.*Please note that this schedule and assignments may change during the semester. Changes will be announced in class and over e-mail*
WHAT IS ART
Aug. 29 || Introductions
Class Discussion: What is Art? Who is an Artist?
Tech Session: E-Portfolios
Reading: “What Do You See in Art” New York Times, Aug. 25, 2016
Assignment: Blog Assignment #1
**Initial assignment due Sunday, September 3 at 5:00 pm; comments to classmates due Monday, September 4 at 11:00 pm
CURATORIAL PRACTICE AND ARTISTIC PRACTICE IN HISTORICAL CONTEXT
Sept. 5 || Museums and Their Collections
Reading: Watch the Visionaries: Creating a Modern Guggenheim video introduction by the curator Megan Fontanella and also read the accompanying text.
Class: Guided Tour of Visionaries: Creating a Modern Guggenheim
Meet at the entrance of the Guggenheim Museum at 11:50 am
For directions to the Guggenheim, see here.You will need to check your bags.
NOTE: Read about the exhibit BEFORE you arrive at the museum.
Assignment: Blog Assignment #2
**Initial assignment due Sunday, September 10 at 5:00 pm; comments to classmates due Monday, September 11 11:00 pm
Sept. 12 || Curatorial Practice and the Narratives that Exhibits Tell
Reading: Greenberg, et al. Thinking About Exhibitions
Class: Exhibit: Hélio Oiticica: To Organize Delirium (Whitney)
Meet at the entrance of the Whitney at 11:50 am
For directions to the Whitney, see here. You will need to check your bags.
NOTE: Read about the exhibit and check out the playlist BEFORE you arrive at the museum.
Assignment: Blog Assignment #3
**Initial assignment due Sunday, September 17 at 5:00 pm; comments to classmates due Monday, September at 18 11:00 pm
Sept 14 (THURSDAY) || Rites of Spring @ 7:00 pm @ BAM
Reading: M. Ekstein, Rites of Spring, pp. 1-25
Performance: Rites of Spring (BAM)
Meet in front of the BAM Howard Gilman Opera House at 7:00 pm
You can find directions to BAM Opera House here
Assignment: Blog Assignment #4
**Initial assignment due Sunday, September 17 at 5:00 pm; comments to classmates due Monday, September at 18 11:00 pm
Sept 18 (MONDAY) || Macaulay Honors Night at the Brooklyn Museum
Sept. 19 || No Class. Baruch Follows a Thursday Schedule
Sept. 26 || No Class. Work on Art and Reality Curatorial Assignment
Sept. 27 || Art and Reality Curatorial Assignment Due
PHOTOGRAPHY: USING THE LENS TO SEE MORE THAN THE EYE
Oct. 3 || Photography, Seeing the Invisible, and Decoding Alternate Realities
Reading: Roland Barthes, Camera Lucida, 3-27
Watch the first episode of John Berger, On Looking
Class: First half: Discussion of Art and Reality Curatorial Assignment
Second half: Introduction to Photography
Assignment: Photo Portfolio Assignment Distributed
Blog Assignment #5
**Initial assignment due Sunday, October 8 at 5:00 pm; comments to classmates due Monday, October 9 11:00 pm
(If you are celebrating Sukkot, please contact Professor Heath)
THURS Oct 12 @ 1:00 || Photography and Social Critique (NOTE CHANGE IN DAY. We will meet during club hours at The Met Breuer)
Reading: Susan Sontag, On Photography (selections)
Susan Sontag, On the Pain of Others (selections)
From The New Yorker (Choose One Article to Read excluding Sontag)
http://www.newyorker.com/newsletter/issue/the-sunday-newsletter-the-democraticparty?mbid=nl_Sunday%20Longreads%20(48)&CNDID=37102180&spMailingID=9277130&spUserID=MTA5MjQwOTMyNzQwS0&spJobID=962366308&spReportId=OTYyMzY2MzA4S0
Also look at the following
Class: Exhibit: Raghubir Singh Photographs (Met Breuer)
Meet at the entrance of the Met Breuer at 12:00 pm
You can find information and directions to The Met Breuer here. You will need to check your bags.
