New York City and the Arts
Prof. Sondra Perl
Schedule subject to change—check the class blog
Assigned and additional readings will be available on the blog
Aug. 26 Introduction to the Seminar
Aug. 31 Sharing of “An Experience with Art”
Sept. 2 Responses to Paul Woodruff, “The Necessity of Theater”
Sept. 7 Art Project: Identity Boxes
Sept. 9 No class—CUNY closed
Sept. 14 Classes follow a Friday schedule
Sept. 16 Identity Box Presentations
Sept. 21 Identity Box Presentations
Sept. 23 Meet at the Lehman College Art Gallery at 12:30 sharp
Walking tour of public art on the campus
Intersections Project (Words and Images)
Sept. 24 Meet at the Metropolitan Museum at 10:30AM/bring paper and pen and your lunch
Sept. 28 Responses to Susan Sontag “On Photography”
Sept. 30 Intro to Photography and Photojournalism,
Guest Lecturer-Photographer, Pamela Chen
Sept. 30 MEET THE ARTISTS Langston Hughes—Meet at MHC—Program starts at 6:00
Oct. 4 Juno Diaz on campus
Oct. 5 Intro to Dance
Guest Performer, Sheila Kaminsky, Dancer
Meet in our classroom at 11:30 sharp
Oct. 6 FALL FOR DANCE—Meet at City Center—55th Street,
performance begins at 8PM
Oct. 7 Dance, photography, poetry: Responses and Critiques
Oct. 11 SNAPSHOT DAY
Oct. 12 Prior to class, upload no more than five photos to the blog for group discussion
Oct. 14 Leon Browne “The Art & Life of an Opera Tenor”
Meet at the Recital Hall/Music Building/Room 306
Oct. 19 Where I’m From – in class writing activity
Oct. 21 Sharing of work in groups
Oct. 23 Paquito Rivera at the 92nd Street Y (Lexington Avenue)
Oct. 26 Text and Images in Digital Stories—Developing a Vocabulary
Oct. 28 Revisions of prose poems
Nov. 2 Working on Digital Stories
Nov. 4 Cultural Arts Projects Chosen-group work-partners, teams, topics
Nov. 9 Preparing for the opera
Nov. 9 Cosi fan Tutti—Metropolitan Opera—Meet at 7:40 sharp
Nov. 11 Arthur Aviles, Bronx Dancers with Roots in Nueva York
Meet at the Lovinger Theater at 12:30
Nov. 15 “Proof” at Julliard (pending)
Nov. 16 Digital Story Presentations
Nov. 18 Digital Story Presentations
Nov. 23 Cultural Arts Presentations
Nov. 30 Cultural Arts Presentations
Dec. 1 Break of Noon (Off-Broadway play by Neal LaBute)
Dec. 2 Sergio Bessa, Brazilian artist
Meet at Carman Hall B04 at 12:30
Dec. 7 Cultural Arts Presentations
Dec. 9 Reflections on the Course