Seminar and Community Placement About this course
How can art shape our experience of the city? This course explores our understanding of urban space through the lens of public art, with Toronto as our playground. Students engage multiple perspectives, ranging from artists’ practices, community participation to municipal policy. We consider how access and inclusion, memory and monuments are influenced by art in the public realm.
What you’ll learn
- How can art shape our experience of the city?
- Learn about urban space through the lens of public art, with Toronto as our playground.
- Engage perspectives ranging from artists’ practices and community participation to municipal policy.
- How are access and inclusion, memory, and monuments influenced by art in the public realm?
Course highlights
This course uses field trips to explore the city of Toronto through specific weekly themes. Past visits have included artists and curators as guides, with an emphasis on experiential learning. Projects include podcasts and field journals, among other forms of activity.
A personal note from your instructor
Alan Webb
I’m excited to teach this course because I get to share and discuss some amazing aspects of art and the city with students, and explore with students new tangents in the continually expanding field of public art.