Karen Morris

This collaborative, community-based course is centered around The LGBTQ+ Intergenerational Dialogue Project, an ongoing partnership between Center on Halsted and SAIC. Classes will be held both at SAIC and Center on Halsted. Bringing together LGBTQ+-identified students and elders, this project provides a rare opportunity for dialogue across queer generations. Participants discuss, from their various perspectives and experiences, topics central to LGBTQ+ lives and histories such as Gender, Sex, Spirituality, Art, LGBTQ+ History, Family, Race, Class, Coming Out, Aging and Ageism, and Activism and Social Movements. Readings, audio recordings, and screenings will explore LGBTQ+ histories through their representation in various forms. Over the course of the semester, students work collaboratively with elders in small groups to create ¿objects'' in various forms (such as an animated video, comics zine, oral history, reflective or critical essay, personal narrative, visual art piece, or photographic essay) that bring to life the stories, histories, and lived experiences of LGBTQ+ folks. These ¿objects'' will be featured on our website (generationliberation.com).

This collaborative, community-based course is centered around The LGBTQ+ Intergenerational Dialogue Project, an ongoing partnership between Center on Halsted and SAIC. Classes will be held both at SAIC and Center on Halsted. Bringing together LGBTQ+-identified students and elders, this project provides a rare opportunity for dialogue across queer generations. Participants discuss, from their various perspectives and experiences, topics central to LGBTQ+ lives and histories such as Gender, Sex, Spirituality, Art, LGBTQ+ History, Family, Race, Class, Coming Out, Aging and Ageism, and Activism and Social Movements. Readings, audio recordings, and screenings will explore LGBTQ+ histories through their representation in various forms. Over the course of the semester, students work collaboratively with elders in small groups to create ¿objects'' in various forms (such as an animated video, comics zine, oral history, reflective or critical essay, personal narrative, visual art piece, or photographic essay) that bring to life the stories, histories, and lived experiences of LGBTQ+ folks. These ¿objects'' will be featured on our website (generationliberation.com).

This studio seminar is centered around intergenerational queer art-making within the context of The LGBTQ+ Intergenerational Dialogue Project, which is a partnership between The Senior Services Program at The Center on Halsted and faculty members Adam Greteman and Karen Morris of SAIC. This spring course is run as a workshop in which students focus on intergenerational creative production with LGBTQ+ elders. Classes will be held at both SAIC and Center on Halsted. Students and elders will share a meal together after class meetings at Center on Halsted, and take at least one field trip together.

A range of artists, works, scholars, and activist groups will be introduced during the first third of the course as students get to know one another and the purpose of the course. This will potentially include the following: Marlon Riggs, Lesbian Avengers, Chase Joynt, ACT-UP, Ron Athey, S.T.A.R., Paul Preciado, E. Patrick Johnson, Mickalene Thomas, and others. Over the course of the latter 2/3rd of the semester, students collaborate with LGBTQ+ elders in small groups to conceive and produce work related to LGBTQ+ experiences, histories, and issues. Each small group decides on topic(s) and medium(s) while working with the instructors to create a list of relevant readings, films, and/or podcasts they will engage as part of the research and production process.

Over the course of the semester, students collaborate with LGBTQ+ elders in small groups to conceive and produce work related to LGBTQ+ experiences, histories, and issues. Final projects might take the form of visual art, video, oral history, photography, writing, a podcast, or something else. This work will be showcased on the project¿s website (generationliberation.com) and have the potential to be expanded into a range of other educational resources.

This studio seminar is centered around intergenerational queer art-making within the context of The LGBTQ+ Intergenerational Dialogue Project, which is a partnership between The Senior Services Program at The Center on Halsted and faculty members Adam Greteman and Karen Morris of SAIC. This spring course is run as a workshop in which students focus on intergenerational creative production with LGBTQ+ elders. Classes will be held at both SAIC and Center on Halsted. Students and elders will share a meal together after class meetings at Center on Halsted, and take at least one field trip together.

A range of artists, works, scholars, and activist groups will be introduced during the first third of the course as students get to know one another and the purpose of the course. This will potentially include the following: Marlon Riggs, Lesbian Avengers, Chase Joynt, ACT-UP, Ron Athey, S.T.A.R., Paul Preciado, E. Patrick Johnson, Mickalene Thomas, and others. Over the course of the latter 2/3rd of the semester, students collaborate with LGBTQ+ elders in small groups to conceive and produce work related to LGBTQ+ experiences, histories, and issues. Each small group decides on topic(s) and medium(s) while working with the instructors to create a list of relevant readings, films, and/or podcasts they will engage as part of the research and production process.

Over the course of the semester, students collaborate with LGBTQ+ elders in small groups to conceive and produce work related to LGBTQ+ experiences, histories, and issues. Final projects might take the form of visual art, video, oral history, photography, writing, a podcast, or something else. This work will be showcased on the project¿s website (generationliberation.com) and have the potential to be expanded into a range of other educational resources.

This studio seminar is centered around intergenerational queer art-making within the context of The LGBTQ+ Intergenerational Dialogue Project, which is a partnership between The Senior Services Program at The Center on Halsted and faculty members Adam Greteman and Karen Morris of SAIC. This spring course is run as a workshop in which students focus on intergenerational creative production with LGBTQ+ elders. Classes will be held at both SAIC and Center on Halsted. Students and elders will share a meal together after class meetings at Center on Halsted, and take at least one field trip together.

A range of artists, works, scholars, and activist groups will be introduced during the first third of the course as students get to know one another and the purpose of the course. This will potentially include the following: Marlon Riggs, Lesbian Avengers, Chase Joynt, ACT-UP, Ron Athey, S.T.A.R., Paul Preciado, E. Patrick Johnson, Mickalene Thomas, and others. Over the course of the latter 2/3rd of the semester, students collaborate with LGBTQ+ elders in small groups to conceive and produce work related to LGBTQ+ experiences, histories, and issues. Each small group decides on topic(s) and medium(s) while working with the instructors to create a list of relevant readings, films, and/or podcasts they will engage as part of the research and production process.

Over the course of the semester, students collaborate with LGBTQ+ elders in small groups to conceive and produce work related to LGBTQ+ experiences, histories, and issues. Final projects might take the form of visual art, video, oral history, photography, writing, a podcast, or something else. This work will be showcased on the project¿s website (generationliberation.com) and have the potential to be expanded into a range of other educational resources.

This course enables upper-level students to develop a well-researched thesis project on a topic of their choice. Such a thesis project may be linked to their final BFA thesis or studio project, and may be useful for students considering graduate school in a field in which research and writing expertise is required. Students may choose to enlist innovative formats and incorporate a variety of media. Topics as diverse as 'Gay Cinema,' 'Culture as Industry,' 'Is Rap Subversive?,' 'The Art and Science of Fragrance,' and 'The Morphology of the Toy Soldier Body' have been explored. Class meetings are used to share research methods, discuss the given challenges of various projects, and present works-in-progress for critique.

This independent study course is a continuation of Thesis I and is taken with the student's primary thesis advisor to facilitate completion of the thesis. Research and approval (by the advisor and the rest of the student's committee) of the thesis topic and approach should have been completed during Thesis I. Students work closely with a thesis advisor during this semester in addition to scheduling meetings with other faculty on his or her committee whose input may prove useful in their research. This course covers the final completion and submission of the master's thesis. It is required for the Master of Arts in Visual and Critical Studies.