46 10 1402 https://openvalley.org/files/original/bc3c534cbd80989eed34717e06a4bc0f.docx 6546d390bd40e1475b0c865a36aaed63 https://openvalley.org/files/original/977d9e2cde6767e639e2c757c20a8e68.JPG 69ee66f3a5dbf871c5b092aafd8fd76b Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document The Outside: I stand on a sloped asphalt path that’s riddled with cracks and dips, gray from the wear of shuffling feet and lengthy winters. Guided by post chain fences on either side, the path cuts through the fading lawn and pools in front of Blake Hall. The building is standard—brick, flat, boxy—with windows of the same attributes. However, at the base of the building stands a distinct arched canopy. The maroon color draws my eye and serves as a sort of tunnel. I’m transported from the all too dull architecture to a room with life. The Inside: Purple. A lot of purple. The walls are a light purple, almost pinkish, and retro. The circles that make up the purple carpet add bubbly life to the atmosphere. The ceilings are tiled and hold yellowed lights. Everything is open. There are tall circular tables with chairs around the outside and a ground level stage made of movable tiles in the middle. It’s a strange room that feels almost out-of-time, but it’s cheerful and inviting nonetheless. Experience: The Knight Spot became one of the first places on campus that felt familiar to me outside of my dorm room. When I transferred to Geneseo, I wasn’t very acquainted with the campus, the organizations, or the student body, but once, while walking the halls of Brodie on my way out of class, I saw that vegSOUP was holding auditions for a show, Blithe Spirit. At the time, I didn’t know what vegSOUP was or even what the show was about, but theater was a beacon to which I was drawn. I put all nerves behind me and went to auditions. Soon cast as Madame Arcati, an eccentric and strange medium, I began rehearsing in The Knight Spot. Rather than using a traditional theater and stage, we we’re to be performing on ground level with our audience. The room was a comfortable place to work in. The purple walls were invigorating and fun, and my all fears dissolved in the open space. During rehearsals, if I moved too quickly or slid, the adjustable tiled floor would come with me. We used the space to stretch our muscles and warm our voices, to become a family. Even after Blithe Spirit had finished, I found myself in this space again—this time for a different organization. Geneseo’s Pride organization booked the room one Friday night for a drag show. My friends and I dressed up, bending the norms of the gender binary, and went off. This time, the atmosphere was a lot different. The purple room had transformed into a place exploding with music and rocking with bodies all too excited to dance and sing. A large rainbow flag hung brilliantly against the purple wall. The tall rounded tables and chairs were pushed to the side to make room for a DJ booth. The grounded tile stage was lifted to create a platform for the performers. Although the moods and purposes of the events were different, the character of the room stayed the same. The Knight Spot is a place of gathering, of fun and socialization, for students of every organization to come and enjoy time with their campus community. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource A Pleasant Purple Description An account of the resource The Knight Spot, formerly known as “The Hub,” had once been a place to get lunch and hang out with friends on campus. Although the room has since changed, it still holds these characteristics of excitement and energy. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Keane, Jordan Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2015-12 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource doc, 29.9 KB Type The nature or genre of the resource Prose Geneseo The Knight Spot Underground Atlas https://openvalley.org/files/original/08dc3c699d7716e3d1286ec2d9e2c9ee.docx 6ee687c447a90b5562acc052110691be Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document JORDAN: Can you tell me a little bit about your experiences in Geneseo? BEVERLY: When I first started here at Geneseo as a student, there was a Dean here. Her name was Dean Shoemaker. You know how their office is sorta open? There wasn’t walls down the hall. It was kinda all open. And well somebody was not happy with her for not approving something and she came to work one day and somebody had left her a pile of poo in her office. Also at that time my sister worked in the records office, and sometimes we had to work on Saturdays for registration times. I was working student accounts. It was when registration stuff was manually done, so you’d have these little cards and stuff, and one Saturday one drunk male student—I