Hello Art Explorers,

I hope you enjoyed the wonderful John Jasperse.

We are coming up to the home stretch and have two more classes left.

Please remember to turn in your paper on Wednesday, November 27th.  I don’t accept late papers so please make sure you have them in no later than Wednesday night, midnight.  

On December 5, you will have a guest artist (or yours truly) who will talk about the upcoming performance of my company.  There will be another opportunity for a quick look at some of the presentations, though it will be in the classroom and not the cabaret space.  

You will come to NYLA on Friday night December 6 for Donna Uchizono Company’s season.

Final Presentations will be presented on December 12th at Macaulay Honor College’s cabaret space.

Hello Art Explorers,

We are coming to the last four weeks of our art exploring adventure.

1)  Next week, the wonderful John Jasperse will be your guide and how lucky we are to have such a choreographer of note look at your work.  John will spend more time with Prima, Michael, Keith and Yasmin’s work before he takes a second look at the other work.  Please be prepared for a second showing.  You will be at Macaulay Honors College again.

2)  The Following week is Thanksgiving-Papers are due the Wednesday before Thanksgiving.

3)  The first week of December will be a shorter class (I will let you know).  Someone from Donna Uchizono’s Company cast (or yours truly) will come and talk about the performance that you will see on Friday, December 6.  If it’s someone like Levi Gonzalez, he can also take a look at work.

4)  The final class, November 12 will be our final presentations at Macaulay’s Cabaret Space.

Please see Jerome Bel blog post assignment under Next Week’s Assignment tab.

warmly,

donna uchizono

Dear Art Explorers,

Thank you for sharing your caretaker studies today!

This Saturday, we will see Anna Teresa De Keersmaeker. Don’t forget your ticket!!!!!

As  I mentioned briefly in class, Anna Teresa De Keersmaeker comes out of the European dance/theater tradition, a style that her predecessor, Pina Bausch exemplified.  De Keersmaeker work tends to be more minimalist than Bausch.  The following are short examples of both Pina Bausch and Anna Teresa de Keersmaker and a New York Times Preview of the piece we will see by Anna Teresa de Keersmaeker.

For New York Times Previews go to:
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/10/13/arts/dance/teresa-de-keersmaeker-and-rosas-come-to-bam.html?_r=0

See you on Saturday, October 19th at Brooklyn Academy of Music’ (BAM) 6:45-7pm in the lobby of the Howard Gilman Opera House (in the Peter Jay Sharp Bdlg) at 30 Lafayetee Avenue in Brooklyn.
For map of BAM go to:
www.bam.org/visit

Hello Art Explorers,

Please review the photography readings and post how you will frame your shot for Snapshot Day before you take your photograph.

Review the following readings.

• Read Rule of Thirds http://photoinf.com/General/KODAK/guidelines_for_better_photographic_composition_rule_of_thirds.html
• Read the Golden Ratio or the Golden Means http://photoinf.com/General/KODAK/guidelines_for_better_photographic_composition_rule_of_thirds.html
• http://www.ultimate-photo-tips.com/photography-rule-of-thirds.html
• Read positioning http://www.ultimate-photo-tips.com/photography_rules_of_composition.html

Assignment for October 10/11:  

• Blog A & B Go to website http://www.masters-of-photography.com and look at André Kertész.   Choose one photo to analyze. (It’s possible to drag the image either to your desktop or straight into your post. In your discussion include why you chose the photo, what specific elements drew you to the photograph and why you believe it is compositionally strong?  Explain how do you plan on framing your shots in relation to the reading?  Post before you take your photos

Meet at La Mama-Friday October 11  –74A East 4th St (between 2nd and 3rd) in the East Village at 6:45

Read the following message from Macaulay Honors College about Snapshot Day.

Please look at Next Week’s Assignment under Next Week’s Assignment tab

Hi everyone,

You should have received this email from Dean Ugoretz today. Please read:

Hello Class of 2017!

As most of you probably already know, Friday, October 11, is the date of the annual Snapshot NYC.

What does this mean to you? This means that all of you, every Macaulay freshman, will take a photograph on that day. Every year on October 11, since 2006, we have been collecting these photos, building an archive of Macaulay students’ views of New York City on the same date every year.

Your photo can be of any subject–anything that represents how you see New York City on that day–at the intersection of who you are and what you see in your city. You don’t need a fancy camera (anything that takes pictures will do), you just need your creative eye and inquiring heart.

After you take the photo, you will upload it to an online gallery (by October 25!!) and a team of student curators, led by a curatorial associate, will mount all the photos in an exhibition at the Macaulay building, which you will come to see and experience on Sunday, December 8. (Your Arts in NY Seminar professor may also ask you to discuss your submissions in class).

You can find instructions for how to upload your photo at

http://eportfolios.macaulay.cuny.edu/faculty/2011/10/05/snapshot-2013-directions/

The online gallery will be open for viewing, commenting and sharing, so tell your friends, family and classmates to have a look. (after October 11, of course, when your photos begin to be there to be seen!)

If you want to have a look at some of the photos from last year, they are here
http://macaulay.cuny.edu/gallery/index.php/Snapshot-2012

Or maybe you’re interested in being one of the student curators for the event? If so, drop me an email. The student curators get to work with our Curatorial Associate, Corey D’Augustine, an artist and experienced curator. They get to shape the show that will be exhibited December 8, get a great credential to put on a resume, and even get some free dinners!

I’m very much looking forward to seeing your photos! Don’t forget to shoot them on October 11–anytime in that 24-hour period.

Hello Art Explorers,

“Dance is an art in space and time. The object of the dancer is to obliterate that.” — Merce Cunningham.

Good panel presentations.  The remaining panel discussions will be done on October 10.  

Remember to e-mail your individual artists on Monday, September 30.  

See next week assignments under Next Week’s Assignments tab.

Hi all:

I know some of you are having difficulty uploading your videos. This may be because the videos are too large for our site. Instead of uploading directly, upload to Youtube (or Vimeo, if you prefer) and then post the link to you video in a post (remember to categorize your posts.) If you’d like, you can mark a Youtube video as “unlisted”, which means only people you share the link with can see the video. Instructions are here:  https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/157177?hl=en

Hello Art Explorers,

A quote from Martha Graham, considered by many to be the founder of American Modern Dance.

“Think of the magic of that foot, comparatively small, upon which your whole weight rests.  It’s a miracle, and the dance is a celebration of that miracle.”    Martha Graham

Please check next week’s assignment under the “Next Weeks Assignment” tab.

Hi all:

Just a little change for the homepage– “Next Week’s Assignments” are now found under the tab in the menu. Make sure to check and read those posts.

What will show up here now are any posts marked with the category “Thoughts to Share.”

And, I’m working on getting the comments to fully appear.

– Karen