July Voting

June 3rd Meeting Results - Soggy and Delightful

Devon's sharing time:

"One Man Guy" by Rufus Wainwright

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vQQ-oo1-jBE

Stone Butch Blues:

Intersections :

• Gender
• Orientation
• Race
• Class
• Religion

Symbols:

• Desert
• Zoo
• Music
• Poetry
• Prose
• Birds
• Flowers
• Trees
• Ring/Hoop
• Colors
• Names

Look up words - Dineh = Navajo, culturally

Literature that represents us:

Pg. 23

More to come....

June 3rd Meeting Announced

The members of Beyond Black and White have slected a book to read and discuss by June 16th: Stone Butch Blues by Leslie Feinberg. - "A gift from one of the most inspiring and revolutionary voices of our time." --Emanuel Xavier, author of Americano

We'll be meeting at the South-East Corner of the City/County Building Grounds 

(West across the street from The Leonardo). June 3rd, 8pm.

Assignment: Bring a poem, song, or other media/art example that reflects your LGBTA (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Ally) experience. It can be an accurate representation, a misrepresentation, or if there isn't either a thoughtful response to why there isn't either.

May 19th Meeting - Result: Sensational

During our first meeting we focused on three pieces “Richard Corey” by Edward Arlington Robinson, “The Scream” by Edvard Munch, and Britney Spears “If You Seek Amy.”

Richard Corey

http://www.bartleby.com/104/45.html

• Personal interpretation
• Artist interpretation
• Which is more important?
• Is art independent of human experience?
• or, is art dependent on human experience?

The Scream

http://www.ece.mcgill.ca/~elotay/scream.html

• What does this painting mean?
• How does it being part of the series “Love” change the meaning?
• How does the title “The Shriek of Nature” change the meaning?
• “I was walking along a path with two friends—the sun was setting—suddenly the sky turned blood red—I paused, feeling exhausted, and leaned on the fence—there was blood and tongues of fire above the blue-black fjord and the city—my friends walked on, and I stood there trembling with anxiety—and I sensed an infinite scream passing through nature.”  How does the artists account change the meaning?

• What Makes these two pieces art?

If You Seek Amy

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FehBgQeVKFQ

• Is this art?  Why or why not?
• Is Britney an artist, or are the director, choreographer, writer, etc. the artists?
• Is Britney a medium for art?
• Is it art when view as art?
• What happens to the poem “Richard Corey” if the name is replaced with Britney Spears?