White Walls Preparing Students to Learn - INTASC Standards 1 & 3 In the spring of 2007, I visited New York for the first time! After visiting my new graduate program at the State University of New York at New Paltz, in the Catskill Mountains, I ventured into New York City by bus. While wondering through galleries, I encountered White Walls, by Andy Goldsworthing. Preparing for his opening reception, Andy Goldsworthing passed me as pieces of the walls crumbled down around us!