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Sessions: 4Class Date(s): 11-21-2023 to 12-12-2023Day(s) of the week: TuesdayTime: 2:00 PM → 3:00 PMInstructor: Laurence BrittTerm: 2023-3Location: Oasis Rochester Nazi Germany vs. Soviet Russia – 1941-1945: This course will cover the titanic struggle between Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union during World War II. The first session will cover the events leading up to the war tracing all the way back to traditional German views of “drang nach osten” and to Hitler’s racialist policies and geo-political... read more
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Sessions: 4Class Date(s): 11-21-2023 to 12-12-2023Day(s) of the week: TuesdayTime: 2:00 PM → 3:00 PMInstructor: Laurence BrittTerm: 2023-3Location: Zoom Nazi Germany vs. Soviet Russia – 1941-1945: This course will cover the titanic struggle between Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union during World War II. The first session will cover the events leading up to the war tracing all the way back to traditional German views of “drang nach osten” and to Hitler’s racialist policies and geo-political... read more
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Sessions: 4Class Date(s): 05-08-2024 to 05-29-2024Day(s) of the week: WednesdayTime: 11:00 AM → 12:30 PMInstructor: Grace Seiberling, Art HistorianTerm: 2024-2Location: Oasis Rochester Weaving, embroidery, quiltmaking and other forms of textile production have often been considered as utilitarian or domestic and, in their association with women, less prestigious than painting and other art forms. This four-session class will look at the history of textile production by women and ways in which feminist art history, (such as Rozika... read more
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Sessions: 4Class Date(s): 05-08-2024 to 05-29-2024Day(s) of the week: WednesdayTime: 11:00 AM → 12:30 PMInstructor: Grace Seiberling, Art HistorianTerm: 2024-2Location: Zoom Weaving, embroidery, quiltmaking and other forms of textile production have often been considered as utilitarian or domestic and, in their association with women, less prestigious than painting and other art forms. This four-session class will look at the history of textile production by women and ways in which feminist art history, (such as Rozika... read more
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Sessions: 3Class Date(s): 06-05-2024 to 06-19-2024Day(s) of the week: WednesdayTime: 11:00 AM → 12:30 PMInstructor: Grace Seiberling, Art HistorianTerm: 2024-2Location: Oasis Rochester In the late 19th century photographers interested in claiming photography as an art sought to distinguish themselves from the growing number of amateurs by producing distinctive works. At the same time Jacob Riis and Lewis Hine were documenting the slums of New York and child labor, using photography as a catalyst for social reform. Please register for this... read more
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Sessions: 3Class Date(s): 06-05-2024 to 06-19-2024Day(s) of the week: WednesdayTime: 11:00 AM → 12:30 PMInstructor: Grace Seiberling, Art HistorianTerm: 2024-2Location: Zoom In the late 19th century photographers interested in claiming photography as an art sought to distinguish themselves from the growing number of amateurs by producing distinctive works. At the same time Jacob Riis and Lewis Hine were documenting the slums of New York and child labor, using photography as a catalyst for social reform. Please register for... read more
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Sessions: 1Class Date(s): 08-15-2024 to 08-15-2024Day(s) of the week: ThursdayTime: 11:00 AM → 12:00 PMInstructor: Ann CunninghamTerm: 2024-2Location: Oasis Rochester Join Ann Cunningham as we discuss "Their Eyes Were Watching God" by Zora Neale Hurston. 'Their Eyes Were Watching God," an American classic, is the luminous and haunting novel about Janie Crawford, a Southern Black woman in the 1930s, whose journey from a free-spirited girl to a woman of independence and substance has inspired writers and readers for... read more
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Sessions: 1Class Date(s): 05-31-2024 to 05-31-2024Day(s) of the week: FridayTime: 1:00 PM → 2:00 PMInstructor: Term: 2024-2Location: Artisan Works Artisan Works is difficult to describe - it must be experienced. It is a 21st Century art space which features students, local artists, modern artists, realist artists, illustrators, sculptors, printers, craftsmen, the crazy and the tame, the world famous as well as unknowns. They are all there, side by side, hanging from the rafters as well as on the... read more