It may have been Bastille Day in Paris, but July 14 in Baltimore marked the occasion of the Johns Hopkins picnic, an annual event open to all members of the university community. Traditionally held on the Homewood campus--deep in the throes this summer of many major construction projects--the event had a new venue this year: the stately 26-acre grounds of Evergreen House, one of the university's two historic house museums. On the evening's menu were food grilled by Hopkins "celebrity chefs"; a myriad of activities including face painting, volleyball and miniature golf; and an opportunity to enjoy Sculpture at Evergreen, an outdoor, large-scale, site-responsive exhibition by 10 contemporary artists, open free to the public (including picnickers) through Oct. 31.

Keepers of the flame: President William R. Brody and Jerome Schnydman, executive assistant to the president and secretary of the board of trustees, show how it's done.

A bevy of nursing students bring out the umbrellas as showers make a sudden appearance.

Ilene Busch-Vishniac, dean of the School of Engineering, checks out the grill skills of Elaine Freeman, executive director of the JHM Office of Communications and Public Affairs, and James Neal, dean of university libraries.

Miniature golfer: A young attendee works on his putting skills.

How now multicolored cow: Brush-wielding guests try their hand at painting paper bovines.