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The American Academy of Arts and Letters, Annual Ceremonial, 7 of 7
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This was the yearly ceremonial. There were a cocktail party and lunch followed by the ceremony in the auditorium. At the ceremony, prizes and purchase prizes are announced and presented. There is also a yearly speaker. The people on the stage without white name tags are probably members of the academy. And the people with the tags are probably prize winners. See the previous six entries.
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May 23, 2018 Wednesday
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The American Academy of Arts and Letters, NYC
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I drove Catherine (Murphy) down to the American Academy of Arts and Letters for a meeting she was attending. I then drove to the Met Breuer to meet up with Ben Keddy. I got to the museum early, so I bought a book, "Birds of a Feather: Joseph Cornell's Homage to Juan Gris and a notebook to write in, went down to the coffee bar and wrote the first draft for the introduction for "Mother's Clothing, etc.," by Eugene Carroll. A new addition to my chronicle website that I am publishing on the site. I planned to see "Like Life, Sculpture, Color, and the Body (1300-Now)" as well as the other two exhibitions, Anselm Kiefer and Leon Golub. It turned out that the Like Life exhibition was not to open for another week or so — a start to a day that would get more disjointed. Ben and I ate lunch at Flora Bar, a nice but overpriced restaurant in the museum. After lunch, we saw the Kiefer and Golub show and then headed to the Mets Main building. There we saw the Joseph Cornell and William Eggleston exhibitions. I dropped Ben off at 86th and Park, near the subway he was taking back to Jersey City. Instead of heading to the West Side Highway to get to the American Academy, I headed up Park Avenue. Before I dropped Ben off, I used his phone to ask Catherine when she thought her meeting would be over. She guessed at about 3 O'Clock. It was about 2:35 PM at that point. I needed to use Ben's phone because last week, I had left mine at the Starbucks in Yonkers on the way home from the opening at the American Academy. That would have been last Tuesday. My phone was being mailed back to me. But it hadn't yet gotten to our house. I drove up Park Avenue and way uptown. I realized that there was a "mountain" between me and the west side. It was now after 3:00 PM, and I winded up getting trapped on this road and sucked further uptown with no way to call Cathy to let her know I was on my way so that she wouldn't worry. I was getting very tense. Eventually, I got off this "highway" and was on Dyckman Street, I assume, in the Inwood neighborhood. It was almost 3:30, and I am not sure exactly where I was in relationship to the American Academy. I pulled up behind a car that was double-parked on Dyckman Street and knocked on the car window, which cautiously opened partway. There was a young woman in the driver's seat and two older people in the back seat (possibly the young woman's parents or rideshare passengers). I asked to use one of their phones while explaining I needed to call my wife, who would be getting worried about me because I was late to meet her. Of course, they had some trepidation about opening the window all the way and about handing me their phone. At first, the woman in the front seat dialed for me and had me speak through the window. The phone was mounted on the dashboard. She then relaxed and handed me the phone when I couldn't get through to Catherine. While I was fumbling with the phone, I drop my car keys under their car. At this point, I felt like a total clown. I left Catherine a message, and the woman asked me where I was going. I told her, and pointed ahead and said, "I think it is that way," But actually, it was the opposite way. She offered to lead me there. I pointed out that I couldn't follow them without retrieving my keys from under her car. With that accomplished, she made a u-turn, and I followed. It turned out that it was fairly simple and fast to get to the Academy from there. We said goodbye. I offered them some $, but she refused. I told them how swell they all were and went to the Academy. Catherine was not yet downstairs. I knew they usually had a nice lunch for the committee members. While I was waiting, I was asked if I needed anything. I said, "how about a snack?". Anita Flanagan, who does the cooking for the meetings, presented me with corn beef and cabbage and some salads. Catherine came into the kitchen just as my food arrived. While I ate, various people from the meeting came down into the kitchen. Souhad sent cookies she had made home with us. I ate most of them on the ride home.
