This course considers art since 1960 by focusing on works we can study in person in College Park and Washington, DC. Participants will become familiar with major art movements of the last sixty-five years and will practice visual analysis and art criticism as well as academic art writing. They will also present works of art to fellow students in person. Each student's semester will culminate in a research essay and presentation on one artist whose work we have seen. The semester will be organized into thematic units pertaining to work we can see in person this fall. Note: enrolled students must have time before and after class to commute to our meetings in Washington; the trips can last up to 75-minutes each way from College Park.