Project Group, Fall 2010: MONEY -- WHO NEED$ IT?

At the beginning of every semester, Gotham Academy conducts a school-wide investigation of a single topic, with small groups looking deeply at various aspects of the subject. For Fall 2010, our school-wide topic is Money. Our small group, titled MONEY: WHO NEED$ IT?, will examine the role of money and consumerism in our lives and will explore alternative philosophies.  

So --- do you enjoy cutting-edge art? Music? Entertainment? Is it your natural right as an American to enjoy all this for free? Is paying for these—and many other things—ruining our lives?

This project group will investigate philosophers, artists, and others who have rejected the idea of making (and spending) money. We will be looking at public art, Depression-era artists and hoboes, and people who live in communes right here in Brooklyn.

Come with us and see — what can you get for free?