| Course Title: Five College Advanced Studio Seminar: 'Representation and its Discontents' |
| Start Date: 09/09/2026 End Date: 12/22/2026 |
| Term: Fall Semester 2026 |
| Description: Beginning with cultural theorist Stuart Hall's premise that representation is the process whereby language is used to generate meaning, this course examines the possibilities and limitations of representational strategies employed by artists today. How do artists represent their ideas in material, visual, and discursive languages? This central question will guide explorations in the uses of narrative figuration, research-based practice, and abstraction towards producing cultural and political discourses. We will engage in weekly readings, discussions, brief writing assignments, group critiques, and develop independent projects for exhibition. |
| Distribution(s): I - Humanities , TP - Topics Course |
| Academic Level Of Course: Undergraduate | Credits:4.00 |
| Faculty | Phone | Email address |
| Fiza Khatri | fkhatri@mtholyoke.edu |
| Meeting Dates | Method | Meeting days | Meeting times | Building name | Room | Frequency |
| 09/09/2026 - 12/22/2026 | Seminar | Friday | 01:30PM - 04:20PM | ART - Art | 302 | Weekly |
| Permission of the Instructor is required of all students who wish to register. | ||
| Requisite Courses | ||
| None |
| Comments |
| Additional Comments |
| Nomination by the art departments of each of the Five Colleges. Limited to 15 students, with spaces reserved for 3 students from each of the Five Colleges. Students enrolled in this course will be responsible for some of the costs of materials. |
| Course Tags |
| Cross-listed Sections |
| None |
| Course Availability | ||||
| Section status: Open | Capacity: 15 | Enrollment: 0 | Available: 15 | Waitlist: 0 |
BOOK INFORMATION
| Book List | Required | Publisher Full Price |
| To be determined. |
| Additional Book Comments |
| This is NOT the complete book list for this class. |