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INSIDE ART - The Visible Turn: Contemporary Artists Confront Political Invisibility

Artist Bosco Sodi with his piece Muro (Wall), January 24, 2019, USF Contemporary Art Museum

Artist Bosco Sodi with his piece Muro (Wall), January 24, 2019, USF Contemporary Art Museum

The Spring 2019 edition of InsideART focuses on the USFCAM exhibition The Visible Turn: Contemporary Artists Confront Political Invisibility.

The four international artists in The Visible Turn: Contemporary Artists Confront Political Invisibility, Karolina Sobecka, Bosco Sodi, Tavares Strachan, and Jorge Tacla, created installations in response to the phenomenon of cultural concealment. They combined the presentation of objects and performances inside an exhibition venue with artist-directed activities that engaged and supported communities in the Tampa Bay area affected by political or social invisibility. Together, the works refer to people and ideas that have crucially been omitted from today’s social, political, economic, and cultural processes. According to Duchamp’s logic, invisibility is impotence. What is powerful is to be seen. Curated by Christian Viveros-Fauné; organized by USF Contemporary Art Museum. The Stanton Storer Embrace the Arts Foundation is the major supporter of The Visible Turn: Contemporary Artists Confront Political Invisibility. Bosco Sodi, MURO is sponsored by The Gobioff Foundation and USF World. The opening night artist conversation is made possible by the generous support of Dr. Allen Root in honor of his late wife Janet G. Root. Film on the Lawn presented by CAM Club.

InsideART The Visible Turn: Contemporary Artists Confront Political Invisibility lessons are written by USF College of Education faculty Dr. Bárbara C. Cruz, Professor of Social Science Education and Dr. Cheryl Ellerbrock, Associate Professor of Middle Grades and General Secondary Education; and Sarah Mead, M.A.T. and Cristina M. Viera, M.A. & M.Ed., Doctoral Students in the USF College of Education. The program is co-directed by Dr. Cruz and Noel Smith, Deputy Director, USFCAM.

Common Core State Standards – In addition to Visual Arts and Social Studies curriculum standards, lessons in the InsideART curriculum cover Common Core standards related to:

  • Reading: Informational Text
  • Speaking and Listening
  • Language
  • Literacy in History/Social Studies

 

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  • Presentations are Microsoft PowerPoint presentations (.pptx)

 

The Visible Turn: Contemporary Artists Confront Political Invisibility files

The_Visible_Turn.Curriculum_Overview+Crosswalk (pdf)

Day 1
The_Visible_Turn.Day_1.Karolina_Sobecka_(The_Visible_Turn)_Clouds,_Clouds,_Everywhere.docx (pdf)
The_Visible_Turn.Day_1.Karolina_Sobecka_(The_Visible_Turn)_Clouds,_Clouds,_Everywhere.pptx
The_Visible_Turn.Day_1.GLOBE_Cloud_Teller.pdf

Day 2
The_Visible_Turn.Day_2.Bosco_Sodi_(The_Visible_Turn).docx (pdf)
The_Visible_Turn.Day_2.Bosco_Sodi.Guided_Notes_Worksheet.docx (.pdf)
The_Visible_Turn.Day_2.Bosco_Sodi.Muro_PPT.pptx

Day 3
The_Visible_Turn.Day_3.Tavares_Strachan_(The_Visible_Turn).docx (pdf)
The_Visible_Turn.Day_3.Tavares_Strachan_(The_Visible_Turn).pptx
The_Visible_Turn.Day_3.Encyclopedia_of_Invisibility_(Handout_1).pdf
The_Visible_Turn.Day_3.Tavares_Strachan_edits_history_(reading).Handout_2.pdf

Days 4
The_Visible_Turn.Day_4.Jorge_Tacla_(Sign_of_Abandonment)_lesson_plan.docx (pdf)
The_Visible_Turn.Day_4.Handout_1.Homs_Reading.docx (.pdf)
The_Visible_Turn.Day_4.Jorge_Tacla_(Sign_of_Abandonment)_lesson_plan.pptx

Days 5-6
The_Visible_Turn.Days_5-6.The_Visible_Turn_(Student_Art_Project).docx (.pdf)
The_Visible_Turn.Days_5-6.Invisibility_Art_Project_Rubric (.pdf)

Download Complete InsideART Fall 2018 The Visible Turn: Contemporary Artists Confront Political Invisibility Lessons (.zip - 61 MB)

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Download the The Visible Turn: Contemporary Artists Confront Political Invisibility exhibition brochure in pdf format

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