CHC 10101 – The Arts in NYC – Fall 2009 – Prof. Harriet F. Senie
Aug. 26: (Wed) Attend West Side Story
Aug. 28: Introduction to class
Sept. 4: Unit 1 Assignment due (West Side Story et al) – to be discussed in class
Sept. 11: (10:30) meet at Creative Time – 59 East 4th Street; 6E
– meet with Cynthia Pringle (manager, Creative Time)
and Julian La Verdiere (artist, Tribute in Light)
– attend Sept. 11th event; watch for Tribute in Light (see Unit 2, Assignment 2A)
Sept. 18: no classes – Jewish holiday
Sept. 25: no classes – Prof. Senie away (Notre Dame symposium)
Oct. 2: Unit 2, Assignments 2A and 2B due (Thinking about 9/11)
Oct. 3: (Saturday): Attend Fall for Dance event
Oct. 9: Unit 3 Assignment due (Dance)
Oct. 11: (Sunday) Take pictures for Macaulay exhibition
Oct. 16: (9:50) meet at Metropolitan Museum of Art (information desk)
– for guided tour of Robert Frank exhibition (have read Kerouac’s On the Road)
Oct. 23: Guest lecturer on opera tba (be sure to have listened/watched Madama Butterfly)
Oct. 28: (Wed) attend opera Turandot
Oct. 30: Unit 4, Assignment 4B due
– Road trip subject due, to be discussed in class
Nov. 6: (10:30) meet at Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) for guided tour of New Photography
– attend Our Town – date tba
Nov. 13: Unit 5 Photography assignment due
– Road trip bibliography due
Nov. 20: ( ) Meet at % for Art
– Unit 6, Our Town Assignment due
Nov. 27 – no classes – Thanksgiving
Dec. 4: Discuss public art visits (Creative time and % for Art); public art notebooks due
Dec. 11 – Last class – road trip term projects due; class presentations
