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- <title>
- Apr. 03, 1989: From The Publisher
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- <history>
- TIME--The Weekly Newsmagazine--1989
- Apr. 03, 1989 The College Trap
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- <article>
- <source>Time Magazine</source>
- <hdr>
- FROM THE PUBLISHER, Page 4
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- <p> Imagine a college class without tests or term papers, one in
- which students come face-to-face with some of the most talented
- people in American life. We did, not long ago, and now TIME is
- sponsoring an extraordinary lecture series at New York University's
- School of Continuing Education called "The Creative Edge."
- Organized by Richard Brown, an assistant professor of humanities,
- the program uses both film and live interviews to explore the
- creative process of six great artists: writers Arthur Miller and
- Tom Wolfe, dancer Rudolf Nureyev, composer and lyricist Stephen
- Sondheim, actress Helen Hayes and photographer Yousuf Karsh. "We
- saw this as a special opportunity," says Anne Janas, our manager
- of public affairs. "These are all people at the top of their fields
- and people TIME has written about throughout their careers."
- </p>
- <p> Our sponsorship of the N.Y.U. program is part of a
- long-standing tradition of support for education and the arts.
- Since 1935, the TIME Education Program has helped teachers put our
- magazine to use in the classroom. Three years ago, we began
- awarding $3,000 scholarships to 20 outstanding college students
- from around the country for their academic and extracurricular
- achievements. We have donated more than 1,500 original artworks
- made for TIME covers to the National Portrait Gallery in
- Washington, where they are permanently displayed.
- </p>
- <p> "The Creative Edge" struck us as an exciting way to expand our
- educational contributions. The goal of the program, says N.Y.U.'s
- Brown, has been to answer the question "What is it really like to
- create?"
- </p>
- <p> The audience that gathered last week for an evening with
- Nureyev caught a glimpse of the answer. On-screen, the dancer
- leaped and pirouetted in a dazzling 20-minute film review of his
- career. But the best was yet to come. When the lights went up,
- Nureyev strode onstage for a one-hour interview with Brown. The
- ebullient dancer talked candidly about his theatrical life, from
- his youth in the Soviet Union to his present role as artistic
- director of the Paris Opera Ballet. While performances like that
- are hard acts to follow, TIME and N.Y.U. are already plotting a
- regular series of "Creative Edge" encores for next year.
- </p>
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