Department of Art Alumni
Calendar
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| 2011 - 2013 | David Skora Sculpture purchased and will be a permanent installation in the newly created sculpture park in New Buffalo, Michigan for 2011-2013 |
| Jan 7 - Feb 29 Jan 19 |
Jennifer Cordon Wyzykowski MFA '12 is
debuting her
NEW children's book at Harwinton Library from
January 7 through February 29.
OPENING RECEPTIO...N is January 19, 1-4 The public is welcome to come and meet the artist and enjoy some refreshments. The show, titled "Growing" is a display of mixed media works by the artist. More of her artwork can be seen at www.wix.com/jwillustration/art. Harwinton Library, 80 Bentley Drive Harwinton, CT 06791, Phone (860) 485-9113 |
| Jan 26 Jan 26 - Mar 22 |
Tiffany Johnson MFA '12 will be a participating artists in the Accessible
Art 2013! Look for her at one or more locations: CityCenter Danbury, City of Danbury, Regional YMCA -
Escape to the Arts, Danbury Museum & Historical
Society, The Upstairs Gallery Molten Java Opening Night at Danbury Museum & Historical Society is Saturday, January 26, 2013, 4:00 pm until 6:00 pm. as part of 2013 Accessible Art Exhibit, in cooperation with The Cultural Alliance of Western CT (formerly known as HVCA) This juried exhibit will run through March 22, 2013 and will be open for viewing Tuesday through Saturday from 10am to 4pm in Huntington Hall. |
| Jan 27 Jan 27 - Apr 28 |
Gulgun Aliriza MFA '07 is
opening at the Hudson Valley Center for Contemporary Art on
SUNDAY, JANUARY 27, 2013, 5-7pm "The Power of Place" HVCCA, 1701 Main Street, Peekskill, NY 10566 www.hvcca.org |
| Feb 5, 12, 19,
26 |
Alain J. Picard Choose Your Own Subject Class Four Week Studio Class, Tuesdays 7:00-9:30pm February 5, 12, 19 & 26, 2013 Location: Picard Studio Cost: $200 12 Hillside Road | Southbury CT 06488 | 203.297.1399 www.picardstudio.com for additional classes in March |
| Feb 14 Feb 14 - Mar 14 |
Margaret Grimes, A Retrospective The Gallery at Higgins Hall, Midtown Campus, Danbury CT Opening Reception Feb 14, 5 - 7 pm On View Feb 14 - Mar 14, M - R, 12 - 4 pm This show will travel to Hendrix College in Conway, AR, Mar 2013 |
| Feb 19 |
Guest Artist Lecture: Historian/Curator/Writer, Jennifer
Samet 11:00 AM, White Hall (WH), Viewing Room 1 http://jennifersamet.com/ Jennifer
Samet is an art historian, curator and writer, based in New York
City. She received a BA from Barnard and a PhD from The Graduate
Center, CUNY, with her dissertation entitled “Painterly
Representation in New York, 1945-1975”. She has curated major
exhibitions on the history of the New York Studio School and the
Jane Street Group. Previously she was the director of the Center
for Figurative Painting in NYC, and also an associate at Hirschl and
Adler Modern. Samet is currently a professor of art
history at the City University of New York. She also co-directs a
gallery on the lower east side, Steven Harvey Fine Art
Projects. Her writings have been published in Hyperallergic,
Master Drawings, ArtNet Magazine, the New York Sun, and
numerous exhibition catalogues. Especially interested in the voice
of the artist, she has lectured at universities on the subject of
“The Role of Empathy in Art”. She has published in-depth interviews
with many artists, recently with Rackstraw Downes last October
during his solo exhibition at the Betty Cuningham Gallery. |
| Feb 26 Mar 7 |
Jessica
Bartlet Backyard Wilderness
February 26 - March 23, 2013 Opening Reception: March 7, 6 - 8 pm
Backyard,
Mid-October (Triptych), oil on
panel, 16" x 32"
Bartlet has been faithfully observing, documenting, and experiencing nature's ebb and flow through her backyard for the last 4 years. She paints loosely and fluidly feeling the surge of plant life and the destruction caused by weather. Her brushstrokes and use of natural color convey a confidence and urgency for remembering moments that are as fleeting as the north wind whipping through the landscape in the winter. The surface treatment of the paintings and the window-like characteristics of diptych's and triptych's allow viewers to see Bartlet's innate desire to understand, love, and preserve nature, as she observes her own backyard wilderness. |
| Mar 5 |
MFA Faculty Lecture: Margaret Grimes, corresponding with her Retrospective Exhibition in Higgins Hall. 11:00 AM, White Hall (WH), Viewing Room 1 |
| Mar 21 |
Guest Artist Lecture: Painter, Hugh O'Donnell
11:00 AM, White Hall (WH), Viewing Room 1 www.hughodonnell.com Hugh O’Donnell was born in London in
1950. After receiving his graduate degree, he was awarded the
Japanese Monbusho Scholarship and studied monumental screen painting
in Kyoto. In 1980 at the age of 30, he was included in an
exhibition “British Art Now” at the Guggenheim Museum. By 1983 he
was represented at Marlborough Gallery. He moved to the U.S. in
1987. He is Professor of Painting at Boston
University since 1996, where he was former Chair of Undergraduate
Painting. He has also taught at the NY Studio School, University of
