This course will introduce complex mechanisms that constitute the "art world" so as to demystify it. It offers a holistic view of the life after MFA program by focusing on important practices, factors, and entities that are relevant in order to help emerging artists to navigate the multiple art worlds and sustain careers in the arts. The course will also engage with various professional capacities that artists may assume, such as educator, curator, writer, or organizer.

Each semester, the Department of Art offers a series of lectures by nationally recognized artists, scholars, curators, critics, gallerists, and writers. In addition to the noontime public lectures, the guest speakers also engage in conversations with students and conduct studio visits. Often based on recommendations by graduate students, the research and practice of the guests are pertinent to graduate students? own interests.