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Welcome to the Department of Art Theory & Practice (AT&P) at the Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences, Northwestern University. The department has both an undergraduate program, offering a baccalaureate degree, and a graduate program, offering a Masters of Fine Arts degree. |
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recent visiting artists
2011-2012 |
Harrell Fletcher The American War, 2005, Artpace, San Antonio, Tx Even though many of the images were familiar to me, seeing them all together and presented from the Vietnamese perspective was very striking. It made me realize that I didn't know much about the details of the war that had consumed the U.S. for most of my early childhood. I started researching the war in an attempt to understand why it happened and what its effects were on the region and on U.S. policy. The museum and my re-presentations of it are only showing one perspective, there are many others. I encourage everyone to do their own research and find out more about The American War in Vietnam and all of the other American Wars that have been happening ever since. Along with the exhibition I also organized several public events related to the Vietnam War--a film screening of Hearts and Minds, a series of talks by local people who had personal experience with Vietnam, and a group discussion about The Vietnam War and war in general, " Harrell Fletcher
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