Smokin’

This year, as last, Daughter C invited Mr. Big Food to grill some dogs & burgers for the cookout following the Department of Art’s Convocation. I hear tell Convocation– the calling together– went well. This year the TARDIS was featured on stage. (Photo of the TARDIS in the spotlight as soon as Daughter C forwards it to me.)

This was Miss M’s first Starving Artist Cookout, and in fact, the first cookout in which she’s ever been involved.*

Daughter C works the ‘room’ at work.

Thirty-six bratwurst, forty-eight hot dogs, and something like sixty hamburgers later, Daughter C gave Miss M and I a guided tour of the 3-D facilities.

I should note that the starving artists have cleaned up the joint– much to my disappointment. I sort of liked the discarded art in the corners of the joint. But there was still a lot of cool artsy stuff to see.

I had stumbled upon this chair recently. It’s designer is famous, don’t you know? (He helped get the hot coals out of the grill so we could tote the grill back to the Farm.)

Original originals.

Also known as the Real Thing.

Cool office

Touring down the hallway…

Book Art: I have mixed feelings.

Students Showcased

And my favorites…

Students Shelved

They are as starving English Majors’ essays read aloud to those who walk the hall.

Kilns

What a lovely tour.

But the gig was up at the end. Clearly, just as all you need to be a writer is a typewriter and some words, all you need to be to be an artist is some stuff,

And a weigh (haha) to get the proportions right.

What a great tour.

Thank you, C!

* That’s a joke.