https://openlab.macaulay.cuny.edu/groups/french2025/ Activity feed for the group, Seminar 1 2025 Lisa French. Thu, 30 Apr 2026 08:17:46 -0400 https://buddypress.org/?v= en-US 30 hourly 2 ce4b046a3598aa017ac38c96c93a5baf https://openlab.macaulay.cuny.edu/french2025/?p=1325 Tue, 23 Dec 2025 02:16:58 -0500 la boheme and rentTo start, I wanted to talk briefly about my interpretation and experience at the opera.Firstly, unfortunately I was not a fan. I felt […]

]]> 66f0827935ef13b62bcd04526283f1f4 https://openlab.macaulay.cuny.edu/french2025/?p=1321 Wed, 17 Dec 2025 21:09:37 -0500 La Boheme vs RentI have never watched an opera in my life. To be honest, I never thought I was going to. The whole concept seemed a little outdated to […]

]]> 6312bc57debe500a5b4ec7bc9385dd35 https://openlab.macaulay.cuny.edu/french2025/?p=1308 Sun, 07 Dec 2025 17:12:47 -0500 Identity mask oplus_2097184 The background is Ukrainian symbol Tryzub (Trident). On the mask, I put things important to me: family and my home […]

]]> 4171897a9eebf07ad458c151b83bc17e https://openlab.macaulay.cuny.edu/french2025/?p=1306 Sun, 07 Dec 2025 15:27:59 -0500 Rent & La BohemeWhen choosing between the two, I would have to say I gravitated and enjoyed Rent much more than La Boheme. I could actually grasp the […]

]]> c0e0cc685048dbeb83e8c159d5d7cc77 https://openlab.macaulay.cuny.edu/french2025/?p=1300 Sun, 07 Dec 2025 07:26:39 -0500 Identity Mask I don’t really think my mask gives off much in terms of my identity, at least visually. It was pretty difficult to decide what I […]

]]> b351402d1f163670cea87fc0d4d9c7a4 https://openlab.macaulay.cuny.edu/french2025/?p=1296 Sun, 07 Dec 2025 01:37:46 -0500 Identity Mask 🎭 I chose to theme my identity mask around my love for theater. I included six of my favorite musicals on the mask.Three of the shows, […]

]]> f3dffa2f9532f16c5df591cbaf891083 https://openlab.macaulay.cuny.edu/french2025/?p=1291 Sat, 06 Dec 2025 16:30:22 -0500 Identity Mask Completing this project helped me to explore the role that art plays in my life as a New Yorker by being able to visualize the […]

]]> 87b72c75b97f21b3ffdc9d986c4ad3ed https://openlab.macaulay.cuny.edu/french2025/?p=1284 Sat, 06 Dec 2025 08:10:49 -0500 Identity Mask My mask doesn’t really look how I had originally envisioned it but it’s like a brainchild. To break it down, firstly the left eye is […]

]]> 3b937887c6f7c69130bc703792d63855 https://openlab.macaulay.cuny.edu/french2025/?p=1278 Sat, 06 Dec 2025 05:05:07 -0500 Identity Mask When asked about my identity and the things that make me who I am, I think about my personality, my aspirations, and my […]

]]> 846213054ac1e170e960809d93d5c920 https://openlab.macaulay.cuny.edu/french2025/?p=1267 Sat, 06 Dec 2025 04:54:58 -0500 Identity mask Oplus_19005440 Done with my sister. She was excited when she saw the mask and I told her about the project, so she really wanted […]

]]> 9155806e2edcd1dee1d0945c1fb54cc3 https://openlab.macaulay.cuny.edu/french2025/?p=1262 Sat, 06 Dec 2025 04:53:46 -0500 Identity Mask This is my identity mask. I included a bunch of different things that I like to show that this is what makes up my personality. I […]

]]> a417ca497a1e7db19cc3187a262c9e16 https://openlab.macaulay.cuny.edu/french2025/?p=1259 Sat, 06 Dec 2025 04:25:50 -0500 Mask I made my mask basic, but that ties into my identity, as I am a very simple and straightforward person. I thought about my identity, […]

