Taught by: Daniel Martinez & Violet Overn
Is home a place, a feeling, a set of smells and tastes, a memory, a refuge? For many, the idea of home shifted during the pandemic as many people experienced a lack of safety or security, and the lines between work and home blended. This shift in the boundaries between “work-life” and “home life” requires us to question what it means to have a home in the first place. Housing instability and insecurity – the inability to pay rent due to job loss and rising costs – is a reality for many in the United States. Artists use various media to represent diverse ideas about what home is and means today in our post-pandemic realities. In this class, students explored the concepts and experiences of home across realities of gender, race, culture, and class using diverse art strategies and mediums.
The following is the curriculum map students followed throughout the course:
