Wednesday, November 28, 2012

Friday, November 16, 2012

American Lit Update

Week of 10/31
  W 10/31  NY School discussion, Bukowski.
Homework:  Eula Bliss The Pain Scale (p. 2, Touchstone)
 F 11/02  Discussion: The Lyric Essay through Bliss’ essay.
Homework:  Selected readings: Anne Sexton, Sylvia Plath, Robert Lowell.
W 11/07   Eula Bliss Essay 
 Homework:
The Beats and  
(Intro and Howl and America)
http://www.poets.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/5646
http://www.poets.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/15308
http://www.writing.upenn.edu/~afilreis/88/america.html
Ferlinghetti
Bio, Poems
http://www.poets.org/poet.php/prmPID/367

 the Confessionalists
Read
Sylvia Plath's bio and all the poems on this site:
 http://www.poets.org/poet.php/prmPID/11  
This introduction to Confessional verse:
http://www.poets.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/5650

Anne Sexton:
http://www.poets.org/poet.php/prmPID/14
Bio. and all of the poems
Robert Lowell:
The bio.
http://www.poets.org/poet.php/prmPID/10
and The Skunk Hour



 11/09  
Homework:  Reading: Sonny’s Blues by James Baldwin, Michael Cunningham’s White Angel,
Poetry Comics article,
**Your ekphrastic pieces and process papers (500 words minimum) are due on Friday 11/28. 
The short version of this assignment is that you will be responding or imitating a piece of literature through visual art. Examples abound: W.H. Auden’s Musee de Beaux Art or WCW’s Icarus (myth-painting-poem).  Or Charles Simic’s poems that respond to Joseph Cornell’s boxes (for the reverse).  Consider the poetry poem:  http://www.tcj.com/a-bianca-stone-interview/
http://www.poetrycomics.com/about/
Week of 11/13
  W 11/14  Film  
  My reading at Florida Southern College (and representing CCAD)  Your class plans will be to take roll and watch the movies that I will have left for you.
  F  11/16  Discussion beginning with the subversive, the idea of what is truth and The Sheep-Child by James Dickey. To your reading, I would like to add Falling by Dickey, too. 
Week of 11/20 
THANKSGIVING BREAK!  Safe travels and happy Thanksgiving!
Week of 11/27
  W  11/26   Discussion  of Beats, Confessionalists and stories and  
F 11/28  Ekphrastic pieces to be presented. Process papers (only) to be turned in to me.
 : Ekphrastic pieces to be presented Also, BRING YOUR TOUCHSTONE ANTHOLOGIES TO CLASS. 
 Class work towards group presentations of Essays from Touchstone Anthology. First groups to let the rest of us know  (There will be an oral and written component for each group member.)  As a group: you will decide on an essay to teach to the class. You will have ten-twenty minutes to lead a discussion or use any mode to discuss the essays. Each group member will do a 1-3 page essay discussing what s/he found compelling about the essay and how each group member contributed to the group process.  I expect real work done by EACH member of the group.
W  12/04  Group Presentations
F 12/06  Group Presentations
H 12/05  TBA
W 12/11   “”
  F12/13 Last day of semester.

Friday, November 9, 2012

Shelter Challenge

Dearest Students, Thanks for offering to help us out by voting for Cozy Cat Cottage (no comments, Patrick).

To do so go here:  http://theanimalrescuesite.greatergood.com/clickToGive/shelterchallenge.faces?siteId=3
Or you can google: Shelter Challenge 2012

The shelter is Cozy Cat Adoption Center and it's, of course, in Ohio.

Every browser you use is unique and you can vote every twelve hours. Any help you can give these guys would be wonderful.

Wednesday, November 7, 2012

Contemporary Lit. Syllabus Update

Week of 10/30
T 10/30  NY School discussion, Bukowski.
Homework:  Eula Bliss The Pain Scale (p. 2, Touchstone)
H 11/01 Discussion: The Lyric Essay through Bliss’ essay.
Homework:  Selected readings: Anne Sexton, Sylvia Plath, Robert Lowell.
T 11/06   Eula Bliss Essay 
 Homework:
The Beats and  
(Intro and Howl and America)
http://www.poets.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/5646
http://www.poets.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/15308
http://www.writing.upenn.edu/~afilreis/88/america.html
Ferlinghetti
Bio, Poems
http://www.poets.org/poet.php/prmPID/367

 the Confessionalists
Read
Sylvia Plath's bio and all the poems on this site:
 http://www.poets.org/poet.php/prmPID/11  
This introduction to Confessional verse:
http://www.poets.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/5650

