For December 10:  Puccini’s “La Bohome” at the Metropolitan Opera.

We’ve had some discussion about La Boheme, its story and its influence as well as key opera terms.  Now it’s time to familiarize yourself with some of its music–all of these important scenes below feature Mimi, “La Boheme’s” prima donna.   here is the l libretto.

 

For November 13:  Charles White at MoMA:

Follow this link.  Read the short essay, watch the video, and listen to the recordings and playlist.

For November 6:  Bertolt Brecht

Please read this play by Bertolt Brecht, The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui

For October 30:  Penny Arcade

Watch, Penny Arcade’s Bitch!  Dyke!  Faghag!  Whore!

For October 23:  Yasumasa Morimura at the Japan Society

Please listen to this audio tour of the Morimura exhibition–it will make you even more eager to see the exhibition:

 

For September 25:  Poetry Workshop

Mary Oliver, “Wild Geese”

Gregory Pardlo, “Written By Himself”

William Carlos Williams, “This is Just to Say”

Joe Brainard, “I Remember”

For October 2:

Frank Stella Overview and Analysis

Frank Stella: Selected Prints from the Moby Dick Series

“An ArtistAscendant: Simone Leigh Moves into the Mainstream,”  The New York Times,  August 29, 2018

Simone Leigh (Luhring Augustine Press Release)

Kevin Vaughn, “How Does the Art Gallery Business Work?”

For October 16:

We’ll prepare for the conversation with Brandon Jacobs Jenkins that will take place at Baruch Performing Arts Center at 5PM during class (1-1.5 hours).