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March 14, 2018 Wednesday
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American Academy of Arts and Letters, Tributes and Dinner, 1 of 2
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Catherine (Murphy) had nominated Nicole Eisenman for membership to the Academy, and she was voted in. We have been very busy lately. So Catherine called the Academy and asked to be notified if Nicole was coming to the dinner and if so, she would like to come and sit at the same table as Nicole. Nicole was coming, so we went. We arrived at a few minutes before 5:00 pm so that Catherine could go to a members' meeting. I went to the office and worked on my computer and also had a conversation with our accountant. At 6:00 PM, the tributes to deceased members took place. Dennis Johnson was eulogized by Deborah Eisenberg and Wallace Shawn, A.R. Guernsey by Terrance McNally and John Ashbury by Paul Muldoon. Following the tributes, there was a cocktail party. The photograph on this page is from the cocktail party. We took a break from standing around and were joined by the others in the photograph. There was lots of talk about the statement the Academy was putting in the NYTimes about Sexual harassment. There were disagreements about the statement at the members' meeting, but the statement was not to be changed. After the cocktail party, dinner was served. We sat at the same table with Nicole Eisenman, who sat next to Catherine. I sat next to Julia C. Speed, the granddaughter of Henry N. Cobb. Julia works at Luhring Augustine. That is the gallery that shows Tom Friedman, who is coming to Vassar College in a little over a week. On my other side was Peter Saul. I had asked for coffee with my dinner because we weren't going to stay for dessert, and coffee keeps me perky for the drive home. See the following entry.
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April 10, 2018 Tuesday
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American Academy of Arts and Letters, Tributes and Dinner, 2 of 2
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Catherine (Murphy) had nominated Nicole Eisenman for membership to the Academy, and she was voted in. We have been very busy lately. So Catherine called the Academy and asked to be notified if Nicole was coming to the dinner and if so, she would like to come and sit at the same table as Nicole. Nicole was coming, so we went. We arrived at a few minutes before 5:00 pm so that Catherine could go to a members' meeting. I went to the office and worked on my computer and also had a conversation with our accountant. At 6:00 PM, the tributes to deceased members took place. Dennis Johnson was eulogized by Deborah Eisenberg and Wallace Shawn, A.R. Guernsey by Terrance McNally and John Ashbury by Paul Muldoon. Following the tributes, there was a cocktail party. The photograph on this page is from the cocktail party. We took a break from standing around and were joined by the others in the photograph. There was lots of talk about the statement the Academy was putting in the NYTimes about Sexual harassment. There were disagreements about the statement at the members' meeting, but the statement was not to be changed. After the cocktail party, dinner was served. We sat at the same table with Nicole Eisenman, who sat next to Catherine. I sat next to Julia C. Speed, the granddaughter of Henry N. Cobb. Julia works at Luhring Augustine. That is the gallery that shows Tom Friedman, who is coming to Vassar College in a little over a week. On my other side was Peter Saul. I had asked for coffee with my dinner because we weren't going to stay for dessert, and coffee keeps me perky for the drive home. See the previous entry.
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April 10, 2018 Tuesday
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Andrew Schneider and Company NERVOUS/SYSTEM, Bard College, Annandale, NY
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Ralph Arylick and Elizabeth Cardonne Arylick thought we might be interested in seeing this theater piece. We met for dinner at Osaka in Tivoli (see last entry) and then headed to Bard. The production was in the LUMA Theater. Andrew Schneider and Company were in residence at Bard and worked on this piece, and we were told by I presume Andrew Schneider at the beginning of the production that this was a work in progress. There was a question and answer session after the production, but Catherine (Murphy) and I didn't stay for it. There were some really beautiful aspects of the production. They did some terrific things with time. Because they used a lot of bright lights going to black many times, it was hard on one's eyes.
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October 13, 2018 Saturday
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Annual Fundraiser for Barrett House at Locust Grove, 1 of 3
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Tom Ellman emailed me to ask if I would buy a ticket for the Barrett house fundraiser. He was chairman of the Board, so I did. The ticket I bought included an entry fee, food, and participation in a raffle of artwork. See the following two entries.
