Spring 2022 Courses / Visual and Performing Arts
The courses listed below, all in the general area of visual and performing arts, are currently offered by the Quest Lifelong Learning Community. Click on a title to view the related course page.
ACTING WORKSHOP
Coordinators: Roy Clary, John Spiegel
The class will continue with exercises and improvisations. Members will also work on monologues and scenes. Emphasis will be on the importance of relationships and relating to objects to achieve a greater reality in creating a character.
ARTISTS AND THEIR WORK
Coordinators: Linda Downs, Lynnel Garabedian, Bob Reiss, Ellen Shapiro
“Artists and Their Work” is an art history course that explores the lives and work of artists throughout the world.
CLASSIC ROCK ALBUMS
Coordinators: Steve Koenig, Wayne Cotter
Each session will focus on one album by a band or solo artist and be enriched by related tracks from the band’s career or works by others that shed light on the album.
CONTEMPORARY OPERA
Coordinators: Steve Koenig, Victor Brener, Frieda Lipp
At each session, we view a different opera and engage in a lively discussion of its text, staging, medium, and historical and cultural background.
GREAT PLAYS
Coordinators: Roy Clary, Wayne Cotter, Frieda Lipp
Important American and European plays are presented. Each session begins with a brief biography of the playwright followed by a “staged reading” of the play. The audience is encouraged to share their insights.
INDIE FILMS
Coordinators: Howard Salik, Marian Friedmann, Bobbie Gold, Brenda Zusman
For Quester’s who love the movies, “Indie Films” is a perfect fit. We will ask you to recommend films, accessible in a theater or online, that you believe will stimulate a robust discussion. Coordinators will select three of those films for class discussion.
WOMEN IN GREEK DRAMA
Coordinators: Sheryl Harawitz, Mary Ann Donnelly, Donna Ramer.
Antigone, Medea, Clytemnestra, Phaedra, Electra … some of the most fascinating and memorable female characters that have endured over centuries.