 28)	Thanksgiving Holiday – NO CLASS	Students are expected to work on their projects
Week 15: (Dec 4)	Discussion of projects and progress	Submission of Working Drafts for Peer Review (Dec 8)
Week 16: (Dec 11)	Presentation of Final Projects with Peer Review and External Crits	** Submission of Final Papers (Dec 15) Hard deadline – no extensions granted