]]> 14b94244f8407c6c904ba39c8ee5ffdb https://openlab.macaulay.cuny.edu/french2025/?p=1253 Sat, 06 Dec 2025 03:53:40 -0500 Identity Mask When I was thinking about what to do with my mask, I wanted to include things that were very important to me and my identity. My […]

]]> 6ab3da76eabbdd90a0971b660484f821 https://openlab.macaulay.cuny.edu/french2025/?p=1231 Sat, 06 Dec 2025 02:12:40 -0500 Identity Mask My mask is attached above. I included, to the best of my ability, a simplified grid map of Brooklyn, and chose to attach it to the […]

]]> eb445b0859607ba2b1e193a6b0e5da7b https://openlab.macaulay.cuny.edu/french2025/?p=1245 Sat, 06 Dec 2025 01:19:17 -0500 Identity Mask Never really sat down and asked myself, “What’s my identity?” Figuring out what to put on it was harder than actually doing it. I’m […]

]]> 3daf3d79a95c22bca6222bb816de7c2a https://openlab.macaulay.cuny.edu/french2025/?p=1242 Sat, 06 Dec 2025 00:41:12 -0500 Identity mask I would like to preface by saying I’m in no way artistically gifted My approach to the mask was to just have fun with it and put […]

]]> 4344ab544a2234ebb41ac050bd17ed17 https://openlab.macaulay.cuny.edu/french2025/?p=1238 Fri, 05 Dec 2025 22:01:46 -0500 Identity Mask When I was making my mask I tried to think of things that were unique to me. I have never really thought of my identity deeply […]

]]> 830f4a7222626ad01731674522f714c0 https://openlab.macaulay.cuny.edu/french2025/?p=1228 Fri, 05 Dec 2025 19:02:23 -0500 Identity Mask While working on this mask, I was able to reflect on the things that I really like and are important to me. I decided to paint the […]

]]> cba2d58dfa325fae5c7d2b444c0167fa https://openlab.macaulay.cuny.edu/french2025/?p=1223 Fri, 05 Dec 2025 05:31:04 -0500 Identity Mask This is my identity mask! I chose to make it multiple colors because when I paint red, yellow, and blue is the color combination I […]

]]> 44dfd0d9baa8c95e696377972cfa9bec https://openlab.macaulay.cuny.edu/french2025/?p=1220 Fri, 05 Dec 2025 04:51:47 -0500 Identity Mask My identity mask shows headphones because I listen to a lot of music. The headphones have Hello Kitty stickers as I have loved Hello […]

]]> 76a0a2626246b28fc9c180938d8db123 https://openlab.macaulay.cuny.edu/french2025/?p=1216 Fri, 05 Dec 2025 04:45:08 -0500 Identity Mask I knew I had to make my mask filled with different colors and textures. After slapping on a coat of paint I started with the beaded […]

]]> f47fa211e94ac51f280a9d98c3703634 https://openlab.macaulay.cuny.edu/french2025/?p=1210 Fri, 05 Dec 2025 02:37:58 -0500 Identity Mask With this project I was able to reflect on who I am as a person. I am honestly a pretty simple person, so I created my mask without […]

]]> a7a46df64cdd30c8a44fddce518ac0d7 https://openlab.macaulay.cuny.edu/french2025/?p=1204 Wed, 03 Dec 2025 14:29:11 -0500 Identity Mask Description from STEAM: Through this project I reflected who I am and the values I have on my mask. I created an “olive […]

]]> 433cfbce9dbd8ff1e14d67bb860b0e5e https://openlab.macaulay.cuny.edu/french2025/?p=1199 Tue, 18 Nov 2025 03:59:57 -0500 The Movie vs The OperaThe movie starts with a not bad song. Then it starts romanticising people not paying rent. Very similar to the opera or the book, […]

]]> b793718fb77b3ba0532d3253df8aaaa7 https://openlab.macaulay.cuny.edu/french2025/?p=1196 Mon, 17 Nov 2025 04:58:19 -0500 La Boheme vs. Rent; The Bohemian ShowdownWhat an Italian experience at La Bohème! Sure was regretting years of Spanish whilst sitting in Lincoln Center squinting at the […]

