Paintings by Deborah Barlow

July 18-July 30, 2008
Lyman-Eyer Gallery
432 Commercial Street
Provincetown, MA 02657
508-487-3937

Artist Reception:
Friday, July 18, 7-9 pm

Check out Deborah's website by clicking here

"Welcome to New England" / Smith Society Fundraiser at Carter's June 28 a Huge Success

On Saturday, June 28, Carter Smith welcomed almost 40 BSLUGs to his beautiful new home. Just two years after his old Victorian burned to the ground, he has rebuilt a lovely big house in the same place. Decorated with woven rug versions of his Shibori dyed fabric, the spacious house provided us with the perfect venue to hold an early summer cookout. Carter offered us many salads, chips, burgers--both veggie and otherwise, hot dogs, drinks and cakes, cakes, cakes--what a feast! Alums of all ages came: graduates from the Pioneer classes and recent grads from 2002 and 2003. Among the guests were 6 kids, 3 dogs, and two friends from UCSC University Relations--Allison Garcia and Sandra Gresham.

After the barbeque, Carter led a tour through his home and studio. Carter gave us an autobiographical and philosophical talk about his life and art. As he explained the technique of sewing on the bias, using a powerful sewing machine, he created an elegant dress from one of his tie-dyed fabric samples in less than ten minutes. The demonstration captured the simplicity and genius of Carter's designs which you can check out by clicking here.

Next, Joseph Ayers, Professor of Biology at Northeastern University, led another tour to the Marine Science Center in Nahant, located in a World War II bunker only ten minutes from Carter's house. This is where Joe and his colleagues develop neurotechnology which could have many applications to improve our lives. His lobster robots could search for mines and other hazards in the ocean, collect marine science data and patrol for pollution. For more information about his important work, click here to check out his website. After a fascinating talk about his research and a tour of the marine laboratory, Joe showed us another bunker which looked like it dated from WWII, but was actually recently built for a movie set for the film Shutter Island, to be released next year.

A tired, but happy group walked back in the fog to Carter's to enjoy the cakes and coffee as a sweet end to this very full day. Even sweeter is knowing we raised about $1200 (including Bill Dickinson's matching funds) for the Smith Society!

Click here to view the photos Zoe Rath took at the party.

"Welcome to New England" Bash in Nahant, June 28

Come one, come all to our "Welcome to New England Party/BBQ" at Carter Smith's fabulous new house in the oceanside resort town of Nahant!

We would like to invite, in particular, all those SLUGs who have recently moved to New England, either having recently graduated from UCSC or who have recently chosen this wonderful corner of the country to live in for whatever reason.

WHEN: Saturday afternoon, June 28

WHAT TO BRING: BYOB and your bathing suit!

RSVP deadline: June 18

This party is being made even more meaningful because Carter Smith is generously providing the BBQ. In lieu of a contribution towards the food, we are suggesting that you make a donation to the Smith Society , an organization the BSLUGS have supported for many years which is a grassroots, alumni-initiated effort to provide financial, academic and emotional support to veterans of the foster care or juvenile justice systems, orphans without family support or others who have been forced to go at life on their own. We would now like to target our fundraising effort to raise the funds necessary to support the position of the part-time student advisor of the program who has been playing an essential role in the Smith Society.

Please rsvp and mail your tax-deductible contributions to Beata.
email: beata_panagopoulos@harvard.edu
tel. 617-491-3871 (h), tel. 617-496-1775 (w)


The BSLUG Board (Beata, Robin, Paula, Erika, Bill, Carter, Maria, Jill, Ian, Zoe) look forward to seeing you there!


All tax deductible donations received will go to whichever fund you choose: either the Operating Fund (which will directly support the position of the part-time advisor) or the the Scholarship Fund. Contributions large and small are needed to reach our goal of $1000. Bill Dickinson, fellow BSLUG Board member and founder of the Smith Society (Cowell '68) has offered to match all contributions to help us reach our goal.


Make check payable to the UC Santa Cruz Foundation and write in the memo line: Smith Society Scholarship Fund F1011F or Smith Society Operating Fund SS009F

Mail to: Beata Panagopoulos, 28 Maple Ave., Apt. 3, Cambridge, Mass. 02139-1130