Macaulay OpenLab | The Arts in New York City (Prof. Pentangelo, Summer 2026) | Activity https://openlab.macaulay.cuny.edu/groups/pentangelo26/ Activity feed for the group, The Arts in New York City (Prof. Pentangelo, Summer 2026). Wed, 12 Aug 2026 12:16:33 -0400 https://buddypress.org/?v= en-US 30 hourly 2 608006de1959b4c7cd651c4387c7a0bb Marisol Rodriguez wrote a new blog post A Tale of Two Rooms in the group The Arts in New York City (Prof. Pentangelo, Summer 2026) https://openlab.macaulay.cuny.edu/pentangelo26/?p=590 Mon, 10 Aug 2026 04:10:33 -0400 A Tale of Two Rooms Like so many nights out in New York, this one started on Instagram. Scrolling through stories, my feed was a steady stream of […]

]]> 5c69284ca8655dd2e73108e14598103b Sharlen Flores wrote a new blog post Blog Post #5 in the group The Arts in New York City (Prof. Pentangelo, Summer 2026) https://openlab.macaulay.cuny.edu/pentangelo26/?p=587 Mon, 10 Aug 2026 02:10:25 -0400 Blog Post #5 The mural I selected depicts Mother Teresa and Gandhi staring at one another while holding their hands in prayer. The mural is […]

]]> 40880ed01f17a8a8abb1fc55ed73d312 Paula Meza wrote a new blog post Blog 5 in the group The Arts in New York City (Prof. Pentangelo, Summer 2026) https://openlab.macaulay.cuny.edu/pentangelo26/?p=584 Sat, 08 Aug 2026 08:21:23 -0400 Blog 5 I chose “Beacons,” which is a mural I found while walking along the High Line with my group. I don’t think it can be repli […]

]]> 886eace6bd95ba5b00d5e7c7459f8fc4 Paula Meza wrote a new blog post Blog 6 in the group The Arts in New York City (Prof. Pentangelo, Summer 2026) https://openlab.macaulay.cuny.edu/pentangelo26/?p=572 Wed, 05 Aug 2026 04:11:23 -0400 Blog 6On July 31st, I went to Pacha New York, which is a night club in East Williamsburg, Brooklyn, surrounded by warehouses. Which can be […]

]]> 426076f9e60d7adc0fe7c7dd343a39fc Moon wrote a new blog post in the group The Arts in New York City (Prof. Pentangelo, Summer 2026) https://openlab.macaulay.cuny.edu/pentangelo26/?p=570 Wed, 05 Aug 2026 03:59:54 -0400 The first piece I’ve chosen to highlight is a choreographed self portrait by Marcel Bascoulard. The series showcases multiple self […]

]]> e8eaf0db5e3f3b999cda96079d5b1564 Kelvin Castillo wrote a new blog post Live performance in the group The Arts in New York City (Prof. Pentangelo, Summer 2026) https://openlab.macaulay.cuny.edu/pentangelo26/?p=562 Wed, 05 Aug 2026 03:41:01 -0400 Live performance This last 1st of August I went to see two of my favorite argentine rappers (Trueno and Milo J), the community was mostly hispanic […]

]]> 74b0b2911aadbc2bd776db61de033ba4 Edward Trinidad wrote a new blog post NYCEEJ @ drom in the group The Arts in New York City (Prof. Pentangelo, Summer 2026) https://openlab.macaulay.cuny.edu/pentangelo26/?p=553 Wed, 05 Aug 2026 01:25:09 -0400 NYCEEJ @ drom I caught a hip hop show at Drom, a smallish venue in the East Village. It was a showcase show for some up and coming artists. I went […]

]]> 2d2d6eae02151a751328fef925d40332 Thomas Mawolo wrote a new blog post Blog Post #4 - Thomas in the group The Arts in New York City (Prof. Pentangelo, Summer 2026) https://openlab.macaulay.cuny.edu/pentangelo26/?p=551 Tue, 04 Aug 2026 19:29:29 -0400 Blog Post #4 – ThomasMeeting and talking to the co-founders of Queer Van Kult in person was really amazing. And the experience of listening to people […]

