{"id":7,"date":"2025-05-12T19:42:13","date_gmt":"2025-05-12T19:42:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/openlab.macaulay.cuny.edu\/the-arts-in-new-york-city-site-template\/assignments\/"},"modified":"2025-11-18T18:29:12","modified_gmt":"2025-11-18T18:29:12","slug":"assignments","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/openlab.macaulay.cuny.edu\/artsnycpio2025\/assignments\/","title":{"rendered":"Course Materials"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/openlab.macaulay.cuny.edu\/artsnycpio2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/50\/2025\/08\/Reflection-Document.docx\">Reflection Document<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><u>POETRY:<br \/>\n<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>September 2:<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.poetryfoundation.org\/poems\/46548\/harlem\">Harlem<\/a>\u00a0by Langston Hughes<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.poetryfoundation.org\/poems\/48988\/awaking-in-new-york\">Awaking in New York<\/a>\u00a0by Maya Angelou<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nuyorican.org\/\">* Nuyorican Poets Cafe website\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>September 4:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.poetryfoundation.org\/poems\/147275\/a-litany-for-survival\">A Litany for Survival<\/a>\u00a0by Audre Lorde<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.poetryfoundation.org\/poems\/58396\/puerto-rican-obituary\">Puerto Rican Obituary\u00a0<\/a>by Pedro Pietri<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>FILM:\u00a0<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>September 9:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.loc.gov\/collections\/early-films-of-new-york-1898-to-1906\/articles-and-essays\/the-actuality-film\/\">The Actuality Film<\/a>\u00a0(Library of Congress)<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.loc.gov\/collections\/early-films-of-new-york-1898-to-1906\/articles-and-essays\/new-york-city-at-the-turn-of-the-century\/\">New York City at the Turn of the Century<\/a>\u00a0(Library of Congress)<br \/>\nWatch: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.loc.gov\/item\/00694379\/\">&#8220;What Happened on Twenty-third Street, NY&#8221;<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.loc.gov\/item\/00694220\/\">&#8220;The Great Train Robbery&#8221;<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>September 11:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1kU7gPARkR7N4HAMWwP2ZF8-niByaeaWF\/view?usp=sharing\">Film Art\u00a0 Chapter 1, concentrate on pages 2-9; 17-34(David Bordwell, Kristin Thompson, Jeff Smith)<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.actionvfx.com\/blog\/are-movies-the-highest-form-of-art-5-reasons-why-i-think-yes\">Are Movies The Highest Form of Art? 5 Reasons Why I think \u201cYes\u201d (Kenan Proffitt,\u00a0<em>Actionvfx.com<\/em>)<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dailyevergreen.com\/36695\/mint\/should-film-be-considered-an-art-form\/\">Should Film be considered and art form?<\/a>\u00a0(Mary Ginther<em>; Dailyevergreen.com<\/em>)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Select ONE:<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Do-Right-Thing-Ossie-Davis\/dp\/B000I9VOGW\">&#8211; Do the Right Thing<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/video\/detail\/amzn1.dv.gti.34b8d2bc-1623-1e23-60ee-5efe8882b3a4?autoplay=0&amp;ref_=atv_cf_strg_wb\">&#8211; Style Wars<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/video\/detail\/B00CN1M4YO\/ref=atv_sr_fle_c_sr4e8ffb_1_1_1?sr=1-1&amp;pageTypeIdSource=ASIN&amp;pageTypeId=B0032U45JW&amp;qid=1756219972126\">&#8211; Rent<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>ASSIGNMENT 1:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/openlab.macaulay.cuny.edu\/artsnycpio2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/50\/2025\/08\/NYC_Film_Discussion_Questions.docx\">NYC_Film_Discussion_Questions<\/a><\/strong><br \/>\n<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/openlab.macaulay.cuny.edu\/artsnycpio2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/50\/2025\/08\/Film_Response_Rubric.docx\">Film_Response_Rubric<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>September 16:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.deloitte.com\/us\/en\/insights\/industry\/technology\/future-of-the-movie-industry.html\">Digital Media Trends<\/a> (Deloitte Insights)<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/opinion\/story\/2023-12-01\/taylor-swift-eras-film-beyonce-renaissance-movie-theaters-streaming\">Just as Taylor Swift: Data make the case for movie theater versus streaming<\/a> (LA Times)<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>VISUAL ARTS:<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>September 18:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/openlab.macaulay.cuny.edu\/artsnycpio2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/50\/2025\/09\/John-Dewey.pdf\">John Dewey<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/openlab.macaulay.cuny.edu\/artsnycpio2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/50\/2025\/09\/Alain-de-Botton.pdf\">De Botton, Alain and John Armstrong.