Course Schedule

2:00 pm: Arrive at Hotel

3-4 pm: Class Meeting

5:00 pm: Group Dinner, Carmine’s Italian

7:00 pm: She the People at Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company

Modan, Turf Wars, 34-46.

Walker, Most of 14th Street is Gone, ix-25.

10:00 am: Group 1–Attucks Adams Tour; Group 2–City Orientation

12:30 pm: Class Meeting, Rosenwald Room, Jefferson Building, Library of Congress

2-3 pm: US Capitol Tour

6:00 pm: Small Group Dinner; dinner for rest on own

Attucks Adams Tour: Meet Tim Wright at Howard Theater (620 T Street NW Washignton DC)

City Orientation: Get on Metro at Farragut West or North and go two stops in any direction. Explore the neighborhood around your destination stop, making a list of the following with your group: food options, recreation opportunities, cultural venues, places of interest, types of people you observe in the spaces. 

Next, walk back to the hotel and continue to note places that might be useful for your classmates to know about. If you have time, make a group trip to a supermarket, stock up on breakfast foods or snacks, and explore the neighborhood immediately surrounding the hotel.

10:00 am: Group 1–City Orientation; Group 2–Attucks Adams Tour

2:00-3:00 pm: Class meeting (Presentations for Jan. 8 and 9 sites)

4-5 pm: Meeting with Andrew Bremer, US Senator Tina Smith’s office

6:00 pm: Small Group Dinner; dinner for rest on own

Review Purdue OWL White Paper Powerpoint

Rollins, J. (2013). Arts, health and well-being across the military continuum: White paper and framing a national plan for action. Washington, DC: Americans for the Arts. (Read thoroughly pages 8-19; skim rest and analyze structure) 

Pre-Flection Blog Post Due

9:30 am-12:30 pm: Smithsonian American Art Museum with Phoebe Hillemann

2-4 pm: National Museum of Women in the Arts; short meeting with Ashley Harris, Associate Educator

6:00 pm: Small Group Dinner; dinner for rest on own

10 am-12 pm: National Museum of the American Indian (NMAI)

12:30 pm: Class Meeting at NMAI cafe

2-4 pm: NEA/NEH: 6 NEA staff from Presenting & Multidisciplinary Works, Artist Communities, Folk & Traditional Arts, Arts Education, Literature, Visual Arts, and Accessibility.

5:30 pm: Small Group Dinner; dinner for rest on own

8:00 pm: Sheltered, Theater J (post performance discussion with Jojo Ruff (Managing Director) and Chad Kinsman, Director of Patron Experience

Fusco, Coco (Fall 1991). “Shooting the Klan: An Interview with Andres Serrano.” Community Arts Network. High Performance Magazine. Archived from the original on September 13, 2009.

Honan, William. “Congressional Anger Threatens Arts Endowment’s Budget.” The New York Times. June 20, 1989.

Optional material: 

National Endowment for the Arts, US Patterns of Arts Participation, 2017 (p. 3, 11-13)

9-9:30 am: Class meeting (Presentations for Jan. 10)

10 am-12:30 pm: Library of Congress tour with Stephanie Sillo, Curator of the Rosenwald Room

2-3 pm: Arts Access panel with Betty Seigel, Diane Nutting, and Roger Ideishi @ Kennedy Center

3-4 pm: Kennedy Center tour

4-5 pm: Washington National Opera and Fundraising 101 with Kathleen Dean, Executive Assistant to the General Manager 

6:00 pm: Small Group Dinner; dinner for rest on own

9-10:30 pm: 3 New 20-minute Operas, WNO at Kennedy Center; post-show discussion

Read one of the following: 

Gotkin, Kevin. “Artistry and Activism: Building Movement for Disability Justice.” A Blade of Grass Magazine. Issue 3. 2019

Cameron, Colin. “Disability Arts: From the Social Model to the Affirmative Model.” A Blade of Grass Magazine. Issue 3. 2019

1:15-2:45 pm: Class Meeting (Presentations for Jan. 11 & 12)

3:00 pm: DuPont Underground

6:00 pm: Small Group Dinner; dinner for rest on own

Pinsky, Robert. “Culture.” Democracy, Culture and the Voice of Poetry. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 2002. 

