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Professor del Amo’s Portrait Photography class will be visiting the “Diane Arbus: In the Beginning” exhibition at the Met Breuer Museum in NYC. Diane Arbus is one of the most important portrait photographers of the 20th century. The exhibition “In the Beginning” features early and less known works that she created during the first seven years of her career (1956-62). Students will have the unique opportunity to see original works that will inform what they will learn about this artist in the Portrait Photography class.

This event is open to students ARTS 328 only.

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Professor Davis’ class will be visiting the Newark Museum, in Newark NJ.

This event is open to students ARHT 322 only.

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Professor Shamash’s “The Craft of Costume” class will be visiting the “Uniformity” exhibit at the Museum at the Fashion Institute of Technology. Students will observe first-hand examples of uniforms within a historical contest as it relates to the societal contexts in which they were worm, covering several centuries. The tour will be led by the curator for the exhibit.

This event open to students of THEA 203 only.

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Students of Professor Gidal’s “Music, Technology, and Media” course will be visiting the outstanding exhibit at the Morris Museum which features an immense collection of mechanical music boxes, player pianos and organs, and related automata which will enhance their understanding of the development of recording devices beginning in the 18th and 19th centuries. They will receive a tour and live demonstration of the key devises for the course.

This event is open to students of MUSI 316 only.

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Professor Davis’ ARHT 225: 20th Century Art class will be visiting the New Museum in NYC to enhance their curriculum and learning outcomes.

This event is open to ARHT 225 students only.

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Professor Davis’ class will be visiting the Museum of Modern Art to enrich the curriculum and student learning outcomes.

This event is open to students ARHT 225 only.

Open to Intermediate Sculpture Students.

The Intercollegiate Iron Pour at Salem Art is a weekend long symposium that brings together students from across the northeast to celebrate and learn about the expansive field of cast iron. With multiple large-scale iron pours, artist talks, and group activities, the weekend provides and immersive and highly intensive learning experience.

Yolanda del Amo’s Advanced Photography course will be visiting MOMA and the Morgan Library. Emmet Gowin whose work is shown at the Morgan Library is one of the most important living American photographers. Artist couple Horacio Coppola and Grete Stern whose work is shown at the MOMA are key figures in the history of Argentine photography due to their very innovative work. In both exhibitions, students will have the unique opportunity to see original works that they will learn about in class. They will not only appreciate the technical excellence of these artists but also learn in depth about their works through these comprehensive retrospectives. Students will also attend the talk “Terrible Beauty” at the Morgan Library where Gowin will discuss with other artists the relationship between beauty and catastrophe in photography.

This field trip is open to ARTS 406