The following Liberal Arts courses are available for Fall 2012 registration. Learn about the rest of our Fall 2012 electives here, or find a complete list of courses offered in other years here.
Poetry Workshop
In this course, students will read and write poetry, and read and discuss the poetry of classmates both in the workshop itself and in small groups outside class. As poet Robert Creeley points out, “Form is never more than an extension of content, and content is never more than an extension of form.” As such, we will concentrate on the techniques of poetry, such as rhythm, repetition of many kinds, line breaks, pace, point of view, figurative language, imagery, juxtaposition, fixed forms & organic form. Students will also attend two poetry readings and watch weekly on-line poetry videos. At the end of the term the class will give a poetry reading and produce a class booklet.
taught by Ruth Lepson
Interarts: Multimedia Collaborations
Interarts will confront the same issues that must be tackled in every discipline to create innovative work. How does an artist push her/himself to really crack open to inventive and authentic ideas and approaches critical to performance and installation art? Looking and listening will be a big part of the mutually respectful community of collaborators in this class. Each week we will focus on questions regarding motivation, goals, structure and origin in the work we are making, want to make, or don’t want to make. We’ll consider the choices we’ve made and the ways we can strengthen them. Multiple ways of engaging a wide range of disciplines will include sampling and scanning, the role of improvisation and chance, and the use of non-traditional tools and media. We will actively utilize the Museum of Fine Arts exhibitions, collections and films. Multimedia collaborations can pull from popular culture to grapple with contemporary issues.
taught by Robin Dash
2012-03-13
CLAUDE DEBUSSY