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The field trip will encompass two separate destinations in NYC, the Museum of Art and Design and the Greenwich House Pottery. The Museum of Art and Design is one of the most premier associations dedicated to the proliferation of craft and design-based art. On view at the museum are three separate contemporary ceramic exhibitions: Peter Voulkos, Chris Antemann, and Coille Hooven.

The Greenwich House Pottery is an internationally recognized center for ceramics. It is dedicated to expanding public awareness of the diversity and complexity of ceramics and fostering the development of artists through internships, residences, exhibitions, and community classes.

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The Whitney Biennial is the longest running survey of contemporary art in the United States, with a history of exhibiting the most promising and influential arts and provoking lively debate. The students in the Senior Thesis are in the process of developing their senior projects and exposing them to this multidisciplinary and important show will be inspiring and nurturing.

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Professor Meredith Davis will bring her ARHT 325 class to the Met Museum to visit the American Art Galleries.

This event is for students of ARHT 325 and AMER 327 only.

Students of ARTS 211: Basic Art and Technology will be taking a trip to The New Museum to see the Pipilottia Rist exhibition. Students will be engaging with the Pipilotti Rist exhibition and answering questions about how the artist’s work relates to their current project. Having access to relevant, prestigious arts allows students to get a better sense oft he connection between an artist’s practice and his or her resulting body of work. This opportunity is invaluable to students who are still forming their own methods for investigation and visual problem-solving.

This event is open to students of ARTS 211 only.

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This trip will encompass two separate art institutions, Storm King Sculpture Park and Dia Beacon Museum. The day beings at Storm King where students will be broken up into two groups led by the faculty of teh represented courses. While at Storm King, students will alternate presenting on various works of art to the group, prepared beforehand, while still leaving time to explore and experience the grounds. After lunch, the group will go to Dia: Beacon Museum where they will be led on a docent tour of the museum. During this tour the docent will provide inside information on the collection as well as antidotal facts about the art and museum space. After the tour students will have time to explore on their own and look through the amazing library/gift shop, home to a number of limited publications on art.

This event is open to student of Basic Sculpture and Intermediate/Advanced Sculpture ONLY.

Demosthenes Agrafiotis, b 1946, a leading voice of International Avant-garde art, is active in the fields of painting, poetry, photography, video, and inter-media. He has a special interest in the relationship between art and techno-science. He lives in Athens, Greece.

Demosthenes Agrafiotis will give an Artist Talk from 1:00-2:00pm in ASB 135.

Contact sgorewit@ramapo.edu for more info.

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Students of ARHT 204 will visit the Metropolitan Museum of Art: African Art collection. Professor Peffer will be lecturing in the gallery to enhance learning objectives including how non-western objects are displayed in museums today.

This event is open to students of ARHT 204 only.

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Professor Weissman will bring the students of both his intermediate and advanced sculpture classes to the 10th Annual Intercollegiate Iron Pour. The Intercollegiate Iron Pour at Salem Art Works will enhance the students learning by introducing them to new methodologies and processes of iron casting while simultaneously exposing the students to a larger community of contemporary artists and sculptors. Throughout the weekend long event, students will be able to tour the 100 acre sculpture park, visit the resident artist studios, and interact with other students from over 10 schools including Alfred University, Massachusetts College of Art and Design, and Rochester Institute of Technology.
This event is open to students ARTS 307 & 402 Only.

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Professor del Amo’s Black and White Photography class will visit the exhibition “Danny Lyon: Message to the Future” at the Whitney Museum in NYC. “Danny Lyon: Message to the Future” is the first comprehensive retrospective of the career of Danny Lyon (b. 1942) to be presented in twenty-five years. The exhibition includes approximately 175 photographs and related films. This show is relevant to the ARTS 206 Black and White Photography class for several reasons: He was a leading figure in the street photography movement in the 1960s , and Street Photography is one of the projects that students are assigned. Also, ARTS 206 fulfills the Gen Ed requirement “Topics Arts and Humanities’ and this show emphasizes Lyon’s concern with social and political issues.

This event is open to students ARHT 225 only.

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Professor del Amo’s Digital Photography course will be visiting the “Who Shot Sports’ A Photographic History, 1843 to the Present” exhibition at the Brooklyn Museum. The show “Who Shot Sports’ A Photographic History, 1843 to the Present” includes 170 photographers ranging from commercial to fine art, and includes artists like Richard Alvedon, Rineke Dijkstra, Leni Riefenstahl, Alexandre Rodchenko, and Catherine Opie. It is the most comprehensive presentation of sports photography ever organized. The Digital Photography class is primary populated by non-majors who learn to master the digital camera and to develop basic composition skills. The exhibition will expose students to a wide range of photographic approaches and styles– from technical virtuosity to a personal artistic vision–, and will raise questions about the historical and political context in which images were made.

This event is open to students ARTS 207-02 only.