As part of a week-long intensive seminar, Grant Kester, critic and Professor of Art History at the University of California, San Diego, will address themes in social practice art. What conditions apply to critical art practice in the public realm and how do these relate to the urban, social, and political? What is the relationship between art and democracy? What is the long-term sustainability of community-based socially engaged art? How do informal pedagogic, public address and dialogic strategies apply to students’ practices in art, design, theater, intermedia, cinema, communications and urban planning, among others?