3.00 Credits
This course will explore the contributions of African American artists to American art through social, religious, political, economic, class, and cultural lenses that either constrained or liberated these artists. A primary goal for this course is to develop the visual and critical thinking skills required to understand, appreciate and discuss the historical development of African American art in the larger context of American art, and to learn how African American artists resisted racial oppression and stereotypes in their pursuit of becoming artists.