Picking the first event to attend wasn’t easy, but i’m really glad I chose this one (not just because I got to get in the dinner line before everyone else). It was held in the Rose Dining hall before house dinner and featured art from Nicholas Carbonaro, an Ithaca college graduate. Honestly, I wasn’t expecting much from an art show in a dining hall, but I was extremely surprised.  There was live music, food, (wine which I wasn’t allowed to have), and interesting art.

This piece was by far my favorite, mainly because I really identify with it. It was like looking into a mirror after a long day of school and a huge dinner.  One of her(?) fake eyelashes fell onto her body and i’m like I feel you girl (?). I include the question marks after pronouns because the artist stressed that his art was gender neutral after growing up in a time when changing genders wasn’t so popular. After hearing that the art made a lot more sense. That was another thing I really liked about this experience, hearing what the artist thought. you can go to museum and interpret all you want, but you can’t really know what the artist meant unless they tell you first hand.

I would sat this one was the strangest piece, probably because all the other pieces were flat and colorful and this was outward and beige. I wanted to touch this one. so. badly. I held off out of respect (and because the artist was right there).

I’m including this one because it was the largest and also to give those who didn’t go a sense of the show. I would suggest all rose scholars to go to an art show the next time it comes up, I will too.