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Arts, Culture and Society: Promoting Discourse

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Please read Professor Leval’s essay “Coming of Age with the Muses: Change in the Age of Multiculturalism” on the Andy Warhol Foundation website.

End of the semester meetings

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Professor Leval would like to offer optional brief end-of-the-semester meetings.

Click here to schedule online!

Recently in the news

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HELLO CLASS!

TOMORROW, NOVEMBER 11TH WE WILL MEET AT THE METROPOLITAN MUSEUM AT 2:30 PROMPTLY.

PLEASE ENTER THE MUSEUM AT THE EDUCATION ENTRANCE  ON THE BASEMENT LEVEL.

I WILL BE THERE BY THE COAT CHECK AND GIFT SHOP WAITING FOR YOU.

WE ARE FORTUNATE THAT WE WILL MEET WITH GARY TINTEROW, CURATOR OF 19TH CENTURY, MODERN AND CONTEMPORARY ART.

PLEASE READ ALL THE MATERIALS POSTED ABOUT HIM AND BRING GOOD QUESTIONS TO ASK HIM!

SEE YOU THEN!

PROFESSOR LEVAL

Gary Tinterow

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Please familiarize yourself with the following:



Theater at Hunter

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REMINDER: For those of you who love theater, that the Hunter Theater Department has opened Same Shepard’s play, Curse of the Starving Class.

It runs through November 14 and is free with student ID.

Background research

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YORAM GOLDBERGER

VALERIE HAGERTY

  • Video of “Fallen Bierstadt”

ANDRES SERRANO

  • Check out his profile on ArtNet.com
  • An google image search will also provide you with some interesting images!

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HELLO CLASS!

This WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 4, we will meet in ROOM 424W at usual class time 2:10PM.

AT 3PM WE WILL GO OVER TO 404N TO JOIN THE OTHER CLASSES TO HEAR STEVE GRAFF, renowned pianist and Hunter Faculty member.

The following day, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 5 AT 7PM, STEVE GRAFF will give a CONCERT at the Lang Recital Hall at Hunter North, 4th floor.

THIS CONCERT IS PART OF THE CURRICULUM AND YOU ARE ALL REQUIRED TO ATTEND IT.

Below, I post a short version of Steve Graff’s bio. We are lucky indeed to have him on the Hunter Faculty. For more information about him, log onto

www.StevenLGraff.com .

Steven Graff, pianist

Since his concerto debut with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, with whom he has appeared nine times, the American pianist Steven Graff has been the recipient of numerous distinguished awards and glowing critical praise. Mr. Graff was born in Chicago where he began his musical training. A string of scholarships led to studies at The Juilliard School where he received Bachelor’s and Master’s Degrees as a Petschek scholarship awardee, and a Doctorate of Musical Arts from The Graduate School of CUNY.

Steven Graff is at home on stage, over the airwaves and in the classroom. His appearances on the Nickelodeon Channel and the QE2 enlightened audiences with his interpretive performances, and recent tours of Norway, Japan, Italy, Israel and in cities across the U.S. have thrilled music-lovers everywhere.

A sought-after recitalist and chamber musician, Graff has performed at Weill, Zankel and Stern Auditorium at Carnegie Hall, Lang Recital Hall and the Kaye Playhouse at Hunter College, Merkin and Alice Tully Halls in New York City and his performances have been broadcast on New York radio stations WQXR and WNCN, and Chicago’s WFMT.

A champion of new music, Graff has premiered and recorded contemporary works, most recently on the Capstone label. Having studied with Adele Marcus, Beveridge Webster and Herbert Stessin, and performed in master classes for Leon Fleischer, Menahem Pressler and Misha Dichter, Graff often leads his own master classes at colleges and universities.This past summer he was re-engaged as a featured teacher and performer in Hawaii’s Aloha International Piano Festival where he gave master classes and was presented in a solo recital, as well as appearing in a multi-day Festival in Salt Lake City, sponsored by the Gina Bachauer International Piano Foundation, where he was heard in recital.

Steven Graff currently serves on the piano faculty at New York’s Hunter College and is Head of The Piano Department at The Diller-Quaile School of Music in Manhattan.

Recently in the NYT

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Professor Leval would like to draw your attention to these recent articles in the New York Times:

Meet Sculptor Tamara Kostianovsky

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Tamara Kostianovsky will be at the Meet the Artist event at Socrates Sculpture Park.

Please read through Tamara’s resume before the event!

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Recently in the NYT

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Recently in the New York Times….

