New Myths in Black and Indigenous Art and Film: Rites of Passage
Advance registration is required.
This is event is being held online. After registering, connection information will be emailed to you.
In this 4-week course, mythologist and multidisciplinary artist Dr. Li Sumpter offers a breakdown of the Heroine’s Journey model evident in aesthetic and archetypal patterns in contemporary art and film narratives.
The class will explore the journey through works from Taking Space: Contemporary Women Artists and the Politics of Scale and select films featuring female protagonists of African and indigenous descent inspired by the exhibition.
In class 1, Rites of Passage: New Hero(ine), Same Journey we will explore questions like: What are the major milestones of the Heroine’s Journey? How does the path of the female protagonist differ from the classic male hero? This week’s class will focus on comparisons between these narrative structures, noting the symbols and aesthetics that typically define a young heroine’s road to becoming her highest self.