]]> a8b8127815e402a0f28823621d69f7d5 Thomas Mawolo wrote a new blog post Blog Post #6: Gospel Night at SummerStage Harlem in the group The Arts in New York City (Prof. Pentangelo, Summer 2026) https://openlab.macaulay.cuny.edu/pentangelo26/?p=526 Tue, 04 Aug 2026 18:59:36 -0400 Blog Post #6: Gospel Night at SummerStage Harlem For the past three years, I have always walked past the Summer Stage in Harlem events but I never stopped by to check it out. This […]

]]> b4a972e7653a43092aa6d265d926af5e Sergei Markelov wrote a new blog post Sergei_Markelov_Blog_Post#6 in the group The Arts in New York City (Prof. Pentangelo, Summer 2026) https://openlab.macaulay.cuny.edu/pentangelo26/?p=523 Tue, 04 Aug 2026 15:30:11 -0400 Sergei_Markelov_Blog_Post#6 All right, the live-music event I attended wasn’t actually a live-music event, though it was a band providing musical a […]

]]> f730b254e46d6e042b553f04b027ac67 Sharlen Flores wrote a new blog post Blog Post #6 - BTS in the group The Arts in New York City (Prof. Pentangelo, Summer 2026) https://openlab.macaulay.cuny.edu/pentangelo26/?p=498 Tue, 04 Aug 2026 06:02:02 -0400 Blog Post #6 – BTS   This week I attended BTS Arirang Tour Day 2 at MetLife Stadium. The tour marks their return after completing their […]

]]> 3d8ab0a3a5ada7e8e7bdd7a9220dba43 Hasan Choudhry wrote a new blog post Blog Post 6 in the group The Arts in New York City (Prof. Pentangelo, Summer 2026) https://openlab.macaulay.cuny.edu/pentangelo26/?p=496 Tue, 04 Aug 2026 04:23:22 -0400 Blog Post 6    This past weekend I had the opportunity to attend a J Cole Concert as part of his Fall Off Tour in Madison Square Garden. To p […]

]]> ba79d454979eafd2184b9309e9273df6 Tucker Loth wrote a new blog post Blog Post 6 - Tucker Loth in the group The Arts in New York City (Prof. Pentangelo, Summer 2026) https://openlab.macaulay.cuny.edu/pentangelo26/?p=484 Fri, 31 Jul 2026 00:47:47 -0400 Blog Post 6 – Tucker Loth When I first arrived at the American Folk Art Museum I learned that the current exhibition was titled Self-Made: A Century of […]

]]> 1f286034f83e02f1346869f9395fa352 Joseph wrote a new blog post Assignment #6 in the group The Arts in New York City (Prof. Pentangelo, Summer 2026) https://openlab.macaulay.cuny.edu/pentangelo26/?p=480 Thu, 30 Jul 2026 21:23:53 -0400 Assignment #6Blog Post #6, due by 11:59pm on Tuesday: If you have seen live music within the last two years, choose (a) or (b). If you have not, […]

]]> 3a25ea26c535df396e8069ead0f01dcd Thomas Mawolo wrote a new blog post Thomas Mawolo - Visit To The High Line in the group The Arts in New York City (Prof. Pentangelo, Summer 2026) https://openlab.macaulay.cuny.edu/pentangelo26/?p=475 Wed, 29 Jul 2026 12:55:28 -0400 Thomas Mawolo – Visit To The High Line Last Wednesday, my group explored the High Line between 14th street and the entrance of the Hudson Yard. The most outstanding […]

]]> 126717d8075a1f6dd089e9805aa28cc5 Marisol Rodriguez wrote a new blog post The Anaconda River in the group The Arts in New York City (Prof. Pentangelo, Summer 2026) https://openlab.macaulay.cuny.edu/pentangelo26/?p=466 Mon, 27 Jul 2026 05:33:49 -0400 The Anaconda River The piece I chose was the film playing in the Southern half of the High Line. It’s actually two films by Laura Huertas Millán […]