Pennsylvania, and the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Art. He was one
of the founding advisory board members of the MFA program at WCSU. |
| Apr 4 - Apr 15 Apr 4 |
MFA Thesis Show
The Gallery at Higgins Hall , Midtown campus Opening Reception Apr 4 from 4:30 - 7 pm Gallery Hours: M-R, 12 - 4 pm |
| Apr 5 |
Guest Artist Lecture: Painter,
Don Kimes 11:00 AM, White Hall (WH), Viewing Room 1 www.donkimes.com Don Kimes divides his time between Washington, DC, Chautauqua, NY, and Italy. Since 1993 he has worked extensively in Umbria. In a 1996 catalogue essay, Kimes wrote that Italy affords the opportunity “to think about culture, nature and the passage of time.” Nearly ten years ago, a flood destroyed his home, studio and much of his work. “It was like the record of my existence had been erased”, he said. “Nature took everything back, but my work is now based on those destroyed images. Through them, color, form and structure combine with nature, time, memory and rebirth. But that’s what my work always sought. It’s just more clear now." Kimes’ work has been exhibited in galleries and museums that include Denise Bibro, Kouros Gallery, NY Studio School, National Academy of Design, Brooklyn Museum of Art, Corcoran Gallery of American Art, National Academy of Sciences, and the Baltimore Museum of Art. Since 1986, Kimes has been Artistic Director of the Visual Arts at Chautauqua Institution. He has been Professor of Art at American University since 1988, where he was department chair for eleven years. He was the founder and director of the American University MFA program in Italy, and in 2004, received the AU award for “Outstanding Contributions to Academic Development”. He is a member of the Advisory Board of the MFA program at WCSU. |
| Mar 11 - May
31 Apr 6 |
Ball Players is a solo exhibition of new drawings by
Chris Durante '86
of Redding,
Connecticut at the Gallery at Still River Editions
March 11 - May 31, 2013. The artist's reception on Saturday, April 6 is free and open to the public, 4 pm - 6 pm.
Durante uses ink and collage elements to express his nearly
life-long interest in baseball, in particular the characters that
inhabit its “cathedrals”, the ball parks. The comic book-influenced,
stylized figures convey the attitude and soul of players past and
present, real and imaginary.
Still River Editions, 128 East Liberty Street, Danbury, CT 06810
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| Apr 23 |
Guest Artist Lecture: Painter,
Susan Jane Walp
11:00 AM, White Hall (WH), Viewing Room 1 www.susanjanewalp.com Susan Jane Walp received a
BA with distinction and honors in painting from Mount Holyoke
College. She also studied at the New York Studio School, Skowhegan,
and Brooklyn College. She is a recipient of numerous awards, among
them the Benjamin Altman Prize from the National Academy of Design
in NY, the American Academy of Arts and Letter award, a Guggenheim
Fellowship, and a National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship. Her luminous, exquisitely balanced still-lifes
reflect a contemplative serenity. They move beyond their humble
objects to implications of transcendence. In an interview with
Larry Groff, Walp said "the concentration of working from
observation can be similar to a meditation practice. And perhaps
with still life, even more so than working from the figure or
landscape, the distractions are reduced to a minimum; the objects
are still, can’t engage you in conversation, don’t need to take
breaks, aren’t subject to changing weather." Represented by Tibor de Nagy Gallery in NYC, Walp
has had extensive exhibitions in the U.S. since 1974. She has been
a visiting artist and lecturer at numerous art schools, including
the Vermont Studio Center, the New York Studio School, Dartmouth,
Swarthmore, Haverford, and Brooklyn College. |
| Apr 24 -
May 6 |
Senior Thesis Exhibition The Gallery at Higgins Hall, Midtown Campus Reception April 24, 6:00 - 8:00 pm Gallery Hours: M-R, 12 - 4 pm |
| May 2013
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Joan Kelly MFA '05 is at the Wanju Art Center and International Beakam Art Museum, Wanju, with 3 artworks |
| May 1 - Oct 27 |
David Boyiajian - Exhibiting sculpture titled the "Dancing Milkweed," as part of the celebration of the Ossining, NY Bicentennial (1813-2013) |
| May 7, 14, 21,
28 |
Alain J. Picard Choose Your Own Subject Class Four Week Studio Class, Tuesdays 7:00-9:30pm May 7, 14, 21, & 28, 2013 Location: Picard Studio Cost: $200 12 Hillside Road | Southbury CT 06488 | 203.297.1399 |
| Jun 18 - Jul 6 |
2013 MFA graduates at Blue Mountain Gallery http://www.bluemountaingallery.org/ 530 West 25th, 4th flr New York, New York 10001 T-Sa 11AM - 6PM , 646.486.4730 Reception June 20, 5 - 8 pm |
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Jan 2012 |
Each year the MFA graduates provide an update. Click here to see what our MFA are doing now. I've added a faculty updates for 2012 |
