This past spring semester, Art and Text (ART 195), the introductory class for all studio art and art history majors and minors, piloted an exciting class project with the Escalette Collection of Art, an academic unit of Wilkinson College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences.

Art and Text (ART 195) educates art students on how we view the world through visual culture and visuality. This class is designed to open students’ eyes to theoretical methodologies, key issues, and the history of visual culture.

“Through numerous guest lectures from individuals who have created their own unique art practices such as design fiction or combining quantum physics and art, my definition of art morphed through exposure to more kinds of art and visual images than I previously was aware of.” – Natalie Teeter (SCC major, Studio art minor, ’25)

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