RESERVED SEAT COURSES FOR FALL 2008

In addition to dozens of other courses offered during Pre-Registration (April 22 - 25th, 2008), ProArts is pleased to offer RESERVED seats in the following courses:

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BERKLEE COLLEGE OF MUSIC:

Music Business (MB-101-002X): Tuesdays, 6 - 8 (10 seats)

This course will provide a survey of the music industry, highlighting those areas where music and business intersect. The focus will be on career possibilities in the music industry, the development of business-related knowledge and skills necessary for effectively maintaining a professional music career, the vocabulary and terminology of the music industry, and the distinction between music and business at the corporate level. The course will serve both the student wishing to increase his/her understanding of common business practices related to the music industry, and the student who is considering further study of music business/management.

Interdisciplinary Arts (PS-P218-0001):- The Meeting of Music, The Visual, and The Performing Arts: Thursdays, 2 - 4 (6 seats)

This course will actively explore artistic expression through musical collaboration with artists in disciplines including: poetry, dance, painting, film, photography and performance art. Students will engage in multi-media projects integrating artistic expression as they prepare a performance for the end of the semester.

BOSTON ARCHITECTURAL COLLEGE:

Introduction to Landscape Architecture - Design and Practice(LA103): Tuesdays, Thursdays, 4 - 7 (5 seats)

This studio is a survey of aspects of landscape architectural practice and design, concentrating on site analysis as a key design process. It covers principles of site inventory, mapping programming, assessment, narratives and graphic methodologies for recording this information in a coherent way. These procedures will be applied and reiterated over a series of five sites with settings of varied complexity.

THE BOSTON CONSERVATORY:

Acting for Singers (Th315, Section 3): Tuesdays, 2 - 3:30, Fridays, 9:30 - 10:50 (12 seats)

Basic principles of truthful acting. The course  moves from foundation exercises to experience with monologues and scene work.

EMERSON COLLEGE:

History of the Media Arts - Film, Broadcasting, and Sound (VM100B): Mondays, Wednesdays, 4:00 - 5:45, Tuesdays, 6:00 - 8:00 (8 seats)

The first of a two-semester course exploring the historical development of the media arts. This course will focus on the development of the film, broadcasting, and sound recording industries until 1950, including the organization, operation, and management of media organizations. The course will investigate the relationship between economics, industrial history, and social and political systems, and the styles and techniques of specific films and broadcast programs. Special attention is given to the diversity of styles of presentation in the media.

MASSACHUSETTS COLLEGE OF ART AND DESIGN:

Digital Video for Non-Majors (FM212): Wednesdays, 3 - 8 (5 seats)

Digital Video for Non-Majors is a survey course intended to teach the fundamentals of digital video to students who have not used the medium for artistic production. Students will learn the basics of video production and post-production (shooting, lighting, sound, recording, and editing) by producing three short videos in response to specific assignments. The course will sharpen production skills and strengthen personal voices; the projects are intended to help students explore, experiment, and challenge the unique properties of the video medium and the environments in which video art is shown.

Pulp, Paper, and Book (SF184B): Thursdays, 1:30 - 6:30 (5 seats)

Pulp made into beautiful sheets of paper will be used for artists books and journals filled with imagery.  Students will explore Western papermaking techniques with Thai Kozo and Abaca fibers.  Japanese book binding, the accordion, simple side-bound books and journals for personal mark making will be emphasized.  Students will be drawing and painting with water-based pigments, hand and machine sewing, graphite inks etc.  In this class drawing skills, perception, and expression will motivated by the extraordinary qualities of paper and the book as art for visual narrative.

SCHOOL OF THE MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS, BOSTON:

Introduction to Drawing (DRW -1040-01): Thusdays, 9 -12 (6 seats)

This class will challenge students to draw and see the abstract relationships in the figure before defining human forms. Learning to see two  dimensionally (flat) simplifies the perception of form, proportion, perspective, pattern and composition....... the mystery of creating illusions  on paper made clear. The class demands an animal-like energy to see and to hunt for visual information. Working with relationships and their  abstract power can take an artist into many other areas confidently.