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 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 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 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 following six entries.,Vassar College, Holiday Party, Book Publication]]> 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.]]> 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.]]> 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.]]> 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.]]> Marta Renzi presenting Aileen Passloff with a piece of her birthday cake. Last week was Aileen's 87th birthday.nnMarta'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 wanted to see what work is going on there, and then we'd go out to dinner. See the same date in the Visitors section of this site, as well as the previous entry and following entry.]]> 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 wanted to see what work was going on there, and then we'd go out to dinner. See the same date in the Visitors section of this site, as well as the following two entries.]]> We got to PAFA after 11 on Thursday. We would have gotten there a little earlier, but we got lost again. Unfortunately, I fixed the sizes ahead of time so they wouldn't overlap the screen, but I made them all too small. Anyway, I gave my talk, and it went reasonably well. Before heading home, we had lunch at the school cafe next door. Josh and Chie, who came back again to attend my talk, also came to lunch with us. See the previous six entries.]]> As I said in the last entry, we were all very noisy during dinner. Noisy enough that someone we knew at the next table surmised (by some of the things we were saying) that we were artists and that there was a connection to PAFA. So, she started talking to us, and we were talking to her, and it turned out to be Karyn Olivier, who had come to Vassar as a visiting artist about ten years ago. Both Catherine and I were very taken with her work and her talk at that time. So, we were all excited to see each other. She didn't know Didier or Kelly before then. But she was really pleased to meet them. Coincidentally, it was Lisa Collins (a colleague at Vassar) who had suggested that we invite Karen to come speak. And Lisa was also one of Kelly Morgan's readers for her thesis. See the previous entry and the following five entries.]]> After Catherine's (Catherine Murphy) talk, we did critiques with students all afternoon. Then we met up at Didier's studio, after which we headed off to dinner at the Jamaican Jerk Hut restaurant. The food was terrific. We were all very noisy and had a terrific time. See the previous four entries and the following two entries.]]> We met up with Didier in his studio at the school. It was good to see his new body of work, which I really like, and he'll be showing in Brooklyn soon. See the previous three entries and the following three entries.]]> After Catherine's talk on Wednesday the 11th, we went to lunch next door at the cafe that is part of the school. See the previous two entries and the following four entries.]]> After Catherine's (Catherine Murphy) talk, various people came up to talk to her. Josh wanted to introduce us to his former student at PAFA. Catherine is sitting but is not visible. See the previous entry and the following five entries.]]> Catherine (Murphy) and I got to Philadelphia the night of the 10th. We stayed at the Rittenhouse Hotel and had dinner the first night with Sid Sachs at Scarpetta's in the hotel. The next morning we were due at PAFA at 10:30 to get ready for Cathy's talk at 11:45. We got there late, but it didn't matter all that much. I had to resize all of Cathy's images because it overlapped the screen. Josh Marsh and Chie Fueke came to the talk. They live about an hour from Philadelphia. Clint is the dean of the school. See the previous six entries.]]> We had talked to Karen about meeting for dinner sometime over the summer. They have a house near Carmel, so they are up here for a lot of weekends. It took a while, but we finally figured out a day and met at the Roundhouse in Beacon for dinner.]]> We planned to go to New York City around visiting Billy (William Finn), as well as to Dr. Patrick Meere's for Cathy to have a checkup for her knee surgery. Billy was stuck at home because he fell down and broke his knee (which was operated on). But he was also waiting to hear when his ablation would be done for his arrhythmia. Arthur had been taking care of Billy dutifully. Billy got out of bed to have lunch with us at the table, which was the first time he'd been out of bed to eat since he broke his knee. The food you see on the table is Vietnamese chicken salad, which Cathy made to bring to Billy and Arthur. Billy has always loved this salad.]]> After Betsy's (Elizabeth H Bradley) inauguration, there was a reception in a tent outside the chapel. See the previous entry.]]> After Betsy's (Elizabeth H Bradley) inauguration, there was a reception in a tent outside the chapel. See next entry.]]