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Mexico: Art and Ceremony

Spring Quarter schedule 2003

Week	Date	Activities	Due from You
1	Wednesday April 2	Introductions Explanations about syllabus, covenants Take mug shots Ann’s Lecture: The Cosmology of Ancient Mesoamerica	Begin reading Masks of Mexico: Tigers, Devils and the Dance of Life, no essay due until Saturday
1	Saturday April 5th	Film on Mexican Masks Formal Analysis Workshop Seminar on Masks of Mexico: Tigers, Devils and the Dance of Life Introduction to Maskmaking workshop-- $15 materials fee due pay for theatre tickets	Finish reading Masks of Mexico: Tigers, Devils and the Dance of Life, write response essay and bring to class Bring $15 for materials fee, $15 for theatre ticket
2	Wednesday April 9	(Marla gone) Ann’s lecture: The Virgin of Guadalupe: Mexica and Christian Goddess Workshop on Aztec poetry Continue working on your masks	Read packet of Aztec poetry, no essay due yet
3	Wednesday April 16	Ann’s lecture: Early Colonial Artwork in Mexico Choose plays for performance project Seminar on The Labyrinth of Solitude	Read Octavio Paz, The Labyrinth of Solitude, write response essay and bring to class
3	Saturday April 19	Workshop with UMO ensemble Marla’s lecture, European Theater History as it relates to Latin American Theater History Seminar on 1^st half of Theatre in Latin America, Religion, politics, and culture from Cortés to the 1980s Start rehearsals for performance project	Read 1^st half of Theatre in Latin America, Religion, politics, and culture from Cortés to the 1980s, write response essay and bring to class
4	Wednesday April 23	Seminar on 2^nd half of Theatre in Latin America To State Theatre to see El Dorado Post-play discussion	Finish reading Theatre in Latin America, write response essay and bring to class
5	Wednesday April 30	Ann’s lecture Song of the Dispossessed: The Mexican Revolution in Art Seminar on Mexican Muralists, Rivera, Orozco, Siqueiros	Begin reading Mexican Muralists, Rivera, Orozco, Siqueiros; write response essay and bring to class
5	Saturday May 3	Seminar on Mexican Muralists, Rivera, Orozco, Siqueiros Film: la Ofrenda: The Days of the Dead in Mexico 2^nd Maskmaking Workshop	Continue reading Mexican Muralists, Rivera, Orozco, Siqueiros, write response essay and bring to class
6	Wednesday May 7	Liberal Arts Forum, Plato lecture	Finish reading Mexican Muralists, Rivera, Orozco, Siqueiros
7	Wednesday May 14	Ann’s lecture, Frida Kahlo: Masking Identity Seminar on Aztecs, Moors, and Christians: Festivals of Reconquest in Mexico Continue working on 2^nd mask	Begin reading Aztecs, Moors, and Christians: Festivals of Reconquest in Mexico, (Parts 1, 2 and 3 to p.116) write response essay and bring to class
7	Saturday May 17	Pastorella film (2 hrs.) Improvisational theater workshop using masks and based on reading in Aztecs, Moors, and Christians: Festivals of Reconquest in Mexico Rehearsal for performance project	Finish reading Aztecs, Moors, and Christians: Festivals of Reconquest in Mexico, (Part 4, 5 and 6) write response essay and bring to class
8	Wednesday May 21	Ann’s lecture, Chicano Art: La Frontera Share final exam Rehearsal for performance project	Complete take-home final exam
9	Wednesday May 28	Ann’s lecture: Contemporary Mexican Art Final Rehearsal	Work on plays and complete portfolio Bring masks, costumes, props for plays
9	Saturday May 31	Performances	Portfolios due
10	Wednesday June 4	Potluck/closure	Food to share

Attendance and missed work: YOU MUST CALL YOUR SEMINAR LEADER if you must be absent from class. Much of the program's work requires your attendance and cannot be adequately made up and therefore you will lose credit if you do not have excellent attendance. If you must miss class, it is your responsibility to find out what you missed from your fellow students.

Portfolio: Your self-evaluation and all your written work should be submitted in a folder on the last day of class.

Requirements for full credit: Excellent attendance, active participation in all class activities, adherence to the program covenant, submission of a complete portfolio, completion of a self-evaluation and a faculty evaluation, and participation in an evaluation conference.

Listserve: Important announcements and other information will be distributed on the program listserve. You must join the listserve by Friday, April 5^th. To join, send an email message to join-MexicoArt@lists.evergreen.edu

Contact Marla if you have any problems joining the list.

Theater Field Trip: We will be attending the performance of El Dorado at the State Theatre, 204 E 4^th Avenue in downtown Olympia, on Wednesday evening April 23^rd. You must pay $15 for your theatre ticket on Saturday, April 5^th.