Working Group C: The Arts at Reed information sheet
Members: Kate Bredeson, Mark Burford, Jessica Camhi ’14, Michael Knutson (co-chair), Sandra Mintz, Luc Monnin, Peter Norton ’65, Peter Rock, Stephanie Snyder ’91, Alice Steiner ’74, Denise VanLeuven, Andrew Watson ‘14
GOAL 1: The Arts will be a core part of the Liberal Arts education at ÌÇÐÄÊÓƵ. Proposals to implement this goal are (not in priority order):
PROPOSAL 1A: Create an Arts group requirement of two units in the same discipline, satisfied by creative or performance courses in art, music, dance and theater.
PROPOSAL 1B: Include the Performing Arts in the Humanities curriculum.
PROPOSAL 1C: Establish a stand-alone Dance Major.
PROPOSAL 1D: Establish a Film & Media Studies Program.
PROPOSAL 1E: Establish an alternative track within the English Department to provide students with a defined progression of courses that would lead to a Creative Writing thesis.
PROPOSAL 1F: Add faculty positions to strengthen departments, to deal with over-enrollment and high demand for courses in Art, Creative Writing and Theatre, to support the establishment of a stand-alone Dance major, to create permanent positions in Film and Media studies, and to create a larger presence for the Arts and Creative Writing at Reed.
PROPOSAL 1G: Give academic credit for dance classes taught by Reed faculty which are currently offered for PE credit. OR, a s is currently the case for the Music department's program of private instruction and performance, allow staff-taught courses in dance technique and performance to be eligible for academic credit. Allow similar courses, taught by technique- specific specialists, to be offered by Theatre and Music.
PROPOSAL 1H: Enhance funding for bringing to campus professionals in the Arts and Creative Writing.
PROPOSAL 1J: Increase staff positions in dance, theatre and music. Proposal 1K: In order to fully support the Theatre department's curricular program, increase their performance production budget to reflect current costs.
PROPOSAL 1L: Plan for and fund the on-going operation of the new Performing Arts Building including:
- Provide appropriate staffing;
- Establish scheduling priorities; and
- Create a master calendar of events on campus.
GOAL 2: The Arts facilities at Reed will support a range of artistic endeavors including teaching text-based and applied arts courses, research, creation of works of art, and presenting performances and art exhibitions. Proposals to implement this goal are (not in priority order):
PROPOSAL 2A: Build an addition to the Studio Art Building, that would house a Center for the Book, for the production and study of bookmaking and printmaking; a larger digital media lab; an additional seminar/projection classroom, an additional gallery space for thesis exhibits and critiques.
PROPOSAL 2B: Build a pedagogically dynamic, modestly-sized teaching museum in order to expand, house, care-for, and academically integrate the ÌÇÐÄÊÓƵ Art Collection into the curriculum. The museum would absorb the Cooley Gallery’s temporary exhibition program, allowing the ÌÇÐÄÊÓƵ Library to repurpose the Cooley’s climate-controlled space as a Special Collections study facility.
PROPOSAL 2C: Build a 450- to 500-seat Performance Theatre, planned as Phase II of the Performing Arts Building.
PROPOSAL 2D: Create a Center for Writers including gathering space, appropriate classrooms, faculty offices, and a library.