1-1s with Alyssa (breakfast)

11:30 am-1:30 pm: National Portrait Gallery

3:30-5 pm: Workshop with Bryan Shealer, Piper Center

–debrief where we’ve been

–ways to create a vocational vision

–identify activities to support vocational vision

–networking 

5-6 pm: Class Meeting (Presentations for Jan. 13 & 14)

1-1s with Alyssa (evening)

Find and read one additional white paper from the NEA website

1-1s with Alyssa (morning)

10:30 am-12 pm: Folkways Recording Label with Meredith Holmgren

1:30-2:30 pm: Folklife Festival and DC: The Social Power of Music with Sojin Kim

5-6:30 pm: Alumni Reception at the hotel (pizza dinner provided)

1-1s with Alyssa (evening)

10 am-12 pm: Americans for the Arts with Randy Cohen, VP for Policy and Research, and Lauren Cohen, Federal Affairs and Grassroots Senior Coordinator

1-3 pm: Washington Performing Arts with Trisha Taylor (Cultural Diplomacy and Embassy Adoption Program)

7:30 pm: My Fair Lady (ASL interpreted), Kennedy Center
First Act: 92 minutes, Intermission: 15 minutes, Second Act: 71 minutes

Listen to one podcast of your choosing from the 22.33 series (produced by the Collaboratory) OR watch this video lecture from Elizabeth Corwin, Cultural Attache, US Embassy in Berlin (30 minutes)

Optional materials:

Review US Department of State’s Cultural Diplomacy website

Voynoskaya, Nastia. “Trump’s ‘Extreme Vetting’ Hurts the Arts, Discourages Cultural Exchange, Experts Say.” KQED Arts. June 25, 2019.

10-11 am: Pathways in the Arts discussion with Bryan Shealer

11 am-12 pm: Class Meeting (Presentations for Jan. 15 & 16; be prepared to share out a few ideas you have for the final projects)

4:30-5:30 pm: Folger Shakespeare Theatre with Beth Emelson

7:30 pm: Merry Wives of Windsor, Folger Shakespeare Theatre

Morning: Choose Your Own Adventure

1-2 pm: Discussion with Jamie Kasper, Executive Director, Arts Education Partnership

2-3 pm: Class meeting, WeWork 

2019 ArtScan at a Glance. Denver, CO: Arts Education Partnership, 2019.

Mullen, Jill and Kate Wolf. Engaging the Arts in the Broader Education Policy Landscape. Denver, CO: Arts Education Partnership, 2018.

FREE DAY

FREE DAY

12:30-1:45 pm: Class meeting (Presentations for Jan. 19; Military and the Arts Discussion with Ermyn King)

2:30-5:30 pm: Tour of DancePlace, KanKouran West African Dance performance

10 am-4 pm: MLK Day of Service, GWU

9:15-9:30 am: class meetings (presentations for Jan. 21)

10 am-1 pm: National Museum of African-American History and Culture

2-4 pm: Discussion with Dr. Dwandalyn Reece, NMAAHC

6-10 pm: Pipeline, Studio Theater (pre-show discussion and tour with Dramaturg Lauren Halvorsen)

9:30-10:30 am: Class meeting (presentations for Jan. 22 & 23) 

Morning and afternoon: Choose Your Own Adventure 2

4:30-5:30 pm: Discussion with Reecca Campano, Arena Stage

7:30 pm: A Thousand Splendid Suns, Arena Stage

9 am: Atlas Performing Arts with Doug Yeuell

11 am: Pilgrims Musa and Sheri in the New World, Mosaic Theater at Atlas Performing Arts

3-5 pm: National Gallery of Art

10-11:30 am: Class Meeting (Presentations for Jan. 24-26)

2-4 pm: Halcyon Arts Lab with Aisha White

Wald, Leah. “How this Founder is Connecting Millennials to Local Artists.” Forbes. Jan. 29, 2018.

10-11:30 am: Visit to Frederick Douglass house (optional)

1-4 pm: Playback Theater performance with Verbal Gymnastics (John Johnson) at Anacostia Art Center

Read the summary and one additional article from the list about the 11st Street Bridge Park that will connect the Capitol Hill and Anacostia neighborhoods

2 pm: OAS Arts of the Americas Museum

7 pm: WPA MLK Choir Concert at Kennedy Center

10 am-12 pm: Class Meeting

10-11:30 am: Final Group Reflection

12 pm: Depart from DC 

Final policy proposal/white paper due