1962 Art & Music

Yale Class of 1962
50th Reunion
May 31 – June 3, 2012

Dixie Carroll, Art & Music by Classmates

January 2012

Dear Classmate:

I am organizing an exhibit of  the visual arts made by our classmates to be displayed at  our 50th reunion this spring, (May 31st to June 1st) in Davenport College. Louie Mackall will be helping me mount the exhibit. I hope to have a big, inclusive show. 

Thirteen classmates have already  expressed interest. If I don’t know about you, and you have something to offer, please contact me!

We will display all the visual arts: painting, drawing, sculpture, architecture, landscape architecture and photography. Also: crafts that have a strong visual or esthetic component. We will include books on the visual arts and  works of art criticism. I don’t think we can set up for videos, but John Stewart is planning to play samples of classmates’ music, (composers, performers, singers, choirs, choruses, etc.). It will  accompany our art display. Please contact John directly if you want to submit music something to him (johnhargerstewart@gmail.com).

I do not intend to edit anything except the number of individual pieces submitted by one classmate (if necessary to fit the space available). There is an art gallery at Davenport which can be closed and locked. It has a good lighting and a hanging system. It is about 13’ x 24’ and is located right behind our reunion headquarters desk in a large entryway lobby (where additional art can be displayed). Through a door to the left is the large Davenport common room which we can also use if the need arises.

The exhibit will be organized as follows: Please contact me (dickson@dicksoncarroll.com) with what you have, ASAP. (Also, if you have any questions.) If submitting work, please include dimensions and a brief description; do include images as attachments, if at all possible. I plan to  pre-print labels and any comments that might be of interest to classmates. Also, if your item is for sale to classmates to benefit Yale, we can have a silent auction of those items (and you can set a minimum opening price).  Dry-mounted photos of your work are completely acceptable (and may be preferable in some cases, since classmates must bring their work to the reunion and take it home with them afterwards. (I'm not prepared to get into the shipping and packing business). We will not be able to provide insurance, but the gallery will be locked after hours and there is a guard in the common room overnight.

Louie and I will be on the scene starting Thursday morning, May 31st. to accept delivery and hang artwork. I hope we will have a good show! With many participants! E-mail me please!

Dixie Carroll
202-363-6556
dickson@dicksoncarroll.com

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