This is a writing workshop in which students analyze a broad range of commentary on performance and the visual arts, including dance, media, video, and photography. The workshop consists of critiques of individual student writing in class; group projects in which the class attends and writes about events; reading and analysis of national commentary and selected arts critics; in-class viewing and discussion of visual materials; and visits to galleries and performance events. This workshop is organized around journalistic and literary traditions of arts writing. This four-credit course meets for fewer in-class hours than others but requires attendance at selected arts events. This class is not open to first year students taking Writing the Essay I or II.