Each fall, fine arts and communications students take a field studies trip to New York City. This year, the business students joined them for a total of 16 students.
Everyone arrived in the city on Wednesday September 26. On Thursday, the fine arts and communications students began their day by visiting the Whitney Museum of American Art, which featured prominent artists included Edward Hopper, Georgia O’Keeffe and Margaret Bourke-White.
The business students went to the Financial District where they saw the Federal Reserve Bank, the New York Stock Exchange and other parts of Wall Street.
That night, as a group, students saw “Come from Away”, a musical based on the true story of 38 planes being rerouted to the small town of Gander, Newfoundland after the attacks on 9/11. The cast may have been relatively small compared to other Broadway musicals; however, they commanded a powerful presence on stage. Each member seamlessly switched between his/her roles, and the sound was fantastic. “Come From Away” received a Tony Award for Best Direction of a Musical as well as multiple awards from the Drama Desk Awards and the Outer Critics Circle Awards.
On Friday morning, the fine arts and communications students traveled to the 9/11 Memorial before heading to Trinity Church. Both of these locations were solemn moments where students reflected. It was incredible that despite the complete silence inside Trinity Church, you could not hear the noise of the city streets outside.
Many of the fine arts students visited the Museum of Modern Art that evening, featuring several prominent artists such as Vincent van Gogh, Jackson Pollock, Henri Matisse and Pablo Picasso.
The business students took a behind the scenes tour at Macy’s and toured the NBC studio. They also went to Madison Square Garden and to the top of the Rockefeller Center.
Business student Ben Moffat said he learned many things about marketing from the NBC studio tour, especially from NBC’s marketing team’s attention to detail.
“The seats for the Jimmy Fallon show are made out of Ferrari leather, and even those things are just for people who are going to be in there,” he said. “A lot goes into it to make it special and specific.”
On Saturday, all of the students traveled to the Metropolitan Museum of Art (MET). Each area of the MET was specifically designed and focused on works of art from each time period and location. Claude Monet, Rembrandt van Rijn and Thomas Moran were some of the most notable artists with their work on display. The rest of the day was allotted for free time. Most of the fine arts and communications students chose to see extra Broadway plays, while the business students went to see the Statue of Liberty and visited Chinatown.