Earsay Benefit: Transforming Trauma into Art | Purchase College Faculty Warren Lehrer & Wife, Judith Sloan Makes a Difference in the Lives of Immigrant Teenagers

Earsay Benefit: Transforming Trauma into Art hosted by WNYC's Brian Lehrer held at the Society for Ethical Culture Center in New York City (one block from Lincoln Center), was an evening of monologues, dance, hip hop, music and poetry with performances by: Universes, Carl Hancock Rux, Judith Sloan, Warren Lehrer, Elise Knudson. Musical guests: Jie-Song Zhang and Krussia of the Stone Forest Ensemble and MiWi LaLupa. Also actors read excerpts from Judith Sloan and Warren Lehrer's book Crossing the BLVD. They  included: Bridget Kelso, Chris Kamau, Justin Hudson, Catherine Hanna, Bridgit Antoinette Evans, Vaimoana Niumeitolu, Prerana Reddy, and Jonathan Stuart (from Viper Records), and a special performance by high school students from EarSay’s Transforming Trauma Into Art theatre project.

WHAT IS EARSAY?

EarSay is an artist driven 501 (c) 3 non-profit arts organization dedicated to uncovering and portraying stories of the uncelebrated. Founded by Warren Lehrer (Purchase College SUNY School of Art+Design, Graphic Design Professor) and (accomplished wife) Judith Sloan in 1999, their projects bridge the divide between documentary and expressive forms in books, exhibitions, on stage, in sound & electronic media. They are committed to fostering understanding across cultures, generations, gender and class, through artistic productions and education. They bring their work to theatres, museums, schools, prisons, festivals and universities. [info courtesy www.earsay.org, visit the links provided at the end of this post]


EarSay Arts and Activism Workshops for Youth Founded by Judith Sloan from EarSay Inc on Vimeo.

A NOTE OF THANKS 

Judith and Warren, what an experience!!! I'm honored to have been in the presence of such powerful artists, activists and youth! What unfolded this Saturday evening was concentrated, creative, collaborative, eye-opening insanity (the good kind) with the perfect dose of humor and gravity. Anyone who cares about meaningful theater, education, music, graphic-literary performance art, youth and the immigrant experience aught to know about Earsay and support, support, support!

I can still hear Brian Lehrer's voice:  "If two hundred people gave $10 a month on their credit cards the program would have 50% of its budget. It costs $500 per child for the entire year when the program is at full capacity."  When put in this perspective, I think  many would agree that giving becomes less of a question. [Image from facebook via Judith Sloan]

Thank you Judith and Warren for the work that you do! Keep Going!!!

Here are some video clips of Earsay's previous events similar to what transpired last night at the Society for Ethical Culture on West 64th Street in New York City (when new videos become available, I'll post them):


Warren Lehrer performs excerpts from Bleu Mobley from EarSay Inc on Vimeo.


Performance Only of Crossing the BLVD from EarSay Inc on Vimeo.

LINKS:

• More Earsay Videos: http://bit.ly/eoOYDS
• Earsay Website: http://bit.ly/f8Y1oU  
• About Warren Lehrer & Judith Sloan: http://bit.ly/f9Jh9N 
• About Brian Lehrer: http://bit.ly/g4PzJR
• About WNYC Radio: http://bit.ly/hMe1YH
• About Viper Records (Johnathan Stuart): http://bit.ly/h2bkks 
• Donate to Earsay: http://bit.ly/eb1MVI

[ All images: from facebook via Judith Sloan]

...and Remember:

"If two hundred people gave $10 a month on their credit cards the program would have 50% of its budget. It costs $500 per child for the entire year when the program is at full capacity." ...more info: http://bit.ly/eb1MVI

your comments are welcome!

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NYFW 2011 Work For Lexington Style Magazine | Where Was Purchase SUNY's Fashion Line?

Most Purchase College SUNY students are fashion trendsetters, head-turners and innovators of style. Popular questions outside of academics, the arts and grub are, Where did you get that? Buy that? Or find that? Students will often tell you that they made whatever it is themselves, a friend made it, or that they got it from someplace that has an interesting story behind it.

On campus, individuality and creative freedom is expressed through attire, hair, art and whatever else is capable of making a statement, be it quiet or out-loud. Dropping the jaws of folks who can't believe their eyes nor the garb is something that many Purchase kids do effortlessly, not necessarily on purpose. Their style isn't usually dictated by season or fashion trends, it tends to be organically driven and constructed from inner stuff such as personality and affinity; a unique fabric indeed.

