Schedule of Class Readings, Activities and Events

This page will be updated by Prof. Natov. 

Link: Fall 2017 Brooklyn College Academic Calendar

Calendar

8/29 Introduction. Art Is… 

8/31 Art Is… 

9/5 Art Is… 

9/7 Lecture on Rauschenberg | “Robert Rauschenberg: Among Friends” website

9/12  

9/14 Trip to MOMA for guided tour of Rauschenberg exhibit, “Robert Rauschenberg: Among Friends.”

9/18 Night at the Museum at the Brooklyn Museum 

9/19 Collaboration and Collage: A Chorus of Stones 

9/26 A Chorus of Stones; assign dance groups for student groups to research and present to class on 10/3 

9/28 Watch  Pina the film of Pina Bausch 

10/3 Pina discussion; brief student presentations about the dance groups performing at Fall for Dance at the City Center 

6:30 pm: meet at Prof. Natov’s office, Boylan 3416, then ride train together for Fall for Dance performance 

10/5 Discussion and review of “Fall for Dance.” Papers on experience, public/private 

10/10 Collaboration and Collage: A Chorus of Stones and making collages in collaboration. 

10/12 Discussion of A Chorus of Stones with respect to the stories and, especially, “Exile.”    

10/17 Discussion of “The World is Sound”; begin discussing Community Arts projects; introduction to Just Kids and New York in the sixties and seventies.    

10/18 Trip to Rubin Museum to see the exhibit: “The World Is Sound.” | Rubin Museum, 150 W. 17th St. in Manhattan | “The World Is Sound” exhibition website 

10/19  Review of the trip to the Rubin Museum and Just Kids presentations. 

10/24 12:30 pm-2:00 pm: Open Mic reading in Woody Tanger Auditorium, near the back of the first floor of library | Class on poetry and review of open mic; readiness for Torch Song theater trip | Torch Song website

10/25 Attend Torch Song as a class

10/26  Review of Torch Song 

10/31  Just Kids presentations. 

11/2  Just Kids discussion. 

11/7   Preparation for Opera. Finish Just Kids discussion. 

11/9   Opera lecture, Woody Tanger Auditorium. 

11/14  

11/16 Turandot performance at Met Opera | Met Opera’s Turnadot page

11/28 

11/30

12/2-12/3 STEAM Festival at Macaulay College Central, W. 67th Street in Manhattan 

12/5 Community Arts presentations 

12/7 Community Arts presentations 

12/12 Community Arts presentations