]]> bb41847070966def6fa60b9946332ee3 Edward Trinidad wrote a new blog post Young Veezy in the group The Arts in New York City (Prof. Pentangelo, Summer 2026) https://openlab.macaulay.cuny.edu/pentangelo26/?p=459 Sun, 26 Jul 2026 18:45:18 -0400 Young Veezy The piece I picked is on a brick wall visible from the High Line. It is a face in white spray paint, no plaque, no signature, no […]

]]> b4d40c1e203786d687a05328b64a6a94 Sergei Markelov wrote a new blog post Sergei_Markelov_Blog_Post#5 in the group The Arts in New York City (Prof. Pentangelo, Summer 2026) https://openlab.macaulay.cuny.edu/pentangelo26/?p=453 Sun, 26 Jul 2026 16:22:41 -0400 Sergei_Markelov_Blog_Post#5 In order to discuss the possibility of replicating the art exhibited on a High Line, it is enough to stop by the marketplace located […]

]]> 1fd7893596a283cda79b58e0173d47f9 Moon wrote a new blog post Blog Post 5 in the group The Arts in New York City (Prof. Pentangelo, Summer 2026) https://openlab.macaulay.cuny.edu/pentangelo26/?p=448 Sun, 26 Jul 2026 15:48:18 -0400 Blog Post 5 The piece or pieces rather that caught my eye the most at the High Line were Derek Fordjour’s ARCHETYPES series. The sculpture based […]

]]> 1de87eef2b3a135d96f1f69170925033 Tucker Loth wrote a new blog post Blog Post 5 - Tucker Loth in the group The Arts in New York City (Prof. Pentangelo, Summer 2026) https://openlab.macaulay.cuny.edu/pentangelo26/?p=442 Sat, 25 Jul 2026 20:34:56 -0400 Blog Post 5 – Tucker Loth For my blog post I decided to use Patricia Ayres collection of sculptures titled “2-18-5-14-4-1-14-3-12-15-14-6-5-18-20”, […]

]]> 0a245fae10a251ec4a55c1caa1bd628c Hasan Choudhry wrote a new blog post Blog Post 5 in the group The Arts in New York City (Prof. Pentangelo, Summer 2026) https://openlab.macaulay.cuny.edu/pentangelo26/?p=437 Fri, 24 Jul 2026 06:07:24 -0400 Blog Post 5       The piece I chose is the 25 foot Buddha statue which can be replicated in many different ways. To give a bit of ba […]

]]> 113b3bc4feb10fa2ada8fd7d340bc0ea Kelvin Castillo wrote a new blog post Assignment 5 in the group The Arts in New York City (Prof. Pentangelo, Summer 2026) https://openlab.macaulay.cuny.edu/pentangelo26/?p=432 Thu, 23 Jul 2026 17:23:54 -0400 Assignment 5     The piece of art I chose is in the form of architecture. I chose this building whose windows you can see from the H […]

]]> 000b17a98b4dd4f6a859cbbf131f0099 Marisol Rodriguez wrote a new blog post Curating Authenticity in the group The Arts in New York City (Prof. Pentangelo, Summer 2026) https://openlab.macaulay.cuny.edu/pentangelo26/?p=427 Wed, 22 Jul 2026 04:00:12 -0400 Curating AuthenticityDuring our visit with the cofounders of Queer Van Kult (QVK), I was delighted to gain deeper insight into their curation process. […]

]]> e9dbfb5d6c14029119c25ce79645b954 Paula Meza wrote a new blog post Blog 4 in the group The Arts in New York City (Prof. Pentangelo, Summer 2026) https://openlab.macaulay.cuny.edu/pentangelo26/?p=425 Wed, 22 Jul 2026 02:27:18 -0400 Blog 4In our meeting with the cofounders of Queer Van Kult, I utilized a previous question that both Zoë Tirado and Jenno Snyder had […]

