Annual Theme (2008-2009)
Activism and the Arts - click here for a full schedule of events.
Call for Proposals:
(2009-2010 Annual Theme)
A year-long theme will be selected in late January 2009 for the following academic year - click here for more information on how you can be involved.
Director
Laurie Monahan, History of Art and Architecture
Associate Director
Holly Unruh, IHC/UCIRA
Advisory Board
Sabine Frühstück, East Asian Languages and Cultural Studies
Lisa Jevbratt, Art
Harry Reese, Art/College of Creative Studies
Sven Spieker, Germanic, Slavic, Semitic Studies
Jeffrey Stewart, Black Studies
Kim Yasuda, Art/UCIRA
Affiliated Courses
INT 185AR - Arts Lecture Series
Earn 2 units of academic credit by attending the Arts Research Initiative's inaugural winter lecture series! Featured artists and scholars include Gina Werfel, Shana Lutker, Sally Stein, Gregory Sholette and members of the Luminous Green and Just Seeds collectives. Registration information will be available at the first lecture -- Tuesday January 13 / 4:00 - 5:50 pm / McCune Conference Room / 6020 HSSB
Unless otherwise noted, all events will take place from 4-5:50 pm in the McCune conference room, 6020 HSSB. All events are free and open to the public. This lecture series is a special project sponsored by ARI, the UCSB College of Creative Studies and UCIRA.
INT 185DS - Isla Vista Design Studio
Instructor: Kim Yasuda
Time: Fridays 9:00 -11:00 am
What does Isla Vista mean to you? What visual images best describe your community? What sort of impact can public art have in a place like Isla Vista?
Explore these questions and more as you help design the new look of Pardall road during Winter quarter 2009!
This 2-4 unit course is designed to give interested students the opportunity to participate in an Isla Vista public art project. Through a partnership with the Isla Vista Redevelopment Agency and the UCSB-I.V. Liaison, students will have the opportunity to help create the new look of the Pardall Corridor by determining the visual program for 44 new street banners.
If you are interested in Isla Vista, in contemporary design or in public art, this is a course for you! The first class meeting is Friday, January 9th from 9-11am in the lower level Atrium in the Art Department. For further information about the course or its meeting time/location, please contact Kim Yasuda (yasuda@arts.ucsb.edu), or Holly Unruh (hunruh@ihc.ucsb.edu).
INT 201 VC / ARTH 260D - Visual Cultures
Instructor: Laurie Monahan
W 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM | Arts 2622
Radical Practices: Modernism/Postmodernism/Contemporary
This course is organized as a colloquy rather than a seminar, and explores concepts of modernism, post-modernism and contemporary art as radical practices. What makes an art practice "radical"? Is this determined by formal innovation, appropriation, political engagement or disengagement? In what ways do historical and/or social circumstances modify the conception of art practice and its radical potential? These questions will be critical guides for approaches to modernism, postmodernism and contemporary art. The colloquy will feature a combination of discussions, visiting speakers and artists, and field trips to museums, galleries and artists' studios in the Los Angeles area. The course format is designed to cover two quarters (Winter 2009 and Spring 2009) and it is highly recommended - but not required -- that students register for both. Students from all disciplines are encouraged to enroll.
