Marta's new film, Her Magnum Opus, as you can see from the title of this entry, was screened this afternoon at Upstate Films in Rhinebeck. We met Marta and Daniel there, and Judy Linn also came to see the film, which was terrific and exists in the interstices between genres. We left the theater before Marta and Daniel. They are planning to meet us at our house. They want to see what work is going on there, and then we'll go out to dinner. See the same date in the Visitors section of this site, as well as the previous two entries.]]> John Yau curated the exhibition "Art of the Book" at the Woodstock Artist Association. He asked both Catherine (Murphy) and I if we had work that was in some way related to the book, and if so, would we like to be included in this exhibition. We both said yes. I had a drawing that I did in a catalog from a show at the Philadelphia Print Club from 1990, where I drew a weave over a reproduction of a print of mine, and on the other page a print of Terry Winters'. Catherine had two small lithographs of open books that she did when she showed with Xavier Fourcade. He had asked her to do a couple of small prints for him to send out as Christmas presents.]]> In Sculpture II yesterday, we were critiquing the works that we didn't get to on Tuesday. Elle's sculpture was near the townhouses. We were on our way back to the studio when I took this photograph.]]> Laura Newman organized a panel of four former Vassar Studio Majors. They talked about their work, time since graduation, graduate school as well as showing images of their work. A bunch of us had dinner at Formosa on Main Street in Poughkeepsie.]]> This year, the Vassar College Art Department decided to combine the end of the term party with a celebration for the publication of Molly Nesbit's and Tobias Armborst's new books. See the following six entries.,Vassar College, Holiday Party, Book Publication]]> This year, the Vassar College Art Department decided to combine the end of the term party with a celebration for the publication of Molly Nesbit's and Tobias Armborst's new books. See the previous entry and the following five entries.,Vassar College, Holiday Party, Book Publication]]> This year, the Vassar College Art Department decided to combine the end of the term party with a celebration for the publication of Molly Nesbit's and Tobias Armborst's new books. See the previous two entries and the following four entries.,Vassar College, Holiday Party, Book Publication]]> This year, the Vassar College Art Department decided to combine the end of the term party with a celebration for the publication of Molly Nesbit's and Tobias Armborst's new books. See the previous three entries and the following three entries.,Vassar College, Holiday Party, Book Publication]]> This year, the Vassar College Art Department decided to combine the end of the term party with a celebration for the publication of Molly Nesbit's and Tobias Armborst's new books. See the previous four entries and the following two entries.,Vassar College, Holiday Party, Book Publication]]> This year, the Vassar College Art Department decided to combine the end of the term party with a celebration for the publication of Molly Nesbit's and Tobias Armborst's new books. See the previous five entries and the following entry.,Vassar College, Holiday Party, Book Publication]]> This year, the Vassar College Art Department decided to combine the end of the term party with a celebration for the publication of Molly Nesbit's and Tobias Armborst's new books. See the previous six entries.,Vassar College, Holiday Party, Book Publication]]> Nick emailed to invite me to Lunch. He was having a group of people to a restaurant, as he said, as a thank you. I assume a general thank you for specific or general things. This was Nick's last term teaching at Vassar because he is retiring. We ate at Le Express Bistro in Poughkeepsie.]]> About two weeks ago, we all decided we'd go to Montreal again this year. We left at 9:30 am on Saturday morning to drive to Montreal. The plan, as usual, was to meet Billy (William Finn) and Arthur (Salvadore) at the Bear cafe in Pottersville, NY. Billy and Arthur left for Montreal from Pittsfield, MA. They left quite a bit earlier than was planned, so they wound up waiting for us at the Bear Cafe, for something like an hour. Billy had breakfast before we got there, and Arthur just had coffee. It was lunchtime for everyone. See the following three entries.]]