]]> ffa46b9aef1501e728194ce9767213b6 Moon wrote a new blog post Blog Post #4 in the group The Arts in New York City (Prof. Pentangelo, Summer 2026) https://openlab.macaulay.cuny.edu/pentangelo26/?p=423 Wed, 22 Jul 2026 00:14:21 -0400 Blog Post #4During the visit from Queer Van Kult, I asked if they would describe themselves as successful. Zoe responded and said that she […]

]]> 29e71c3bcda0e09c904724659b68746e Joseph wrote a new blog post Assignment 5 in the group The Arts in New York City (Prof. Pentangelo, Summer 2026) https://openlab.macaulay.cuny.edu/pentangelo26/?p=421 Tue, 21 Jul 2026 22:35:05 -0400 Assignment 5Post Blog Post #5 by 11:59pm on Sunday, 26 July: Consider the art that you saw at the High Line. Select one piece. Could it be […]

]]> ee4403406a85c53f0417ae67d4626ade Kelvin Castillo wrote a new blog post blog 4 in the group The Arts in New York City (Prof. Pentangelo, Summer 2026) https://openlab.macaulay.cuny.edu/pentangelo26/?p=417 Tue, 21 Jul 2026 19:01:53 -0400 blog 4Last class we had Zoe and Nicie as visitors from the Queer Van Kult. Before they came to our class, we read an article about the […]

]]> 6ea4efc6b4c3bd6feccfd14eb312aa28 Tucker Loth wrote a new blog post Blog Post 4 - Tucker in the group The Arts in New York City (Prof. Pentangelo, Summer 2026) https://openlab.macaulay.cuny.edu/pentangelo26/?p=415 Mon, 20 Jul 2026 19:16:08 -0400 Blog Post 4 – TuckerThis week in class we had a lecture from the two founders of Queer Van Kult. Above all else I found myself surprised by how grass […]

]]> b800f1b1b104651369bcb22c534c5d11 Sergei Markelov wrote a new blog post Sergei_Markelov_Blog_Post_4 in the group The Arts in New York City (Prof. Pentangelo, Summer 2026) https://openlab.macaulay.cuny.edu/pentangelo26/?p=413 Sun, 19 Jul 2026 23:29:41 -0400 Sergei_Markelov_Blog_Post_4  The first time I got into the performing arts, like the Queer Van Kult, was in Finland, where people from a particular […]

]]> 58a604a180bde1adb9d1118c8767f3f6 Edward Trinidad wrote a new blog post Art Afterlife in the group The Arts in New York City (Prof. Pentangelo, Summer 2026) https://openlab.macaulay.cuny.edu/pentangelo26/?p=410 Sat, 18 Jul 2026 22:56:45 -0400 Art AfterlifeThe question that I asked QVK mainly had to do with logistics. What happens to the art after a show ends? Does it go into storage? […]

]]> 542c401729afcdaee9c7780512927b78 Joseph wrote a new blog post Assignment 4 in the group The Arts in New York City (Prof. Pentangelo, Summer 2026) https://openlab.macaulay.cuny.edu/pentangelo26/?p=408 Fri, 17 Jul 2026 00:11:03 -0400 Assignment 4Post Blog Post #4 by 11:59pm on Tuesday, 21 July: Reflect on our conversation with the cofounders of Queer Van Kult. Did you ask […]

]]> 86dfc7f0c1d6e4089d8666c9c0a439dd Hasan Choudhry wrote a new blog post Blog Post 4 in the group The Arts in New York City (Prof. Pentangelo, Summer 2026) https://openlab.macaulay.cuny.edu/pentangelo26/?p=404 Thu, 16 Jul 2026 02:10:18 -0400 Blog Post 4     During today’s lesson, when Queer Van Kult dropped by, I asked a question regarding any misconceptions or misu […]

]]> 5eb9ce4fcfa982e0a202ed35c2260538 Kelvin Castillo wrote a new blog post Reproductions in the group The Arts in New York City (Prof. Pentangelo, Summer 2026) https://openlab.macaulay.cuny.edu/pentangelo26/?p=392 Wed, 15 Jul 2026 02:55:47 -0400 Reproductions In my trip to MoMA, before going inside the galleries to find the paintings, first I went to the gift shop in front of it to see […]

