Good Trouble: Contemporary African American Artists Course

Program Overview

This course explores artwork that represents the struggles and joys of African American history, culture, community, and family. We address the artists' innovative approaches to the genres of portraiture and self-portraiture, landscape, everyday scenes of home and the urban environment. We also view and discuss photography, video, installation work, paintings, mixed media, and textiles. Focus is on the visual power, beauty, and grace the artists bring to their art as acts of restorative justice.