Students at Joseph A. Taub School from the Paterson Public Schools visit William Paterson University

On March 9, 2023, 8th grade students together with three teachers from the Joseph A. Taub School visited William Paterson University for an all day field trip. Their day included a gallery visit to the Ben Shahn Center for the Visual Arts to view the exhibition: Ink, Press, Repeat followed by a hands-on printmaking activity.  In addition, they walked to University Commons for a visit to the bookstore and lunch, and a performance at the Shea Center for the Performing Arts.  This visit combined the arts in two forms: visual art and music, with social studies, civics and an introduction to university culture for students entering high school in the fall of 2023.

Above:  Ink, Press, Repeat curated by Susan J. Goldman

“The exhibition, on display in the Court Gallery, showcases a variety of print media including etching, intaglio, lithography, monoprint, screen printing, and woodcuts.” 

According to Goldman, “many of the works in Ink, Press, Repeat represent printmaking’s long tradition as well as its evolution. The artist's imagination is limitless and continues to respond to an unknowable future,” she says. “Themes of figuration, nature, realism, abstraction, formalism, compositional playfulness, humor, and tragedy navigate from darkness to light in a way that only printmaking provides.”

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Above: Students observe prints with Gallery Director, Casey Mathern, who gave them a tour of this exhibition. 

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Afterwards they moved to an art room and created works inspired by themes in the exhibition with Nadia Estela, workshop leader and gallery coordinator.

Above: Taub Art Teacher Patty Kamiski watches her students create art in the hands-on workshop given by Nadia Estela.

Above:  Students created prints in a hands-on art workshop related to themes in the exhibition.

Above: Students migrated to the University Commons for the next leg of their tour where they caught a glimpse of student life. They visited the bookstore and ate their lunch there as well.

At the Shea Center for the Performing Arts, they listened to a concert as part of the Center’s Composer's Series held middays at WP. a voice/piano recital.

The music department offers free concerts every Thursday during common hour.

Above:  Taub students, teachers, and Dr. Heejung An pose for a photograph outdoors on the WP Campus.