This online course will explore intersectional feminism in relation to art and curatorial practice. While important and well-known feminist interventions have been made in the art world since the 1980s by groups such as the Guerrilla Girls, less sustained attention has been paid to BIPoC (Black, Indigenous and People of Color) feminist collectives that seek to redress the intersectional nature of oppression and structural racism in the arts and culture.

The course will center the work of BIPoC-led feminist art collectives around the world that speak to the importance of differentiating between the plurality of lived experiences of women*. In particular, we will look at the ways that intersectional feminists have developed empowering strategies of navigating the dominantly white-led, hetero-masculinist spaces in the art world.

To gain a solid understanding of the theory behind contemporary intersectional feminist art and curatorial practices, we will also be discussing the works and collaborative projects of influential BIPoC feminist theorists such as Audre Lorde, bell hooks, Gloria Anzaldúa. Participants will draw on this theory to reflect on how they can apply these ideas to their own artistic and curatorial practices.

Reading material and links to online resources will be provided.

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