The Studio Senior Majors had their exhibiton in an unrented floor in an office building owned by Eitan Dor in downtown Poughkeepsie. Eitan is a friend of Peter Charlap's and has genrously loaned us the space. See the previous five entries and the following five entries.]]> The Senior Studio Majors had their exhibition in an unrented floor in an office building owned by Eitan Dor in downtown Poughkeepsie. Eitan is a friend of Peter Charlap's who generously loans us the space. Daniel is actually a Neuroscience and Behavior major. By the time he realized he would have wanted to be a studio major it was too late to get the requirement done before he graduated. Daniel took many studio art courses and came to the studio critiques. The majors were pleased to have Daniel take part in the exhibition. He is the first non-major to take part in the senior show. This summer he is taking part in a sculpture program at Virginia Commonwealth University. The Feinberg Family. See the previous four entries and the following six entries.]]> The Halfpenny Family. The Senior Studio Majors had their exhibition in an unrented floor in an office building owned by Eitan Dor in downtown Poughkeepsie. Eitan is a friend of Peter Charlap's and very generously loans us the space. See the previous three entries and the following seven entries.]]> The Senior Studio Majors had their exhibition in an unrented floor in an office building owned by Eitan Dor in downtown Poughkeepsie. Eitan is a friend of Peter Charlap's and very generously loans us the space. See the previous two entries and the following eight entries.]]> The Hagen Newman Family. The Studio Senior Majors had their exhibition in an unrented floor in an office building owned by Eitan Dor in downtown Poughkeepsie. Eitan is a friend of Peter Charlap's and very generously loans us the space. See the previous entry and the following nine entries.]]> The Studio Senior Majors had their exhibition in an unrented floor in an office building owned by Eitan Dor in downtown Poughkeepsie. Eitan is a friend of Peter Charlap's Sand very generously loans us the space. See the following ten entries.]]> The Gambhir Family. After the awards ceremony at Vassar College. Rishad received a number of awards, some in Art History and one in Economics. He has also been awarded a two-week residency at Catwalk, in Catskill, NY]]> Jacqueline was sitting behind me at the awards ceremony at Vassar College. She had graduated from Vassar in Art History in about 1984 or 5. Jessie had gotten two history awards. Erica told me her mother worked in the art department many years before (the 1950s?) and that the historians at that time were very disdainful of living artists. As some were in in the eighties when we, Peter Charlap and myself, formed the studio major.]]> We went to Fosters for dinner and then to Upstate films, next door, to see Tyson.]]> We were downtown Poughkeepsie at the senior studio majors' exhibition.]]> This was an event at Bard College to inaugurate, present speakers and have a forum for an exhange of ideas in and about a new sculpture/place by Olafur Eliasson. The title of the work is the Parliament of Reality. See the previous twenty entries.]]> On my way out. The dedication ceremony. This was an event at Bard College to inaugurate, present speakers and have a forum for an exchange of ideas in and about a new sculpture/place by Olafur Eliasson. The title of the work is the Parliament of Reality. See the previous nineteen entries and the following entry.]]> On my way out. The dedication ceremony. This was an event at Bard College to inaugurate, present speakers and have a forum for an exchange of ideas in and about a new sculpture/place by Olafur Eliasson. The title of the work is the Parliament of Reality. See the previous eighteen entries and the following two entries.]]> This was an event at Bard College to inaugurate, present speakers and have a forum for an exhange of ideas in and about a new sculpture/place by Olafur Eliasson. The title of the work is the Parliament of Reality. See the previous seventeen entries and the following three entries.]]> This was an event at Bard College to inaugurate, present speakers and have a forum for an exhange of ideas in and about a new sculpture/place by Olafur Eliasson. The title of the work is the Parliament of Reality. See the previous sixteen entries and the following four entries.]]> This was an event at Bard College to inaugurate, present speakers and have a forum for an exhange of ideas in and about a new sculpture/place by Olafur Eliasson. The title of the work is the Parliament of Reality. See the previous fifteen entries and the following five entries.]]> This was an event at Bard College to inaugurate, present speakers and have a forum for an exchange of ideas in and about a new sculpture/place by Olafur Eliasson. The title of the work is the Parliament of Reality. See the previous fourteen entries and the following six entries.]]> A performance choreographed by Andrea Zittel. The performers walked/described the lines inscribed in the concrete in a rather steady rhythm, changing directing or closely slipping by each other as the intersected. This was an event at Bard College to inaugurate, present speakers and have a forum for an exchange of ideas in and about a new sculpture/place by Olafur Eliasson. The title of the work is the Parliament of Reality. See the previous thirteen entries and the following eight entries.]]> The beginning of the afternoon session. This was an event at Bard College to inaugurate, present speakers and have a forum for an exhange of ideas in and about a new sculpture/place by Olafur Eliasson. The title of the work is the Parliament of Reality. See the previous twelve entries and the following eight entries.]]> Lunch was over, but the afternoon session hadn't started as yet, This was an event at Bard College to inaugurate, present speakers and have a forum for an exchange of ideas in and about a new sculpture/place by Olafur Eliasson. The title of the work is the Parliament of Reality. See the previous eleven entries and the following nine entries.]]