Ken Johnson’s Art Review of the Noguchi Museum

Micheline Maynard’s article on a Brooklyn painter’s win of a popular art contest in Michigan

Maynard’s article on ArtPrize

Background Research

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I  ISAMU NOGUCHI

  • Click on “Research and Resources” for 4 areas of interest:

i. Chronology of the Life of IN

ii. N’s Public Projects

iii. Sets and Costumes

iv. Furniture and Interior Design

  • NYC Public Art Curriculum
  • Search under “Downtown East” for:

i. SUNKEN GARDEN

ii. RED CUBE both by Noguchi

  • Images  of the Beinecke Rare Book Library, Yale University, New Haven
  • In Bundschaft website; scroll down till you see 2 images of Noguchi sunken garden

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JUDY CHICAGO

  • First look at Judy Chicago’s Biography
  • Watch two Google videos:

    • “Right out of History: The Making of Judy Chicago’s Dinner Party” (Phoenix Learning Group)   c.1977  c2 mins.
    • “Judy Chicago’s Dinner Party opens at the  Brooklyn Museum” 2007   c. 2 mins.

Where’s my weekly 500?

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Please post your weekly 500 as before:

  • making a new post
  • assigning it the appropriate category (ex. 10.28 Dinner Party)
  • selecting “publish”

I installed a new plug-in to rout posts to various pages – so your weekly 500 will not show up on the front page. Within a day or two it will be shifted to the weekly 500 page. Remember to post on time!

Recently in the NYT

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A few articles recently published in the New York Times:

Beyond the Barrio, with Growing Pains

On a Mission to Loosen Up the Louvre

Snapshot day

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Check out your classmates’ photos uploaded to the MHC website:

www.macaulay.cuny.edu/gallery/v/snapshot2009

Macaulay-wide SNAPSHOT DAY is coming up….

Need info?: See our instruction guide.

 

ITF MHC lounge office hours calendar

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The Hunter ITF Calendar is the most up-to-date account of Instructional Technology Fellow (ITF) office hours at Hunter.
  • When are the ITFs office hours?
  • Where can I find an ITF?
  • How do I contact them?

Check the calendar!
Consult the online Hunter ITF Calendar before stopping by to ensure that an ITF will be present and available for consultation. Any and all changes to ITF availability will be reflected in this calendar.
The Hunter ITF Calendar is a Google Calendar to which you can subscribe:
  • from your personal Google Calendar,
  • Apple iCal,
  • and many other calendar programs.
Please contact an ITF if you would like assistance integrating the Hunter ITF Calendar with your personal calendar.
While walk-ins are always welcome, we strongly encourage students to make appointments with an ITF.

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Hello Class!

Tomorrow, October 7th, we will meet at RM 424 W as usual.

Also, a heads up for next week’s class, October 14th. We will meet at the Noguchi Museum at 3PM for a one hour tour with staff and then move on to Socrates Sculpture Park, where artist Tamara Kostianovsky will be showing us her work.

Thank you

STL

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Recent articles in the NYT Art Review on photographer Robert Frank, Fall for Dance, and the Met – any thoughts?

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Hello CLASS!

REMINDER!!!!

TODAY

Today we are meeting at the Museum of Modern Art. 11 west 53rd street, at 2:30PM. Come inside the lobby, through the revolving doors. I will  be waiting for you!  Our scheduled “slot” is 2:20PM, so  PLEASE don’t waste any time leaving Hunter!

TONIGHT

We are going to the Metropolitan Opera at Lincoln Center (the central building, short end of the “U”) for the Magic Flute, opera by Mozart, which begins promptly at  8PM. No person is admitted once the performance starts, until the intermission. Be there on time!

Looking forward to seeing you all!

STL

Fall for Dance

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What do you think of Alastair Macaulay’s NYT Fall for Dance review? agree? disagree?

A few sites to visit to enhance your Fall for Dance experience:

1) Serge Diaghilev, founder of the Ballets Russes

2) Savion Glover - please note “Tap Dance Blog”  entry

3) Choreographer Paul Taylor and the Paul Taylor Dance Company

4) Batsheva Dance Company – please note interesting essay  “About gaga”

5) the post below about “L’apres-midi d’un Faun”

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Dear Class!

PLEASE REMEMBER TO COME TONIGHT TO FALL FOR DANCE AT THE NEW YORK CITY CENTER,

WEST 55TH STREET BETWEEN 6TH AND 7TH AVENUES!!!!

I WILL MEET YOU IN THE LOBBY AT 7:30pm WITH YOUR TICKETS!

TOMORROW’S CLASS, 9/23, WILL MEET AT 2:10 AT RM 424w.

IMPORTANT NOTES:

1) I have made some CHANGES to the SYLLABUS. Check them out; they are highlighted in yellow!

One change , regarding the essay that is due tomorrow, gives you an alternate subject for the essay, plus a few more days (till 9/30) to turn it in! I decided to do this because of the great number of extra events going on during this week. Those of you who have already posted your essays — good for you!

