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LALW400 Writing Poems (Directed Study) (See special schedule)SPECIAL SCHEDULE
1st Meeting Tue (Sep 11) 5-8pm. Subsequent meetings by arrangement. COURSE DESCRIPTION
The student will write serious, artful poems. Meetings involve individual discussion of student’s work. ABOUT THE INSTRUCTOR
Ted Richer is a graduate of the Iowa Writer’s Workshop. His poetry has been staged many times and published in numerous journals, including AGNI, Literary Imagination, Harvard Review, James Joyce Quarterly, Leviathan, New York Quarterly, Free Inquiry, The Poetry Porch, and Daedalus. Richer is included in the anthology Joining Music with Reason (UK and US, 2010), and his book, The Writer in the Story and Other Figurations, was published in 2003. SEE MORE INFO
apocalypsepress.co.uk/press/index.htm | T Richer | Sep 11-Dec 17 | Tu | Spec-Spec | Tower-535 | 3 | 885 | |
LALW401 Children's Books: How to Write Them, How to Publish Them (See special schedule)SPECIAL SCHEDULE
1st meeting Wed (Sep 13) 6:30-9:30pm. Subsequent meetings by arrangement. COURSE DESCRIPTION
This course is for aspiring writers in general as well as those who want to write specifically for children. Through lectures, discussions, writing assignments and individual student projects, novice writers enter the world of children’s literature. More advanced writers or poets have an opportunity to expand their writing skills in the genre, or continue a project they have started. The questions of author publisher-agent relationship, publicity, royalties, and the current market are also explored. ABOUT THE INSTRUCTOR
Leon Steinmetz is an author, illustrator, and painter who holds a diploma from the Moscow Academy of Art. He has been awarded first prize, Biennale of European Artists and Sculptors, Latina, Italy, and CRRT Book Award for children’s book Hans Clodhopper. His children’s books have been published by major publishers in the US and England. | L Steinmetz | Sep 12-Dec 17 | W | spec-spec | Tower-555A | 3 | 885 | |
LALW216 The Art of the Personal Essay: Where Memory and Imagination Meet (See special schedule)SPECIAL SCHEDULE
This course combines 3 intensive Saturday workshops with weekly online course work. Saturday schedules: Sept 22, Oct 27, and Dec 1, 10 am - 6 pm. Saturday workshops will take place at MassArt, 621 Huntington Ave, Boston in Tower Bldg, Room 552. COURSE DESCRIPTION
Active writing helps us navigate the emotional terrain of memory and imagination. This course is focused on creative growth through the personal essay. Designed like a studio arts course, with a blend of interactive workshop and online conversations, this experience is filled with opportunities to invite "fresh ways of seeing" in world, work, and life. We will explore the modest personal essay in many forms including food, travel, nature, spiritual, and memoir. New possibilities for connection open up — with yourself, with your writing, and with a community of like-minded adults. No writing experience required.
What students in the Summer 2012 course said:
"Taking this writing class was a good opportunity to push to the edge and see what I can be."
"I learned to put vulnerability aside and to be heard."
"I learned how to listen, how to enjoy the stories of others."
"It usually takes a long time to get deep stories out of people (but here) I wanted to take a chance and be brave enough to risk and write an essay."
Join us. Dare to explore more authentic self-expression on the page. ABOUT THE INSTRUCTOR
Tapping into her extensive experience and education, Jeanette Luise Eberhardy, PhD, MFA teaches how to cultivate sustainable, purposeful connections between work and life and writing. She focuses on drawing out the creative strengths in teams and individuals through her consulting business: WivInc. Currently, Eberhardy is working on a book, Creating Meaningful Work, which profiles global activists, artists, and entrepreneurs (in Brazil, Zimbabwe, India, Norway, France, and USA) who have successfully integrated work, education, and life purpose. SEE MORE INFO
wivinc.com | J Eberhardy | Sep 11-Dec 14 | Hybrid | - | Hybrid | 3 | 960 | |
LALW214 History and Issues of Documentary Film (See special schedule)SPECIAL SCHEDULE
and one additional classes, to be arranged COURSE DESCRIPTION
Documentary, as defined by John Grierson, is the creative treatment of actuality. Grierson coined the term in his review of Robert Flaherty’s Moana (1926). Contemporary culture expands on classical rhetorical and observational forms to include docusoaps, agitprop, advocacy, animation, sensory ethnography, mockumentary, first-person, and more. In this course we will explore the origins of documentary, discuss the central issues of the field, examine historical and contemporary trends, and identify the aesthetic strategies and techniques used by documentary makers along with their rhetorical effects. ABOUT THE INSTRUCTOR