While photographing the Fall/Winter 2011 fashion lines of  popular and upcoming designers including Project Runway's Winner, Leanne Marshall, I imagined Purchase's fashion line gracing Gregory Moore's New York Fashion Week runway event held at the Helen Mills Event Space & Theater.  Alex London's line stood out as a Purchase pick. It must of been the deer antlers on her models' backs, wired mouth pieces, muddy bare feet or "I dare you say something" hair!

Here's a few snap shots and layout work that I did for Lexington Style Magazine. Thus, my New York Fashion Week cherry has been popped!

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Broke Wide Open by Rock Wilk at the SoulSWEET Sanctuary in the Bronx | by Ebony Brown

After seeing Rock Wilk perform at Urban Voices Heard Write Out Loud 2-Year Anniversary event held at El Fogon Center for the Arts in the Bronx, I was officially 'fiend-out' for a second serving of his verbal gumbo soup. Considering the place from which it was concocted, I knew that his words would get stuck in my teeth, making them harder to digest. Words like, "she, nine, repeated, acts, shame, and grown man" had certainly turned my stomach but not my head. To some extent, I knew what I was getting into when I decided to see Broke Wide Open, but I wasn't fully prepared for the story that unfolded.

Broke Wide Open is an utterly engaging, one-man show performed by Rock Wilk, one of New York City's most committed orators and prolific writers.  Independent of Purchase College  SUNY,  Broke Wide Open was recently held at the SoulSWEET Sanctuary in the Bronx; an unlikely tourist locale with a reach that extends beyond the arts and into the community –  providing support for young mothers and parents in need. Currently a traveling show, suggestive of the main character’s journey,  Broke Wide Open tactfully spews its ‘ejaculative’ ooze on the good-old, common wishful thinking associated with the better life a child is hoped to experience post adoption. From the perspective of the adopted, Broke Wide Open beautifully unveils the mind flogging pandemonium that crescendos with age as the main character, Rock Wilk searches for the woman whose womb he had been conceived but yet consoled.

Rock’s performance was comprised of the stuff that people often contain, mask or manage in order to evade the fear of judgment, rejection or self-fulfilling, prophetic abandonment. My senses were immediately courted by the wonderfully balanced entourage of literal and metaphoric allusions – euphemisms excluded. Whether on a set designed stage or a ‘hole in the wall', Rock’s life is both the venue and the play. Do yourself a favor and indulge!

Debuted in September 2010 at the Medicine Show Theater, Broke Wide Open continues to develop as Rock considers the feedback of his audience – perfecting one of the most honest and powerfully delivered, one-man shows on the road.

Broke Wide Open is an example of the raw creative expression and cultural enrichment that exists off-campus, easily serving as a priceless addition to the college experience, especially for students in the performing arts conservatories at Purchase College or elsewhere. Students seriously pursuing their craft would not only have much to gain in witnessing a true performance artist in motion - they would also have the opportunity to give their feedback, pose their inquiries and learn from the question and answer session held at the end of the show.

Audience members at the SoulSWEET Sanctuary shared their own personal struggles and triumphs with adoption. In retrospect, I  remember thinking about how you never know of someone's burdens or blessings, especially those who we passively encounter until they express the least imagined. Both Rock and the audience attested to this.

In the unglorified and often underfunded arts spaces of the Bronx, there lie pockets of soul, truth and penetrating artistry to be experienced, appreciated and supported. Although Broke Wide Open isn't scheduled to take place at the SoulSWEET Sanctuary again, anytime soon, spoken word and open mic events are usually held every Saturday.The SoulSWEET Sanctuary is located only 35-45 minutes from Purchase College SUNY.

If you're looking to support an artist whose passion seems to proliferate from his life experience of being an adopted child who's on a quest to find his birth mother, then consider supporting Rock Wilk. Purchase tickets to his next show, or buy up his inventory of goods via his website! Rock is looking to bring his show to Chicago, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Berkeley, Seattle, Denver and ultimately Paris!  If you or someone you know can help make this possible, visit Rock's site and reach out.

