RoseLee Goldberg South African-born world authority on performance art spoke at the Gordon Institute for Performing and Creative Arts GIPCA Great Texts Big Questions lecture on 11 March Goldberg illustrious career as art historian critic curator and author has spanned almost three decades and has helped shape the public view of live performance as a visual art form Her book Performance Art from Futurism to the Present was first published in 1979 and pioneered the study of performance art even today it is considered a definitive text on the topic Career highlights include directorship of the Royal College of Art Gallery London and curator of exhibitions at The Kitchen New York the Museum of Modern Art MOMA and the Guggenheim A graduate of Wits University and the Courtauld Institute of Art London University Goldberg has taught at New York University since 1987 and lectured extensively at Yale Princeton and Tate Modern among others Born and bred in Durban Goldberg has lived and worked predominantly in the USA and is currently visiting South Africa as a judge for Spier Contemporary. Committed to initiating new directions in visual art performance and to providing a framework for its history and reception Goldberg founded Performa www.performaarts.org New York in 2004 A multidisciplinary nonprofit arts organization Performa is dedicated to exploring the critical role of live performance in the history of twentieth century art and to encouraging new directions in performance for the twenty-first century. Rob Baum Director of GIPCA is thrilled to be hosting a speaker of Goldberg stature Performance art is a discursive arts practice that descends from early 20th Century antiart models It is an overt and interactive form one that is politically vocal and publicly accessible and can change the way people perceive the world she said TodaysArt 2005Nederlands. Dans Theater image by Haags Uitburo shared under a CC BY-NC-SA 2.0 license

Excerpt from compilation program featuring the Boston Art Ensemble performing in the Say Brother studio.

National standards for arts education: What high school students should know and do in the arts.

Dance and drumming company The Art of Black Dance and Music, under the guidance of Artistic Director DiAma Battle, performs harvest dances from Guinea, Gambia, Nigeria, and Senegal, and explain the seven principles of Kwanzaa (one for each day of celebration).

This teaching packet is designed to help teachers, primarily in the upper grades, talk with their students about art produced since 1950 and some of the issues it raises. The focus is on selected works from the collection of the National Gallery of Art.This site provides a printable overview of mid to late twentieth-century art in the National Gallery's collections. Topics include abstract expressionism, pop art, minimalism, conceptualism, performance art, process art, neoexpressionist, and postmodernism.Includes teaching activities and classroom discussion ideas.

Contemporary art denotes a specific period of art starting in the 1960s that is characterized by a break from the modernist artistic canon and a desire to move away from the dominant Western cultural model, looking for inspiration in everyday and popular culture. This course focuses on Western art and culture, yet also explores a selection of contemporary art around the globe. The student will examine a variety of specific aesthetic and social issues and look at the different strategies contemporary artists proposed and used in their work. Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be able to: identify significant works of contemporary art and visual culture; describe the difference between modernist and contemporary works of art; explain the geographical shift of artistic centers from Europe (Paris) to the United States (New York), and then in the 21st century to a global spreading (Asia and Africa); define and discuss the development of contemporary art as a series of different cultural, social, and political inquiries over the past 50 years; identify and discuss multiple and vital relationships between contemporary art and such broader social and cultural issues as ideology, gender, race, or ethnicity; describe and explain a relationship between different contemporary art strategies, such as performance or installation, and their immediate social and cultural context; discuss how important contemporary artworks relate to their social and historical contexts; define contemporary art as a continuing, international artistic project; identify and define the importance of contemporary art and contemporary visual culture in today's increasingly globalized world. (Art History 408)

Boston based artists discuss the meaning of Black art. Host Jim Spruill leads a discussion among 17 Boston-based artists on what Black art is and to whom the Black artist speaks. Group assembled includes Orma Jo Flint, Steve Hussein, Hakim Jami, Bob Nellums, Joanne Robinson, Robert Ruff, Joanne Sanders, Ralf Coleman, Ali Yusef, Carolyn Fitchert, Charles Holley, Gary Rickson, Dana Chandler, Jr., Lovett Thompson, John Wilson, and Elma Lewis. Program includes stills of the work of featured painters and sculptors woven into the discussion, with featured performances by the musicians, dancers and poets. Featured performers include Ali Yusef Trio and the Negro Repertory Theatre. Produced by Ray Richardson. Directed by Stan Lathan.