David Tamˇs is an independent documentary filmmaker who also has extensive experience in new media. He is currently co-producing a documentary on David Hamilton Smith, who developed a vaccine against spinal meningitis. Tamˇs earned an MS from the MIT Media Laboratory, studied filmmaking at City College of San Francisco, and holds a BA and BS from the University of Florida. He is the media arts studio manager in the Studio Foundation department at MassArt. SEE MORE INFO
kino-eye.com | D Tames | Sep 18-Dec 11 | Tu | 6:30-9:30p | Tower-513 | 3 | 960 | |
LASS204 Introduction to FolkloreCOURSE DESCRIPTION
This course introduces students to various genres of folklore and the methods of studying them. Participants learn about how folklore exists or existed as a dynamic part of everyday life --esthetically, behaviorally, politically, socially, and more. We consider such diverse forms of expressions as Indonesian Cinderella tales, Italian American festivals, Irish supernatural legends, baseball luck beliefs, and Chinese-American funerary traditions. Students will document, classify, and analyze traditional expressive behavior as it pertains to them and to others. The role of folk tradition as it relates to ethnicity, identity, and acculturation is explored. ABOUT THE INSTRUCTOR
Timothy Correll has a PhD in folklore from the University of California, Los Angeles and he was a Fulbright scholar to Ireland. He has published a number of articles and books on folklore and folk art and has curated exhibitions at the Craft and Folk Art Museum and the Fowler Museum of Cultural History in Los Angeles. Correll has taught at Harvard University, Harvard Extension School, MassArt, and Northeastern University. | T Correll | Sep 11-Dec 14 | Online | - | online- | 3 | 960 | |
LASS221 Free Speech, Free Art, and the LawCOURSE DESCRIPTION
Would you like to know more about Shepard Fairey’s controversial poster of Barack Obama, or "Dread" Scott’ Tyler’s art installation, "What Is the Proper Way to Display a U.S. Flag?" Or what about the attempted removal of Chris Ofili’s painting, "The Holy Virgin Mary," from an exhibit? ABOUT THE INSTRUCTOR
Angelika Festa, an interdisciplinary artist and writer, has explored for many years the relationships between art and everyday life, and between creative practices and public policies. This course emphasizes contemporary artists whose work challenges assumptions about the sociocultural place of the arts in relation to aesthetic traditions, community standards, and the law. Festa earned a BA in Literature (UCalgary) and an MA in Performance Studies (NYU). She teaches this course in the Liberal Arts Department at MassArt. | A Festa | Sep 6-Dec 13 | Th | 6:30-9:30p | Tower-540 | 3 | 885 | |
| The following courses may be taken for Graduate Credit: |
LALW400 Writing Poems (Directed Study) (See special schedule)SPECIAL SCHEDULE
1st Meeting Tue (Sep 11) 5-8pm. Subsequent meetings by arrangement. COURSE DESCRIPTION
The student will write serious, artful poems. Meetings involve individual discussion of student’s work. ABOUT THE INSTRUCTOR
Ted Richer is a graduate of the Iowa Writer’s Workshop. His poetry has been staged many times and published in numerous journals, including AGNI, Literary Imagination, Harvard Review, James Joyce Quarterly, Leviathan, New York Quarterly, Free Inquiry, The Poetry Porch, and Daedalus. Richer is included in the anthology Joining Music with Reason (UK and US, 2010), and his book, The Writer in the Story and Other Figurations, was published in 2003. SEE MORE INFO
apocalypsepress.co.uk/press/index.htm | T Richer | Sep 11-Dec 17 | Tu | Spec-Spec | Tower-535 | 3 | 1785 | |
LALW401 Children's Books: How to Write Them, How to Publish Them (See special schedule)SPECIAL SCHEDULE
1st meeting Wed (Sep 13) 6:30-9:30pm. Subsequent meetings by arrangement. COURSE DESCRIPTION
This course is for aspiring writers in general as well as those who want to write specifically for children. Through lectures, discussions, writing assignments and individual student projects, novice writers enter the world of children’s literature. More advanced writers or poets have an opportunity to expand their writing skills in the genre, or continue a project they have started. The questions of author publisher-agent relationship, publicity, royalties, and the current market are also explored. ABOUT THE INSTRUCTOR
Leon Steinmetz is an author, illustrator, and painter who holds a diploma from the Moscow Academy of Art. He has been awarded first prize, Biennale of European Artists and Sculptors, Latina, Italy, and CRRT Book Award for children’s book Hans Clodhopper. His children’s books have been published by major publishers in the US and England. | L Steinmetz | Sep 12-Dec 17 | W | spec-spec | Tower-555A | 3 | 1785 | |