Broke Wide Open

Upcoming  Show:
Tuesday, February 22, 2011
BROKE WIDE OPEN "unplugged" @7:30pm
78th Street Theatre Lab
236 W 78th St
New York, NY 10024
212.873.9050

Official Broke Wide Open Website:
http://www.brokewideopen.com
Follow the Broke Wide Open unplugged tour
for more show dates and news!


SoulSWEET Sanctuary
835 Dawson Avenue
Bronx, NY 10459

For more information or to
donate to SoulSWEET Sanctuary
Contact: Zera Priestess at:
zerasoulsweet@gmail.com
www.soulsweetsanctuary.com





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TONIGHT! Club Gravity's 1st Annual Artist Competition (AWNYT.COM) Showcase hosted by Purchase College Alumnus, Jerome Elcock-Neverson of Romey Chill Beats

EVENT PHOTOS POSTED:

http://on.fb.me/9LfrSJ

NOVEMBER 18th!

Artist Showcase Competition at

Club Gravity, Brooklyn NY!

Evite:
 http://bit.ly/blo1Hc

TICKETS ON SALE NOW $15

Awnty.com presents one of the BEST Showcases Brooklyn, NY has EVER seen, this is going to be the BIGGEST networking event in Brooklyn this year for ungerground artist!!!

WHO: AWNYT.com

WHAT: Artist Competision

WHERE: Club Gravity 229 EMPIRE BLVD Brooklyn, NY 11225

WHEN: November 18th

COME OUT AND ENJOY YOUR NIGHT WITH CDAFEWTCHA M3, AWNYT.COM, & MANY OTHERS AT ONE OF THE BIGGEST EVENT IN BROOKLYN

GIVING UPCOMING MUSIC ARTISTS, MODELS, AND PHOTOGRAPHERS TO GET THERE MUSIC, FACES, AND WORK OUT THERE, MAJOR LABELS AND COMPANIES IN THE BULDING, GUEST PERFOMANCES BY MAJOR ARTIST

*TICKETS ON SALE NOW $15*

TO ALL MODELS, ARTISTS, AND PHOTGRAPHERS IF U ARE INTERESTED IN PERFORMING OR BEING A PART OF THIS CONTACT:

FEWTCHA- 917.345.5195 Facebook: Lionel Leonard Chance

WINGA- 347.381.0224 Facebook: Correy M.Holder

ROMEY- 718.915.7411 Facebook: Jerome Elcock-Neverson

JUSTIN - 347.388.3655 Facebook: Justin JstCawz Thomas



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Juilliard, Mannes, Manhattan School, NYU, Queens College Percussion Ensembles Performing NOV. 20th at Purchase College SUNY

CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC

School of the Arts | 735 Anderson Hill Rd | Purchase, NY 10557

Sat., November 20th

@9am – 5pm

Main Floor of the Conservatory of Music Building

Purchase College

Day of Percussion

If you’re interested in what’s in the diverse world of percussive arts, come to Purchase College on November 20th where the best will gather to share their talents and expertise.

Registration begins at 9am.

9:30am Opening Event

Performances by:

Juilliard Pre-College Percussion Ensemble

Manhattan School of Music Pre-College Percussion Ensemble

Mamaroneck High School Drum Line

10am Master Clinics:

Pablo Rieppi: Snare Drum

Richie Morales: Drum Set

Yousif Sheronick: Hand Drums

1pm Lunch Break

2pm Mock Audition Segment

3pm College Concert

Performances by:

Juilliard Percussion Ensemble

Mannes Percussion Ensemble

Manhattan School of Music Percussion Ensemble

NYU Percussion Ensemble

Queens College Percussion Ensemble

Purchase College Percussion Ensemble

Facebook: “Purchase Percussion”

Contact: dominic.donato@purchase.edu



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Percussion Ensembles, Symphony Orchestra, Jazz Combo & Piano Performances! Get Your Music Fix at the Conservatory of Music | Purchase College SUNY

 CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC
School of the Arts | 735 Anderson Hill Road | Purchase NY 10557

Thurs., November 18th @8pm

 @Conservatory of Music, Recital Hall

Purchase Percussion Ensemble

Our Fall Ensemble concert will feature "Bright Light" a new percussion quartet written for the Purchase Percussion Ensemble by composer Eric Nathan. Also on the program: Mario Davidovsky's "Synchronisms No. 5" for Percussion Quintet and electronic sounds:

"DaDiRimGil" for percussion sextet by Seung-Ah Oh and "Sharpened Stick" for percussion quintet by Brett Dietz. The ensemble is directed by Dr. Dominic Donato.