]]> 9292867f07ca34379ef8f371d2b35176 https://openlab.macaulay.cuny.edu/french2025/?p=1193 Mon, 17 Nov 2025 04:36:09 -0500 Rich StremmeWhat an interesting man… His passion for tattooing is remarkable. During the entire Zoom call, you could just feel the sense that […]

]]> d688d310dcbd81bd44e86bb2d95ed0ad https://openlab.macaulay.cuny.edu/french2025/?p=1189 Mon, 17 Nov 2025 03:42:39 -0500 Graffiti

]]> c535fe72d89e4fa47003831d68bbbff1 https://openlab.macaulay.cuny.edu/french2025/?p=1187 Mon, 17 Nov 2025 02:54:20 -0500 RichWe had a talk over Zoom with Rich about tattoos. I honestly didn’t find it very interesting. I appreciated that he was passionate […]

]]> 82321342f1e49b1ffa68cb71f8ac1169 https://openlab.macaulay.cuny.edu/french2025/?p=1183 Sun, 16 Nov 2025 19:52:29 -0500 TattooWhen you think of tattoos, you normally don’t think of its history or of it as an art form. You normally think of it as permanent i […]

]]> 4a07b531c4a5a3cd660730523b870e15 https://openlab.macaulay.cuny.edu/french2025/?p=1180 Sun, 16 Nov 2025 19:19:54 -0500 La Boheme/RentBefore last weekend I had never seen an opera, nor had I ever had any intention of seeing one. La Boheme is the first opera I have […]

]]> d91a6960493d3ba93832352296e3a431 https://openlab.macaulay.cuny.edu/french2025/?p=1172 Fri, 14 Nov 2025 19:10:26 -0500 Le Boheme and RentAfter watching both Le Boheme and Rent my overall opinion is that were both really good, but I like Rent more. Seeing Le Boheme was a […]

]]> 12d7fd2d04eb749450f95bac09c2c62c https://openlab.macaulay.cuny.edu/french2025/?p=1176 Fri, 14 Nov 2025 18:39:36 -0500 La Boheme/RentThis Saturday, when we went to watch La Boheme, I found it to be a pleasant experience. The cast was incredibly talented, the costume […]

]]> bd9fa20ae6cf2ace4053e79660670105 https://openlab.macaulay.cuny.edu/french2025/?p=1174 Fri, 14 Nov 2025 17:49:42 -0500 Opera & Movie ReviewLast weekend, I was asked to go to see my very first Opera performance at Lincoln Center. In general, I can’t say that it’s my kind […]

]]> f2d351fe6fc970a70bf723cad46411e3 https://openlab.macaulay.cuny.edu/french2025/?p=1170 Fri, 14 Nov 2025 16:27:40 -0500 La Bohème and RentLast Sunday, we went to Lincoln Center to see the opera, La Bohème. The stage looked incredibly cool; it looked like a TV screen, […]

]]> 9e8ac492662c0a2d5c8f2e6299adc80c https://openlab.macaulay.cuny.edu/french2025/?p=1014 Fri, 14 Nov 2025 14:10:31 -0500 Tattoo BlogI thought it was cool that Rich was able to come in and talk to us about tattooing. I wasn’t a huge fan of the overall history of t […]

]]> 4f24cb04c2cee1de96826de5c52fe9ed https://openlab.macaulay.cuny.edu/french2025/?p=1142 Fri, 14 Nov 2025 10:04:01 -0500 Rent and La BohemeI enjoyed both Rent and La Boheme, but I personally enjoyed La Boheme better because I feel as though it stuck to the plot of the […]

]]> 907835d8471d22846d233001fbd9d916 https://openlab.macaulay.cuny.edu/french2025/?p=1164 Fri, 14 Nov 2025 07:11:41 -0500 La Boheme and RentOn Saturday, we had the amazing opportunity of seeing the opera known as La Boheme. The opera was performed at the Lincoln Center, […]