]]> d78a0b779236e5eac240655fdcf2c5cd Moon wrote a new blog post Blog Post #3 - MoMa in the group The Arts in New York City (Prof. Pentangelo, Summer 2026) https://openlab.macaulay.cuny.edu/pentangelo26/?p=386 Wed, 15 Jul 2026 01:03:57 -0400 Blog Post #3 – MoMa   I chose to analyze on of Marcel Duchamp’s Rotoreliefs (Optical Disks) made in Paris, 1935. The impact of this piece is changed […]

]]> eff0fee288901cbcf8ca523caeff7402 Marisol Rodriguez wrote a new blog post An Endless Sea of Urinals in the group The Arts in New York City (Prof. Pentangelo, Summer 2026) https://openlab.macaulay.cuny.edu/pentangelo26/?p=366 Mon, 13 Jul 2026 06:52:21 -0400 An Endless Sea of Urinals If I’m being honest, I had never heard of Marcel Duchamp until the first day of class when we were asked if his work was considered […]

]]> 06de67c1157acee857617cc9e50cdf25 Paula Meza wrote a new blog post Blog 2 in the group The Arts in New York City (Prof. Pentangelo, Summer 2026) https://openlab.macaulay.cuny.edu/pentangelo26/?p=373 Mon, 13 Jul 2026 06:14:26 -0400 Blog 2 The picture that Marisol took of me getting on the bike was an active moment rather than a staged picture. We were discussing how […]

]]> 0e99262520f7d1c1aa81e4e5be9bada5 Paula Meza wrote a new blog post Blog 3 in the group The Arts in New York City (Prof. Pentangelo, Summer 2026) https://openlab.macaulay.cuny.edu/pentangelo26/?p=367 Mon, 13 Jul 2026 04:54:59 -0400 Blog 3 I believe that a piece of art belongs simply to the author of it. Of course, you might take pictures, put it up in a museum, and […]

]]> ab38a34d3169205d2b4a2c337f396d2b Thomas Mawolo wrote a new blog post Thomas - BlogPost #3 - The MoMA in the group The Arts in New York City (Prof. Pentangelo, Summer 2026) https://openlab.macaulay.cuny.edu/pentangelo26/?p=359 Mon, 13 Jul 2026 01:45:22 -0400 Thomas – BlogPost #3 – The MoMA As many of us know, Vincent van Gogh’s The Starry Night is pretty popular. I had seen it countless times, especially online. I even […]

]]> 9c9a580ff871311ab34098edd95dc8d8 Sharlen Flores wrote a new blog post Blog Post #3 - MoMA in the group The Arts in New York City (Prof. Pentangelo, Summer 2026) https://openlab.macaulay.cuny.edu/pentangelo26/?p=349 Mon, 13 Jul 2026 00:54:59 -0400 Blog Post #3 – MoMA   The first artwork that stood out to me at the MoMA was a canvas covered in paint splatters. It wasn’t because it evoked […]

]]> 0c56bd1675797a76aaf3872182acca67 Hasan Choudhry wrote a new blog post Blog Post 3 in the group The Arts in New York City (Prof. Pentangelo, Summer 2026) https://openlab.macaulay.cuny.edu/pentangelo26/?p=340 Sat, 11 Jul 2026 20:28:52 -0400 Blog Post 3 During my visit to the Museum of Modern Art, what caught me eye was a self-portrait of Frida Kahlo, a Mexican-American artist who […]

]]> 34a1eb4003facab9ec07eef0aa2d76b8 Edward Trinidad wrote a new blog post L.H.O.O.Q. in the group The Arts in New York City (Prof. Pentangelo, Summer 2026) https://openlab.macaulay.cuny.edu/pentangelo26/?p=332 Sat, 11 Jul 2026 00:00:18 -0400 L.H.O.O.Q. Marcel Duchamp, L.H.O.O.Q., 1930 replica of the 1919 original. On view at MoMA.      The plan going into MoMA was pretty simple, pi […]

