s you can see, I have some good news to announce. On May 13, 2009 Alegro and Zerlina, our resident canine staff members at the Liguria Study Center, became the proud parents of ten adorable Golden Retriever puppies! The entire new family is now here together at Villa dei Pini and causing quite a ruckus. We look forward to having all twelve of them with us through the month of August at which point the puppies will be adopted by eager local families.

The purpose of this special summer issue of BF News is to express heartfelt gratitude to you, our generous donors and friends, without whom our work would simply not be possible. It is gratifying to know that so many of you share our belief in fostering the vital gifts of artists and humanists whose creativity and scholarship help shape our world in countless ways. And it is on their behalf, in particular, that I offer my sincere thanks.

Now, more than ever, your support is vital to the future of the Bogliasco Foundation. Should you wish to make a gift to the Foundation today, you may do so by clicking here. Please know that a gift, in any amount, is both needed and deeply appreciated.

Warm regards for a pleasant summer season,

James S. Harrison
President

We welcome submissions from Fellows to BF News and would be delighted to include news of your accomplishments and activities in our next issue. Please email us at support@bfny.org.

The Bogliasco Foundation is profoundly grateful to those donors whose extraordinary generosity enabled us to offer Special Fellowships in 2008/2009. Such Fellowships have a profound impact on the continuation of our mission by providing crucial support for our operations, as well as assisting Fellows with travel costs and providing modest stipends.

A list of named Bogliasco Foundation Special Fellowships and the 2008/2009 recipients follows.

Aaron Copland Bogliasco Fellowship in Music
H. John Hodge

Compagnia di San Paolo Bogliasco Fellowship in Literature
Martyn Lyons

Compagnia di San Paolo Bogliasco Fellowship in Landscape Architecture
Vincenzo Fontana

Jerome Robbins Bogliasco Fellowship in Dance
Ivy Baldwin

John Burroughs Bogliasco Fellowship in Literature
(established by George Capen Bitting)
Nam Le

Leo Biaggi de Blasys Bogliasco Fellowship
(created by the Biaggi family)
Adrian Popescu

Roger Sessions Memorial Bogliasco Fellowship in Music
(funded through the generosity of anonymous donor)
Kathryn Alexander

Visual Arts Special Fellowship
(funded through the generosity of anonymous donor)
Cheryl Kaplan

The Bogliasco Foundation is deeply grateful to Gianni Bruno who has generously made available to our Fellows a portable professional wood dance floor for one of the studios. His contribution will allow the Foundation to offer choreographers an ideal space in which to work.

The Bogliasco Foundation participated in the 2008 edition of the NIME (New Interface for Musical Expressions) conference with a video-sound installation by Jeff Talman ('07). The event was held in Genoa from June 4 to June 7. We wish to thank the conference's staff as well as Casa Paganini, the Museo di Arte Contemporanea di Villa Croce and the Regione Liguria for their hospitality and support.

The Bogliasco Foundation worked with Genoa's Chamber of Commerce, Duferco Italia Holding, Premuda and Sirce to publish an exhibition catalog, Sirotti, Giardini 1958-2008. The paintings of Raimondo Sirotti were part of a larger exhibition of works by Van Gogh at the Museo di Santa Giulia in Brescia.

Also in 2008, the Bogliasco Foundation facilitated the participation of two of its Fellows in Genoa's Festival Internazionale della Scienza: Jeff Talman ('07) exhibited his sound installation A Play of Flows. We would like to thank the Festival della Scienza, the Associazione Amici del Festival, F.lli Perelli, Electroimpianti di A.Maggio, Piccole Pesti and Impresa Edilservizi di Geom.G.L.Termanini for their support. Our deepest thanks also go to Viana Conti who contributed to the text.

Alexander Hahn ('97, '06) exhibited his interactive video installation and digital prints Luminous Point. We wish to thank the Museo di Villa Croce, Genoa's Swiss Consulate General, the Federal Office of Culture, Prohelvetia, the NYSCA and ETC for their support. We also wish to thank the Museo di Villa Croce for its hospitality; Viana Conti for her contribution to the text; and Rosy FilippOne for the installation's furnishings.

From December 5 through 21 of 2008, the Foundation facilitated the exhibition Il Milione di Marco Polo by Mario Fallini ('04) which took place at the Palazzo San Giorgio in Genoa. We would like to thank Genoa's Port Authority for its hospitality. We are also grateful to Bolla srl, Palazzo del Monferrato, the Fondazione Cassa di Risparmio di Alessandria and the Provincia di Alessandria for their contributions to the event.

We welcome submissions from Fellows to BF News and would be delighted to include news of your accomplishments and activities in our next issue. Please email us at support@bfny.org.

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