Course Description

This course will investigate the ways in which artists have presented narratives in the public realm and the organizations that have made the presentation of those works central to their curatorial practices over the last 40 years. Focusing on recent works presented in New York’s public spaces by Creative Time, The Public Art Fund, the Percent for Art Program, Arts for Transit and other non-profits organizations, this course will look at what it meant to tell stories and open discourses that challenged or interrogated widely-held value systems, the events and the politics of their time. In addition to the specifics of current and other key works and projects, we will discuss the conditions that governed the development of public performance, temporary and permanent installations, the ways in which those works were influenced by public approval processes and governmental agencies, media coverage and community response. Each student’s final project will be an on-line proposal for an exhibition that conveys a “narrative“ developed in the context of this course, referencing other relevant works .

Tuesday, September 11, 2018

Public Narrative - The Rachel Maddow Show


A Public Narrative that struck my attention was the promotion and celebration of Labor day. Rachel meadows brings attention to this holiday and speaks of it in a high nature as they are celebrating the labor of the American Worker. “I argue that public narrative is a leadership art through which we translate values into action: engaging heart, head, and hands.” In my opinion this Labor Day shows a public narrative as the public join to celebrate and give tribute to the social and economic achievements of all American workers. 
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