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Women Improvisers in Music — MUS2153.01

Spring 2018
Instructor: Susie Ibarra
Credits: 2
This course explores women musicians whose works utilize improvisation. The class will listen, watch film and read historical books and scores of women improvisers in music. These women improvisers work also utilize composition, performance, installation and multi-disciplinary collaborations. The class will learn about artists and observe their music works across genres of Jazz
Music

Women in Latin America — SPA4256.01

Fall 2013
Instructor: Jonathan Pitcher
Days & Time: TBA
Credits: 4
Latin American feminism is conventionally read like any other form of feminism, as an absence attempting to become present. Pivoting around a selection of short stories by the likes of the Ocampos, Bombal, Garro, Valenzuela, Poniatowska, Peri Rossi, Menchú, Allende, and Schweblin, along with criticism and political contextualization, we will discuss such conventional readings,
Languages

Women in Latin America — SPA4502.01

Fall 2017
Instructor: Jonathan Pitcher
Credits: 4
Latin American feminism is conventionally read like any other form of feminism, as an absence attempting to become present. Pivoting around a selection of short stories by the likes of the Ocampos, Bombal, Garro, Valenzuela, Poniatowska, Peri Rossi, Allende, and Schweblin, along with criticism and political contextualization, we will discuss such conventional readings,
Languages

Women in Science: Ancient Greece to Enlightenment — HIS4110.01

Spring 2016
Instructor: Carol Pal
Credits: 4
Long before the existence of a discipline we would recognize as "science," there were women working with men in the pursuit of "scientia". Scientia embraced a mixture of philosophy, medicine, religion, literature, and knowledge of the natural world – a mixture that would eventually devolve into the separate disciplines we know today. But who were these ancient Greek female
Society Culture and Thought

Women in Science: Ancient Greece to Enlightenment — HIS4110.01

Spring 2020
Instructor: Carol Pal
Credits: 4
Long before the existence of a discipline we would recognize as "science," there were women working with men in the pursuit of "scientia". Scientia embraced a mixture of philosophy, medicine, religion, literature, and knowledge of the natural world – a mixture that would eventually devolve into the separate disciplines we know today. But who were these ancient Greek female
Society Culture and Thought

Women in Science: Ancient Greece to Enlightenment — HIS4110.01

Fall 2013
Instructor: Carol Pal
Days & Time: TBA
Credits: 4
Long before the existence of a discipline we would recognize as 'science,' there were women working with men in the pursuit of 'scientia'. Scientia embraced a mixture of philosophy, medicine, religion, literature, and knowledge of the natural world a mixture that would eventually devolve into the separate disciplines we know today. But who were these ancient Greek female
Social Science

Women Rock: Dancing with the Erotic Feminine — DAN2021.01

Spring 2024
Instructor: Erin Ellen Kelly, MFA Teaching Fellow
Credits: 2
In this class, we will move with the sonic history of women in Rock n Roll, Blues, Punk, Pop and Dance music as a catalyst to explore erotic feminine archetype qualities.  We will dance hard with the music loud, flow eloquently with the ballads, then turn the music off and see where our movement impulses are at.  We will dance secular styles, explore floorwork,
Dance

Women's Voices — DRA2144.01

Fall 2019
Instructor: Dina Janis
Credits: 4
In this class, students will read a large canon of plays by current female playwrights working in the American Theatre today. These will include writers featured on the Kilroy List, Susan Blackburn Award Winners, Lily Award recipients, among others from my own personal list. We will also look at current initiatives within the theatre today to level the playing field and will
Drama

Women's Voices on Stage — DRA2266.01

Spring 2016
Instructor: Dina Janis
Credits: 4
In this class, students will read a large canon of plays by current female playwrights working in the American Theatre today. These will include: Sibyl Kempson, Annie Baker, Annie Washburne, Frances Cowhig, Lisa Damour, Kia Cothron, Shiela Callaghan, and Lynn Nottage, Theresa Rebeck, Laura Eason, Anna Ziegler, Katori Hall, Lucy Thurber, Ruby Rae Spiegel, Dominique Morrisseau.
Drama

Women's Writing, Women's Voices — ITA4605.01

Fall 2014
Instructor: barbara alfano
Days & Time: TBA
Credits: 4
Moving from a specific query into how women describe themselves to a more general investigation into what shapes their gaze, this course explores Italian women’s writing from the Renaissance to contemporary Italy. Studying the female condition in Italy and its inscription in womens' narratives, students will discover what connects a courtesan of the XVI century (Veronica Franco
Languages

Women’s Voices on Stage — DRA2266.01

Spring 2018
Instructor: Dina Janis
Credits: 4
In this class, students will read a large canon of plays by current female playwrights working in the American Theatre today. These will include but are not limited to: Sibyl Kempson, Annie Baker, Annie Washburne, Frances Cowhig, Lisa Damour, Kia Cothron, Shiela Callaghan, and Lynn Nottage, Theresa Rebeck, Laura Eason, Anna Ziegler, Sherry Kramer, Cusi Cram, Paola Lazaro,
Drama

Wood Firing Kiln — CER4172.01

Spring 2024
Instructor: Carly Rudzinski
Credits: 4
This course will look into the use of the wood kiln as an integral tool and part of the creative process in ceramic art. We will examine the structure of the wood kiln and learn the roles of fire and atmosphere in transforming glaze components into desired surfaces within the wood kiln. We will also discuss the history of kiln technology and how it has influenced the
Visual Arts

