JOHN REED CLUB
The John Reed Club of New
York is at present organizing a
Writer's School, vv·i th classes to
;tart February 19th. The following
workshop courscs will be given for
a period of three months by four
noted writers, with the assistance of
guest lecturers.
Marxism and Literature
Joshua Kunitz.
Poetry- Horace Gregory.
Fiction-Edward Dahlberg.
English Prose -
Kenneth
Burke
The office is open for r rgistra–
tion every afternoon from 3 to
5
o'clock and every evening from
7
to
8:30.
There have been many requests
from writers, students and intellect–
uals for courses such as these. For
further information apply to the
John Reed Club Writers School,
second floor, 430 6th Ave., N. Y. C.
The New York John Reed Club
School of Art covers practically
every phase of art instruction:
sculpture, fresco, life class, child–
ren's class, and political cartooning.
In the two years of its existence
the school has commanded wide–
spread interest. Art students have
come to feel th at t echnical train–
ing must serve only as a preparation
for expressing ideas of social value.
The instructors are such weIl known
artists as Louis Lozowick, Reginald
Marsh, R aphael Soyer, H. Glinten–
kamp, Nikolai Cikovsky, and Rob–
ert Minor.
In addition to the excellent techni–
cal training, a series of illustrated
lectures is being given by Louis
Lozowick on "A Marxian History
of Art." These lectures are gIven
every other Wednesday.
For further information apply to
Martha Pearse, Secretary, John
Reed Club School of Art, 430 6th
Ave., New York City.
During the course of the year
the John Reed Club of New York
will issue a series of literary pamph–
lets. "Towards a Proletarian Lit–
erature" by Obed Brooks and Gran–
ville Hicks, and "Fascism and Cul–
ture" by John Straclley are sched–
uled for early publication.
The Writers Group is holding a
series of Sunday night lectures and
symposiums at the club headquarters
430 Sixth Avenue, New York City,
on literary and general cultural
problems in their relation to the
revolutionary movement. Albert
Maltz, Clifton Fadiman,
V.
J. Jer–
ome, Stephen Graves, James Burn–
ham, Joseph Freeman and a number
of other prominent speakers are
~cheduled
to address coming meet-
111gS.
The Fourth Anniversary Celebra–
tion of the founding of the John
Reed Club of New York-the first
of the John Reed Clubs in America
-will be held on March 25, 1934.
This affair will climax four years
of revolutionary activity in the
sphere of literature an dart. Lead–
ing writers and artists have been
invited to participate.
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John Reed Clubs throughout the
coun try are urged to send notes on
their activities to the Editors of
PARTISAN
REVIEW for publication
111 fu tu re issues.
