Final Day

Today was our last day of sophomore 4 point. And, o gee, was it a busy day. Finishing up art workshops, cleaning studios, preparing food, arranging the dining hall for our dinner, eating the cooking of the food workshop with our friends and families, we did it all. I have pictures (and a video) of all of the workshops today. My pictures are a bit heavy on the t-shirt printing since that was my workshop for the last two days.

T-SHIRT BLOCK PRINTING

Michael working hard on his very detailed carving.

Jesse carving a plant design.

Aaron carving "Mason" for the back of his shirt.

Stef working on her printing.

Kris printing one of his shirts.

Ellie, Mitchell, and Abby group printing a series of
"HOW NOW BROWN COW" shirts.

Ellie's Monkey hangs out with Mitchell's Anteaters.

Michael's print of a fish and boat.

PAINTING

Dawson working on his painting.

Xi mixing colors for his landscape.

Peter X. working away.

ENCAUSTICS

Pete B. demonstrating waxing technique.

Eugene working on a dragon face cut out.

Mirina cutting a detailed design. (Note the wording... S. 4 Point)

ACTING



Whitney and Nick doing a short scene.

Transcript if you can't hear it:
N: What are you doing?
W: Pretending I am a fish.
N: It's kind of fun. I wish I was a fish.
W: Yeah, Fish have scales.
N: And are slimy.
W: Nah. It's only if they've gone bad.


BOOKMAKING

Tutu working on her book.

Tutu's final product.

Ja Min working on her book entitled "Ja Min in Wonderland."

Ja Min holding her book.


DINNER SET UP AND SOME FINAL PRODUCTS

Dawson and Dragon in the T-shirts that they made.

The sophomore crew setting up.

The Panorama (click for a MUCH larger view)

Sushi wrapped by the cooking students and plated by Evan F.

More Sushi made by the cookers plated by Will Seggos (looking on) held by
cooking instructor Dustin Holsweiss '02.

This evening we hosted many of our family and friends for a final celebration of the work done during 4 point. Around the dining hall, the students hung up their artwork: books, encaustics, T-shirts and painting. The cooking classes prepared the vast majority of the food we ate tonight. We started our evening with sushi, roasted tomato salsa, cured salmon, and a number of other appetizers. We then feasted on an Asian style chicken, the meat of which had been butchered by our students, a lovely salmon dish, homemade noodles, and other assorted side dishes. Our meal finished off with Tiramisu and homemade chocolate truffles. After the meal, the groups of students did some short improv games to give a qick taste of the work that they had done. Althought the students all had some products to share with the assembled group, the goal of the week is to gain insight into the creative process and build community. These are less tangible than a painting or a dish of food, but, from bit of conversation that I overheard tonight, these were a major focus of the sharing that happened this evening.

As part of the final dinner, we held a silent auction of T-shirts printed by the block printing classes. We raised $175 for the St. Mary's Food Pantry, one of the organizations we worked with on Monday during our community service day.

We want to thank of the the guests who joined us tonight and to all of those who have read the blog. It has been a great week and, I think I can speak for Holly when I say, it has been fun keeping the world updated about the goings on on the Gould campus during 4 point.

-Colin Penley