CUNY New York City College of Technology Introduction to Art #1308

This course will examine the major concepts and themes central to the study of Caribbean art starting with Prehispanic art and ending with contemporary artistic practices. We will investigate the significance of art and the production of Caribbean identity across various examples including painting, sculpture, carnival, folk art, photography and installation. The major issues addressed will include colonialism, modernism, religion, performance, cultural identity, hybridity and gender. Case studies will focus on works that show how the visual generates our understanding of Caribbean societies and identities of the past and present. Such examples are drawn from a diversity of Caribbean countries including , , , Trinidad, Bahamas, Puerto Rico, , Dominican Republic, and Curacao.

Assignments and Evaluation 1) Class Participation: 20% 2) Exam 1: 20% 3) Exam2: 20% 4) Blackboard writing assignments: 20% 5) Place-Based Learning 20% Assignment:

Learning Outcomes: Assessment Methods: Students will be able to engage Midterm and final exam with the major concepts and themes that inform the study of the art and visual culture from the Caribbean

By considering images in class and Class discussions and museum field trip during their place-based learning report assignment, students will be able to take the lead on visual and cultural analysis exercises

Students will develop critical readings Weekly blackboard discussion and analytical skills through an exposure to texts chosen from the field of Caribbean art history General Education Learning Outcomes: Skills: Acquire and use the Class discussions, exams, place-based communication tools needed for learning trip analyzing issues central to art history Values, Ethics, and Relationships: Weekly blackboard discussion Understand and apply diverse perspectives and values in cultural and global domains Integration: Work productively within Class discussions and across the interdisciplinary interests that inform art history

Creative Expression

A Flexible Core course must meet the three learning outcomes in the right column.

Students understanding will be • Gather, interpret, and assess information evaluated via mid-term and final exam. from a variety of sources and points of view.

Students are required to be able to • Evaluate evidence and arguments critically identify all art objects studied via their or analytically. Elements of Style

Students are required to visit a local • Produce well-reasoned written or oral museum or gallery exhibiting African arguments using evidence to support art and write a 5 page research report conclusions. on one piece of art.

A course in this area (II.C) must meet at least three of the additional learning outcomes in the right column. A student will:

Students are expected to be able to • Identify and apply the fundamental concepts identify and apply their knowledge of and methods of a discipline or art objects studied based on the name interdisciplinary field exploring creative of the people, the name of the country expression, including, but not limited to, arts, of origin, the name of object, function communications, creative writing, media and characteristic traits. arts, music, and theater.

The art will show how peoples from • Analyze how arts from diverse cultures of various African cultures use their art in the past serve as a foundation for those of the the past and in the present through art, present, and describe the significance of history, ceremony and folklore. works of art in the societies that created them. Students are expected to be able to • Articulate how meaning is created in the arts analyze African art as symbols and as or communications and how experience is functional utility objects. interpreted and conveyed. • Demonstrate knowledge of the skills involved in the creative process. Students must be computer literate to • Use appropriate technologies to conduct access course materials on the web and research and to communicate. through powerpoint presentations and YouTube videos.

ONLINE BLACKBOARD WRITING ASSIGNMENT: Once each week (with the exception of the class before the midterm, final, and museum assignment due date) please submit the following:

Please choose ONE quote from the reading assignment(s) for this week. Retype and post the quote in the Blackboard "Discussion" board. Along with the quote, please write a paragraph of 3 or 4 sentences explaining why this quote is important or relevant. For example, you can analyze the article's argument; comment on how the quote illustrates an important art historical theme we've discussed in class; explain how it brought to mind new ideas or connections such as the importance of material, place, identity, narrative, history, etc.; explain how the quote led to a question; connect your thoughts with those already posted by your class colleagues. This is your opportunity to engage with a quote while being able to observe what your class colleagues are thinkingabout.

The grading rubric for this assignment is as follows: 9-10 assignments posted: A, 7-8 assignments posted: B, 5-6 assignments posted: C, 1-4 assignments posted: D.

PLACE-BASED LEARNING TRIP ASSIGNMENT: You are asked to spend an hour or more at a museum or gallery in order to complete the PLACE BASED LEARNING ASSIGNMENT, which will be discussed in class. Suggested locations will also be discussed in class. This assignment is central to your intellectual development because such visits allow each student to hone and increase your ability to individually take responsibility for the process of learning outside of the classroom context.

Proof of place-based learning visit: As proof of your field trip, you must submit the admission receipt to me OR use your phone to take a photo of you standing next to a work of art, exhibition, and display and upload the photo to the appropriate blackboard folder. CLASS CONDUCT Students must tum off cell phones before class begins. Points will be deducted from the final average, if students consistently allow cell phones to ring in class and/or consistently leave class to answer calls. In addition, no one is allowed to wear headphones in class. Please note plagiarism is the act of taking someone else's words and passing them off as your own.

New York City College of Technology Policy on Academic Integrity: Students and all others who work with information, ideas, texts, images, music, inventions and other intellectual property owe their audience and sources accuracy and honesty in using, crediting and citing sources. As a community of intellectual and professional workers, the College recognizes its responsibility for providing instruction in formation literacy and academic integrity, offering models of good practice and responding vigilantly and appropriately to infractions of academic integrity. Accordingly, academic dishonesty is prohibited in the City University of New York and at New York City College of Technology and is punishable by penalties, including failing grades, suspension and expulsion. The complete text of the College policy on Academic Integrity may be found in the catalog.