> That day was the inauguration of Vassar's new president Elizabeth H Bradley. I got to Raymond Avenue quite early. Our washer and dryer were broken, so I had to go to the laundromat. I put my clothes in the machines, put the soap in, and the quarters. Then I went across the street the Krafted Kup to get a latte. Monica, Taylor, and Robert were in line ahead of me. After getting my latte, I went back to the laundromat and settled down with my coffee and John Yau's new book, "The Wild Children of William Blake." Then I headed off to campus for the inauguration. See the next two entries of the inauguration.]]> The first Art Department meeting of the term. See the previous three entries.]]> The first Art Department meeting of the term. See the previous entry and the following two entries.]]> The first Art Department meeting of the term.]]> The first Art Department meeting of the term. See the following three entries.]]> At Peter Saul's opening. See the previous entry.]]> We had gotten to NYC earlier in the day. We picked up William Finn, and the three of us went to lunch- Billy, Cathy (Catherine Murphy) and myself. We dropped Billy back at his and Arthur's apartment. Billy wasn't feeling well and would be having surgery in the weeks ahead. So he wasn't up to joining us going to the Jewish Museum to see the Florine Stettheimer exhibit. Cathy & I then went to some more gallery shows before getting to Peter Saul's opening. Lots of people we know were at the opening. See the following entry.]]> Catherine (Murphy) and I went to NYC to go to Peter Saul's opening at Mary Boone's. We organized the day so we could go see the Florine Stetheimer exhibition at the Jewish Museum and then go see some other gallery exhibits. We first ran into Ton Woodruff and then Marilyn Minter and her husband, Bill Miller, outside of the Kara Walker show.]]> I went into Alexander Grey to see Polly Apfelbaum's exhibit and ran into (almost literally) Rive Blumenfeld, who I hadn't seen for years, with two friends of hers.]]> We were on our way into Mary Boone Gallery for Peter Saul's opening when Hannah, Cas, and Rocket arrived.]]> Cathy (Catherine Murphy) and I went to Saugerties for a few reasons. One was to go to Cross Contemporary that had on exhibition a group show, Site/Sight, with Suzanne Caporeal, Martha Diamond, Jacqueline Gourevitch, Sharon Horvath, Ellen Kozak, Joyce Robins, curated by Ellen Kozak. While we were looking at the show, Christina Tenaglia came into the gallery. We hadn't planned to meet at the gallery but to go to her and Adrien's new (recently acquired) house in Saugerties. Christina hadn't seen the show so headed over. We were glad she did because when she led us back to her house, it was clear we would have had trouble finding their home. We visited their new place, which is a 19th-century carriage house, and it's terrific. Christina asked if we would like it if she invited Diane Dwyer to have dinner with us. We said we would, so she invited her. Diane met the four of us at Lucy's Kitchen. Dinner was very good. After that, Diana left. And the remaining four of us went to an ice cream place down the block to get home-made ice cream. We got some to go, and when we had some at home, it was very disappointing. Hard to exactly describe, but there was a thickness to the ice cream that coated your mouth almost like there was some thickening agent in it that did not belong.]]> Our friend Eve Aschheim was having a show of paintings and drawings in the gallery at T Space. In conjunction with the exhibition, there was a poetry reading by Susan Stewart (who also teaches at Princeton, as Eve does) and a concert by Christopher Oldfather. See the previous ten entries.]]> Our friend Eve Aschheim was having a show of paintings and drawings in the gallery at T Space. In conjunction with the exhibition, there was a poetry reading by Susan Stewart (who also teaches at Princeton, as Eve does) and a concert by Christopher Oldfather. See the previous nine entries and the following entry.]]> Our friend Eve Aschheim was having a show of paintings and drawings in the gallery at T Space. In conjunction with the exhibition, there was a poetry reading by Susan Stewart (who also teaches at Princeton, as Eve does) and a concert by Christopher Oldfather. See the previous eight entries and the following two entries.]]> Our friend Eve Aschheim was having a show of paintings and drawings in the gallery at T Space. In conjunction with the exhibition, there was a poetry reading by Susan Stewart (who also teaches at Princeton, as Eve does) and a concert by Christopher Oldfather. See the previous seven entries and the following three entries.]]> Our friend Eve Aschheim was having a show of paintings and drawings in the gallery at T Space. In conjunction with the exhibition, there was a poetry reading by Susan Stewart (who also teaches at Princeton, as Eve does) and a concert by Christopher Oldfather. See the previous six entries and the following four entries.]]> Our friend Eve Aschheim was having a show of paintings and drawings in the gallery at T Space. In conjunction with the exhibition, there was a poetry reading by Susan Stewart (who also teaches at Princeton, as Eve does) and a concert by Christopher Oldfather. See the previous five entries and the following five entries.]]>