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Dear Friends, Welcome to the inaugural issue of the art department’s e-newsletter. We hope this method of communication will help us all reconnect and share our accomplishments with one another. The department knows from the many e-mails, exhibition cards, and notes we receive each month that our alumni are active in their profession, studying for advanced degrees, traveling abroad, raising families and, of course, being resourceful and creative citizens. Stand up and be counted! We want to brag about what you have been up to! So send us your comments, updates and photos. And please forward this newsletter to another art alumnus. Best to you and yours, Jim Morris Interim Chair, Department of Art |
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| Assistant Curators Erin Ruscio-Holst and Lisa Efing | 
Alternative Girlhood: Diaristic Indulgence and Contemporary Female Artists, features work by 10 established and emerging female creators of graphic novels, comics, and 'zines. Assistant Professor Alisia Chase, with the help of two senior art majors, Erin Ruscio-Holst and Lisa Efing, curated the exhibition. The images, which range from original hand-drawn ink works to a full-sized quilt, illustrate the comically painful and emotionally honest moments that define many young women's lives. You can hear more about the Alternative Girlhood project in a podcast interview from the CINDY Center featuring Alisia Chase. |
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| "Psalm 100" by Jennifer Hecker | 
Associate Professor Jennifer Hecker completed a sculptural commission in 2004 for Christ Church in Pittsford, NY. This three-part sculpture installation was created of cast and welded bronze. Hecker's work consisted of 100 cast leaves attached to the wall that framed the old door to the church, and a cast bronze branch with birds. At its base is a small bench cast with the same grapevine molding used elsewhere in the church. |
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| "born digital no. 10" by Kitty Hubbard | 
The faculty has been productive this past year in having work accepted into adjudicated shows across the country as well as being mentioned in national press reviews. Between curating exhibits and traveling internationally, members of the faculty have much to be proud of. |
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In September of 2005, five art history minors (from left to right: Erin Ruscio-Holst, Meredith Schwab, Jenna Bower, Lisa Efing, and Kathy Braman) travelled to Marist College in Poughkeepsie, NY, to present papers at the 14th annual Women and Society Conference. How Much is That Woman in the Window? Manipulation, Commodification, and the Female Nude in Contemporary Art examined how contemporary female artists question society’s use of the female body. |
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| "Hum" by Sara DiDonato | 
The Department of Art is thrilled to welcome new Assistant Professor, Sara DiDonato, who arrived in fall 2005. DiDonato received her MFA from the University of Albany and has previously taught at SUNY Albany and the College of St. Rose, Albany, NY. She is included in the Artist Slide Registry at The Drawing Center in New York City, and was recently awarded a research grant to work on the [Re]Collections project, where artists are paired with historical societies and museums to create new work based on objects in the museum collections. |
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| from "The Bird Feeder" by A. Hendrickson | 
Abigail Hendrickson has created a visual memoir and artist's book, The Bird Feeder, to be published in March, 2006. The Bird Feeder began as an independent study with Assistant Professor Tim Massey. Her obsessive approach and habitual reworking of images grew the project into 149 mixed media drawings. |
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| birdhouse by Kathy Farrell | 
A harbinger of the season that will quickly be upon us, The Birdhouse Show, an invitational exhibition of avian ateliers, opens February 28 and runs through March 26. There will be a reception and sale preview on March 3 from 6 to 9 pm. "What is nice about the national response this show has garnered, is that funds raised will be donated, in part, to Habitat for Humanity," said Tim Massey, gallery director and assistant professor of art. |
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