Joseph Burchfield A'68

Joseph Burchfield A'68 is participating in this year's Gowanus Open Studios 2023 event:

Everyone is invited to join us in Brooklyn for the annual Gowanus Open Studios 2023. Our lively community wide event is a celebration of creative expression and talent. Mark your calendars for two days filled with inspiration and imagination on the weekend of October 21 & 22, 12-6pm. For more information, visit our website at https://www.artsgowanus.org/ to see the artist directory of their participating profiles and a map of studio locations to help plan your tour.

The studio location for Joseph Burchfield A'68 for this event is 543 Union Street - Studio 4B, Brooklyn, NY 11215.

https://www.artsgowanus.org/

 

Miguelina Rivera A'98

7:15 / 6:28 is the latest creation by Miguelina Rivera A'98, a contemporary Dominican artist and educator known for her impressive steel sculptures, as well as her works in oxidation and shellac.

On this occasion, "Migue" offers us a deeply personal exhibition, in which each work reflects the melancholy she experienced as a mother when she had to pick up her son at the train stations in France, at 7:15 on Fridays and say goodbye. at 6:28 on Sundays.

Miguelina Rivera's "7:15 / 6:28" exhibit will be presented by the "Galería Arte San Ramón" in the Dominican Republic.

September 27, 2023 through October 26, 2023
Monday - Friday from 9:00am - 5:00pm
Saturday from 9:00am - 12:00pm.

Galería Arte San Ramón
Avenida Abraham Lincoln 904
Piantini, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, 10127

Telephone: 1 809-541-0494

Lulu Del Sanchez A'16

"My name is Lucia Del Sanchez, aka Lulu, class of 2016 School of Art.

This summer I had the outstanding opportunity to present my work at NSU Art Museum Fort Lauderdale. 

I mounted a solo exhibition that centers around the life and work of my late uncle Adolfo Rene Sanchez, a prolific Cuban painter who lived and worked in NYC until his untimely passing from AIDS related complications in 1990. 

Jackson Koo ME'03

Con Edison recognizes Jackson Koo ME'03 as an outstanding Asian-American in its press release from September 13, 2023:

CON EDISON’S JACKSON KOO, RECOGNIZED AS AN OUTSTANDING ASIAN-AMERICAN BUSINESS PROFESSIONAL

NEW YORK – Con Edison celebrates Jackson Koo, project manager in emergency preparedness, as he is recognized as an Outstanding Asian American by the Asian American Business Development Center (AABDC).

Recipients of the award represent the best of Asian-American corporate executives, entrepreneurs, and professionals who have positively contributed to Asian-American communities and the U.S. economy, according to the AABDC.

“The sky’s the limit, if you continue to pursue your personal and professional endeavors with a clear goal in mind,” said Koo.

  • Founded by inventor, industrialist and philanthropist Peter Cooper in 1859, The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art offers education in art, architecture and engineering, as well as courses in the humanities and social sciences.

  • “My feelings, my desires, my hopes, embrace humanity throughout the world,” Peter Cooper proclaimed in a speech in 1853. He looked forward to a time when, “knowledge shall cover the earth as waters cover the great deep.”

  • From its beginnings, Cooper Union was a unique institution, dedicated to founder Peter Cooper's proposition that education is the key not only to personal prosperity but to civic virtue and harmony.

  • Peter Cooper wanted his graduates to acquire the technical mastery and entrepreneurial skills, enrich their intellects and spark their creativity, and develop a sense of social justice that would translate into action.