FAA 199
SPRING SEMESTER 2009
Section C - Tuesday and Thursday, 2:00 - 3:20 p.m.
Collections Resource Laboratory, Krannert Art Museum
Professors:
Philip Graham, Creative Writing
241 English Building
333-2391
p-graham@illinois.edu
Office hours: Monday/Wednesday, 1-3 PM
Stephen Taylor, Music
Music Building 5042
333-3712
staylor7@illinois.edu
Office Hours: TBA
This course invites inquisitive students from all areas of the university to engage in conversations about diversity, the arts, and the creative process. The course will be structured around a series of artistic experiences – from new-media installations and experimental dance performances to classical music and opera. Students will attend performances and exhibitions; meet and interact with artists and performers; and examine the important issues and values associated with diversity and the creative process in the context of our lives and experiences. The subject matter of the course will range from high art to street art, tradition to experimentation, the familiar to the unfamiliar, the local to the global – all seen through the lens of the artistic experience. Prior knowledge of the arts is not required. The most valuable prerequisites for the course are intellectual curiosity and enthusiasm about the arts.
Admission to performances and exhibitions will be provided without charge to students enrolled in this course.
COURSE REQUIREMENTS
Attendance and Participation – Regular attendance and participation in classroom discussion will be critical to your success in this course. Attendance will be taken at every class meeting and required performance/exhibition. You will be allowed a total of two absences (excused or unexcused) for the semester; for each absence beyond that, three points will be deducted from your final grade.
Performances/Attendance and Ticket Policy – If you miss a performance/exhibition or in-class activity, you must make up that absence. Please consult with the professors within one week of the absence to find an acceptable alternative activity.
There are several optional events listed on the syllabus, and others will be announced throughout the semester. Optional events may be attended, and short response papers (2 pages) written, for extra credit. Two points will be added to your final grade for each extra paper written, with a maximum of 6 extra credit points awarded over the course of the semester.
For performances/events that take place outside of the regular class meeting time, the class will meet in the lobby of the Krannert Center for the Performing Arts (near the ticket desk) 15 minutes before the start of each performance. At that time, tickets will be distributed and we will share some final remarks about the upcoming performance. Please be aware that latecomers will not be allowed into the theater once a performance has begun; it is the responsibility of the student to arrive before the start of each performance.
Academic Integrity Policy – The university maintains a strict policy on academic integrity; it is expected that all work submitted will be original and your own. The complete policy is available online in the Code of Policies and Regulations Applying to All Students; ignorance of the policy is not an excuse for infractions against it.
Assignments – In addition to attendance and classroom participation, your grade will be based on a series of informal written assignments that express your impressions of the artistic experiences of the course. These are not research papers, but rather, will take the form of journal entries or personal reflections. The papers can take a wide variety of forms: prose, poetry, lists of ideas, etc., and should be crafted around your own observations or ideas about performances/events as they relate to the course conversation. They should not be simple synopses or reviews, but should contain insights that struck you, or reactions you had, while watching/viewing the activities and while discussing them in class.
These assignments, which must be approximately 3 pages (750-850 words) each, will be due every two weeks, and will be graded on your engagement with the materials and the ideas of the course. The written assignments will be due at the start of class on the dates noted below.
About the Classroom – The Collections Resource Laboratory (CRL) is a public space in the midst of the museum galleries. Please be respectful of other museum visitors and tours that may be happening in the nearby galleries. Backpacks, food, and drink are not allowed into the museum or the CRL. Notebooks and pens/pencils are allowed, and should be brought to each class meeting. Students must leave backpacks in one of the coin-operated lockers at either entrance to the museum. (Use of the lockers will require a quarter, which will be returned to you when you retrieve your bag after class.)
Your final grade will be determined by the following:
Written assignments 50%
Class participation 50%
Attendance (see policy, above)
Optional materials/extra credit (see policy, above)
Stephen Taylor, Music
Music Building 5042
333-3712
staylor7@illinois.edu
Office Hours: TBA
This course invites inquisitive students from all areas of the university to engage in conversations about diversity, the arts, and the creative process. The course will be structured around a series of artistic experiences – from new-media installations and experimental dance performances to classical music and opera. Students will attend performances and exhibitions; meet and interact with artists and performers; and examine the important issues and values associated with diversity and the creative process in the context of our lives and experiences. The subject matter of the course will range from high art to street art, tradition to experimentation, the familiar to the unfamiliar, the local to the global – all seen through the lens of the artistic experience. Prior knowledge of the arts is not required. The most valuable prerequisites for the course are intellectual curiosity and enthusiasm about the arts.
Admission to performances and exhibitions will be provided without charge to students enrolled in this course.
COURSE REQUIREMENTS
Attendance and Participation – Regular attendance and participation in classroom discussion will be critical to your success in this course. Attendance will be taken at every class meeting and required performance/exhibition. You will be allowed a total of two absences (excused or unexcused) for the semester; for each absence beyond that, three points will be deducted from your final grade.
Performances/Attendance and Ticket Policy – If you miss a performance/exhibition or in-class activity, you must make up that absence. Please consult with the professors within one week of the absence to find an acceptable alternative activity.
There are several optional events listed on the syllabus, and others will be announced throughout the semester. Optional events may be attended, and short response papers (2 pages) written, for extra credit. Two points will be added to your final grade for each extra paper written, with a maximum of 6 extra credit points awarded over the course of the semester.
For performances/events that take place outside of the regular class meeting time, the class will meet in the lobby of the Krannert Center for the Performing Arts (near the ticket desk) 15 minutes before the start of each performance. At that time, tickets will be distributed and we will share some final remarks about the upcoming performance. Please be aware that latecomers will not be allowed into the theater once a performance has begun; it is the responsibility of the student to arrive before the start of each performance.
Academic Integrity Policy – The university maintains a strict policy on academic integrity; it is expected that all work submitted will be original and your own. The complete policy is available online in the Code of Policies and Regulations Applying to All Students; ignorance of the policy is not an excuse for infractions against it.
Assignments – In addition to attendance and classroom participation, your grade will be based on a series of informal written assignments that express your impressions of the artistic experiences of the course. These are not research papers, but rather, will take the form of journal entries or personal reflections. The papers can take a wide variety of forms: prose, poetry, lists of ideas, etc., and should be crafted around your own observations or ideas about performances/events as they relate to the course conversation. They should not be simple synopses or reviews, but should contain insights that struck you, or reactions you had, while watching/viewing the activities and while discussing them in class.
These assignments, which must be approximately 3 pages (750-850 words) each, will be due every two weeks, and will be graded on your engagement with the materials and the ideas of the course. The written assignments will be due at the start of class on the dates noted below.
About the Classroom – The Collections Resource Laboratory (CRL) is a public space in the midst of the museum galleries. Please be respectful of other museum visitors and tours that may be happening in the nearby galleries. Backpacks, food, and drink are not allowed into the museum or the CRL. Notebooks and pens/pencils are allowed, and should be brought to each class meeting. Students must leave backpacks in one of the coin-operated lockers at either entrance to the museum. (Use of the lockers will require a quarter, which will be returned to you when you retrieve your bag after class.)
Your final grade will be determined by the following:
Written assignments 50%
Class participation 50%
Attendance (see policy, above)
Optional materials/extra credit (see policy, above)
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