]]> 380a189907bc1f6caff3d0caa82cc551 Sergei Markelov wrote a new blog post Sergei_Markelov_Assignment#3 in the group The Arts in New York City (Prof. Pentangelo, Summer 2026) https://openlab.macaulay.cuny.edu/pentangelo26/?p=317 Fri, 10 Jul 2026 03:04:13 -0400 Sergei_Markelov_Assignment#3 Following the statement made by John Berger in his video, as well as in his work Ways of Seeing, I picked the pretty mainstream […]

]]> 16ffbddd3a7d01bd615609b1ed9bcd85 Tucker Loth wrote a new blog post Blog Post 3 - Tucker Loth in the group The Arts in New York City (Prof. Pentangelo, Summer 2026) https://openlab.macaulay.cuny.edu/pentangelo26/?p=304 Fri, 10 Jul 2026 01:59:01 -0400 Blog Post 3 – Tucker Loth   For my artwork I chose Claude Monet’s Water Lilies 1914-26. Rather than first finding a piece of artwork on display, I st […]

]]> d9a870e1063a0cecc2335db669cf0e39 Joseph wrote a new blog post Assignment 3 in the group The Arts in New York City (Prof. Pentangelo, Summer 2026) https://openlab.macaulay.cuny.edu/pentangelo26/?p=300 Thu, 09 Jul 2026 06:39:59 -0400 Assignment 3Visit the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA). Take pictures of any art that catches your eye. Then, go to the gift shop and try to find any […]

]]> 5067aa00a491ebc7b602b56c31c4e7fa Thomas Mawolo wrote a new blog post Thomas Mawolo - Blog Post 2 in the group The Arts in New York City (Prof. Pentangelo, Summer 2026) https://openlab.macaulay.cuny.edu/pentangelo26/?p=284 Mon, 06 Jul 2026 03:57:14 -0400 Thomas Mawolo – Blog Post 2       Both photos were taken more than a century apart, but this experience personally taught me how photography can preserve me […]

]]> 8eaf44ca462e473c13401937a64d3ab1 Marisol Rodriguez wrote a new blog post Repatriating the Light in the group The Arts in New York City (Prof. Pentangelo, Summer 2026) https://openlab.macaulay.cuny.edu/pentangelo26/?p=277 Mon, 06 Jul 2026 02:25:34 -0400 Repatriating the Light I began to feel a shift in energy as soon as I left to embark on my journey down to Staten Island. A commute that was over 2 hours, […]

]]> f64b02b0f38a82f16eb3d9e4b17adaf3 Moon wrote a new blog post Blog Post 2 in the group The Arts in New York City (Prof. Pentangelo, Summer 2026) https://openlab.macaulay.cuny.edu/pentangelo26/?p=278 Mon, 06 Jul 2026 01:53:30 -0400 Blog Post 2   I was reluctant to be the subject of this photograph. Definitely more so than Katie and the dogs in 1885. Maybe if I was […]

]]> 5466cc84a2a57d26fcd2c1b307c748b9 Moon joined the group The Arts in New York City (Prof. Pentangelo, Summer 2026) https://openlab.macaulay.cuny.edu/activity/p/13344/ Sun, 05 Jul 2026 22:41:37 -0400 0 59bd7671c41079bc95c2b6095f3bde13 Edward Trinidad wrote a new blog post Through Glass and Screens in the group The Arts in New York City (Prof. Pentangelo, Summer 2026) https://openlab.macaulay.cuny.edu/pentangelo26/?p=269 Sun, 05 Jul 2026 21:18:09 -0400 Through Glass and Screens Alice Austen, Gertrude Tate and Unidentified Man Watching Ship, n.d. The photograph I am sharing is a recreation of photograph […]

]]> a727db34971ae4aa88cf40a1b1eb06ee Sharlen Flores wrote a new blog post Blog post #2 in the group The Arts in New York City (Prof. Pentangelo, Summer 2026) https://openlab.macaulay.cuny.edu/pentangelo26/?p=260 Sun, 05 Jul 2026 20:14:38 -0400 Blog post #2     The photo my group took during our workshop at the Alice Austen House made me think about how different life is t […]

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