Art, Media, and Planetary Futures (In Person) | Minneapolis College of Art and Design

Art, Media, and Planetary Futures (In Person)

Explore the climate emergency through mapping and media practice.

Course description

This course offers students tools to translate environmental change into compelling forms of storytelling. While the emphasis is on map-based narratives using accessible platforms like ArcGIS StoryMaps and StoryMapJS, students can also opt to create other modes of mediation, through film, photography, sound, installation, or hybrid projects. We will work with datasets and imagery from permafrost thaw fieldwork in Alaska alongside local case studies, introducing students to low-barrier spatial tools as creative raw material. No GIS background is required. By the end of the semester, students will develop portfolio-ready works, short films, interactive map-stories, photo essays, immersive soundscapes, or AR/VR prototypes that communicate environmental change with clarity, ethics, and imagination. / This course is part of the Creative Entrepreneurship undergraduate major. Participants in this course will include undergraduate students. / Please note that this course does not qualify for the $25 alumni tuition rate.

Open to students ages 18 and above. View complete policies including class cancellation policies, before completing your registration.

Class meeting details

This course meets in person on campus with the first in person meeting on Thursday, January 22. The Canvas site for this course opens on January 20.

Prerequisites

None

Required materials

Textbooks
See canvas.mcad.edu/books for a list of required textbooks.

Class resources

This class uses Canvas, MCAD's learning management system. Please see the links for more information.

Class savings

Register on or before January 19 and save $25.
Register for more than one class at a time and receive $25 off each additional class (same-day registrations only).
Additional savings. Are you eligible?

Questions

Contact MCAD Continuing Education at continuing_education@mcad.edu or call 612.874.3765.

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Title
Non-credit Tuition
$1,485.00
Not Yet Open for Registration

Registration opens January 5.

  • Date:
    -
  • Time:
    1:00–6:00 p.m. CT
  • Day(s) of the week:
    Thursday
  • Ages:
    Open to student ages 18 and above.
  • Term:
    Spring 2026
  • Instructor: Steve Rowell
  • Location:
    In Person
  • SKU:
    ES 3803 01 SP26

Prerequisites:

None

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Minneapolis, MN 55404

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The Minneapolis College of Art and Design (MCAD) acknowledges it is located on traditional, ancestral, and contemporary lands of Indigenous people. This is the ancestral homeland of the Dakota and Ojibwe people, who were forcibly exiled from the land because of aggressive and persistent settler colonialism. We recognize that this place has a complex and layered history. As a community dedicated to creativity, MCAD is committed to ongoing efforts to support and advocate for American Indian Nations and peoples.


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