Anne Sexton:
http://www.poets.org/poet.php/prmPID/14
Bio. and all of the poems
Robert Lowell:
The bio.
http://www.poets.org/poet.php/prmPID/10
and The Skunk Hour



H 11/08  Discussion continued
Homework:  Reading: Sonny’s Blues by James Baldwin, Michael Cunningham’s White Angel,
Poetry Comics article,
**Your ekphrastic pieces and process papers (500 words minimum) are due on Thursday 11/27. 
The short version of this assignment is that you will be responding or imitating a piece of literature through visual art. Examples abound: W.H. Auden’s Musee de Beaux Art or WCW’s Icarus (myth-painting-poem).  Or Charles Simic’s poems that respond to Joseph Cornell’s boxes (for the reverse).  Consider the poetry poem:  http://www.tcj.com/a-bianca-stone-interview/
http://www.poetrycomics.com/about/
Week of 11/13
T  11/13  TBA   I will be giving a reading at Florida Southern College (and representing CCAD)  Your class plans will be to take roll and watch the movies that I will have left for you.
H 11/15   TBA
Week of 11/20
T 11/20  Discussion. Beats and Confessionalists
H 11/22   THANKSGIVING BREAK!  Safe travels and happy Thanksgiving!
Week of 11/27
T  11/27    Discussion  and Ekphrastic pieces to be presented. Process papers (only) to be turned in to me.
H: BRING YOUR TOUCHSTONE ANTHOLOGIES TO CLASS. 
 Class work towards group presentations of Essays from Touchstone Anthology. First groups to let the rest of us know  (There will be an oral and written component for each group member.)  As a group: you will decide on an essay to teach to the class. You will have ten-twenty minutes to lead a discussion or use any mode to discuss the essays. Each group member will do a 1-3 page essay discussing what s/he found compelling about the essay and how each group member contributed to the group process.  I expect real work done by EACH member of the group.
H  11/29  Group Presentations
T 12/03  Group Presentations
H 12/05  TBA
T12/10    “”
H 12/12 Last day of semester.

Friday, November 2, 2012

FYI: Artists Workshop Saturday FREE for CCAD students!

CAA Workshop for Artists in Columbus
CAA, in partnership with Columbus College of Art and Design (CCAD), will present its next National Professional-Development Workshop for Artists on Saturday, November 10, 2012. The one-day event, called “Art and Entrepreneurship in the Creative Community,” will explore the necessity of entrepreneurship coexisting with creativity for those artists who strive to have their work seen and heard by a larger public.
“Art and Entrepreneurship in the Creative Community” will take place from 8:00AM to 5:30PM. An open-studio reception for all participants for networking and sharing is scheduled from 5:30 to 7:30PM. The sessions take place at the Canzani Center on the CCAD campus at 60 Cleveland Avenue (at East Gay Street), Columbus, OH 43215. Registration is free for all CCAD students and faculty; $35 for all other participants.
8:00 AM
Check-in and complimentary breakfast
9:00 AM
Keynote address: “The Economic Value of the Creative Community,” Bill Strickland, Manchester Bidwell Corporation
10:00 AM
Choose one session: “Enhancing Your Creative Studio-Life in the Studio,” Rebecca Ibel, Pizzuti Collection; or “Enhancing Your Creative Design Practice – The New Entrepreneur,” Beverly Bethge, Ologie
12:00 PM
Lunch
1:00 PM
“Understanding the Value of Intellectual Property,” Jonathan Politi, Esq.
2:30 PM
“Management and Leadership-Take Charge Collaboration,” Elaine Grogan Luttrull, Minerva FinancialArts
3:30 PM
“Entrepreneurship – Taking Your Creativity to Market,” Kevin Gadd, Venture Highway
5:30 PM
Open-Studio Reception
Registration for the workshop is first-come, first-served. Because space is limited, CAA encourages you to register in advance. To pay by credit card, debit card, or PayPal, please go to www.collegeart.org/registercolumbusworkshop. A limited number of stipends are available for those who register in advance. Please contact Susan Schear, CAA national workshop project consultant, at 973-482-1000 for more information.
Visit the CAA website to learn more about the workshop and to register.
CAA’s National Professional Development Workshops for Artists, which focus on supporting visual artists in underserved areas, are sustained by a generous grant from the Emily Hall Tremaine Foundation.

Faculty and students can register with Susan Schear via email at susan.schear@artisin.com by providing their name, phone number and email (please use your official CCAD email account). Note in the email that you are a student or faculty member at CCAD. If you have any questions, you can contact Susan Schear at 973 482-1000.