> We arrived at the Gault Hotel at about 5 pm. Arthur (Salvadore) and Billy (William Finn) arrived ahead of us. On our way to the Pont Champagne, we missed an exit and had to get back on the rather treacherous highway. It was snowing heavily, so it was hard to see where we were going. We got back on track in about 20 minutes. After settling in at the hotel, we headed out to dinner. We went to the Park Japanese Restaurant. I had read about it online. We got there about the time of our reservation (about 6:45pm). The restaurant was quite full with lots of well dressed young people. The design of the restaurant was awful. It looked fine, but the arrangement of the tables left no room to walk to your table without excusing yourself or bumping into the backs of chairs. The food was quite good, but we wouldn't go back here because of how uncomfortable the spatial arrangements were. See the previous entry and the following two entries.]]> Every time we go to Montreal, we have Christmas dinner at Milosh. See the previous two entries and the following entry.]]> Breakfast at Hotel Gault. See the previous three entries.]]> Carole Maso has a residency at the American Academy in Berlin and will be leaving soon to stay in Berlin for about 6 months. Louis Asekoff and Louise Kalin had a going away party for Carole.]]> A New Years Eve party at the home of David Kirkpatrick and Elena Sisto thrown by David and Elena, as well as by Lisa Corinne Davis and Jonathan Gould. The list below was provided to me by David (Kirkpatrick). I am pretty sure David and Elena and three people who spent the night at their house worked on the names together during breakfast on the 1st. nnAnnotated New Year's Eve Party video for Roseman, Harry, 1/1/18nnAt the home of David Kirkpatrick and Elena Sisto, Rhinebeck, NY, 10:20pm, 12/31/17:nnFrom the beginning, sequentially in video:nnJudy Pfaff - sculptor, brought two dishes, left early / nMelissa Meyer - abstract painter, stayed over, helped with party / nJohn (J.T.) Compton - writer, screenwriter, lives in Rhinebeck, brought vegan food / nKeely Henderson - J.T.'s wife, works for Columbia U. Engineering School, made vegan cookies / nMara Held - painter, lives across river, brought delicious cookies / nJason Karolak - painter, lives in Brooklyn, stayed over with... / nAlison Hall - painter, helped cook breakfast the following morning /nStanley Allen - architect, teaches at Princeton, married to Polly A. /nJim Holl - painter, married to Susan W., brought book he wrote and illustrated / nDavid Kirkpatrick - technology journalist, founder or Techonomy Media, studied painting /nBen Chu - doctor, administrator of massive medical systems (NYHH Corp.), now consulting /nZach Snow - lawyer, political activist, lives half a mile away, with Judy F. /nDavid Bemis - filmmaker (winning prizes for recent work), married to... /nLisa Hoke - sculptor, brought candied pecans, embarking on giant installation in Torino / nDonna Moylan - painter (recently both abstract and figurative), married to Ben C. / nJulie Evans - painter (influenced much by Indian painting), lives in Hudson / nCharlie Godfrey - former Poughkeepsie detective, now farmer raises pigs, chickens, beef / nJuergen Temme - lives two doors down, professor at CIA, amazing pastry chef & baker / nJudy Fox - sculptor, elegant clay renderings of figures / nLisa Davis - painter, longtime professor at Hunter College, co-host of party / nJonathan Gould - with Lisa, music critic, just published Otis Redding: An Unfinished Life / nStephen Westfall - abstract painter and art critic, professor at Rutgers, bon vivant, stayed over / nPolly Apfelbaum - sculptor, installation artist and colorist, married to Stan A. / nSusan Wides - photographer and curator of T Space in Rhinebeck, married to Jim H. / n(Melissa Meyer again, then panning right) / nKim Godfrey - nurse and sharpshooter with crossbow and rifle, also farmer next door / nElena Sisto - painter, host, made amazing pork roast / nCatherine Murphy - painter, with videographer Roseman, himself invisible behind iPad]]> Since Elisabeth needed to be Poughkeepsie she dropped off a large container of blueberries from Ralph's (Arlyck) garden.]]> I went into the restaurant to pick up some takeout and ran into them there (Grunwald Family)]]> While shopping at Adams I bumped in Andrew and his family. Andrew works at computer instructional services at Vassar College]]> See next seven entries.]]> See the previous entry and the following six entries.]]> See the previous two entries and the following five entries.]]> See the previous three entries and the following four entries.]]> See the previous four entries and the following three entries.]]> See the previous five entries and the following two entries.]]> See the previous six entries and the following entry.]]> See the previous seven entries.]]