Fall Schedule

1	W	S4	Introductions
	F	6	Olympic Sculpture Park	Watch: Ken Robinson, On Creativity Discuss: Education Quotes Read: Transition to College Writing, “The Turning Point,” 1-8
2	M	9	The College “Experience”	How important is liberal education for a fine artist? How and where does it fit? Read: Edmundson, “On the Uses of Liberal Education” Hand out essay assignment
	W	11	A Higher Education	Read: Barry, “Two Questions” and Transition to College Writing, “Orientation,” 10-30
	F	13	Black Mountain College	Watch: Fully Awake
3	M	16	College Costs	Please read: Transition to College Writing, “Footstools and Furniture,” 32-46. I was unable to scan the pages from the book. But, 8 out of 10 Cornish first year students have a copy, as well as the library. And it's only 14 pages. Bring your essay draft to class
	W	18	Fin de Siecle	Lecture:  The Center Cannot Hold Browse 3 artifacts – Yeats, The Second Coming; Manet, Le Dejeuner; Debussy, Apres d’aun Faun
	F	20	Microseminar 1	Read Berger, "Ways of Seeing"
4	M	23	Library Orientation	Meet at MCC Library
	W	25	Modern Contexts	Lecture: Social and Economic Change Read: A Climate for Modernism
	F	27	Rite of Spring	Read: NY Times, “Shocker Cools Into a Rite of Passage”; NY Times, "Shock Me If You Can" Watch: The Search for Nijinsky’s Rite of Spring *Hand in College Essay Final Draft*
5	M	30	Demographic Shifts	Lecture: Urban Bohemians and Capitalism’s Commodifiers Read: Professional Outsiders (read pages 33-59)
	W	O2	The Armory Show	Lecture: Radical Ideas Read: The Manifesto of Futursim (pages 1-5) Select Cherry Orchard Act
	F	4	Microseminar 2	Field Trip - Frye Gallery
6	M	7	Cherry Orchard	Prepare to discuss your Act, (II and III)
	W	9	Cherry Orchard	Prepare to discuss your Act, (IV)
	F	11	The Magic Lantern	Location SIFF Cinema. Walk from MCC or meet @ 1:45 Seattle Center, Northwest Rooms (formerly the Alki Room) just south of the Seattle Repertory Theater and next to the Vera Project.
7	M	14	Silent Film	Selections from Lumiere and Co. and Film Tutorials Silent Film Project Instructions
	W	16	New Narrations	Lecture: The New Modern Literature Browse: The OWL, Blast, and the Little Review Read: Woolf, “Mark on the Wall”
	F	18	No Class	In Service
8	M	21	New Narrations	Read: White, “Once More to the Lake” Fill out midterm Assessments
	W	23	No Class	Conferencing and Filming
	F	25	No Class	Filming and Conferencing Submit progress report by email
9	M	28	Metamorphosis	Read Kafka, “Metamorphosis”, preface + 1-15 Questions
	W	30	Panel	Three Guests, Three Selections
	F	N1	Microseminar 3	Class Meets on November 3, Seattle Center Skate Park Reading Questions
10	M	4	Metamorphosis, cont’d	Read Kafka, “Metamorphosis”, 15-42
	W	6	Gallery	Directions TBA
	F	8	Screening	Day
11	M	11	Veteran’s Day	No Class
	W	13	Modern Self	Lecture: “I is An Other” Read: Eliot, “Prufrock” Browse:  Van Gogh Self Portraits (One Two Three) Gauguin Self Portraits (One Two Three) Graham, Chronicle  Strayhorn, “Lush Life” Hand out Debrief Instructions
	F	15	Microseminar	TBA
12	M	18	Gender Roles	Lecture: The Dandy and the Flapper Read: Breward, “The Dandy Laid Bare”
	W	20	Feminism and Gender Roles	Read: Loy, “Feminist Manifesto” Hand in Film Project Debrief Hand out Text Analysis Assignment
	F	22	Fashion	Watch Coco and Igor Read: Wilson, “Adorned in Dreams: Fashion and Modernity”
13	M	25	Fashion and Cubism	Read: Wilson, “Adorned in Dreams: Fashion and Modernity”
	W	27	No Class	Thanksgiving
	F	29	Thanksgiving	No Class
14	M	D2		Bring your first and last paragraph to class, along with one sentence that describes the paragraphs in between.
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	F	6	Plotting the Course	Portfolio Evaluations and Assessments Set Conference Times
15	M	9	Conferences
	W	11	Conferences
	F	13	Conferences