I have recently been obsessed with the art programs at Portland State University. They have a fascinating MFA in Social Practice, which they describe as "a program that encourages students to develop and utilize their artistic skills to engage in society." Here's the link to their blog. But it seems like some of the students there have felt a need to return to the roots of traditional, messy, hands-on, object-oriented artmaking and have started MFA in Paper Maché. I'm not sure if it's a class offered there or more of an independent collective, but check out their blog. It made me think of you guys and the feeling of missing artmaking while studying all this theory. Check out this post with their manifesto. To me, it sounds like they've approached object-based artmaking through a social practice of collective learning.
Is it too late to change my thesis? Can we start something like this here? Pretty please? :)
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