2) Meredith and I have posted today LOTS of fascinating materials regarding:

a) The Fall for Dance Program for tonight (includes BIOS, videos, all kinds of good stuff!)

b ) Loie Fuller ( subject of 9/21 Common Event )

c) Anna Deavere Smith (added TED TALKS video) (Attended 9/17 performance)

d) Thomas Neff (photographer of 9/24 Common Event)

3) We also found some really good NYT reviews of many of the exhibitions we will visit. Check them out!

THE MORE YOU USE THIS CLASS SITE TO CONTEXTUALIZE THE PERFORMANCES AND VISITS WE WILL DO DURING THIS SEMESTER, THE RICHER YOUR EXPERIENCE OF THEM WILL BE!!!

WE CHOOSE THIS MATERIAL FOR YOU WITH A VIEW TO ENHANCING YOUR INTEREST , KNOWLEDGE AND PLEASURE IN THESE EVENTS.  TAKE ADVANTAGE OF IT!!!

SEE YOU  TONIGHT!                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   Susana Leval


Recent articles in the NYT Art Review

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If you scroll down to the bottom of the blog, you’ll find news feeds.

Professor Leval wants to direct your attention to a few recent New York Times Art Review articles. Take a few minutes to look them over, you never know when you can integrate them into class discussion or weekly writings:

  • Roberta Smith’s – Kandinsky: The Angel in the Architecture
  • Holland Cotter’s – Georgia O: In Full Flower, Before the Desert
  • Roberta Smith’s – Monet: Serenade in Blue
  • Holland Cotter’s – William Blake: The Palace of Excess Imagination
  • Karen Rosenberg’s – Vermeer: A Humble Domestic Crosses the Sea

Anna Deavere Smith

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Anna Deavere Smith’s American Character, as seen on TED.com.

After seeing her live and in this excerpt…What do you think?

L’apres-midi d’un Faune

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One of the FALL FOR DANCE performances Tuesday 09.22 (see syllabus) will be on The Afternoon of the Faun:

  • Rudolf Nureyev dancing in L’apres-midi d’un faune

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Hello Class!

Looking forward to seeing you tomorrow afternoon!

Two reminders and a note:

  • Those (eleven) of you who have not yet turned in your questionnaires, please remember  to bring them tomorrow!
  • The nine of you (Jose, Hannah, Tamara, Teresa, Polina, Kunwal, Maria, Richard and Shadi) who volunteered to bring objects for the museum class tomorrow — please don’t forget to bring them! The success of the class depends on them! Come prepared to say, in 1-2 minutes,               1) what is it? 2) what is it made of?  and 3) why do you care about it?
  • See you at 2:10pm in room 424W. As during our last class at Hunter, we will move  to Professor Graff’s room (404N) for the last hour, from 3:30 to 4:40PM.

Thank you!

Susana Leval

“Let Me Down Easy” this Thursday

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8:00 performance of Anna Deveare Smith’s Let Me Down Easy this week!

As background, read her 09.08.09 NYT Op-ed article

Tech Fair Sign-Up!

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Please consult your schedules and take a moment to sign up for the Technology Fair!

I’ll be at the Wednesday session

Follow this link to register online.

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Hello Class!

I loved meeting you all and hope you had a lovely Labor Day weekend! Here’s a  few announcements and reminders:

  • Next Wednesday, September 9, we will meet at the Metropolitan Museum of Art at 2:30PM at the round information desk just inside the grand lobby. Bring your museum card!
  • CHANGE! The 500 word essay on West Side Story will be due on Monday, September 14 instead of when it says in the syllabus I gave you. PLease DO post it by that day because we should all have the benefit of your thoughts by the 16th, when we will discuss West Side Story during the first part of the Class.
  • There is a free outdoors OPERA HD festival in the Plaza at Lincoln Center at 8PM through tomorrow. Check out the  schedule online and, if you like the opera, and it’s good weather, consider it!
  • On Tuesday, September 22nd, we have class tickets for the Fall for Dance festival at City Center. One of the pieces that will be performed that night is The Afternoon of a Faun, choreographed by the great Nijinsky for the Ballet Russes, the company that arguably brought ballet into the twentieth century. In order to understand the context of the piece and learn first hand (through drawings, paintings, costumes, videos and a lot of great archival material) a lot about the company, PLEASE do go see the exhibition Diaghilev’s Theater of Marvels at the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, Amsterdam Avenue between 65 and 66th street BEFORE SEPTEMBER 12TH! It will greatly multiply your enjoyment of the  ballet performance. I hope you were also able to see the other beautiful exhibition at MoMA about theater design, Drawing for Performance which closes tomorrow, September 7th.
  • If anyone cannot make the performance on 9/22 for a serious reason, I have some possible ticket swaps to offer when I see you!
  • See you Wednesday at 2:30!

Susana Leval

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