> Cappy Hill had a reception at her house in honor of Peter Stillman's retirement. See the following two entries.]]> Cappy Hill had a reception at her house in honor of Peter Stillman's retirement. See the previous entry and the following entry.]]> Cappy Hill had a reception at her house in honor of Peter Stillman's retirement. See the previous two entries.]]> Bi-Monthly Critique at Vassar College.]]> Opening for a student drawing show at Palmer Gallery, Vassar College. See the previous entry.]]> Opening for a student drawing show at Palmer Gallery, Vassar College. See the following entry.]]> Marta Renzi emailed us to ask if we wanted to go see a dance performance by the choreographer John Jasperse at Bard College. They got the tickets and we arranged to meet at The Corner for dinner. This is the restaurant and hotel that was bought and redesigned by Brice and Helen Marden about 3 or 4 years ago. We had dinner there not long after it opened and were disappointed by the food. The food last night was quite good. We were pleasantly surprised. We went to dinner quite early, at 5:30PM, so we could get to the performance on time. We saw Marta and Daniel at Catherine's book event at Rizzoli a few weeks ago. Daniel gave Catherine Time Will Clean the Carcass Bones, Selected and New Poems by Lucia Perillo. The work of John Jasperse's that we saw was "Within Between". We all were taken with it. See the following entry.]]> Dancers from the John Jasperse Show at Bard. See the previous entry.]]> I couldn't think of what I wanted to do for my birthday and kept putting it off. On Sunday, I decided that at least Cathy and I should go out to dinner. Then I remembered that Christina Tenaglia would be at school putting up the sculpture show (can go into her taking my place). So then I invited Ralph and Elisabeth Cardonne Arlyck and Peter and Shawn (Shawn couldn't come), and Judy Dollenmeyer and Barbara Page. Formosa on Main Street in Poughkeepsie was my first choice, but they were closed on Tuesdays. I found Le Express on the internet, and it looked possibly promising, so we all went there. It was very good, and we will be going there again in the future. I had a good evening. I also couldn't think of what I wanted for a present. For the longest time, I have been thinking about getting a drone. I would use the drone would for taking group photographs. So, I am still thinking about that possibility. Hobby House in Poughkeepsie has a sign in the window that says, "Dronerama." Anyway, I may go there to look at them. See the following two entries.]]> I couldn't think of what I wanted to do for my birthday and kept putting it off. On Sunday, I decided that at least Cathy and I should go out to dinner. Then I remembered that Christina Tenaglia would be at school putting up the sculpture show (can go into her taking my place). So then I invited Ralph and Elisabeth Cardonne Arlyck and Peter and Shawn (Shawn couldn't come), and Judy Dollenmeyer and Barbara Page. Formosa on Main Street in Poughkeepsie was my first choice, but they were closed on Tuesdays. I found Le Express on the internet, and it looked possibly promising, so we all went there. It was very good, and we will be going there again in the future. I had a good evening. I also couldn't think of what I wanted for a present. For the longest time, I have been thinking about getting a drone. I would use the drone would for taking group photographs. So, I am still thinking about that possibility. Hobby House in Poughkeepsie has a sign in the window that says, "Dronerama." Anyway, I may go there to look at them. See the previous and the following entry.]]> I couldn't think of what I wanted to do for my birthday and kept putting it off. On Sunday, I decided that at least Cathy and I should go out to dinner. Then I remembered that Christina Tenaglia would be at school putting up the sculpture show (can go into her taking my place). So then I invited Ralph and Elisabeth Cardonne Arlyck and Peter and Shawn (Shawn couldn't come), and Judy Dollenmeyer and Barbara Page. Formosa on Main Street in Poughkeepsie was my first choice, but they were closed on Tuesdays. I found Le Express on the internet, and it looked possibly promising, so we all went there. It was very good, and we will be going there again in the future. I had a good evening. I also couldn't think of what I wanted for a present. For the longest time, I have been thinking about getting a drone. I would use the drone would for taking group photographs. So, I am still thinking about that possibility. Hobby House in Poughkeepsie has a sign in the window that says, "Dronerama." Anyway, I may go there to look at them. See the previous two entries.]]>