Also on Wednesday I had my Art History class, L'arte Veneziana, with Elena... that's my professor. We had class at the school this week which is good because the school closes at 5 and the secretary kicks us out. If class is a field trip or something... Elena will jut talk for hours and hours. But its okay because she is really nice and interesting. She is also quite active in the contemporary art world here in Venice. On Wednesday after class she invited me to a beat poetry reading at the gallery of one of here friends. The artist/performer was from NY... I don't remember her name but she was sort of boring so it doesn't matter. At the gallery Elena introduced me to many of her friends, artists of all kinds working here in Venice. Glass artists, painters/sculptors, video artists... Also at the performance was Lawrence Carroll, a relatively established artist who currently is exhibiting something like 50 works at the Correr Museum (a huge museum in Piazza San Marco, Napoleons old private apartments). It was really cool because he explained to me his own work, some of which was at this gallery. He also knew of Rockland County because he once lived in norther NJ. After the (unimpressive) performance Elena and her friends invited me for drinks which was followed by dinner.... I didn't finish with my teacher until around midnight. It was really cool because I was able to speak Italian with these really cool people who do really cool work.
That's about it... Meg, her mom, and Wendy are coming to Venice now... just for one day.
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