Course Schedule and Assignments

Tipi bag, Lakota/ Teton Sioux, Native American, ca. 1890, Public Domain Image, courtesy of the Met Museum

Important Note: Refer to the course calendar for specific meeting dates and times. Activity and assignment details will be explained in detail within each week's corresponding learning module. Readings are available on Manifold and must be read before class.

Week 1, September 9^th

Topic: Introduction to the Course!

Assignments:

• Sign up for a Manifold Reader Account and Create an Introduction Post
• Sign up for our reading group

• Sign up for a week to present formal analysis assignment, Due Date: Due Friday Sept 20

Week 2, September 16

Topic: Native American Art

Readings (Before Class, Posted on Manifold):

• Native American Art: https://smarthistory.org/americas-before-1900/north-america-c-1500-1900/native-n-am-art-after-1500/native-am-nw-coast/
• The White Cloud, Head Chief of the Iowas: https://smarthistory.org/catlin-the-white-cloud-head-chief-of-the-iowas/

Assignments:

• Sign up for a Manifold Reader Account and Create an Introduction Post
• Sign up for a week to present formal analysis assignmentDue Date: Due Friday Sept 20

Week 3, September 23

Topic: Navajo Dolls and Sand Paintings

• Navajo Dolls: https://americanindian.si.edu/sites/1/files/pdf/education/SiYC_Dolls.pdf (pg. 7-9)
• An Art of Healing: Navajo Sandpainting: https://theojac.org/blog/2020/11/23/an-art-of-healing-navajo-sandpainting
• We Shall Remain: Sand Painting: https://www.pbs.org/video/kued-documentaries-we-shall-remain-sand-painting/ (Watch)
• (Optional) Together We Lift The Sky: yəhaw̓ and Black-Indigenous Artists Advance Social Justice, https://www.americanindianmagazine.org/story/together-we-lift-the-sky

• Annotation Reading Response, Due Date: Due Friday September 27th

Week 4, September 30

Topic: Hudson River School

Readings (Before Class, Posted on Manifold):

• The Oxbow: https://smarthistory.org/seeing-america-2/the-oxbow-sa/ (Watch and Read)
• Church, Niagara, and Heart of the Andes: https://smarthistory.org/church-niagara-and-heart-of-the-andes/
• Thomas Cole Environmentalist: https://smarthistory.org/seeing-america-2/thomas-cole-environmentalist-2/
• Hudson River School: https://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/hurs/hd_hurs.htm

Week 5, October 7

Topic: Alfred Stieglitz, 291

• Alfred Stieglitz: The Steerage: https://smarthistory.org/seeing-america-2/alfred-stieglitz-steerage-sa/
• Florine Stettheimer: Portrait of Alfred Stieglitz: https://smarthistory.org/florine-stettheimer-portrait-of-alfred-stieglitz/

Assignments:

• Annotation Reading Response, Due Friday October 11th

Week 6, October 14

Indigenous People's Day, no class

Week 6, Tuesday, October 15

Topic: Ashcan School of Painting

Readings (Before Class, Posted on Manifold):

• The Ashcan School: An Introduction: https://smarthistory.org/the-ashcan-school-an-introduction/
• Ashcan School: https://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/ashc/hd_ashc.htm

Week 7, October 21

Topic: American Realism

• The Gross Clinic: https://smarthistory.org/eakins-the-gross-clinic/ (Watch and Read)
• Winslow Homer: The Fog Warning or Halibut Fishing: https://smarthistory.org/winslow-homer-the-fog-warning-or-halibut-fishing/ (Watch)
• John Brown: https://smarthistory.org/hovenden-john-brown/ (Watch)

Week 8, October 28

Topic: New York Dada

• Introduction to Dada: https://smarthistory.org/introduction-to-dada/
• Dada Readymades: https://smarthistory.org/dada-readymades/

Assignments:

• Annotation Reading Response on Manifold, Due Friday November 1st

Week 9, November 4

Topic: Precisionism

• I Saw the Figure 5 in Gold: https://smarthistory.org/charles-demuth-i-saw-the-figure-5-in-gold/
• Precisionism: https://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/prec/hd_prec.htm

Week 10, November 11

Topic: Regionalism, Social Realism

• American Gothic: https://smarthistory.org/grant-wood-american-gothic/
• Parson Weems’ Fable: https://smarthistory.org/parson-weems-fable/
• The Passion of Sacco and Vanzetti: https://smarthistory.org/ben-shahn-the-passion-of-sacco-and-vanzetti/
• Factory Workers: https://smarthistory.org/romare-bearden-factory-workers/

Assignments:

• Annotation Reading Response on Manifold, Due Date: Friday November 15th

Week 11, November 18

Topic: WPA Projects

• WPA Art Collection: https://home.treasury.gov/about/history/collection/paintings/wpa-art-collection
• WPA Posters: https://www.loc.gov/collections/works-progress-administration-posters/about-this-collection/
• WPA Photograph Collection: https://digital.library.sc.edu/collections/wpa-photograph-collection/

Week 12, November 25

Topic: American Abstraction

• Abstract Expressionism: http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/abex/hd_abex.htm by Paul Stella
• Lee Krasner: Untitled: https://smarthistory.org/hartley-officer/ by Dr. Thomas Folland

• Annotation Reading Response on Manifold, Due Date: Friday November 29th

Week 13, December 2

Topic: Harlem Renaissance

• The Migration Series: https://smarthistory.org/jacob-lawrence-the-migration-series/ by Jacob Lawrence
• Aspiration: https://smarthistory.org/aaron-douglas-aspiration/ by Aaron Douglas
• Self Portrait II, 1944: https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/482605 by Horace Pippin

Week 14, December 9

Topic: Class Review – Attendance Required

• Final Exhibition Paper Review – Attendance Required

Week 15, December 16

Topic: No Class, work on your finals due today. No late submissions will be accepted.

• Exhibition Review Due today by 11:59pm. No late submissions will be accepted. Due Date: Dec 16 EOD (11:59pm) to my email.