Friday PM   

Beginner and beyond basic steps and combinations with terms and music (counting) notation. Simple and longer routines. Lots of movie clips for inspiration.

Repeat in-person course. Format includes film and movement.

RECOMMENDED MATERIALS: Tap shoes, or hard sole and heeled shoes for making rhythmic sounds

In what ways were Cézanne’s paintings “revolutionary,” “avant-garde,” and even the work of a “genius,” the Father of Modern Art? This course will aim to explore that question by using images, lecture, and discussion. We will review Cézanne’s paintings and watercolors by looking closely at Cézanne’s portraits, still-lives, and landscapes, with an eye on Cézanne’s own words: “Painting is Optics.” The course will include discussions of Modernism, Cubism, and Abstraction.
New in-person course. Format includes lecture and discussion.

SUGGESTED BOOKS: Studio Seeing: A Practical Guide to Drawing, Painting, and Perception, Michael Torlen, ISBN 9781789387896; Cézanne’s’ Doubt, Merleau-Ponty, available for free online at tfreeman.net/resources/Phil-330/Cezanne’s-Doubt.pdf; The Moment of Cubism, John Berger, ISBN 9780297177098

California is more than a state—it is an idea, a dream, and a contradiction. In this course, we will journey from its earliest Indigenous cultures through Spanish, Mexican, and American rule, exploring missions, the Gold Rush, the railroad, Hollywood, and Silicon Valley. We will challenge myths, highlight overlooked voices, and examine how migration, innovation, and cultural change shaped the Golden State. We will discover what it has meant, and still means, to be Californian.