Big Apple, we have arrived! The KPU Fine Arts Department New York/Venice Field School is happy to share a few glimpses into the first few days of their arrival in New York City from Days 1-5. Be sure to check out the growing gallery of images tagged #kpunycvenice on Instagram for a glimpse into the day to day impressions of the trip (new images uploaded daily), and stay tuned to follow the individual student blogs as they begin rolling out tomorrow!
Day 1 was spent traveling and arriving at the home base for the New York leg of our field school-- the New York Moore Hostel in East Williamsburg Brooklyn.
Day 2 was spent orienting ourselves to the city with a boat tour around Manhattan. The new One World Trade Center dominates the skyline.
Recreating our very own Le dejeuner sur l'herbe (Luncheon in the Grass) in Central Park on Day 3. The weather has been beautiful and cooperative so far.
Using waiting time as sketching time across the street from the new Whitney Museum in Chelsea on Day 4.
A view of Manhattan looking north (with Empire State Building in the distance) from the new Whitney Museum on Day 4.
Day 5 is a day spent at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, one of the largest and most comprehensive collections of art objects in the world.
We made a special visit as a group to see Jackson Pollock's Autumn Rhythm (1949) at the Metropolitan Museum of Art on Day 5. We began the field school looking at this painting and examining how New York became the centre of the art world following World War II with both the rise of the Abstract Expressionist movement and the promotion of Pollock as the new poster boy for New York's modern art scene.