assume he was a student—was outside of Erwin urinating outside my sister’s office. JORDAN: What was it like for you to be a student here? BEVERLY: I came here right out of high school, and then I took a leave because my husband—I got married and my husband was in the service so I moved to Germany, and then I finished a semester while I was over there, and then I took a leave of absence when I started working here again when we decided to have a kid while he was still in the service. So then when I started working again, I started working as a state worker here, and at some point down the road, right before I became a widow, I started taking classes again to finish up my degree. So I took two classes a semester and finally finished my degree—changed my field of course. JORDAN: What did you get your degree in? BEVERLY: I got my degree in Sociology, but I originally came here as a mathematics major. I was going to be a math teacher. By the time that I got my degree in Sociology, my goal was to become a social worker because that really is my area of work. But by that time I was a widow, and I was making more money, ten thousand dollars more than what a social worker would start out with, but I also had benefits guaranteed for my son and I, and I had a retirement already locked in and everything. So I had a permanent full time job. So I just put my social work out to the students. So a little bit of a different field, but now my son [Brian], he was really good in math, and when he decided to quit college, I signed him up for a state clerk’s test and he was working three part time jobs, and he got a 100 on it. ‘Cause with the civil service you gotta, the higher you score, they interview the top three scores, and you have to be within the top three to get hired, and so that’s how he got hired here. And now he works in student accounts. MIRANDA: And that’s how my entire family ended up working here. BEVERLY: Actually, my second, her [Miranda’s] third cousin, works on maintenance. BEVERLY: What originally drew you to Geneseo? BEVERLY: I was close. Dansville wasn’t very far away. It’s actually the only school I applied to. And my brother is an alumni from Geneseo, so I wanted to go to Geneseo for those two reasons. I didn’t live on campus, I just wanted to commute. And I got a work study job, so I started working the summer before I started. I worked in the financial aid office. So I worked full time during the summer and then part time during the school year. JORDAN: What was it like commuting as opposed to living on campus? BEVERLY: I liked it better because I didn’t want to get into any of the Greek life stuff. I wasn’t a partier or anything like that. And I was very close to my family. So when I got married and all of a sudden moved to Germany, that was very hard. Because that was pre-facebook, pre-email, pre-text messaging, pre any of that stuff. And that was when the mall was still up in Germany. And you couldn’t call because it was very expensive. So very rarely could you call home. [. . .] I took my Calc. 3 final on a Thursday and got married that Saturday. JORDAN: How long were you there for? BEVERLY: A year. MIRANDA: And she got pregnant there. BEVERLY: Yep. My son’s got a stamp on his ass that says made in Germany [. . . ] But I love Geneseo, I’ve been here twenty five years as a worker. And of course I’m an alumni here. When my son was about a year old, I started working part time at a Rite Aid in Dansville as shift supervisor there. The state tests are only offered every so many years, so the state test came out, I took the test, did very well on it, and then there wasn’t an opening yet. The clerk tests—there was that many on campus, and so I got a part-time job at the DEC and then a position came open [at Geneseo] in student accounts, and back then they called it Bursars. And so I interviewed for that, and job the job, and so I was excited and very happy. And my office was right next door to my sister’s office, so it was very cool and very nice. We would drop some kids off at the daycare down the hill—some little kid’s named Miranda and Anthony [her sister’s kids]. MIRANDA: The daycare was where the new sports complex is. So it was on campus. BEVERLY: So yeah, it was really nice. Back in the 70s, Geneseo was known as a party school, but then in the 80s it was getting hard to get into. So I put my money on applying to one school. But I did well on my SATs. I won a regional scholarship and then a couple other scholarships. So I did well. And financial aid did well because my parents didn’t make a lot of money. But yeah, Geneseo, I liked it. I’m still here. I graduated in 1983, and I started here as a work study, so I’ve been working here a long time. I remember one time when I was working at student accounts, we had a