Welcome to the Urban Culture course at Avila University created by Susan Lawlor and Dotty Hamilton. We travel with our students to great cities to explore art museums, engage with the architecture, study the local film and music venues, and experience the ethnic enclaves as a way to learn about the culture of urban spaces and the interaction of art and environment. It's a fun, intense learning environment.
We saw an Iranian film - Women Without Men - directed by multimedia artist Shirin Neshat. The film center always has challenging films that expose us to different aesthetic styles and the concerns of other cultures. In this case - magical realism and the political woes of Iran abound with iisues of gender and identity. Very complex. Michael and Andre - the new Siskel and Ebert?
