Call for entries:
Reading Objects, 2019: Student Edition
At 5:00, Joann Deiudicibus will say a few words of remembrance about Professor Pauline Uchmanowicz, Maureen Morrow will say a few words of remembrance about Professor Peter Kaufman, and winning authors will read their work. Then, Dennis Doherty will host an open mic at which all students and campus employees are invited to read a poem, a page of prose, or perform a song.
The students whose work was selected for a digital publication on the museum’s website are Patrick Derilus, Jonathan Trout, Clara Zonis, Lily Acevedo, Adetiloro Ibitoye, Emily LaSita, Erin Boss, Jillian Tiberio, Emma Murphy, Kaelyn McGrady, Jeffrey Seitz, Kathy Nguyen, Fatouma Keita, Lucas Rendich and Melissa Basilio.
Harold Edgerton, Bullet Through Apple, 1964
The museum invites students from all disciplines on campus to submit written responses to works from the permanent collection, on view in the museum’s Corridor Gallery during the Fall 2019 semester. All undergraduate and graduate students are invited to participate.
Any form of writing will be accepted including poems, prose, brief dramatic scenes, song lyrics, other types of ekphrastic* work, short essays, or scientific explanations of thematic or material content. Length limit: 500 words.
A jury of museum and campus staff will select highlights from the submissions for a digital publication on the museum’s website. The SDMA and sponsors will also host a public reading/performance at the museum in December for those selected.
Entries can be submitted here by Tuesday, November 5, 2019: https://newpaltz.wufoo.com/forms/reading-objects-2019-student-edition/
Myra Mimlitsch-Gray, Pair of Spoons, 1992
As a university museum, we encourage the use of our exhibitions and collections by SUNY New Paltz students, staff, and faculty. We believe that artworks can and should be used to promote conversation and to advance knowledge across the disciplines.
Sponsors: Samuel Dorsky Museum of Art, Writing Board, Faculty Development Center, Department of English, Department of Sociology, School of Fine & Performing Arts.
This campus community project is in memory of Professor Pauline Uchmanowicz (English) and Professor Peter Kaufman (Sociology) who both loved writing and who shared their lives generously with SUNY New Paltz students.
*for the purposes of this project, an ekphrastic work is writing inspired by art.
This information can be accessed by students on our website at: https://www.newpaltz.edu/museum/learn/reading-objects-2019/reading-objects.php
To the Faculty:
We appreciate your help in encouraging students in your classes to participate in this community-wide event. Please consider this project for a curricular assignment, an on-campus field trip, or an extra credit opportunity.
Unknown Chinese Painter, Ancestor Painting (on silk), ca. 1850’s
For additional guidance, example assignments, or questions, email Zachary Bowman, Manager of Education and Visitor Experience at The Dorsky (bowmanz@newpaltz.edu) or Sarah Wyman (FDC/English) (wymans@newpaltz.edu). The Faculty Center will host 2 workshops with Zachary Bowman and Frank Boyer (Art) designed to train faculty in ways to use the museum exhibitions and collections in classes across campus, October 2, 2:00 – 3:30 p.m. & October 4, 11:00- 12:30 p.m., FDC/CH 113.
All the best,
Zach
Zachary Bowman
Manager of Education and Visitor Experience
Samuel Dorsky Museum of Art
State University of New York at New Paltz
1 Hawk Drive
New Paltz, NY 12561
T: 845.257.3604
F: 845.257.3854