NOTE: Read about the exhibit BEFORE you arrive at the museum.
Assignment: Blog Assignment #6
**Initial assignment due Sunday, October 15 at 5:00 pm; comments to classmates due Monday, October 16 11:00 pm
Oct. 17 || Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction? Moving Pictures
Reading: Walter Benjamin, “Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction”
Class: Pictures in Motion
Peer Review of Photography Portfolio Projects
Assignment: Revise Photography Portfolio Project with Peer Advice in Mind
Oct. 23 || ARCHITECTURE AND URBAN SPACE: THE CITY AS ART
Photography Portfolio Project Due
Oct. 24 || City as Story
Reading: Lewis Mumford, “What is a City?” & Robert Park, “The City: Suggestions for the Investigation of Human Behavior in the City Environment,” The American Journal of Sociology, XX, 5 (March 1915): 577-612
Class: New York City Stories Assignment/Technology Tutorials
Madison Square Park Analysis
Assignment: Blog Assignment #8
**Initial assignment due Sunday, October 29 at 5:00 pm; comments to classmates due Monday, October 30 11:00 pm
Oct. 31 || New York City: Past and Future
Reading: Grand Central City from 10 Architectural Tours
Class: Grand Central Station Audio Tour
Meet at Grand Central Station at the main window for the audio tour (marked GCT Tour) in the main concourse next to customer service at 12:00 noon, You can find information about Grand Central Station (and a map of the concourse) here.
Assignment: Blog Assignment #9
**Initial assignment due Sunday, November 5 at 5:00 pm; comments to classmates due Monday, November 6 at 11:00 pm
Nov. 7 || Decoding Urban Space and Social Power
Reading: Henri Lefebvre, The Production of Space (selection)
Class: Visit New York Historical Society Library
We will meet inside the lobby at 11:45. Please note that you will need to
check everything (bags, coats, notebooks) before we go to into the library. You can find direction and information about the New York Historical Society here.
Assignment: Blog Assignment #10
**Initial assignment due Sunday, November 12 at 5:00 pm; comments to classmates due Monday, November 13 at 11:00 pm
Nov. 14 || New York and the Rights to the City
Reading: David Harvey, “The Right to the City,” The New Left Review
Watch Episode 4 of John Berger, On Looking
Class: Exhibit: Fifty Years of Public Art in New York (MCNY)
We will meet outside the Museum of the City of New York at 11:50. You can find information and directions to the Museum of the City of New York here.
Assignment: Blog Assignment #11 **Initial assignment due Sunday, November 19 at 5:00 pm; comments to classmates due Monday, November 20 at 11:00 pm.”” Please note that this blog assignment will require you to explore the new public art installation of Ai WeiWei, “Good Fences Make Good Neighbors.”
Nov. 21 || No Class (Baruch follows Friday schedule) but City Stories Assignment Due
OPERA: SOCIAL POWER AND THE POWER OF TOTAL ART
Nov. 28 || Introduction to the Opera
Reading: Opera (from the Met)
Kant, “What is Enlightenment?”
Class: Peer Review and preparation for STEAM Festival
Assignment: Prepare presentation for STEAM Festival
Dec. 2, Dec. 3 || STEAM FESTIVAL
Dec 4 || Opera! Magic Flute @ 7:00 @ Met Opera House.
You must be present at pickup location by 7:00 to receive your ticket. Late-comers risk being left behind. Read A Brief Introduction to Opera guide beforehand. It will give you some information about what to expect at the Opera.
Dec 5 || Opera for the Modern Age?
Class: Discussion of the Magic Flute and the Fate of Opera in Modern Times
Assignment: Work on Opera for Modern Times Assignment
Dec. 12 || Office Hours to discuss Opera for Modern Times Assignment
Dec. 15: Opera for Modern Times Assignment Due to Individual Blog
