Images of Labor In Art is a short self-directed course designed to give perspective students an opportunity to experience online learning. The five short lessons focus primarily on artworks and movements of 20th century America.  It begins with a discussion of Labor Art and its meaning within context for which it was created.  An overview of selected art movements and styles has been included in order to enhance students’ ability to recognize significant themes and vocabulary common to critical discourse in the art world.  We hope that students will come to view the arts as yet another form of activism that can “carry the message” to union members as well as to the broader public.

Each module should take approximately 45 minutes to complete.  At the end of each module there is a short quiz (optional).

By the completion of this course, participants should be able to:
 

• Discuss the meaning of Labor Art.
• Identify selected artistic movements and styles as well as significant themes and vocabulary common to critical discourse in the art world. 
• Discuss the social significance of the artwork of Ashcan School, the New Deal and the American Mural Movement.

• Identify significant contemporary Labor Artists, movements and styles.
• Identify and discuss the many ways in which artists and workers have come together throughout history to further the cause of the labor movement.