Bay Area x Los Angeles Arts Immersion

Course Description

In this Arts Intensive, students will learn about the dynamic histories of Black and Brown artists in both the Greater Bay Area and Los Angeles. Students will visit museums, galleries, and community centers dedicated to nurturing, showcasing, and archiving the work of artists of color, including Black, Chicane/x, and Latine/x founded art institutions. Students will meet artists, directors, curators, and collectors; participate in private tours to view historical sites and modern and contemporary art; and engage in art-making workshops with guest artists. While this course is largely experiential in format, students will also explore the art histories of Black and Brown peoples through class discussions of texts and films while considering the parallels, differences, and intersecting experiences of artists in Northern and Southern California.

Meet the Instructor

Rose Salseda

Rose Salseda is an assistant professor in the Department of Art & Art History. Specializing in the fields of African American and U.S. Latinx art, and with a research background in the art of the African Diaspora in Latin America and the Caribbean, Professor Salseda’s research explores the politics of race, identity, and representation as well as the various strategies used by Black and Brown artists to critique discrimination and inequities in society. She is a founding co-director of the U.S. Latinx Art Forum, a non-profit and advocacy organization for the field and its practitioners. Professor Salseda is a first-generation college student whose family, art, and community ties in Los Angeles continue to inspire and motivate her work.