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Fri., November 19th @6pm

@Conservatory of Music, RM 0081

 Jazz Combo Concert

Jon Gordon’s student jazz combo plays its final concert of the semester!

For more info, email: andrew.roninson@purchase.edu

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Fri., November 19th @8pm

@Performing Arts Center, Recital Hall

Purchase Symphony Orchestra

Box Office (Tickets): 914.251.6200

"IT'S IMPOSSIBLE. LET'S DO IT."

If it seems impossible, you can bet an artist will attempt it. Sometimes the great ones achieve it. In the summer of 1788, in just under one month, Mozart composed his final symphony, the "Jupiter": a grand summation of 18th century symphonic music which

at the same time contains his most spectacular contrapuntal writing. And in 1911, the 29 year-old Stravinsky gave the world his ballet "Petrushka". Here was an entirely new kind of music, in which he uses the orchestra to create a hero both mechanical and alive. Stravinsky achieved an achingly human depiction that startles us even today. Join the Purchase Symphony Orchestra and Music Director, Michael Adelson as we explore these two sharply contrasting impossible masterworks.

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Fri., November 19th @8pm

@Conservatory of Music, Recital Hall

Purchase Pianists in Concert

John Mannos--Mozart Sonata in G, K.283

Michael Rogers--Chopin 3rd Ballade

---Intermission---

Mina Osako--Beethoven, Sonata Op.110

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"Dangerous Imagination" by Purchase Symphony Orchestra (PSO) | Oct. 8th, 8PM @Performing Arts Center | Purchase College SUNY

Conservatory of Music

School of the Arts

Presents... 

Purchase Symphony Orchestra

 

Friday, October 8, 2010 8:00pm

Performing Arts Center (Recital Hall)

Tickets: http://bit.ly/bgtyMU

Box Office: 914-251-6200

The Purchase Symphony Orchestra and Music Director Michael Adelson present "DANGEROUS IMAGINATION," the opening concert of their 2010-2011 season. Beginning with Wagner's prelude to "Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg", the program will also include the surreal dreamscape "Hanging Cliffs" by Purchase faculty member Huang Ruo. The PSO will conclude with Berlioz's radical masterpiece "Symphonie Fantastique" - as provocative now as it was when first heard in 1830.

[Photo Courtesy Conservatory of Music]

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Wed. 9/22 @6:30PM | Artist Talk by Roberto de Vicq de Cumptich | Branding, Publication Design & Motion Design | Purchase College SUNY

 

Roberto de Vicq de Cumptich is principal of his own design firm in NYC specializing in publication design, branding, motion design, and self-authored projects. He speaks frequently on typography and type design. He is the author of several books featuring his own work. His most recent book, Men of Letters and People of Substance, was selected as one of the AIGA’s 50 best books of 2008. He has received numerous awards from the Art Directors Club, AIGA, D&AD, Communication Arts, Eye, Graphis, How, Print, Type Directors Club and two Webby Awards. He is on the board at the Type Directors Club and will be the chairman for the TDC competition of 2011.

SCHOOL OF ART+DESIGN
School of the Arts
Visiting Artist Lecture Series

Roberto de Vicq de Cumptich
Wednesday, September 22 @6:30PM
Visual Arts Building, Room 1016 – Perception Lab
725 Anderson Hill Rd
Purchase, NY 10557

[Free & open to the public]
Image Courtesy School of Art+Design

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Urban Voices Heard - Write Outloud! Bronx Poets Inspiring All Who'll listen.

Every second Saturday of the month, Z'novia's (restuarant/bar) in the Bronx is filled with energetic, rhyme spewing, truth spit'n, haiku drop'n, word twist'n spoken word artists and the folks who love them. As resident photographer, I had the pleasure of  photographing an Urban Voices Heard's open-mic poetry event "Write Out loud" hosted by John "Chance" Acevedo of El Poetas and organized by Ms. Latanya DeVaughn, founder of Urban Voices Heard."

 

As a Purchase College SUNY student years ago, poetry circles, conga jam sessions, and random acts of dance took place on campus anywhere that a heart could beat;  that is,  until university police rolled in and shut it down.  Nostalgic and engaging, Urban Voices Heard - Write Out Loud open mic event series is an event worth schlepping from wherever to both inspire and be inspired.

