Arts in New York City: Course Schedule
Fall 2018
| Date | Day | Topic | Tasks |
| 31-Aug | F | COURSE INTRODUCTION | Syllabus Review
ITF Introduction & Course Webpage Overview |
| 7-Sept | F | MAKING SENSE OF ART | Reading:
Berger, Ways of Seeing (pp. 1-64) *Due: Blog Post 1 (Posted by midnight on Sept 5) |
| 12-Sept | W | *MACAULAY-WIDE EVENT: |
Night at the Museum & Brooklyn Museum, 6:30-9pm |
| 14-Sept | F | EVENT 1: THE HIGH LINE/WHITNEY MUSEUM | High Line Walk & Whitney Museum exhibit visit, David Wojnarowicz: History Keeps Me Awake at Night
(No meeting at CCNY). Readings:Phillip Lopate, “Above Grade: On the High Line “ |
| 21-Sept | F | Post-Whitney and High Line Discussion/Contemporary Theatre | Readings:
Donegan, “David Wojnarowicz’s Still-Burning Rage” Jen Silverman, Collective Rage: A Play in 5 Betties Elinor Fuchs, “A Short Visit to a Small Planet” *Due: Blog Post 2 (Posted by midnight on Sept 19) |
| 24-Sept | M | EVENT 2: Collective Rage: A Play in 5 Betties , 7pm | (Meet in front Lucille Lortel Theatre at 6:45pm) |
| 28-Sept | F | No In-Class Session. iMovie Project Proposals Due. | No meeting at CCNY.
*Due: 1-Paragraph Proposal of your iMovie project (emailed before class with group members copied) *Due: Blog Post 3 (Posted by midnight on Sept 26) |
| 3-Oct | W | EVENT 3: Fall for Dance Festival, New York City Center | Meet at New York City Center at 7:30pm |
| 5-Oct | F | From Medieval to Modern: Fashioning History at MoMA and the MET
EVENT 4 & 5: Heavenly Bodies, Metropolitan Museum of Art Judson Dance Theater: The Work Is Never Done, Dance Exhibit, Museum of Modern Art |
(No Meeting at CCNY. Meet outside the Met Museum at 9:45am; we will proceed to MOMA at 11:30am)
Readings: Judson exhibit brochure Farago, “Heavenly Bodies brings the Fabric of Faith to the Met” |
| 12-Oct | F | Post-Exhibit Discussions | Barnet, Ch. 4, “Formal Analysis and Style”
*Due: Blog Post 4 (Posted by midnight Oct 10) *Due: 1-Paragraph proposal of Essay Research Topic (emailed to me before class) |
| 19-Oct | F | Library Workshop & iMovie Workshop | Meet at STC3 (TECH Center – first floor of the NAC Cohen Library) at 9am.
*Due: Blog Post 4 on iMovie Site Visit with image (Posted by midnight on Oct 17) |
| 26-Oct | F | Event 6: Museum visit on your own: | No Meeting at CCNY.
*Event 7: Bruce Nauman: Disappearing Acts, MoMA PS1 (Queens, NY) Museum Hours: Thurs-Mon, 12-6pm |
| 2-Nov | F | No in-class Meeting. Work on your iMovie projects and completing blog post. | *Due: Blog Post 5 (Posted by midnight on Oct 31)
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| 9-Nov | F | Post-Exhibition Discussion/Opera Conventions & Aesthetics | Bruce Nauman Review, New York Times
Met Opera Tosca Production Homepage (scroll through) Cooper, “Behind the Scenes of Tosca,” New York Times Walls, Tosca Review, New York Times *Due: One-Page Revised Research Topic Description & Annotated Bibliography (emailed prior to class) |
| 13-Nov | T | EVENT 7: Tosca, Metropolitan Opera | Meet outside the Metropolitan Opera at the large fountain at 7pm.
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| 16-Nov | F | No In-Class Meeting. Finalize iMovie projects for screening next week. | *Due: Blog Post 7 (Due by midnight Nov 16) |
| 30-Nov | F | IN-CLASS SCREENINGS & DISCUSSION: iMovie Projects | *Due: NYC iMovie Projects & Group Presentations
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| 6-Dec | Thr | EVENT 8: To Kill a Mockingbird, 8pm | (Meet outside the theatre at 7:30pm)
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| 7-Dec | F | Post-Show Discussion & Peer Review Workshop | *Due: Final Essay Drafts (Print a copy for class and email it to me for feedback) |
| 8/9-Dec | S/Su | STEAM FESTIVAL | Macaulay Common Event, Macaulay Building (67th street)
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| 14-Dec | F | Essay Research PRESENTATIONS | ( Blog Post 8: Due by Dec 12 @ midnight)
*Due: Final Research Papers & presentations (essays must be printed and submitted in class)
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