\u00a0Art as Therapy.\u00a0Phaidon Press Limited, 2013.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Tuesday, September 23: NO CLASS<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>September 30:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/eportfolios.macaulay.cuny.edu\/pio20\/files\/2020\/08\/Hopper-Greenhill-Learning-in-Museums-Objects.pdf\">Hooper-Greenhill, Eilean (1991) Learning in Museums and Galleries: Philosophy and Method. In Museum and Gallery Education. New York: Leicester University Press. pp. 72, 98- 113.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/eportfolios.macaulay.cuny.edu\/pio20\/files\/2020\/08\/Gurian-What-is-object-of-this-exercise.pdf\">Gurian, Elaine Heumann (2001) What is the Object of this Exercise? A Meandering Exploration of the Many Meanings of Objects in Museums? In Humanities Research (Vol. 8, No 1) pp 25-36.<\/a><br \/>\n<strong>Thursday, October 2: NO CLASS<br \/>\nWatch:<br \/>\n<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=sM2MOyonDsY\">How to do visual (formal) analysis in art history<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=O39niAzuapc\">What is Visual Literacy?<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>October 7:<br \/>\n<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.guggenheim.org\/about-us\/architecture\/frank-lloyd-wright-and-the-guggenheim#additional-resources\">Guggenheim in NY<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>October 9:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Abt, Jeffrey \u201cThe Origins of the Public Museum\u201d in Sharon Macdonald,\u00a0<em>A Companion to Museum Studies<\/em>, Malden MA: Blackwell Publishing Ltd., 2006, pp. 115-134 (concentrate on pages 119-129)<\/p>\n<p>Falk, John (2012) The Museum Visitor Experience\u2014Who Visits, Why and to What Effect? In Gail Anderson.\u00a0<em>Reinventing the Museum<\/em>\u00a0(second edition) New York: Altamira Press. (PDF)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Tuesday, October 14: NO CLASS<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>October 16:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.associationforpublicart.org\/what-is-public-art\/\">What is Public Art?<\/a>\u00a0(<em>associationforpublicart.org<\/em>)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ny.curbed.com\/2017\/11\/10\/16632074\/nyc-public-art-museum-of-city-of-new-york-parks\">50 Years of public art in NYC celebrated in new museum exhibit<\/a>\u00a0(Amy Plitt;\u00a0<em>ny.curbed.com<\/em>)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.haring.com\/!\/speaks\/in-his-own-words\">Keith Haring \u201cIn His Own Words\u201d<\/a>\u00a0(Beginnings and To New York;\u00a0<em>haring.com<\/em>)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.codyannherrmann.com\/about\">Cody Ann Herrmann<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>**October 23** PRESENTATIONS<br \/>\n<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/openlab.macaulay.cuny.edu\/artsnycpio2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/50\/2025\/10\/Art-presentation-Rubric.docx\">Art presentation Rubric<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>DANCE:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>October 28:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/files.eportfolios.macaulay.cuny.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7685\/2022\/08\/17100107\/Graham-I-Am-a-Dancer.pdf\">Graham-I-Am-a-Dancer<\/a><br \/>\n<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/files.eportfolios.macaulay.cuny.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7685\/2022\/08\/17100106\/Kraus-Meaning-of-Dance.pdf\">Kraus-Meaning-of-Dance<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dancetheatreofharlem.org\/our-history\/\">Arthur Mitchell\/Dance Theater of Harlem:\u00a0<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.gothamcenter.org\/blog\/stages-streets-and-screens-the-geography-of-nyc-dance-in-the-1960s-1970s-dance-boom-1\">Stages, Streets, and Screens<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.liveabout.com\/history-of-breakdancing-2857231#:~:text=Breakdance%20is%20the%20oldest%20known,of%20funk%20maestro%2C%20James%20Brown.