Urban Voices Heard (UVH) Contact:

Latanya DeVaughn, founder of Urban Voices Heard

urbanvoicesheard@gmail.com

646.401.2815

Venue Location:

Venue: Every 2nd Saturday of the Month

(Next UVH EVENT@Z'novia's takes place: August 14th)

888 Grand Concourse (161 Street)

Bronx, NY 10451

(across from the Court House)

Urban Voices Heard will also be at the 

Nuyorian Poetry Cafe 

on August 7th before their  

August 17th event at Z'novia's:

Save the date!

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FIVE ALIVE! Exhibition Opening Thursday, May 20th 6-8pm at Monya Rowe Gallery in NYC!

Five Alive! School of Art+Design MFA Exhibit
Opening Reception: Thursday, May 20, 2010, 6pm - 8pm
On View: May 20th - June 5th, Tuesday-Saturday 11am- 6pm
[free and open to the public]

Facebook
RSVP: http://bit.ly/butEJn


New York, NY - Five Alive! School of Art+Design Exhibit at Monya Rowe Gallery presents the work of five Purchase College SUNY, School of Art+Design Master of Fine Arts degree candidates. An opening reception will be held on Thursday, May 20th from 6pm to 8pm and the show will be on view May 20th through June 5th. Embracing methods of drawing, painting, photography, sculpture, installation, performance and video, the works of these five emerging artists reflect the innovative and interdisciplinary spirit of the Purchase College SUNY MFA in Visual Arts program (directed by Kate Gilmore & Omar Lopez-Chahoud). Curated by Omar Lopez-Chahoud, the exhibition showcases work by Neil Dvorak, Scott Daniel Ellison, Merav Ezer, Tom Sarver, and Rachel Wiecking.

Neil Dvorak creates objects that explore the relationship between artifact and functionality. In her videos, performances and installations, Merav Ezer explores the psychological and physical implications of self-created environments. Scott Daniel Ellison's paintings and photographs explore themes of horror and paganism. Tom Sarver combines humor, social commentary and low-tech gadgetry to explore relationships between the art world and the everyday. Rachel Wiecking's work uses techniques of casting, printmaking and sculpture to force collisions between physiological and utilitarian systems.

Monya Rowe Gallery
504 West 22nd Street
New York, NY 10011

Purchase College SUNY contact:
914.251.6750 art+design@purchase.edu
www.purchase.edu/art+design

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90+ Emerging Artists Exhibit Work Under One Roof! Massive Art Show at Purchase College SUNY!

Located throughout the Visual Arts Building, the graduation exhibition features the work of over ninety seniors from the School of Art+Design. Spanning a wide variety of media, the work illustrates the range of instruction available at the School, as well as trends in art making today.

BFA GRADUATION EXHIBITION

RECEPTION: May 8, 2010, 2–5 PM

ON VIEW: May 8 – 14, 2010

RSVP ON FACEBOOK!
http://bit.ly/9FpzcN

Purchase College SUNY

School of Art+Design

Visual Arts Building

735 Anderson Hill Road.

Purchase, NY 10577

914.251.6750

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Dasha Shiskin, Printmaker gives Artist Talk Wednesday, April 7th at 6:30PM at Purchase College SUNY

left image: "Afraid of certainty" 2009, acrylic, ink and graphite on canvas, 58.25 x 71.25in

ARTIST TALK by
Dasha Shiskin
Printmaker

Wednesday
April 7th
@6:30PM
Visual Arts Building
Room 1016
Free and Open to the Public.

Moscow born, painter/printmaker, Dasha Shishkin who earned her MFA from Columbia, creates a world populated by bathers, servants, police, armless lovers, mutant animals and severed heads. Her images are part allegory, part macabre carnival and always captivating.

"If less is more, nothing is everything" 2001 acrylic and ink on canvas, 51 x 68.25in.