]]> 2774cea4739f94a0c1316e24010c2ea4 https://openlab.macaulay.cuny.edu/french2025/?p=1161 Fri, 14 Nov 2025 06:20:51 -0500 Rent and La BohemeHaving seen Rent and La Boheme, as well as reading “Scenes from the Latin Quarter,” I feel like the time periods in which these were […]

]]> 1295038c392d5e2aa1200fa63d0e0a25 https://openlab.macaulay.cuny.edu/french2025/?p=1162 Fri, 14 Nov 2025 05:47:15 -0500 La Boheme & RentUpon finding out that we were going to an opera, I was super excited. I love watching people preform and opera is such a powerful […]

]]> cf01df23a56354150bbbd3022dcd4435 https://openlab.macaulay.cuny.edu/french2025/?p=1158 Fri, 14 Nov 2025 05:24:02 -0500 Cosmic Bunny

]]> 5d258a122af4a8e12b7bd0b502dbb896 https://openlab.macaulay.cuny.edu/french2025/?p=1156 Fri, 14 Nov 2025 05:19:16 -0500 Rich StremmeI like how Rich went into detail about different figures in the history of tattooing in the United States and how they were […]

]]> 7fbeefc0e67047916dc3a3721d5d2c9a https://openlab.macaulay.cuny.edu/french2025/?p=1152 Fri, 14 Nov 2025 05:02:48 -0500 La BohemeLast Saturday we went to the Lincoln Center to see La Boheme. This was my first experience with an opera. The Lincoln Center was very […]

]]> 1d384295ed1eadb5a03205e69ecdb2f5 https://openlab.macaulay.cuny.edu/french2025/?p=1153 Fri, 14 Nov 2025 05:02:19 -0500 Rich StremmeLast Friday, in seminar we had multi-talented artist Rich Stremme join a zoom call with us to talk about the history of tattooing as […]

]]> 6e23e4e621f6613f685f4bdbc09b84e1 https://openlab.macaulay.cuny.edu/french2025/?p=1147 Fri, 14 Nov 2025 04:44:30 -0500 La Boheme and RentLast Saturday we went to see the classic Italian opera La Boheme. I, like most of us, had never been to an opera before so I was […]

]]> 81ea30abe2dcff7ebef7a181f85a53ea https://openlab.macaulay.cuny.edu/french2025/?p=1144 Fri, 14 Nov 2025 04:23:19 -0500 Rich StremmeI love tattoos, and though I don’t have any, I will sometime in the near future. I loved learning about the origins of the art-form f […]

]]> f697c6a9092021fb021fb23a2f95677b https://openlab.macaulay.cuny.edu/french2025/?p=1141 Fri, 14 Nov 2025 04:22:04 -0500 Zoom CallLast class we had a zoom call with punk rocker tattoo artist Rich Stremme. Of the three topics he could’ve talked to us about, the c […]

]]> a70eecc687f55b07041a26af6ce301ad https://openlab.macaulay.cuny.edu/french2025/?p=1139 Fri, 14 Nov 2025 03:56:42 -0500 TattooingRich Stremme’s presentation on tattooing was extremely insightful, as history is something which interests me, and seeing the link b […]

]]> 7293576121f86b6824c2701ad7a185fb https://openlab.macaulay.cuny.edu/french2025/?p=1132 Fri, 14 Nov 2025 03:25:07 -0500 Rich Stremme CallLast Friday, while I was working on my graffiti poster, I ended up having the opportunity to listen to Rich Stremme speak about his […]

]]> b8611184ae778e8b1ec8ade5d36a94c6 https://openlab.macaulay.cuny.edu/french2025/?p=1131 Fri, 14 Nov 2025 03:19:47 -0500 Rich Stremme Zoom CallOn Friday, November 7, our Macaulay Seminar class was able to have a zoom call with Rich Stremme. I found this zoom call to be […]

]]> 0f1e3907083265dfac52df9d73c7642e https://openlab.macaulay.cuny.edu/french2025/?p=1126 Fri, 14 Nov 2025 03:07:52 -0500 La Boheme and RentLa Boheme is an opera that follows a group of artists struggling to get by in 19th-century Paris. The main plot was the love story of […]

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