Request for a DVC Series on the Arts

UNCLAS AMMAN 000878

SIPDIS

IIP/G/NEA (BDURANT); (CBOURGEOIS, DMACINNES, JGAFFNEY);
NEA/ARN

E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: OIIP OEXC SCUL JO
SUBJECT: Request for a DVC Series on the Arts

REF: AMMAN 05768


1. Summary: Post would like to request IIP's support in
organizing a new series of DVCs on the Arts for FY 2003.
The series will be conducted in coordination with the newly
established College of Arts and Design at the University of
Jordan and will serve to educate and introduce the students
at the college to alternative approaches to music, visual
art and theater. The initiation of the college is a
milestone for the exchange of ideas and culture between
Jordan and the U.S. and will broaden Post's contact with
youth and the next generation of Jordanian artists and
musicians.


2. PAS recommends the DVC series consist of eight programs
to be covered in two months, a program every two weeks. The
university has already selected speakers for five of the
eight programs, the contact information of which is below.
Each DVC will last 75 minutes and will be conducted at the
University of Jordan.


3. Our recommendation of a theme, speaker and timing for the
four programs is as follows:

Theatre - Name: Dr. Jessica Haigney; Address: 102 Lindley
Hall, Ohio University, Athens, OH 45701; Tel: (614) 593-
7863, (614) 593-1314; Date: Wednesday, March 5, 2003, 1500
GMT

Medieval Music - Name: Dr. Robert Wortman; Address: 103
Lindley Hall, Ohio University, Athens, OH 45701; Tel: (614)
593-1315, (614) 593-1314; Date: Wednesday, March 19, 2003,
1500 GMT.

Sculpture (Globalization and Modern Sculpture) - Name: Dr.
Howard Woody; Address: Art Department, University of South
Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina 29208; Tel: (803) 772-
8827; Date: Wednesday, April 2, 2003, 1500 GMT.

Aesthetics 1 - Name: Dr. Gene Blocker; Address: Gordy Hall,
Philosophy Department, Ohio University, Athens, OH 45701;
Tel: (614) 448-7297, (614) 593-4588; Date: Wednesday, April
16, 2003, 1500 GMT.

Aesthetics 2 - Name: Dr. James Stewart, Associate Dean;
Address: College of Fine Arts, Jennings House, Ohio
University, Athens, OH 45701; Tel: (614) 592-4951, (614) 593-
1808; Date: Wednesday, April 30, 2003, 1500 GMT.


4. The last three programs of the series for which we
request IIP's assistance in securing guest speakers, fall
under the title the History of Music. The themes and
proposed dates for the programs are as follows:

Baroque Music - Bach and Handel; Date: Wednesday, May 7,
2003, 1500 GMT.

Classical and Romantic Periods - Mozart, Beethoven and
Tchaikovsky; Date: Wednesday, May 21, 2003, 1500 GMT.

The Modern Period - Stravinsky, Korsakov, Skriabin and O.
Messian Date: Monday, June 2, 2003, 1500 GMT.


5. The control officer for this program will be CAO Donna
Winton, Tel: 962-6-592-0101, Ext. 2620; Fax: 962-6-592-0121.
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