student come in and they were from the AOP office, and there was this one girl who came in and her nails—I think she was from Brooklyn—her nails were so long and they like curled. I’m like “How do you do anything with that?” And she just laughed. I mean, some weird experiences. When I was working there, I worked with a guy, my friend Dan. And so Dan was talking to somebody, I was working with a student, and all of a sudden, he looks at me and says “Where did she go?” And I was like “What?” And he goes “The girl I was talking to?” And so I look over the counter and she passed out! And so I run out and I was trying to help her and call for help—the first responders and stuff—and he [Dan] told her there was something wrong with her financial aid, and she was stressed, and so she passed out. Dan was like this very scrawny little guy, you know, redhead, very short—and so all day he was like “Aw I’ve had women falling at my feet all day today.” JORDAN: What are some experiences you’ve had off the campus, in the town? BEVERLY: I had a weird experience at Walmart. I went to Walmart one day, and it was high school graduation day, and I stopped in there for something. And when I was checking out I wasn’t paying attention, and I looked down. And in the cart, there was one of their deposit bags. And I look inside, and there was all this cash. And so I took it up and gave it to customer service. I didn’t want anybody to get fired from their job. I had all these people tell me “Aw man! You should have left with it!” No! That’s stealing. It’s still their money, you know? There’s cameras everywhere, first of all. MIRANDA: How about when you were younger? Did you like any places in Geneseo? BEVERLY: We once in a while came to the movies here, but we didn’t have a lot of money. And I certainly wasn’t one to hang out with the college kids because I wasn’t a drinker. But we did come. My brother had a lot of band, orchestra, events. So we’d come, especially his senior recitals and stuff, we’d come and listen to that. I really liked that. And when I was a student here, I took some German classes, after I lived in Germany. And my teacher was this little German woman. And she had us to her house once, to watch a German movie and there was German food. And that was really cool. MIRANDA: Did you have any friends and go somewhere? BEVERLY: Well my one friend, my best friend actually, commuted with me. MIRANDA: Aunt Teresa? BEVERLY: Aunt Teresa. MIRANDA: Her best friend married her brother. BEVERLY: We used to go to the Hub a lot. It’s no longer there. It’s now called “The Knight Spot.” It’s Blake A. I don’t know, is it even still open? But anyways, it was amazing. It was not Fusion or whatever, and you could get lunch there and stuff, and they had the best cookies and they had nice salads. And we’d go there and sit and have lunch and it was just a nice hang out space. And it’s no longer there anymore. Of course we loved, everybody loved Aunt Cookies. You can’t go to Geneseo and not go to Aunt Cookies. And of course Buzzo’s. Buzzo’s on Main Street. MIRANDA: It’s the music store on Main Street. They have a bunch of records and stuff. BEVERLY: Buzzo’s famous. I think he was in a motorcycle accident, too. And Uncle Bob’s picture might be on the wall—my brother, because he’s a musician. Obviously, Buzzo’s a musician. Anyways, the store is right next to Sundance. And back then the bookstore here was horrible, it was horribly expensive. There was no online Amazon or anything. There were barely computers. But Sundance, you could order your books through them. And it was much cheaper, and they were alumni’s from the school, so you were helping the alumn. It was much cheaper. So that was nice. There weren’t a lot of restaurants back then. There weren’t any on the strip. I was so happy when Applebee’s came. It’s my favorite restaurant. But I think Wendy’s was big here. We didn’t have a Wendy’s anywhere near us. [. . .] I went to Club 41 once, when I first started at the college. I went with some of my work friends. And I went to Kelly’s I think once or twice. But I was like “No, I’m not touching anything here. It was gross.” Of course, I’m not much of a drinker. I was drunk once in my life, and I was not fond of it. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Interview of Beverly Rex-Burley Description An account of the resource Beverly Rex-Burley is a faculty woman who shared experiences of her in Geneseo, from when she was a student through now. Her niece, Miranda, a Geneseo student, joined the conversation. The oral interview was taken and transcribed by Jordan Keane. