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Sarah Estrela

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Bio

Education: BA, 2015, Wheaton College, Norton, MA; MA, 2018, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL; Ph.D. ABD, Northwestern University. 

Curatorial Experience: Caravans of Gold, Fragments in Time: Art, Culture, and Exchange Across Medieval Saharan Africa, 2018, Block Museum of Art, Evanston, IL (Graduate Fellow); Project a Black Planet: The Art and Culture of Panafrica, December 2024, Art Institute of Chicago (Curatorial Research Associate). 

Publications: Artforum, New City Brazil. 

Awards: Liz Warnock Summer Research Grant; COSI Mellon Curatorial Research Fellowship, Art Institute of Chicago; SSRC Dissertation Proposal Development Program; Barbara Smith Shanley Graduate Travel Fellowship.

Courses

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Description

This course builds on the lessons of ARTHI 1001 by discussing specific issues in modern and contemporary art and design. It focuses on examining objects and concepts, addressing theoretical and critical issues. It also explores the historical, intellectual, and socioeconomic changes reflected in the works of artists and designers, highlighting their relevance to contemporary practices. Museum visits and group exercises supervised by the instructor and the teaching assistants will contribute to the important hands-on experience of works of art.

Note: ARTHI 1001 is the recommended prerequisite for ARTHI 1002.

Class Number

2448

Credits

3