Instructor: Kristin Scott Office Hours: By Appointment E-Mail: Class Blog: http://nclc398.wordpress.com/ See Course Description Course Schedule: Please note that this schedule is subject to change, though you will be notified if it does. Monday, January 5th: Introduction to course / syllabus Field Trip (11:30 a.m. – 3 p.m.): Art Whino (www.artwhino.com) at the National Harbor. Vans will leave campus at 11:30 a.m. Be prepared to either bring your lunch with you or purchase something to eat at National Harbor. We will be leaving the gallery at approximately 3 p.m. to head back to campus. Wednesday, January 7th: Blog Response Assignment #1 due online by 10 a.m. We will meet in class between 10 – 11 a.m. to discuss readings, and then I’ll let you go so you can have a break and then make your way to the Arlington Arts Center. Readings: •Shulevitz, Judith. “Shock Art: Round Up the Usual Defenses,” New York Times, 19, Dec. 2008. •Tisdale, Sallie. “Is There Such a Thing as Irresponsible Art,” Cardozo Studies in Law and Literature, Vol. 8, No. 2, Boalt Hall: Law and Literature Symposium. Part 1 (Autumn - Winter, 1996), pp. 253-257. (handout) Field Trip (1 p.m. – 2:30 p.m.): Arlington Arts Center (be at AAC at 1 p.m.) - www.arlingtonartscenter.org. Please see the blog for further information; also, I will send out a trip planner via email and post on blog. / Jeffry, director of Exhibitions, to speak to our class. Friday, January 9th: Blog Response Assignment # 2 due online by 10 a.m. Readings: •Croce, Arlene. “Discussing the Undiscussable,” from Crisis in Criticism. Guest Artist (10 a.m. – 12 p.m.): Mary Coble / See class blog for more information. 1 p.m. – 3 p.m.: Class discussion of readings and guest artist Monday, January 12th: Blog Response Assignment # 3 due online by 10 a.m. Readings: •Powers, Ann. “In Defense of Nasty Art,” Bohemian.com, July 24, 1997. •Bayles, Martha. “The Shock Art Fallacy,” Atlantic Monthly, Feb1994, Vol. 273 Issue 2, p18-20. (handout) •McNaney, Joanna. “Point/Counter-Point: Art or a Bloody Shame?” Bitch Magazine, Fall 08, Issue No. 41. (handout) Class discussion & work on group project presentations Wednesday, January 14th: Group Project Presentations – all day Friday, January 16th: Trip to Hirshhorn for morning tour and gallery talk on “Strange Bodies” exhibit @ 12:30 p.m. Please see the blog for further information; also, I will send out a trip planner via email and post on blog. | 