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Keane, Jordan Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2015-09-11 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Rex-Burley, Beverly; McKinney, Miranda Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource doc, 32.6 KB Type The nature or genre of the resource Interview Geneseo Interview Underground Atlas https://openvalley.org/files/original/d02c7cf5170e2902e88fadfa7929e72b.jpg e2aed3e96087c6f4312dee055e6634e2 https://openvalley.org/files/original/9c32694661370735549d6e9288ebcd13.jpeg f4855521db24908603b26e52173cc86a Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Featured photography of the Genesee Valley Region. Description An account of the resource Genesee Valley, Geneseo, Mt. Morris, Letchworth, NY, State Park, Hogsback, Genesee River, photography,HDR,scenic,tourism,tourist attraction,hiking,camping Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Walters, Keith Cooper, Ken Argentieri, Liz Root, Leah Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2015-11-19 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Walters,Keith Root,Leah Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Keith Walters Photography Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource jpg, 3 MB Type The nature or genre of the resource Image Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Original Format The type of object, such as photograph, map, drawing, painting, etc., and any additional data Digital photo Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Hogsback Overlook, Letchworth State Park Description An account of the resource Picturesque view from the Highbanks area overlooking the Genesee River, toward the Mount Morris end of park Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Keith Walters Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2015 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Cooper, Ken Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Photo by permission of Keith Walters Type The nature or genre of the resource Digital photograph Genesee River Hogsback Keith Walters Letchworth State Park https://openvalley.org/files/original/982c4ed844dd9e6a1516eb130a4efbd0.pdf fc83d9e18b95d969bd1de128591ffc46 Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Original Format The type of object, such as photograph, map, drawing, painting, etc., and any additional data Three loose-leaf pages Physical Dimensions The actual physical size of the original image 8 1/2 x 11 in. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Greenhouse Vocabulary Words Description An account of the resource The Geneseo Migrant Center (GMC) reached out to farmworkers at many locations and different types of operations: potato harvesting, tomato picking, fruit orchards, dairies. A relatively new type of agricultural operation was year-round greenhouses. The large Intergrow greenhouse was constructed near Fillmore, NY to grow tomatoes year-round, and employed primarily Spanish-speaking migrant workers. <br /><br />In response to this situation, the GMC created "flashcards" for staff members and artists interacting with the Intergrow workers. It was a matter of understanding the specifics of their unique work from a position of mutual respect. The process was described like this: "1. Make full list work words/phrases; 2. Sort and label work photos; 3. Type up &amp; make flashcards from photos." It appears that Director Sylvia Kelly spoke with migrant workers; poet Janine Pommy Vega then translated names associated with their labor--terms like "pallet jacks" (<em>gato de paleta</em>) and "string line" (<em>cuerda de linea</em>).<br /><br />The three-page pdf document here captures the process of identifying a working vocabulary; <a href="https://openvalley.org/items/show/1900" target="_blank" rel="noopener">the OpenValley item here</a> gathers photographs taken of those greenhouse terms. The greenhouse still is in operation, now called Sungrow. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Kelly, Sylvia Vega, Janine Pommy Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Geneseo Migrant Center Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2001 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Cooper, Ken Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Creative Artists Migrant Program Services collection, Genesee Valley Council on the Arts Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource pdf, 3.18 GB Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Creative Artists Migrant Program Services Geneseo Migrant Center Intergrow migrant workers Translation https://openvalley.org/files/original/4c710d4c58c5b25eccfa15f1831aa9b9.pdf 60b1b40ceaeef1987ad0993c00bf8ab5 https://openvalley.org/files/original/f90d3c0a880accab13f9164fde69914f.jpg 77b4713489a39081caf473fa522ad945 https://openvalley.org/files/original/785f5fd57e45fe14be15915d2355757a.png e676a447eba35449fa8700d63be08e44 