This activity encourages student creativity and enhances their presentation skills while teaching about conventional and alternative transportation fuels. In this cooperative learning activity, student groups research conventional and alternative fuels and then write and perform their own rock song.

This is an exploration of visual art forms and their cultural connections for the student with little experience in the visual arts. The course includes a brief study of art history and in depth studies of the elements, media, and methods used in creative process and thought. Visual and performing arts are part of the Humanities: academic disciplines that study the human condition and, in addition to the arts, include languages, literature, law, history and religion. This course will teach students to develop a five-step system for understanding visual art in all forms based on description, analysis, meaning, context and judgment.Login: guest_oclPassword: ocl

For the singer and/or pianist interested in collaborative study of solo vocal performance. Historical study of the repertoire includes listening assignments of representative French, German, Italian, and English works as sung by noted vocal artists of the genre. Topics include diction as facilitated by the study of the International Phonetic Alphabet; performance and audition techniques; and study of body awareness and alignment through the Alexander Technique and yoga. The primary focus of this Vocal Repertoire and Performance course is placed upon the works of African American composers and concert artists. Students gather biographical data and explore art songs, operatic arias, ensembles, choral masterpieces, and arrangements employing sacred and secular texts. Additionally, students conduct inquiry into works representative of their own heritage. This course is required for vocalists in the MIT Emerson Music Performance program; others may be admitted by audition.

'Blast from the Past' with actor Julian Mayfield. Program features a discussion of the theater and the role of African Americans in the theater. Host Barbara Barrow and guests Fred Johnson (mime), Charles Turner (actor/director), and Susan Batson Ford (actor) discuss working in the theater, the pros and cons of theater work, the importance of the audience in theater, the verbal and nonverbal communication of actors, performance vs. the technical aspects of the theater, African American mime artists, and the politics of the theater. Additional segments include a performances by Fred Johnson, 'Blast From the Past' (with a 1969 interview with actor Julian Mayfield), 'Information' (with a description of homemaker services narrated by a member of the Women's Educational and Industrial Union), 'Access' (with a description of the services of the Charles Drew Family Life Center), the 'Community Calendar,' and 'Commentary' with Producer Marita Rivero. Directed by Conrad White.

Hilda Harris, a mezzo-soprano with the New York City Opera performs 'The Segadilla', an aria from the second act of Carmen by Georges Bizet, in the Say Brother studio. Musical accompaniment is provided by pianist Fredericka King.

From the Say Brother Studio, E.L. Jones performs an excerpt from The Face of Love, a one-man musical theatre piece written by Vantile Whitfield and E.L. Jones, with music and lyrics by Payton-James-Payton and Glaude.

An audio series pulled from lectures, workshops and other events for educators presented by and through the Education Department of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.

For the singer and/or pianist interested in collaborative study of solo vocal performance. Historical study of the repertoire includes listening assignments of representative French, German, Italian, and English works as sung by noted vocal artists of the genre. Topics include diction as facilitated by the study of the International Phonetic Alphabet; performance and audition techniques; and study of body awareness and alignment through the Alexander Technique and yoga.

Excerpt from the band Solar Visions performing live in Say Brother studio.

Excerpt from the in-studio performance by the reggae group Sunfire of their original tune Soka Jame. Musicians Rolly Gray (lead guitar player, vocals and band leader), Peter J. Adamson (steel drums), Jorge Marrero (drums), Joel Keel (bass guitar), Wayne Keaton (electric keyboards and vocals), and Leon Mobley (congas) perform their own compositions.

As part of the for-stage trilogy The Black Dyad, directed by playwrights Evelyn and Melvin Moore. Nia Anderson performs an excerpt from the play 'The Commitment' about whether or not people should be compelled to share feelings of devotion with one another.

This video series, from the archives of the Kennedy Center's Education Department, brings you a glimpse of the history and diversity of China's performing arts.