I thought a day in New York would be the perfect opportunity for a photo-an-hour post. Here goes...
8:30am - Breakfast with Lynn at the Eveready Diner in Southeast. She wasn't going to be able to come to the city with me, so we thought we'd at least start out with breakfast together before she dropped me off at the train station.
9:30am - Hillary. Sigh...
10:30am - Ahhh... Grand Central Station. Being here never gets old.
11:30am - On the train I looked up "print museum New York" just to see what would turn up. I had no idea I'd discover the International Print Center New York. Their current exhibit, Just Under 100, is the fifty-sixth presentation of its New Prints Program, a biannual, juried open call for prints that included 98 international artists.
I loved seeing so many different printmaking techniques all displayed in one space. It makes me look forward even more to getting started at the printmaking co-op once fall comes.
Louise Eastman, Jess Frost, Tara Geer, Katie Michel, Wendy Small, and Janis Stemmermann. Miss 2017. Letterpress. 20 5/8 x 16 1/2 in. Printed by Leslie Miller, published by Planthouse, NY. Edition: 15. Courtesy of Planthouse, NY. © 2017 the artists.
12:30pm - The view from the IPCNY elevator hallway.
1:30pm - Thought I'd pop into the Fashion Institute of Technology's museum since it was just down the street a bit. Their current exhibit, Forces of Nature, focused on how nature and science has influenced fashion and even vice-versa. For example, beautiful bird feathers found their way onto hats and couture clothing in the late 19th and early 20th century, but demand for plumage rendered several species nearly extinct and ushered in protection laws which still exist today.
The cape (1920) and dress (1953) above were inspired by new concepts and technologies that brought the far reaches of space closer to ordinary citizens.
2:30pm - The Center for Book Arts. I spent some time looking at exhibits & books and poking around their studios. What a special place! One of their current exhibits, Animation & Printing, presents "a selection of short animated films from around the US and the world, each created using techniques common in the book arts such as letterpress printing from moveable type, wood type, pressure printing, lino and wood cut, etching, silkscreen as well as animation in watermarked paper."
I loved seeing how artists were using printed material in digital ways. Just because we create something in one medium doesn't mean we can't present it in more than one format!
Boxes of fonts! (drooling here...)
This was such a powerful piece. Emily Martin's Desdemona In Her Own Words. While this photo only shows a single print from the folio, visit Emily's website to see the animation and learn more about the work.
3:30pm - Agnolotti at Eataly. Heaven on a plate!
4:30pm - On my way to Mood Fabrics!
I knew Mood would be overwhelming, and it was, but in a fun way. I DID find the red silk velvet I was looking for to make my new "singing" dress (for jazz caroling during the holidays), and I took photos of other fabrics that caught my eye. I'm a little more cautious now about what I buy when I'm excited in a fabric store (or a paper shop or a greenhouse or a...) I don't want to come home with TOO much. So now I'm going through my photos, narrowing down the choices. I'll either stop in quickly on my way back to Ohio or order online.
5:30pm - I loved looking at all the trims. I could have taken home every one of these, even if I don't necessarily have a use for any of them yet :-)
Just as I was paying for my velvet, the Project Runway designers & crew showed up. Too funny. I guess they're filming the next season!
6:30pm - Gotham Writers Workshop. They've got a Friday night "write-in" where you're given a writing prompt (which you can use or ignore), take some time to write, and share your work with the group if you want. Then there's wine & cheese & good cookies, and then you repeat the process. It was fun! I didn't write to the prompts, nor did I share what I wrote (and to me, 15 minutes of writing time -- even if it's twice -- isn't enough.) But that's okay. I'm glad I went and I was able to talk with a couple staff members about their online classes.
7:30pm - The view from Gotham's 14th floor window.
8:30pm - Finished and walking back to the subway. Needless to say, I slept on the train. Goodbye for now, New York!