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Richard Carlyon
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A photocopy of a handwritten letter from Dan Flavin to Richard Carlyon. Flavin confirms participation in the Arts Festival symposium to be held on March 25, 1966. Transcription of letter: "107/109 Main Street, Cold Spring, New York 10516, February 1, 1966, Mr. Richard Carlyon, Department of Commercial Art and Design, Richmond Professional Institute, 901 West Franklin Street, Richmond, Virginia 23220, Dear Mr. Carlyon, I want to confirm my assent to participate in your Symposium on March Twenty-fifth. Would it be possible for my wife to accompany me? We would like to see and to be hear John Cage and David Tudor. Sonja and I have never attended on of their concerts. Also, we would like to visit your city. If you wish, I might meet some class sessions informally without a faculty member prior to the Symposium. I did this in the graduate school at Ohio State with success. If Claes Oldenburg cannot appear (as you suggested), it might be wise to ask Roy Lichtenstein to come. Roy speaks well, is willing to address young people, and has had professional teaching experience. Of course, his painting deserves consideration. I like Irish Whiskey -- Bushmill’s is good. Thank you for the thought. I have to come out of Cold Spring by the New York Central Hudson Division. Perhaps it would be best to continue by train -- by Pennsylvania Railroad, I assume. Thank you. Sincerely, Dan Flavin. P.S. I am looking forward to meeting Tom Wolfe too, I will not read his writing in the interim. (I have not thus far.)"
Personal Name Subject
Flavin, Dan, 1933-1996; Carlyon, Richard, 1930-2006; Lichtenstein, Roy, 1923-1997
Corporate Name Subject
Richmond Professional Institute
Topical Subject
Arts festivals; Performing arts festivals; Art, American -- 20th century -- History; Sculpture; Light art; Installations (Art); Minimal art
City/Location
Richmond (Va.)
Genre
correspondence
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text
Type
Text
Digital Format
application/pdf
Language
eng
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This material is protected by copyright, and copyright is held by VCU. You are permitted to use this material in any way that is permitted by copyright. In addition, this material is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 4.0 International license (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). Acknowledgment of Virginia Commonwealth University Libraries as a source is required.
Collection
Bang Arts Festival, Richmond Professional Institute, 1964-1967
Source
Letter from Dan Flavin to Richard Carlyon, 1966 February 1, Richard Carlyon Papers, Accession 2016.07.150, Special Collections and Archives, James Branch Cabell Library, Virginia Commonwealth University.
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M442_b01_i020.pdf