In the Public Realm: Chiang Mai, Thailand Art in U.S. Embassy Project (Part 2) (APA4242.01)

Jon isherwood & Susan Sgorbati

The Center for the Advancement of Public Action at Bennington College has received its second commission from the U.S. State Department’s Office of Art in Embassies for the art collection at the new U.S. Consulate in Chiang Mai, Thailand.

This course is the second half of a year-long experience that began in the spring of 2020. Students who participated in the first term are asked to continue to work collectively to develop the design of a site-specific project.

Students will be asked to take the research developed in 2020 spring term and move this through a process that defines key issues of significant content essential in this public art work within a diplomatic context.


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Delivery Method: Hybrid in-person and remote, with faculty in-person
Prerequisites:Enrollment and completion of APA 2182: In the Public Realm: Chiang Mai Project (Thailand) in spring 2020.
Course Level: 4000-level
Credits: 2
T 1:40PM-5:20PM (1st seven weeks)
Maximum Enrollment: 17
Course Frequency: One time only

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