It appears Frankenstorm Sandy will soon be upon us, and with it comes the cancellation of classes from noon today through Tuesday evening. Please stay safe indoors and keep an eye on emails and alerts from Vassar.
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Elaine and Willem de Kooning: Seeing a Similar World in Dissimilar Ways
Today’s post comes from Angela Brown, class of 2016 and Art Center Student Docent.
Hanging side by side, Man in a Whirl by Elaine de Kooning and Black and White Rome F by Willem de Kooning seem to be very different characters in the same complex story.
Sustainable Community Challenge: Week 1
“Change happens when people decide they love a place”
–Natalie Jeremijenko, Environmental Health Clinic
Welcome to a new series of weekly challenges, each week we will offer up a suggestion of how one can reduce their environmental impact and/or create a just and more sustainable community. These challenges will urge us as a community to investigate our relationship with Vassar, with Poughkeepsie, with the Hudson Valley, and with the planet.
RCF Workshop Thursday, October 11th
If you’ve been keeping up with news from the CCS, you’ll probably have noticed that a lot of our work has been centered on the Resource Conservation Fund. Still unsure of what the RCF is? Not yet sick of all the outreach coming your way?
CCS is hosting a RCF Workshop this Thursday, October 11th at the Jade Parlor from 4-6 pm.
Pompeii Leaves Poughkeepsie
Today’s post comes from Stephanie Muir, class of 2015 and Art Center Student Docent.
If you were to make your way to the Art Center’s 19th century galleries today, you would notice that a certain something is different.