Class of 1957
As reported by Susan Dry Boynton '57 & Merrill Cates '57
Many years ago prior to moving to Colorado, Susan Dry Boynton ’57 gave Merrill Cates ’57 a painting, entitled “Cicada Flight II” and Merrill recently donated the painting to Friends Seminary. Regarding the painting, Susan shares, “The collage started with a collagraph plate with natural botanical textures - arbor vitae predominantly. In addition, a layer of chine colle' bits of kitakata, Japanese rice paper, geometric shapes with some color are added. They are printed and glued onto the original collagraph at the same time hence "chine collé" glue and Japanese not Chinese paper (The term 'chine collé' refers to the process of gluing during printing, and kitakata is a type of Japanese, not Chinese, paper). Finally there are one or two cicada wings, dried and waterproofed and glued to the backer sheet. This painting was one of a series of small workups for a series of 80 prints I made for a print collection representing one print each from 20 - 40 printmakers, after an artists from New Jersey visit to printmakers in Berlin.”
Class of 1960
Top row: Sally Taylor Brewster '60, Michael Mudho, Catherine Munnell Smith '60
Middle row: Berta (Gordon Friedland) Shapiro '60, Liz Lyons Stone '60, Peter Linden '60
Bottom Row: Jenny Roper '60, Bronwen Cunningham '60, Elizabeth Peale Allen '60
On Friday, February 7 members of the Class of 1960 joined a Zoom call to reconnect and discuss Reunion plans.
Class of 1972
As reported by Pamela Perkins ’72
I recently had an article published in Russian about a Conference years ago about women writers at NYU. A dear friend, who is or was the head of PEN in Moscow asked me to write this.
Not sure, given the climate, if PEN still exists in Russia. I am on two committees about patients at Bellevue, the country’s oldest public hospital.
Artwork from Amanda Church ’72 was featured earlier this month as part of an exhibit entitled, “intersection” at Steven Harvey Fine Arts Projects Gallery.
Class of 1979
On February 22 Nathan A. Resika '79 performed with a stellar group of young singers in the concert, “Wondrous Love” in the west village at historic St Johns church. Click here to read more.
Class of 1987
As reported by Robin Weiswasser Markus '87
From Left to Right: Doug Budin ’87, Jonathan Feder ’87, Kate Hampton ’87, Sean Cavanaugh ’87, Robin Weiswasser Markus '87, Paul Testa ’87, Leslie Werthamer Rottenberg ’87, Gideon Alpert ’87, Josh Srebnick ’87, Jocelyn Anker ’87, David Allee ’87 and Josh Isay ’87
On February 11 members of the Class of 1987 gathered for their annual class dinner.
Class of 1995
Pyeng Threadgill '95’s new audio book, “Lost & Found” is now available for purchase through Latern Audio. Pyeng will also give a live presentation of her new audio book on Saturday, February 22 at Shape Shifter Lab in Brooklyn, NY.
Class of 2000
As reported by Fred Isquith ’00
Morgan Kaschak '00 would like to introduce a new addition to his family. His daughter, Genevieve B. Kaschak, was born earlier this year and is already learning so much from her big brother.
Class of 2003
As reported by Eric Obenzinger ’03
From left to right: Warren Salandy, Eric Obenzinger ’03, Lexton Moy ’03, Cooper Browning (Lexton), Colin Winkelman '03, Samantha Winkelman (Colin), Erica Marcus '03, Kyle Gilbert-Gregory '04 and Geraldine Salandy (Warren)
On January 24, Eric Obenzinger ’03, Erica Marcus '03, Colin Winkleman '03, Kyle Gilbert-Gregory '04 and Warren Salandy met at a local bar to welcome home Lexton Moy '03, who was visiting from Montana. Everyone wore denim in honor of Lexton.
Class of 2004
The Norwegian Critics’ Association and The Academy of Fine Art at the Oslo National Academy of the Arts are pleased to present a lecture by writer and curator Legacy Russell ’04. Taking her latest book Black Meme (Verso, 2024) as its point of departure, this lecture explores the commodification of Black identity from the early 1900s to the present, across diverse modes of expression – including early cinema, contemporary art, memes, and viral videos. Russell’s sophisticated analysis of historical and contemporary visual culture shows that Black people have continually been denied ownership of their own image. A central part of her critical project is to examine how today’s viral internet culture relates to subject formation and categories such as race, class, and gender. After the lecture, there will be a brief Q&A.
Class of 2007
Karen Vershbow’s (Sophie ’07) dog, Simon is the newly elected dog mayor of New York. Karen is a writer and very active in the world of pet dog rescue.
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