Jo is a Faculty Associate at Arizona State University.
She teaches at the Tempe and West campuses, live and on-line.

Public Environments: X-square

This class considers the range of possibilities for creating small and active public environments. The course focuses on temporary, long-term installations and performance and emphasizes the cultural, ethical, historical and theoretical constraints of art that serves the public by making spaces into places. X-square, a Herberger Institute cross-institute student competition, will serve as an immediate case study. Available for undergraduate and graduate credit (ART/ADE).

 

Women in Art

This course investigates the cultural, historical, and social contexts of visual and performance art made by women. The class is organized around six themes: Historic Women Artists, Feminism & Representation, Painting & Sculpture, Performance & Body Art, Crafts & Fine Arts, and Resistance & Activism. Available for undergraduate credit (IAS).

 

Art and War

This course will examine the way artists have responded to living in a country that is at war and reconciled living with the vestiges of war. We will accomplish this through the lens of five themes: Graphing and Listing, Service, Remembrance and Archiving, Habit, and Mapping Dislocation. It considers various artistic genres from installation to photography and performance to film. Available for undergraduate credit (IAP).

 

Women Art and Activism

This course considers the influential presence of women artists who challenge the status quo in and through their work. It considers several feminist tropes and tests them against art made since 1945. The visual and written texts under consideration examine how women were actively in resistance through their creative work, from painting and sculpture to performance and film. Available for undergraduate credit (ARS).

 

Art of the 20th Century II

This course considers modern and contemporary art made from 1945 to present. It examines the historic and cultural contexts for a range of movements and thematic concerns for artists working in various media and the roles of the art market and criticism in the development of the work. Available for undergraduate credit (ARS).

 

Women in Society

This course provides an analysis of the various cultural contexts for gender bias in contemporary American society. It examines women's relationships to various topics including gender, sexuality, body image, fine arts, violence, health, popular culture, science, work, and family. The goal of the course is to critically evaluate and understand how gender shapes our experience in society and is related to our experiences of race, class, sexual orientation, age, etc. Available for undergraduate credit (WST/IAP).

 

Gender, Race and Class

This course provides an analysis of the intersections that articulate and sustained performances of gender, race and class in contemporary American society. It begins with an overview of the contributions that women of color have made to feminist discourse and moves on to specific topics inclduing whiteness, masculinity, reproductive justice and activism. The goal of the course is to critically understand the complexities of alterity, privledge, capital. Available for undergraduate credit (WST/IAP).

 

Fundamentals of Art

This course considers the understanding, appreciation and enjoyment of art. It proposes various definitions for art, the historic and cultural contexts of it and the constraints of a wide range of media. Available for undergraduate credit (ARS).

 

The Advanced College Essay:
Writing the World Through Art

Advanced expository writing (EAP)

 

Expository Writing:
Art in the World

First semester expository writing (EAP)

Art History I

Pyramids to Elsa von Freytag Loringhoven.

 

Art History II

Elsa von Freytag Loringhoven to Sharon Hayes.