"Questions tempt you to tell lies" 2009, acrylic, ink and conte on canvas, 62.5 x 102in

"That only which is real and permanent is truly good" 2009, Acrylic, ink and conté on canvas 82.63 x 96 inches, 209.9 x 243.8 cm"

Don't miss Dasha's Artist Talk!

http://bit.ly/aWJRNo | More About Dasha
http://bit.ly/ytdkx | Spring 2010 Artist Talk Schedule

School of the Arts
SCHOOL OF ART+DESIGN
Purchase College SUNY
735 Anderson Hill Rd.
Purchase, NY 10557
http://bit.ly/aotfS Directions

[Images Courtesy: Zach Feuer Gallery]

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Bruce Willen and Nolen Strals | Graphic Designers Giving an Artist Talk at Purchase College SUNY Wed. 3/24/2010

School of the Arts
SCHOOL OF ART+DESIGN

ARTIST TALK
Bruce Willen and Nolen Strals
Graphic Designers

Wednesday, March 24th
@ 6:30PM Visual Arts Building
Room 1016

Originally conceived in 2001 as an avant-garde anti-design movement, Nolen Strals and Bruce Willen incorporated Post Typography in 2007 as a full time design studio specializing in graphic design, conceptual typography, and custom lettering/illustration with additional forays into art, apparel, music, curatorial work, design theory, and vandalism. Based in Baltimore, their work has received numerous fancy design awards and has been featured in such books as Graphic Design: The New Basics, Area 2, Contemporary Graphic Design, as well as Pyramyd Editions’ new monograph of the studio's work. Post Typography have appeared in multiple design and art exhibitions, and their posters are collected by high school punk rockers and prominent designers (whom they consider equally important). Strals and Willen teach design and typography at MICA, and have lectured at the Cooper Union, MCAD, and Harvard University. The studio recently wrote and designed Lettering & Type, published by Princeton Architectural Press in 2009.

Bruce Willen and Nolen Strals PRESS: http://bit.ly/cV1rDg
Bruce Willen and Nolen Strals NEWS: http://bit.ly/6TCkQ6

Visiting Artist Lecture Series Spring 2010 Schedule: http://bit.ly/ytdkx

Purchase College SUNY
735 Anderson Hill Rd.
Purchase, NY 10557
Directions: http://bit.ly/aotfS

Free and Open to the Public.


[Image: Lettering & Type | Client: Princeton Architectural Press | Year: 2009 | Written and designed by Post Typography, this handbook on type design and custom lettering is a smart-but-not-dense guide to creating and bending letters to one's will. | Above: Cover Lettering & Type's cover embodies its open and comprehensive approach, splicing together divergent examples of lettered and typographic ampersands.]

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Silent Auction March 4th 12:15pm-4pm & 4-7pm | School of Art+Design at Purchase College SUNY

The annual Spring Auction offers the public the opportunity to view and purchase artwork in all media donated by the faculty, alumni/ae, and students from the School of the Arts, School of Art+Design at Purchase College, SUNY. Proceeds from the event are used to fund the BFA student graduation exhibition series. The BFA Graduation Exhibition series is scheduled to open on Saturday, May 8, 2010, 2-5pm. SAVE THE DATE!


SILENT AUCTION FACEBOOK RSVP: http://bit.ly/d2opHs

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SOUL VOICES | ALL- ARTS CELEBRATION OF BLACK HISTORY MONTH FEB. 23 | 12Noon @PURCHASE COLLEGE, SUNY

Second Annual All-Arts Celebration of Black History Month

hosted by the Soul Voices
Pete Malinverni, Director

...with dance and music performances
featuring students from across campus

and featuring...
"Before There Was Jackie"
Baseball, Jackie Robinson, the Negro Leagues and the Civil Rights Movement
Dr. Robert F. Thompson, Interim Dean of Music

Wednesday, Feb 24 at noon
Purchase College SUNY

Conservatory of Music Recital Hall

free and open to the public!

Directions: http://bit.ly/aotfS
RSVP to this event via Facebook: http://bit.ly/bJfCAK
My Previous Soul Voices Posts: http://bit.ly/138nKw

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Walk in and Erase the Drawings | THE ERASED Opens February 22nd, 6-8pm at Purchase College SUNY

THE ERASED
Walk in and Erase the Drawings
By SayHey Chung

Reception:
Wed., Feb. 24, 2010 5-7pm

On View:
Feb. 22nd - 26th 10am-9pm

Korean born painting and drawing artist, Sayhey Chung earned her BFA from Hongik University (Seoul, Korea). Currently an MFA student at SUNY Purchase, she creates worlds populated by many diverse yet masked figures. In this interactive show, The Erased, viewers will be asked to erase the artist’s drawings in an effort to have the viewer participate. Sayhey's art is about what remains versus what becomes trash, what is remembered versus forgotten, survival versus death.


