A workshop to introduce students to the basic techniques of videomaking. Discussions of the challenges facing Asian American artists who wish to focus on themes from their own social history. Exercises in the production of short video. A laboratory workshop in which students can use a variety of visual media, such as photography, film, painting, and drawing to express the Asian American experience. An intermediate performance workshop focusing on Asian American themes.
Course provides in-depth exercises in writing, rehearsing, and producing a public performance.
Examination of various dramatic techniques, dialogue construction and character development used in writing for the theater. Students will create an original short play or performance piece. Some pieces may be developed for staged presentation. Examination of the histories, migration patterns, ethnic identities, family dynamics, community organizations, cultures, religions, health and mental health, social service needs, political concerns, and intergroup relations of people from Hawaii, Samoa, Tonga, Guam, Fiji, and other Pacific Islands. Examination of the religious experiences of Asian and Pacific Islander Americans.