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March 25, 2018 Sunday
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Annual Fundraiser for Barrett House at Locust Grove, 2 of 3
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Tom Ellman emailed me to ask if I would buy a ticket for the Barrett house fundraiser. He was chairman of the Board, so I did. The ticket I bought included an entry fee, food, and participation in a raffle of artwork. See the previous entry and the following entry.
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March 25, 2018 sunday
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Annual Fundraiser for Barrett House at Locust Grove, 3 of 3
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Tom Ellman emailed me to ask if I would buy a ticket for the Barrett house fundraiser. He was chairman of the Board, so I did. The ticket I bought included an entry fee, food, and participation in a raffle of artwork. See the previous two entries.
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March 25, 2018 Sunday
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Art Department Meeting
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This was a meeting for senior members of the department. One reason I took a photograph at this meeting was that a photographer came to photograph the department for the yearbook. I thought it was too bad she hadn't come when the whole department was at a meeting. Christmas is coming soon, so I presume that is the star of Bethlehem over Peter's head.
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November 28, 2018 Wednesday
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Brasserie 292, Poughkeepsie, NY
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Catherine (Murphy) and I met Tom and Joyce for dinner at the Brasserie 292 in Poughkeepsie. Dinner was pretty good, but I ordered badly.
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November 02, 2018 Friday
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Catherine Murphy's opening at Peter Freeman Gallery, NYC. 1 of 13
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We were asked to get to the opening early so that Catherine could give a talk to the people who work at the gallery so that they would have information if asked about the work. We got there around 5:20pm, Betty, Joellen, and Emilie were already at the gallery (see next entry). They drove down from Massachusetts and drove back the same evening after dinner. By the time Catherine finished talking to the group of people who were connected to the gallery, some early arrivals to the opening had joined the group. See the following twelve entries.
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January 11, 2018, Thursday
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Catherine Murphy's opening at Peter Freeman Gallery, NYC, 3 of 13
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Aaron brought his two sons to the opening. Aaron is a former student of mine. His 25th reunion is coming up this Summer, so we will probably visit again at that point. See the previous two entries and the following ten entries.
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January 11, 2018 Thursday
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Computer Animation Class, Vassar College
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Tom and I planned for the screening of the animation students' final project to be on Saturday the 15th, between 1 and 4. We also had Pizza delivered at about 2. Most, but not all of the students had their work ready. At about 3:50, a few students mentioned that we still had a number of students to go, implying that we would never finish. I asked them if they had somewhere they had to be, and they just stared at me. I also told them we would have to stay longer, but they were getting more than their money's worth. At that point, Tom walked back into the room, and I told him we all agreed to stay longer. We got done a bit past 5. I told one student who was not happy with how the critique went that I could stay longer, and we could go over it. We talked for almost half an hour, and in the end, I think she was reasonably satisfied with the points I made. When I left, I needed to rush home because we were meeting Gabrielle and Micky for dinner. See entries of the same date in site section: "Groups", entry: "Miso Restaurant" and in site section: "Visitors," entry: Micky and Gabrielle.
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December 15, 2018 Saturday
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The Corner Restaurant - Tivoli, NY
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The four of us went to Hudson to the Jeff Bailey Gallery to see Erik Schoonebeek show. In addition to Erik's show, we saw a quite good exhibition of a young painter named Louis Fratino. Then we headed to The Corner in Tivoli, NY for dinner. See the previous entry.
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June 17, 2018 Sunday
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Davis and Langdale, NYC
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We went down to NYC so I could photograph the gallery (Davis and Langdale) before it closed for good. After we went out for a midday meal, we went to Rackstraw Downes' opening at The Betty Cunningham Gallery. See the next five entries.
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September 6, 2018 Thursday
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Dede Leiber and Granddaughters
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Catherine (Murphy) and I ran into Dede Leiber and her grand children at the Rhinebeck farmers market.
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August 26, 2018 Sunday
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