This trip is available to students enrolled in MUSI 316- Music, Technology, and Media only.

Students of MUSI 316: Music, Technology, and Media will visit the Thomas Edison National Historical Park in West Orange, New Jersey and participate in a workshop on wax cylinders and early disc recordings. They will also tour the Morris Museum in Morristown, New Jersey and see demonstrations of the Murtogh D. Guiness collection of mechanical musical instruments and automata.

This is a closed event.

Professor Jackie Skrzynski will bring the students of her ARTS 302-Intermediate Drawing class to Dia: Beacon & Lee Price’s Studio.

This trip coincides with several assignments in Intermediate Drawing addressing conceptual approaches to contemporary drawing. Before the trip, students will research Sol Lewitt, specifically his wall drawings. Dia: Beacon contains the best collection of his wall drawings in the area, and has a world class collectino of conceptual and minimal art showcased uniquely in a massive, renovated factory.

At Lee Price’s studio, students will see works in progress, hear her discuss her work, her process, and life as an artist.

This is a closed event.

Professor Yolanda del Amo’s ARTS 315: Professional Format Photography class will visit the Penumbra Foundation on a field trip where they will be exposed to the early photographic process of the (wet plate) tintype. A tour and demo of alternative processes directly relates to the content of the course and will enhance the learning of the students.

“Penumbra Foundation is a non profit organization that brings together the Art and Science of Photography through education, research, outreach, public and residency programs.” -Visit the website here

This trip is open to students of ARTS 315 Only.

Students in Professor Marc Gidal’s Music, Technology, and Media class will go on a field trip to the Morris Museum and the Edison Museum. This will provide students with first hand experience and understanding of key musical technologies in the 19th and early 20th centuries: mechanical music boxes, player pianos and organs, and acoustic disc recordings.

This is a closed event.

The field trip will encompass two separate destinations in NYC, the Museum of Art and Design and the Greenwich House Pottery. The Museum of Art and Design is one of the most premier associations dedicated to the proliferation of craft and design-based art. On view at the museum are three separate contemporary ceramic exhibitions: Peter Voulkos, Chris Antemann, and Coille Hooven.

The Greenwich House Pottery is an internationally recognized center for ceramics. It is dedicated to expanding public awareness of the diversity and complexity of ceramics and fostering the development of artists through internships, residences, exhibitions, and community classes.

This is a closed event.

This is a closed event.

This trip will encompass two separate art institutions, Storm King Sculpture Park and Dia Beacon Museum. The day beings at Storm King where students will be broken up into two groups led by the faculty of teh represented courses. While at Storm King, students will alternate presenting on various works of art to the group, prepared beforehand, while still leaving time to explore and experience the grounds. After lunch, the group will go to Dia: Beacon Museum where they will be led on a docent tour of the museum. During this tour the docent will provide inside information on the collection as well as antidotal facts about the art and museum space. After the tour students will have time to explore on their own and look through the amazing library/gift shop, home to a number of limited publications on art.

This event is open to student of Basic Sculpture and Intermediate/Advanced Sculpture ONLY.

This is a closed event.

ADCNJ is the premiere organization in the state that supports student learning and scholarship for students in the communication arts. Students will have the opportunity to interact with other communication arts college students and compete against them in a design competition. They also have the opportunity to network with professionals and attend two presentation/sessions held by prominent people in the students’ disciplines. The general course learning goals associated with this experience include: thinking critically, working effectively on a team, understanding the workflow process, and understanding the social and civil responsibilities of a designer (client they design for is a non-profit). It also is an experiential opportunity to learn from professionals and scholars in their discipline.

This is a closed event.

Students of ARHT 204 will visit the Metropolitan Museum of Art: African Art collection. Professor Peffer will be lecturing in the gallery to enhance learning objectives including how non-western objects are displayed in museums today.

This event is open to students of ARHT 204 only.