Courses – Fall 2022 / Visual and Performing Arts
The courses listed below, in the general area of visual and performing arts, are currently offered at Quest.
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ACTING WORKSHOP
Coordinators: Roy Clary, John Spiegel
The class includes exercises and improvisations. Members also work on monologues and scenes. Emphasis is 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 focuses on one album by a band or solo artist and is enriched by related tracks from the band’s career or works by others that shed light on the album.
COMEDY & SATIRE
Coordinators: Wayne Cotter, Leslie Goldman, Michael Wellner
Here we explore why, when, and how we laugh.
CONTEMPORARY OPERA
Coordinators: Steve Koenig, Frieda Lipp, Victor Brener
At each session, we view a different opera and engage in a lively discussion of the text, staging, medium and score.
CREATIVE WORKSHOP
Coordinators: Mary Ann Donnelly, Beth Callender
Whether you think of yourself as creative or not, these interactive classes will help unlock abilities you may not have known you had.
FOLK MUSIC
Coordinators: Bob Gottfried, Ellen Gottfried
We look at folk music in the USA through the songs of folk singers.
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 Questers who love movies, “Indie Films” is a perfect fit. If you’ve seen a movie that is worthy of class discussion, email us with details.
ORAL INTERPRETATION OF POETRY
Coordinators: Art Spar, Roy Clary, Mary Ann Donnelly, Sheryl Harawitz
In a fun, creative, and supportive environment, poetry will come alive as participants read it aloud and interpret it. Class leaders will introduce an engaging list of poets.