Art and Politics: Cultural Activism in a Time of Crisis

Susan Platt is a freelance art historian, art critic and a political activist. Her latest book, Art and Politics Now: Cultural Activism in a Time of Crisis, looks at art in opposition to war, terrorism, pollution and racism. She earned a master's degree from Brown University and a PhD from the University of Texas, Austin, and has taught twentieth-century art criticism at several state universities, private colleges and community colleges. She also taught American art in Istanbul, Turkey, as a Fulbright Fellow. Susan Platt will speak in conjunction with the Christian Petersen Art Museum fall exhibition, Post-Pop Redux: Material Based Art by Andy Magee. The exhibition and accompanying educational programs highlight the social and political commentary in art during the height of the presidential election.