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Thanks, all, for a great year of working together.
Chris

StorySLAM

STORYSLAM

Everybody’s got a story. What’s yours?

What: StorySLAM

When: Friday, April 29^th 1:30 – 4:00 PM

Where: MCC 7^th Floor Lounge

Bring: Food and beverages to share, good humor, good ears, and a good story to tell.

Friday is our final meeting as a group, so we’re going to celebrate with a StorySLAM!  It will be a festive gathering and an opportunity to tell stories. Just us.

Here’s the scoop: We will put everyone’s names into a hat (or bowl or box or other receptacle), then draw them out one by one. When your name is called, you will have the stage for five minutes to tell a true story from your life on the theme of DISCOVERY. Your story can be inspirational, funny, sad, revealing, sentimental, exhilarating, painful, provocative, rueful, optimistic, bitter, or snarky . . . as you choose. But it must be true, it must be from your life, and it must be no longer than five minutes.

Here’s a loophole: If you do not want to tell a story, you may perform a song that you’ve written, recite a poem that you’ve written, or share a piece of visual art that you’ve created. Your work. On the theme of DISCOVERY. Five minutes to present.

Reflect: Consider the theme. Think of a true story from your life that relates to the theme.

Create: Conjure, channel, craft, and compose your story on the theme.

Shape: Write down an outline of your story. Give yourself a beginning, middle, and end.

Practice! Practice your story so you can remember it without the benefits of paper. Then practice it so you can keep it down to five minutes. Tell it to your plants but know that they are a tough audience. Revise. Rework. Curse your plants for not believing in you! Revamp. Finesse. Shave off another minute. Try again. Voila! Forgive your plants. Indeed, they helped you see the light.

Have fun. That’s an order!

Final Conferences

Monday, May 2

4:30     Allison Combs

4:40     Kevin Lavitt

4:50     Jessica Muljadi

5:00     Cassandra Richcreek

5:10     MacKenzie Sage

5:20     Chelsea Snowden-Smith

5:30     Jeremy Evans

Wednesday, May 4

4:30     Amie Christensen

4:40     Michael Eber

4:50     Xitlalic Hernandez

5:00     Taurean Johnson

5:10     Robert Lucy

5:20     Claire Mitchell

5:30     Will Story

5:40     Josh Thorsen

This Week in the Artist in Place

Monday, April 25 4:30-5:50 PM
Reflection
Your preparation: Please read "The Last Class" (pp. 225-237) in Bird by Bird by Anne Lamott. Revise Paper #5 (your manifesto) and bring two clean, typed, double-spaced copies with you to class. (Detailed instructions are in your course reader.)

Wednesday, April 27 4:30-5:50 PM
Looking Forward
Your preparation: Portfolios Due. No exceptions.

Friday, April 29 1:30-4:20 PM
TBA

Zebra head

Zebra head!

Where’s Home? | Metropolis Magazine

A terrific article by Cornish faculty member Natalia Ilyin:

Where’s Home? Metropolis Magazine

This Week

Monday, April 4 4:30-5:50 PM
Work Session: Proofread & Correct the Copy
Your preparation: Please your latest draft of Paper #4 with you to class.

Wednesday, April 6 4:30-5:50 PM
Seminar: "The Ballad of Paul Nonetheless"
Your preparation: Read "The Ballad of Paul Nonetheless" in War Dances by Sherman Alexie. Complete Seminar Preparation #9. (Detailed instructions are in the course reader.)

Friday, April 8 1:30-4:20 PM
Work Session: Assemble the Book
Your preparation: Correct all book copy and bring it with you to class (typed, double-spaced). * Email all book images and copy--clean and corrected--to Chris at csumption@cornish.edu. No exceptions.

Sherman Alexie

Get ready to talk about "The Senator's Son" by Sherman Alexie.

This week . . .

Monday, March 21
4:30-5:50 PM

Work Session: The Artist Profile

Your preparation: Please bring a copy of Paper #4 with you to class.

Wednesday, March 23
4:30-5:50 PM

Seminar: "The Wheel Turns:

Your preparation: Read "The Wheel Turns" in Skid Road by Murray Morgan. Complete Seminar Preparation #7. (Detailed instructions are in the course reader.)

Friday, March 25
1:30-4:20 PM

Work Session: Curate the Contents

Your preparation: Read chapter 48 "Documentation" in The Norton Field Guide to Writing. Revise Paper #4 and bring two clean, typed, double-spaced copies with you to class. Also, bring all the images you have so far for your chapter of the book.

The Arts | Catherine Cabeen leads 'highly opinionated' Friday-night SAM tour | Seattle Times Newspaper

The Arts Catherine Cabeen leads 'highly opinionated' Friday-night SAM tour Seattle Times Newspaper

Check this out

Taylor Mali on how we speak . . .

French Street Artist JR - TED Talk - Use Art to Turn the World Inside Out

Seattle General Strike of 1919

Excerpt from the film "Witness to Revolution: The Story of Anna Louise Strong" focussing on the General Strike of 1919.

"State of the Arts Seattle" Feb 22 Talk



Macklemore: THE TOWN

Friday, February 11

Please note that on Friday, class will meet at Seattle Unity, located across from Denny Park at 200 8th Avenue North. You will be seeing a film called AMERICA THE BEAUTIFUL, and a discussion will follow.

In order to prepare, please read the material that was emailed to you (or visit www.cornish.com/library and click on the document at the bottom of the page). Also, consider the following questions:

• How do you know when something/someone is sexy?
• How does social pressure inform your art?
• Is it important to be accepted? What compromises might you make in order to be accepted?

Ultra Violet Uforia

http://www.ultravioletuforia.com/

located out of seattle, but comes frequently

Julian Priester Research Pages

http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/article.php?id=1006


- Were you hesitant about leaving Chicago?
- What was running through your mind at your first show in NYC
- What do find most freeing about spontaneous jazz composition?
- How has working with numerous artists influenced your style/take on music?
- Is there any ONE person that helped launch you into your music career?
- Did you ever think of quitting music?
- Do you feel that going to australia may have taken some opportunities from you that you would not have gained otherwise? If not why?
- Did you ever play solo, or have you always been with the same amounts of people?
- Do you prefer big bands or smaller groups?
- Do you enjoy leading or accompanying more?
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Jazz trombone

Deep End Dance

80's - At the same time, he moved to Seattle and took a teaching post at Cornish College. Of his teaching position, Priester says, “I have the best of both worlds.” He now had the means to settle down and focus on his pursuit of creativity, without sacrificing the performance opportunities available to him worldwide.

He became a member of Dave Holland’s quintet playing a groundbreaking brand of jazz.

Love, Love (1974) and Polarization (1977), for ECM.

This led to more recording with Roach’s ensemble, which most notably included, We Insist! Freedom Now Suite. This recording was an epiphany for Priester. He’d been playing jazz out of his passion for the music, but now witnessed the power of art to affect society’s conscience.
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Monday, January 31

Remember that you've got some prep to do for Monday's class:

• Read "Shitty First Drafts" and "Looking Around" in Bird by Bird.
• Read Chapter 11 "Annotated Bibliographies" in The Norton Field Guide to Writing.
• Revise Paper #1 and bring two clean, typed, double-spaced copies with you to class.

On Wednesday, we'll seminar "Mary Kenworthy and the Railroads" and "Fire" in Skid Road.