All assignments are to be completed by 9am on the due date indicated on the schedule. Go to the assignments page for readings and prompts. Comments on 2 other posts are due by 9pm on same date, unless noted.
| Date | What |
| M August 28 | Seminar Overview Assignment: By 9AM Monday August 30, compose & post an introduction on the blog with images or sounds that help define who you are. |
| W August 30 | Introductory blog posts due today Discussion: What are the arts? What is looking and talking about art? Why this class? Assignments: — By Wednesday September 6 post Reading Response 1 on “What is Cultural Heritage” by 9am, comment on 2 other posts by 9pm. See “Assignments” on the site menu for the reading and prompts. |
| UNIT 1: ENCOUNTERS | |
| M September 4 No Classes Scheduled | |
| W September 6 | Reading Response 1 due today Cultural storytelling |
| M September 11 | Public Art— Madison Square Park, Sheila Pepe: “My Neighbor’s Garden” *Class meets on the plaza outside the 25th street entrance to campus Assignments: —By Wednesday September 13 complete blog post using words with visuals and/or sound in any combination post a personal artwork inspired by our walking tour of Madison Square Park and neighborhood by 9am, comment on 2 other posts by 9pm. |
| W September 13 | Public Art post due today Viewing Art Assignment: — By Monday September 18, post Reading Response 2 on the essays: Susan Sontag, On Photography and Elaina Martinique “When Staged Photography Becomes Art,” by 9am, comment on 2 other posts by 9pm . |
| M September 18 | Reading Response 2 due today Photography, The City as Art Assignment: —Creative Project #1, post by October 4 at 9am; post comments on 2 other projects by 9pm |
| W September 20 | *Class Meets at the High Line 14th street and 10th ave. Southwest Side (bring a camera!) Assignment: —By Wednesday September 27 post Reading Response 3 on the documentary Flee, directed by Jonas Poher Rasmussen by 9am, comment on 2 other posts by 9pm |
| M September 25 | No Classes Scheduled |
| W September 27 | Reading Response 3 due Today Discuss the documentary Flee Assignment: —By Monday October 2 complete blog post on dance by 9am, comment on 2 other posts by 9pm |
| M October 2 | Dance post due Today Dance |
| W October 4 | Creative Project 1 due today Peer review of projects |
| THURSDAY October 5 (Confirmed!) Dance Night at the Joyce Theatre: Olivier Tarpaga Dance Project, 8:00PM | |
| UNIT 2: INTERPRETATIONS | |
| M October 9 | No Classes Scheduled |
| T October 10 | Classes Follow Monday Schedule Discuss Dance Performance Assignment: –Handout Creative Project 2, due by Wednesday October 25 at 9am, comments on 2 other projects by 9pm. |
| W October 11 | Native New York *Class meets at the National Museum of the American Indian, One Bowling Green in lower Manhattan (4 or 5 Train to Bowling Green Station) |
| M October 16 | Theatre Assignment: —By Wednesday October 18, Post reading response 4 on Ching Chong Chinaman by Lauren Yee by 9am, comments on other posts by 9pm |
| W October 18 | Reading Response 4 due today Discuss Ching Chong Chinaman |
| M October 23 | Theatre Continued |
| W October 25 | Creative Project 2 Workshop Assignment: —By Monday October 30, Post storyboards for creative project 2, by 9am, comments on other posts by 9pm |
| WEDNESDAY October 25 (Confirmed!) Theatre Night at City Center, Poor Yellow Rednecks by Qui Nguyen, 7:00PM | |
| M October 30 | Creative Project 2 due Today Peer Review Discuss Performance |
| UNIT 3: MOODS | |
| W November 1 | FIT museum exhibit: “Food and Fashion” Class meets at the museum, 227 West 27th Street Assignment: —By Monday, November 6, complete blog post of your own take on a fashion trend by 9am, comment on 2 other posts by 9pm. |
| M November 6 | Fashion Blog Posts due Today Cultural Movements: outline museum presentation and independent museum going Assignment: —By Monday, November 20, post enhanced reading response 5 on independent museum visits by 9am, comment on 2 other posts by 9pm. |
| W November 8 | Independent museum going day |
| M November 13 | MET Museum Visit: “Art for the Millions: American Culture and Politics in the 1930s” |
| Night at the Museum, Nov 14 at The Brooklyn Museum MHC sent out an email with instructions to all seminar 1 students 11/7 For *NATM you are encouraged to come at 6pm; ends at 9:00/9:30 (you can leave earlier as needed) *MHC Required | |
| W November 15 | Museum presentations |
| M November 20 | Reading Response 5 due Today Overview and Discussion of Final Projects Assignment: —Register for the STEAM Festival asap. See announcements page for the link. |
| W November 22 | Happy Thanksgiving |
| M November 27 | Brainstorming and organization Final Projects |
| W November 29 | Project Workshop By Monday December 4 prepare a segment of your final project to present for peer review. |
| MHC STEAM Fest: Dec 6-10 Required for students Sessions are organized to share work in an interactive way across seminars 1 and 3. You may submit group work–aka video projects. Each group member needs to register for the same day. Event registration will be open Nov 13-Dec 1 Online project submissions will be open Dec 1-6 In person STEAMFest (Macaulay Building): Sat. Dec. 9 & Sun. Dec. 10 Online STEAMFest: Wed. Dec. 6 & Thurs. Dec. 7 | |
| M December 4 | In-class work sessions; peer review |
| W December 6 | In-class work sessions; all videotaping to be completed for peer editing |
| M December 11 | Final Projects Viewing |
