Dear Students,

Blog post eight is due by Sunday, at 9 pm. Because we weren’t really able to have a detailed discussion at the museum, we’re having a virtual discussion this week. Read through all of your classmates’ posts, after the deadline (or as they start showing up!). Then, by Monday at 9 pm, leave substantial comments on two of your peers’ posts.  You can extend your peers’ lines of thinking; offer alternate interpretations of the work of art they focus on; or connect their ideas to your own. Be generous and thoughtful.

NOTE: In your comments, simply praising or criticizing is not enough. Think of the posts and comments as parts of a dialogue, a conversation, in which we collectively and collaboratively analyze works of art.

Your readings for next week are posted. Two are short news articles; two are longer and more academic (be prepared to spend some time with these). We will spend about half the class on discussion, and half on STEAM work.

Remember that on Wednesday, 12/5, we are going to The Jungle at St Anne’s Warehouse in Brooklyn. No one has emailed me with transit/scheduling difficulties, which is great–I’m working under the assumption that everyone has their travel under control. (If this is not the case, speak now!)

See you on Tuesday!

Prof Kolb