In 1997 Sandro Dernini received his PhD in Art Education from the New York University on "PLEXUS BLACK BOX - AN INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY-BASED ART PROJECT".
Celebration event of the Ph.D of Sandro Dernini on Plexus Black Box in New York at the Coper Union Computer Lab of George Chaikin and then followed by a Party at the studio of Ray Kelly, the founder of the Rivington School, with New York Plexus historical artists and players: prof. Angiola Churchill, prof. John V. Gilbert, Butch Morris, Willoughby Sharp, Alfa Diallo, David Boyle, Steve Di Lauro, Frank Pio, Lynne Kanter, Eve Varterlaus, Valery Oistenau, Vittorio Terracina, Frank Shafreen, Jemeel Moondoc, Fred Floyd, Josè Rodriguez, Arleen Schloss, Lorenzo Pace,