scholastic awards

College Majors Visual Arts and Film Majors
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<p>those in the area or traveling to the city, show runs till
June 25th
Tue - Sat 12-4PM
@ Courtyard gallery
world financial center between building 3 and 4 atrium second floor<br>
there are bit of famous past winners fake-sh works and some photos in winter garden, too.</p>

<p>Showing only gold winners, shucks.
I have been following this quite while but kids’ works in general were never this gloomy; wounds, pain, war, blood, hunk of raw meat or fish, scary small children scenario (their dark fantasy against pesky little siblings?)
I think it is reflecting the era, what teens are living today.
said Frank MacCourt (jury of 1996)
“America is heading for a rich new century”
then came impeachment Columbine 9/11 WOMD Iraq Afghan earthquakes hurricanes recession flood (now oil spill)</p>

<p>there was a painting titled " my daddy is the best daddy" shabby unshaven man wearing superman t-shirt with cape and all, in background is a cabinet top full of beer cans and bottles of booze, knocked over drink spilling from the glass etc.
there were photo gold port winner’s series of view of broken neglected unoccupied rooms titled as if it’s her life story.
there was Ronald McDonald with fangs holding bloody human heart titled “heart disease”
Obama poster redux with word “OBEY” (remember that one, Andre the Giant?) at least the kid hand painted this one rather nicely, though maybe still stole the Obama image from someone’s property without asking for permission (sic)</p>

<p>It is an irony that gallery is above the food court. It was around lunch time for massive working population of WFC, clink of silverware and buzz of office gossip coming from restaurants below; Donald Sacks:black linguini fra diavalo 17.50, Mandarin Restaurant:tangy and spicy scallops 15.95, Yushi: boardroom bento (really, that’s how it says on the menu) fit for Merrill Lynch which located across from the gallery 16.95 and up, Cosi, Blockhead, Starbucks etc…
imagine inhaling all them mixed up aroma together along steamy air raising from below while looking at creepy teen art and writings. gag</p>

<p>It is nice of them to offer this place for the show that fit them all together in one place unlike past couple years, though maybe wanna avoid lunch time… then how could you if it opens only 12-4? Saturday would be scarier, battery park city families, ground zero tourists, century 21 shoppers… horrors!!
As I was walking out of the building, some tot behind me asked his mom loud " What, is this place?"
I have to agree. This is the place make your world go around, just that I have no idea how it is done day in day out, let’s all ask fammom!</p>

<p>PS
if you go, ask for the catalog, they are hording them under the reception desk.
yep. famkid and Marie Walsh Sharpe genius, you all are named, too bad not enough room for every winning artworks. Congrats.</p>

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<p>Thanks for the review Bears, it was very vivid. The imagery is sad but not surprising. It makes me feel old to remember days before HIV, 9/11, etc. And how strange to feel nostalgic for the cold war days.</p>

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<p>I did the math (poorly), they have 8th-12th graders, what, 13-14 to 18? born in 1991-1997?
the dark-age of being free and wholesome child-ing !!
in the catalog cover flap, timeline of past winner’s names are listed.
kids are kids and survived, thrived, succeeded (yet some died prematurely or had awful adult life) talents come with some price to pay. Let’s all love mediocre offsprings.</p>

<p>Truman Capote 1932 (depression) Richard Avedon 1941(war) Andy Warhol 1945 (poverty) Sylvia Plath 1947(her own psyc ) Gary Panther1968(60s) etc… it had strings of big names every few years until70s, then numbers are skippy 1976, 1979, (none listed 80s could be funding?) 1996, last one is Zoe Possen (fashion?)1998 maybe trend could be back?</p>

<p>also noted in the catalog 17 year old 10th grader (classy skilled drawing of scary airborne whale shaped battleships shooting down flying penguins)
and 16 year old 12th grader (silver design winner who made really nifty typography entirely made by shapes of octopus and its tentacles, genius.)
now, there have been debate, should age or grade level been considered well enough?
should non-seniors allowed to submit portfolio?
only the time could tell.</p>

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<p>Well I have recovered from the trip to NY for the scholastics…actually worked all the way back down in the car and in greasy spoon restaurants on interstate…but DS stayed another day with the other medalists and went to a couple of the workshops and the opening of the gallery you described…even my grim and gloomy artist son thought the stuff was dark.</p>

<p>However, he and other kid from school who went to the ceremony–other kid has a gold piece in the show (not gloomy at all, very abstract)–and then the workshops came back really inspired and ready to start working on their future. They were overall impressed with the other students’ work but there were a couple with (>?>) and what were the judges thinking? But that is art and that is life.</p>

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<p>I did something last night that I’ve sworn not to do – started a new book at night. Yes, it was “Charlotte Simmons” which I discovered after the discussion about the book on this thread that we had bought a copy at a used book sale buy no one had read it yet.</p>

<p>Damn thing kept me up until 4 AM! </p>

<p>It’s very, very good. I’ve never read anything by Tom Wolfe and it’s quite a treat. If you like “Charlotte Simmons” you’ll also like “Moo” by Jane Smiley. It takes place at a ‘fictional’ midwestern university and involves many of the same issues, with more shenanigans involving the faculty, a paranoid farmer, and a hog named Earl Butz. Funny as hell.</p>

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<p>good ol greenwitch
I will not forgive you if you payed more than 5 bucks for it, besides, redbug was offering free with shipping.
i’d say if you are OK with all those exclamation marks in Charlotte, go to " A Man in full" next. there are some college/ education ref in it I learned alot from.
then " Bonfire…" if you want to feel old and had been, which I had no idea but again made me want to understand this city hi low up down sideways, And, boy, it is true here there… how Mr. Wolfe could write things he never done himself but as if, is amazing. no wonder he writes so few fictions taking so very long.
He is quite -eh- an art (world) critic as well. scary funny.</p>

<p>I found “Moo” sounds good, go pick up from the library tomorrow. go ahead call me super cheapo.
now how can we rename this to " book club" thread?</p>

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<p>Darn you, all I need is ANOTHER must read book on my list!! Now that I’m working on helping D’s friend find a suitable creative writing program, I picked up Steven Kings “On Writing”. Saw it on NPR, released on July 8, thought it was brand new. Showed it to D’s boyfriend who is big King fan, said “oh, that’s been out a long time”. Turns out it was the 10th anniversary version! So that’s next on my list. Moo might be next…</p>