https://openvalley.org/files/original/f1fb8c660f66ededacbe43b15e70c779.png 248c9c9695ae9b156c4b41877d616249 https://openvalley.org/files/original/b8165a2131f4ce02f2d5003ae4e0101e.png ce9108f94bdc9ca15b53ffa9ea806714 https://openvalley.org/files/original/00f820865d9417f64e25e97759ed5b7e.png e0872f4619bcf76de8681b4916f9cbd1 https://openvalley.org/files/original/64d26ab03d4bc4e08ea066368076ff00.png 3891cd27351c5ca0cd515f20dbd9a7cd https://openvalley.org/files/original/935710f8d627dcb1d56cdd029f166dba.png 90c6f5fffc4bba18ba6dc7b50ae1368d Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Original Format The type of object, such as photograph, map, drawing, painting, etc., and any additional data Booklet of poetry on paper (typed) as well as photograph glued onto paper Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource <em>Following A Dream</em> Galleys and Selected Poems Description An account of the resource This series of poems was created by various migrant workers on farms across New York that worked together with the Geneseo Migrant Center. The poems were organized in this collection by Sylvia Kelly, the director of the Creative Artists Migrant Program Services (CAMPS) of the BOCES-Geneseo Migrant Center. Several artists, teachers, and volunteers worked together to work, edit, and collect poems written during the 1980 migrant season. The collection was poetry was funded by Poets and Writer Inc. as well as assisted by other various companies around New York. The poems are a depiction of the experiences of migrant farmworkers, their dreams, aspirations, everyday thoughts, and overall view of the world. Poetry was a form of therapy for these workers to release their feelings and emotions surrounding their job system. Overall, "Following A Dream" showcases the hard work of the Geneseo Migrant Center C.A.M.P.S. and the talent of a multitude of migrant farmworkers. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Kelly, Sylvia Dailey, Joel Martin, Richard Boettger, Elizabeth Mattera, Gloria Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Geneseo Migrant Center Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1980 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Kershner, Natalie Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource png C.A.M.P.S. CAMPS Geneseo Geneseo Migrant Center Gloria Mattera Migrant Camps Migrant Children Migrant Farmer Migrant Labor migrant workers Migrants Poems Poetry Sylvia Kelly https://openvalley.org/files/original/552a3add43674849311632b2c6f7f4e5.jpg 8f03a590c028f65f4ba977236206b21a https://openvalley.org/files/original/35373cf2ac80c3ad2fd06ac3f8ae9421.pdf 317fc9320221dd245e50c1062754cab5 Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document Thirty-two poems, many of them group-authored, accompanied by photographs of migrant farmworkers Original Format The type of object, such as photograph, map, drawing, painting, etc., and any additional data 5.5 x 8.5 in. stapled book Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Voices of the Harvest Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Kelly, Sylvia (ed.) Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available FootHills Publishing Geneseo Migrant Center Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1992 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Cooper, Ken Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Creative Artists Migrant Program Services collection, Genesee Valley Council on the Arts Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource jpeg, 836 KB pdf, 13.8 MB Description An account of the resource Collection of poems writing by migrant farmworkers, primarily during the 1970s and '80s. Some of the works had appeared in self-published photocopied editions, others in scholarly journals. Most of the poems were written by Black farmworkers who lived part of the year in Florida and traveled to Western NY for its harvest season. The collection is dedicated to Geneseo Migrant Center (GMC) founder Dr. Gloria Mattera, who began the program during the late 1960s and passed away in 1988. This scanned copy includes handwritten inscriptions suggesting that it had been gifted to then-GMC Director Robert Lynch. 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Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Original Format The type of object, such as photograph, map, drawing, painting, etc., and any additional data Photographs Physical Dimensions The actual physical size of the original image All are 4 x 5 in. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Intergrow Greenhouse, Fillmore NY Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Kelly, Sylvia? Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Geneseo Migrant Center Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2001-02 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Cooper, Ken Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Creative Artists Migrant Program Services collection, Genesee Valley Council on the Arts Description An account of the resource The 15-acre Intergrow facility was constructed in 1998 to grow vegetables year-round on the model of Dutch greenhouses, soon focusing upon tomatoes as its most commercially viable crop. The operation was sited in Fillmore, NY for its proximity to the coal-fired Allegany Power Plant. and employed primarily Spanish-speaking migrant workers. <br /><br />The Geneseo Migrant Center (GMC) began outreach to Intergrow workers by 2001 and soon recognized that their agricultural "world" was in some ways quite different from field workers at traditional farms. In order for staff and artists to better communicate, GMC Director Sylvia Kelly visited the Intergrow greenhouse and learned some of its distinct vocabulary: "pallet jacks" (gato de paleta) and "string line" (cuerda de linea). <a href="https://openvalley.org/items/show/1899" target="_blank" rel="noopener">See her notes here.</a><br /><br />The photographs shown above were taken to create flashcards corresponding to some of Intergrow's daily work:<br /> <ol> <li>Tomato plants attached to wires (<em>cable/alambre</em>)</li> <li>Tomatoes growing in a cart (<em>carro</em>) in clusters (<em>racimos</em>)</li> <li>A scraper, wrapped around worker's finger</li> <li>Stickers (<em>etiquetas</em>)</li> <li>Stacks of boxes (<em>cajas</em>)</li> <li>A pallet jack (<em>gato de paleta</em>)</li> <li>A bee box</li> <li>Bags (<em>volsas</em>)</li> <li>Forklift (<em>montecargas</em>)</li> <li>A topworker on a picker's cart</li> </ol> <br /><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Work Consulted</span>: Mary Stone, "Made in the FLX: Intergrow Greenhouses Grows and Grows," <em>Edible Finger</em> Lakes 30 Mar. 2021. <a href="https://www.ediblefingerlakes.com/2021/03/30/made-in-the-flx-intergrow-greenhouses-grows-and-grows/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Link here</a> Type The nature or genre of the resource Still images Creative Artists Migrant Program Services Geneseo Migrant Center Greenhouse Intergrow Tomatoes https://openvalley.org/files/original/532dfca19d50445cfb3e9e9e229c3652.jpg 8f6406efb0010bfc0c214206eab2f67d Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Original Format The type of object, such as photograph, map, drawing, painting, etc., and any additional data Oil painting Physical Dimensions The actual physical size of the original image 24 x 36 in. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Summer Day on Conesus Lake Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource jpeg, 908 KB Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1870 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Cooper, Ken Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Kensett, John Frederick, 1816-1872 Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived <a href="https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/11323" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Courtesy of Metropolitan Museum of Art</a> Description An account of the resource A placid scene along the shore of this Finger Lake depicts men and women—there are no children present—at their leisure in genteel dress. Small groups are picnicking, lounging, boating, and perhaps courting. Kensett, a second-generation painter in the Hudson River School tradition, still evokes beautiful landscapes but with a more modulated emotion than the sublime work of his predecessors. Moreover, many of the notable visual effects here point to humans in the landscape. A beam of light illuminates the white dress of one woman at center left; other points of light in the trees imply other small dramas. At right along the opposite shore there is the hint of a sailboat. And in the background a ray of light cuts across the lake. Type The nature or genre of the resource Still image Conesus Lake Hudson River School John Frederick Kensett Landscape Art painting Watersheds https://openvalley.org/files/original/78fccaa30e578257c28bc180b9f110c6.jpg bd1839af4d8ec0bebc7e1d3d8cf7c5ae https://openvalley.org/files/original/a0d91b49f193809066676b19e7a17488.JPG 498ad97ed113a60a6048f514fc127b62 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource New Deal Gallery Description An account of the resource This collection of more than 200 paintings owes its existence to two primary causes: allocations from the Federal Art Project to a New York state tuberculosis sanatorium located at Mt. Morris--the landscapes and still lifes were thought to be restful--and to the committed volunteers who helped preserve the paintings after the hospital closed. For several