Wood Kiln Project —

Spring 2016
Instructor: Barry Bartlett
Credits: 4
Fall 2012 Curriculum This course will be focused on techniques that investigate clay and glazes in the wood‐fired kiln. As a class we will improve our understanding of technologies used by both ancient cultures and contemporary artist. Through this study of the earliest types of firing techniques and moving forward in time to the current use of these kilns as a contemporary

Wood Kilns, A History in Practice — CER4205.01

Fall 2016
Instructor: Barry Bartlett
Credits: 4
This course will be focused on techniques that investigate clay and glazes in the wood‐fired kiln. As a class we will improve our understanding of technologies used by both ancient cultures and contemporary artist. Through this study of the earliest types of firing techniques and moving forward in time to the current use of these kilns as a contemporary language in the ceramic
Visual Arts

Woodcut Printmaking on the Vandercook Proofing Press — PRI2123.02

Spring 2024
Instructor: Carly Rudzinski
Credits: 2
Vandercook Proofing Presses were once a vital aspect of the printing industry and have been adopted widely by artists for letterpress printing and book arts. Ź College is fortunate to possess three Vandercooks, housed in the Word and Image Lab. Using type-high plywood blocks, oil-based and non-toxic, water-soluble inks, we will examine different approaches to mark
Visual Arts

Woodcut Printmaking on the Vandercook Proofing Press — PRI2123.02

Spring 2020
Instructor: Thorsten Dennerline
Credits: 2
Vandercook Proofing Presses were once a vital aspect of the printing industry and have been adopted widely by artists for letterpress printing and book arts. Ź College is fortunate to possess three Vandercooks, housed in the Word and Image Lab. Using type-high plywood blocks, oil-based and non-toxic, water-soluble inks, we will examine different approaches to mark
Visual Arts

Woodcut Printmaking on the Vandercook Proofing Press — PRI2123.02

Spring 2022
Instructor: Thorsten Dennerline
Credits: 2
Vandercook Proofing Presses were once a vital aspect of the printing industry and have been adopted widely by artists for letterpress printing and book arts. Ź College is fortunate to possess three Vandercooks, housed in the Word and Image Lab. Using type-high plywood blocks, oil-based and water-soluble inks, we will examine different approaches to mark-making: from
Visual Arts

Woodcut Printmaking on the Vandercook Proofing Press — PRI2123.02

Spring 2023
Instructor: Corinne Rhodes
Credits: 2
Vandercook Proofing Presses were once a vital aspect of the printing industry and have been adopted widely by artists for letterpress printing and book arts. Ź College is fortunate to possess three Vandercooks, housed in the Word and Image Lab. Using type-high plywood blocks, oil-based and non-toxic, water-soluble inks, we will examine different 
Visual Arts

Woodcut/Linocut Printmaking on the Vandercook Proofing Press — PRI2123.02

Spring 2025
Instructor: Corinne Rhodes
Credits: 2
Vandercook Proofing Presses were once a vital aspect of the printing industry and have been adopted widely by artists for letterpress printing and book arts. Ź College is fortunate to possess three Vandercooks, housed in the Word and Image Lab. Using type-high plywood and linoleum blocks and oil-based, non-toxic, water-soluble inks, we will examine different approaches
Visual Arts

Woodwind Chamber Ensemble — Canceled

Spring 2015
Instructor: Bruce Williamson
Credits: 2
An intensive, performance oriented exploration of the chamber music literature. Students must have significant previous instrumental training and experience. Corequisite: Must participate in Music Workshop (Tuesday, 6:30-8pm).
Music

Woodwind Workshop — MIN2235.01

Fall 2015
Instructor: Bruce Williamson
Days & Time: TBA
Credits: 2
This small group of intermediate woodwind students (flute, clarinet, oboe) will collectively work to improve technique (fingerings, articulation, breath), tone production (embouchure, mouthpiece, reeds), sight‐reading, ensemble playing (intonation and blend), and improvisation skills. Corequisite: Must attend seven Music Workshops (Tuesday, 6:30 ‐ 8pm).
Music

Word and Image Lab: Poems into Print — PRI4250.01

Fall 2015
Instructor: Thorsten Dennerline and Mark Wunderlich
Days & Time: TBA
Credits: 4
In this hybrid Literature / Visual Arts course, students will experience the full range of the poet's creative process, from the conception of the poem, to writing it, shaping and editing it, designing its printed material aspects, setting it in type, printing on the letterpresses, and producing the work in a readable, distributable form. The process will be a dialog between
Literature Visual Arts

Word Play In The Press Room — PRI4220.01

Spring 2024
Instructor: Thorsten Dennerline
Credits: 2
This class offers participants a unique chance to develop word-poem stories while simultaneously learning traditional letterpress relief printing techniques, making a distinctive multidisciplinary connection to letterforms on paper. Word play refers to the fact that we will be inventing poems spontaneously, using improvisation and therefore will become involved imaginatively
Visual Arts

Word Play In The Press Room — PRI4220.02) (cancelled 4/30/2024

Fall 2024
Instructor: Thorsten Dennerline
Credits: 2
This class offers participants a unique chance to develop word-poem stories while simultaneously learning traditional letterpress relief printing techniques, making a distinctive multidisciplinary connection to letterforms on paper. Word play refers to the fact that we will be inventing poems spontaneously, using improvisation and therefore will become involved imaginatively
Visual Arts