Armando Román

This course provides students with the opportunity to blend traditional techniques with cutting-edge digital methods, as they experiment with a range of media, including drawing, sculpture, image transfer, collage, laser cutting, and 3D printing. Begin with exciting mini-projects and hands-on demonstrations to spark your imagination and get ideas flowing, then refine concepts through engaging discussions before completing a final project that reflects your unique style and interests. Additionally, students will discover the latest trends in art, featuring inspiring work from contemporary artists who are pushing boundaries today.

Who has the privilege to narrate our lives? What names are placed upon us¿and which ones do we reclaim? This course examines how Latino artists resist systemic racism, anti-immigrant policies, voter suppression, erasure, and violence, using art to testify to struggle and imagine futures beyond dispossession. We will study artists such as Guillermo Gómez-Peña, Coco Fusco, Yvette Mayorga, and Julio Torres, while also considering solidarities across Black, Indigenous, Asian diasporic, and queer communities. Students will create three works informed by research, dialogue, and lived experience. Open to all committed to exploring art, politics, and identity.