The Power of Feminist Art (SMFA-0126)

Spring 2025 · SMFA 0126 · Tufts University · 4 credits · Undergraduate

How contemporary women’s and queer movements affect the ‘post-feminist’ world. Major themes of feminist art and their intersection with ethics, politics, and strategies of art making. How art history, critique, and philosophical aesthetics inform the creation, interpretation, and appreciation of feminist art. Issues of race, gender and sexuality, class, ableism, religion, privilege, and oppression. Studio assignments, presentations and discussions to examine connections among feminist philosophy, art activism, and feminist art. Mobilize feminist cultural production to create change via street intervention, billboards, printed matter, public projection, cyberfeminism, and poster-making. Non-SMFA students and MAT Art Education students will receive a letter grade.

Course codes: SMFA-0126, SMFA 0126, SMFA0126, SMFA-126, SMFA 126, SMFA126

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