Elyssa Goldberg

Student artist’s work embraces the era of peace and love

Madison Burgess may not be a hippie, but her art is certainly psychedelic.

The big picture

Thoughtful photography project 99 Columbians represents the diversity of the student body.

Sophomore has eclectic mixed-media projects down to an art

Student artist Lara Saget, BC ’12, experiments with a variety of media, and her projects fill her cozy off-campus apartment.

Nugent, BC ‘12, brings shades of home to Diana Center art

Jenna Nugent, BC ‘12, currently has her paintings on display at Barnard.

Smudged, subliminal oil paintings and decadent pizza dough turn a depressing day right-side up

Ever have one of those days? You know what I’m talking about­—the kind where you miss the subway that gets you to work on time, it starts to downpour and you’ve left your umbrella at home, and, to top it all off, your books and phone fall into a disgusting street corner swamp. It’s the kind of day where nothing goes your way. For me, that was yesterday.

‘Maddie’s’ pin collection wows

Going against the grain works better for some than for others. For Madeleine Albright, that meant adorning her suits with distinctly political decorative pins.

Chinese art and Japanese food collide in Manhattan’s Lower East Side

Chinatown is pseudo-exotic and transporting. It takes New Yorkers to a time and place where a Chinese immigrant community moved in, took over, and made it their own.

Art and soufflés for the leisure class on a student’s budget

While there’s no way to guarantee a sustainable “Gossip Girl” lifestyle, a trip to Howard Greenberg Gallery’s exhibit “A New Paradise,” followed by soufflés at Adour at the St. Regis Hotel, will only leave you $15 poorer while making you feel like having spent a million bucks.

Raw art meets raw fish on the Upper East Side

Unlike the sexually suggestive promotional ads that feature a wet, naked girl draped with a transparent shower curtain, seven of the nine sub-exhibits fell flat and felt stale by comparison.

Feast for the Eyes: Molecular gastronomy puts chemistry to work in the kitchen

Scientists all over the world are leaving their laboratories for kitchens. These scientists are chefs, and their science is molecular gastronomy.