decades the canvases were stored in non-climate-controlled basements; it appears that doctors and staff removed at least three dozen works as "keepsakes." <br /><br />Despite the seeming tranquility of the paintings, they were created by artists primarily from New York City whose background was more political and aesthetically adventurous than this rural location would indicate. <a href="https://openvalley.org/exhibits/show/green-new-deal/about" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Follow this hyperlink to a short introduction to the New Deal Gallery collection</a>. We're grateful to the Genesee Valley Council on the Arts for access to their collection, which has been re-photographed and appears here at two resolutions: a cropped, web-friendly file size of around 1 MB; and a high-resolution file including the painting's frame.<br /><br />Items in this collection were created according to a consistent format: a short description of each painting in formal terms, followed by a biography of each artist. Where possible we have supplied hyperlinks relevant to their lives and to other examples of their art. In order to better view them using the Omeka program, click on the "View All" option at the bottom of this page to access various sorting options. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1935-1940 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Cooper, Ken (project director) Ritz, Abigail (photography and project assistant) Additional research: Justin Anderson, Jessica Apthorpe, Jay Bang, Kristopher Bangsil, Julia Caldwell, Sydney Cannioto, Sabrina Chan, Paige Closser, Victoria Domon, Elana Evenden, Yadelin Fernandez, Michael Griffin, Madison Jackson, Niamh McCrohan, Ben Michalak, Ricky Noel, Elizabeth Ramsay, Skye Rose, Samantha Schmeer, John Serbalik, Marianna Sheedy, Emily Spina, Alison Stern, Ravenna VanOstrand, and Nicholas Vanamee. Special thanks to: Deborah Bump, Mark Calicchia, Elizabeth Harris, Melissa Moody, Rebecca Lomuto, and Mai Sato. Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Original Format The type of object, such as photograph, map, drawing, painting, etc., and any additional data Oil painting Physical Dimensions The actual physical size of the original image 19.5 x 23.5 in. Condition: surface dirt, flaking, chipped paint Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Marigold Description An account of the resource <p>A vase of flowers is built upon four colors—yellow, orange, green, and blue—along with well-chosen accents and whites. De-differentiating marigolds into puffs of color is complemented by Kerrwood’s flattened space; slight variations of texture on the wall and table push back against formal abstraction. A Grecian vase, the painting’s only modeled object, stands distinct among color fields.<br /><br /><span style="text-decoration: underline;">About the Artist</span>: We haven’t located any reliable information about this artist. He may have lived in the Saratoga Springs area.</p> Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Kerrwood, Arthur Lewis, 1891-1964 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Federal Art Project Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1935-1940 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Ritz, Abigail (photography) Cooper, Ken (biography) Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived New Deal Gallery, Genesee Valley Council on the Arts Object #FA18191 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource jpeg, 1 MB jpeg, 16.7 MB Type The nature or genre of the resource Still image Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 098 Arthur Kerrwood Federal Art Project New Deal Gallery painting https://openvalley.org/files/original/210d93afb833d3ad0e6d433d024e98e2.jpg 1653343bde6d8614840751943dac3f64 Website A resource comprising of a web page or web pages and all related assets ( such as images, sound and video files, etc. ). Local URL The URL of the local directory containing all assets of the website <a href="https://www.joshkeyes.net/">URL</a> Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Turbulence Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Keyes, Josh Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2001-2018 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Caldwell, Julia (description) Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived <a href="https://www.joshkeyes.net/">https://www.joshkeyes.net/</a> Description An account of the resource This depicts the surreal image of global warming and climate change. A shark and a polar bear swim underwater surrounded by land items such as a stop sign, telephone poles and a fire hydrant. Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource 128 KB Type The nature or genre of the resource Website