Seminar 1 explores the diverse arts in New York City. During the semester, students attend performances and exhibits of the current cultural season. In addition to the four genres (opera, dance, theater, and the visual arts) covered in all sections of the Seminar, faculty choose from a variety of textual, photographic, musical, and performance genres. Students tackle such questions as: What does each genre offer? How does each speak to us? How does art create, serve, and represent the people of the city and its diverse communities? Aesthetic appreciation is supported by social and historical investigations so that students are provided with opportunities for different kinds of engagement with art forms, including interpretation, analysis, and creative endeavors. The culminating event of the Seminar, Snapshot NYC, is an ongoing accumulation of photographs of student views of New York City.
Course Information
The Arts in New York City
4804_06
Tuesdays 10:10 a.m. - 12:40 p.m.
Hunter North 1516Contact
Prof. Dara Meyers-Kingsley
Email: dmeyersk@hunter.cuny.edu
Office hours: By appointmentKaren Gregory (ITF)
Email: karen.gregory@macaulay.cuny.edu
Office hours: Monday 10:00am-4:00pm
Honors College OfficeLindsey Freer (ITF)
Email: lindsey.freer [at] gmail.com
Office hours: T/Th 1-4, appointments preferred
Macaulay Center, 35 W 67th St.Add Users
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Links and Resources
- American Idiot
- American Idiot NYTimes article 9.28.10
- American Idiot on CUNY TV "Theater Talk" on You Tube
- Bitforms Gallery
- Carnegie Hall
- Christo and Jeanne-Claude
- City Center
- Daniel Canogar
- David Byrne
- David Ellis
- Dia Art
- Great Buildings Online
- Guggenheim Museum
- High Line
- Howard Greenberg Gallery
- Madison Square Park
- Merce Cunningham Dance
- Metropolitan Museum
- Metropolitan Opera
- Mike and Doug Starn- Big Bambu
- MTA Arts for Transit
- NYC Department of Cultural Affairs
- NYTimes article: "An Artist's Alfresco John Hancock"
- The Jewish Museum
- Twyla Tharp
Macaulay Links
New York Times Art Section