> After lunch, but still before the afternoon session started. This was an event at Bard College to inaugurate, present speakers and have a forum for an exchange of ideas in and about a new sculpture/place by Olafur Eliasson. The title of the work is the Parliament of Reality. See the previous ten entries and the following ten entries.]]> This was an event at Bard College to inaugurate, present speakers and have a forum for an exchange of ideas in and about a new sculpture/place by Olafur Eliasson. The title of the work is the Parliament of Reality. See the previous nine entries and the following eleven entries.]]> At a certain point in the proceedings Molly Nesbit started to pass the microphone around the audience, so that people could participate in the discussion. This went on before lunch as well as after. Many people spoke about various things, political and cultural. The woman in this photograph spoke (this time, she spoke again later) about growing up in Nigeria and as a child give a song to sing by the English teachers who ran the school she had gone to. This was an extremely racist song. At the time she was very young and just so pleased to have been chosen to sing. It wasn't till later as she got older that she realized what the lyrics were all about. This was an event at Bard College to inaugurate, present speakers and have a forum for an exchange of ideas in and about a new sculpture/place by Olafur Eliasson. The title of the work is the Parliament of Reality. See the previous eight entries and the following twelve entries.]]> This was an event at Bard College to inaugurate, present speakers and have a forum for an exchange of ideas in and about a new sculpture/place by Olafur Eliasson. The title of the work is the Parliament of Reality. See the previous seven entries and the following thirteen entries.]]> This was an event at Bard College to inaugurate, present speakers and have a forum for an exchange of ideas in and about a new sculpture/place by Olafur Eliasson. The title of the work is the Parliament of Reality. See the previous six entries and the following fourteen entries.]]> This was an event at Bard College to inaugurate, present speakers and have a forum for an exchange of ideas in and about a new sculpture/place by Olafur Eliasson. The title of the work is the Parliament of Reality. See the previous five entries and the following fifteen entries.]]> This was an event at Bard College to inaugurate, present speakers and have a forum for an exchange of ideas in and about a new sculpture/place by Olafur Eliasson. The title of the work is the Parliament of Reality. See the previous four entries and the following sixteen entries.]]> Lars Lerup is speaking. He is the Dean and William Ward Watkin Professor of Architecture at Rice University. This was an event at Bard College to inaugurate, present speakers and have a forum for an exchange of ideas in and about a new sculpture/place by Olafur Eliasson. The title of the work is the Parliament of Reality. See the previous three entries and the following seventeen entries.]]> Peter Galison, speaking. He is the Joseph Pelligrino University Professor at Harvard University. This was an event at Bard College to inaugurate, present speakers and have a forum for an exchange of ideas in and about a new sculpture/place by Olafur Eliasson. The title of the work is the Parliament of Reality. See the previous two entries and the following eighteen entries.]]> This was an event at Bard College to inaugurate, present speakers and have a forum for an exchange of ideas in and about a new sculpture/place by Olafur Eliasson. See the previous entry and the following nineteen entries.]]> This was an event at Bard College to inaugurate present speakers and have a forum for an exchange of ideas in and about a new sculpture/place by Olafur Eliasson. Peter Galison was one of the speakers. See the following twenty entries.]]> They were sitting a few rows in front of us in the movie theater. First, Elisabeth, Ralph, Catherine (Murphy) and I went to dinner at Mercato, also in Red Hook, then to the movies to see State of Play.]]> First, Elisabeth, Ralph, Catherine (Murphy) and I went to dinner for my birthday at Mercato, also in Red Hook, then to the movies to see State of Play. We ran into Karen and Doug at the movies.]]> First the four of us went to dinner for my birthday at Mercato, also in Red Hook, then to the movies to see State of Play.]]> Cathy and I went to Windy Hill Nursery and to Wards for plants and bushes. After buying many plants we went to bill and Arthur's house. We had asparagus sals and drinks and visited. We were going to go the Dragon something for dinner. But it was unexpectedly closed. We got caught in an amazing rain storm. It was extremely intense and the roads were immediately flooded. We went to the closest place we could find, which was Jimmy's Italian Restaurant.]]> Terry Quinn had arranged a lunch with Adrea Baldeck (who was visiting Vassar for the day) and a group of students and some adults who are all interested in photography.]]> Dinner after the first day of the final critiques for the second year painting graduate students. Yale University School of Art, the painting building. See the previous seven entries.]]> Dinner after the first day of the final critiques for the second year painting graduate students. Yale University School of Art, the painting building. See the previous six entries and the following entry.]]> Dinner after the first day of the final critiques for the second year painting graduate students. Yale University School of Art, the painting building. See the previous five entries and the following entry.]]> Dinner after the first day of the final critiques for the second year painting graduate students. Yale University School of Art, the painting building. See the previous four entries and the following two entries.]]>