Meet the Artist (Refreshments Served):

Monday, Feb. 22 6-8pm
Tuesday, Feb. 23 6-8pm
Thursday, Feb. 25 7-9pm
Friday, Feb. 26 5-7pm

Purchase College, SUNY
School of Art+Design, Room 1019A
735 Anderson Hill Rd.
Purchase, NY 10557
Directions: http://bit.ly/aotfS

Free & Open to the public.

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Valuing Waste Panel Discussion with Christine Lee, Purchase College SUNY Windgate Artist In Residence | January 30, 2010

VALUING WASTE PANEL DISCUSSION
Saturday, January 30, 2010 1:00 PM-4:00 PM
Neuberger Museum of Art (Neuberger Study)

PANELIST:
Christine Lee
Boris Bally
Thomas Hucker
Daniel Wicke

This discussion will examine the underpinnings of artists and groups who have deliberately chosen to incorporate used and discarded materials in their work.

PRESS RELEASE: http://bit.ly/d35U5V
NEUBERGER MUSEUM OF ART: http://bit.ly/SfGvJ

The panel discussion, VALUING WASTE will be held in conjunction with Christine Lee’s exhibition, LATENT POTENTIAL, currently on view in the Richard & Dolly Maass Gallery through February 5th. Lee is the School of Art+Design’s Fall 2009 Artist In Residence who worked with discarded Purchase College Campus materials.

SAVE THE DATE

Wednesday, February 17th, 5-7PM An Opening reception will be held for DSP12: Dannielle Tegeder in the Richard & Dolly Maass Gallery on Purchase College Campus. Dannielle Tegeder, School of Art+Design Purchase College SUNY BFA alumna, class of ’94 will also give an artist talk at 6:30PM on the same evening. Save the Date!

PRESS RELEASE: http://bit.ly/958Bh5
GALLERY: http://bit.ly/hC1dC

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10 Things I Love About Purchase College by Karolina Wernick, BFA Photography Student

"As a freshman here at Purchase College SUNY, I haven't yet had enough time to experience all of the wonderful things that this college has to offer. However, here are the top ten things that I love so far:

1- Free yoga classes at the Wellness Center

2- Talk Cinema at the Performing Arts Center (PAC)

3- Life size chess (game) at the STOOD (Student Center)

4- Mokaad and the Flexpoints (awesome campus band)

5- Hanging out in hammocks between classes

6- Making huge waffles for breakfast in the Dining Hall (DHall)

7- Cheap Starbucks coffee at the Hub

8- The vintage clothes people sometimes sell in Campus Center South (CCS)

9- Reading the articles in The Purchase Independent

10- And finally, I love Fall Fest. Music, home-made jam, a petting zoo, and a free shirt...I felt like a kid again!"

Post by Karolina Wernick, BFA Photography, Class of 2013
Purchase College Admissions Ambassador

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Comfort Amongst the Chaos: National Portfolio Day at Purchase College SUNY | NOV 15, 2009

Some parents managed to find peace and solitude on the hammocks outside of the Visual Arts Building of Purchase College SUNY during National Portfolio Day; perhaps one of the most high anxiety college events that a high school student artist could subject themselves.

Despite the high traffic of nearly 1500 students and parents waiting on lines to have their portfolios reviewed, many students and parents reported having a great experience overall. To what could it have been attributed? The state of the art facilities of the Performing Arts Center in which the event was held? The awesome visual arts building facilities tour? The uncanny, beautiful weather? OR the critical feedback of professors and or admissions representatives from 53 unique arts universities all in one place? There's no question that the hammocks were certainly a favorite for the parent pictured above.

[Image captured by my handy-dandy camera phone]

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Printmaking | Nicola Lopez Artist Talk at Purchase College, SUNY | Nov. 11, 2009

Public Artist Talk by Nicola Lopez

Invited by Murray Zimiles (recent National Academy

Inductee) & the Printmaking Board of Study

November 11, 2009 @6:30PM

Visual Arts Building, RM 1016

Purchase College, SUNY

School of the Arts

SCHOOL OF ART+DESIGN

735 Anderson Hill Road

Purchase, NY 10577

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Nicola Lopez's Website

Murray Zimiles - New York Times Article

Murray Zimiles's Website

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