\">\u201cA Brief History of Breakdancing\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>October 30:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Read about our guest speakers:<a href=\"https:\/\/ethelcentral.org\/about-ethel\/\"> ETHEL<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>November 4:<br \/>\n<\/strong>Read:\u00a0 &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thecrimson.com\/article\/2024\/12\/3\/nutcracker-ballet-american-tradition-balanchine-russian-tchaikovsky\/?utm_source=chatgpt.com\">Cracking at America&#8217;s Heart: The Nutcracker&#8217;s Enduring Holiday Legacy&#8221;<\/a><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong>Watch:<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ya4DasxL47g\">The Nutcracker Ballet(NYCB)<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><u>OPERA:<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>November 11:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/chrome-extension:\/\/efaidnbmnnnibpcajpcglclefindmkaj\/https:\/\/files.eportfolios.macaulay.cuny.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7086\/2020\/11\/17002821\/Opera101.pdf\" data-wplink-url-error=\"true\">Plotkin, Fred (1994) Opera 101. New York: Hachette Books.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nyctourism.com\/articles\/met-opera-guide-nyc\/\">A Night at the Opera (Christina Parrella,\u00a0<em>nyc.gov<\/em>)<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wqxr.org\/story\/opera-house-starbucks-brief-history-nycs-bygone-opera-houses\/\">From Opera House to Starbucks: A Brief History of NYC\u2018s Bygone Opera Houses<\/a>\u00a0(Heather O\u2019Donovan;\u00a0<em>wqxr.org<\/em>)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/amandazory.com\/about\/\">Amanda Zory website<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Watch<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=qo0KRY6XrsI\">: Brief History of Opera<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>November 13:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.metopera.org\/discover\/synopses\/la-boheme\/\">Synopsis: La Boheme<\/a>\u00a0(Met Opera)<br \/>\nWatch: <a href=\"https:\/\/ondemand.metopera.org\/performance\/detail\/d624b30a-b781-5bad-b8e4-1565d3e6a669\">La Boheme<\/a> (free trial needed\/or Rental)<\/p>\n<p><strong>November 18:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.metopera.org\/user-information\/synopses-archive\/aida\">Synopsis: Aida<\/a>\u00a0(Met Opera<a href=\"https:\/\/www.metopera.org\/season\/on-demand\/\">)\u00a0<\/a><br \/>\nWatch:<a href=\"https:\/\/ondemand.metopera.org\/performance\/detail\/b2171f04-758c-52ea-a802-b5d8575f7249\"> AIDA<\/a> (free trial needed\/ or Rental)<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>MUSIC:<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>November 25<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.louisarmstronghouse.org\/staff-ricky-riccardi\/\">Louis Armstrong House Museum\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>FINAL PRESENTATION:<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/openlab.macaulay.cuny.edu\/artsnycpio2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/50\/2025\/11\/2025-Final-Project_HNRS125.docx\">2025 Final Project_HNRS125<\/a><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Reflection Document POETRY: September 2: Harlem\u00a0by Langston Hughes Awaking in New York\u00a0by Maya Angelou * Nuyorican Poets Cafe website\u00a0 September 4: A Litany for Survival\u00a0by Audre Lorde Puerto Rican Obituary\u00a0by Pedro Pietri FILM:\u00a0 September 9: The Actuality Film\u00a0(Library of Congress) New York City at the Turn of the Century\u00a0(Library of Congress) Watch: &#8220;What Happened on [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":1,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"portfolio_post_id":0,"portfolio_citation":"","portfolio_annotation":"","openlab_post_visibility":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-7","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/openlab.macaulay.cuny.edu\/artsnycpio2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/openlab.macaulay.cuny.edu\/artsnycpio2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/openlab.macaulay.cuny.edu\/artsnycpio2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/openlab.macaulay.cuny.edu\/artsnycpio2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/openlab.macaulay.cuny.edu\/artsnycpio2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7"}],"version-history":[{"count":23,"href":"https:\/\/openlab.macaulay.cuny.edu\/artsnycpio2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":356,"href":"https:\/\/openlab.macaulay.cuny.edu\/artsnycpio2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7\/revisions\/356"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/openlab.macaulay.cuny.edu\/artsnycpio2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}