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Events and news of what's happening around the Fredonia campus.
Events and news of what's happening around the Fredonia campus.
“The root question was not ‘How can I paint a piece that looks like the American West,’ but rather ‘How can I portray the experience of standing in the open land through painting.’”
Fifteen students spent two weeks in Florence, studying Renaissance painting, sculpture and architecture. Brief side trips to the cities of Fiesole, Siena and Arezzo plus hiking and relaxing along the Mediterranean coast at Cinque Terre, a string of centuries-old seaside villages were also on the itinerary.
Department of Visual Arts and New Media Professor Liz Lee's image, "Buddhism," from the “Cosmological Processes” series, and a project from ARTS 156 featuring a Fredonia student's work, was published in “Light and Lens: Thinking about Photography in the Digital Age,” 4th edition.
Diverse works ranging from small porcelain objects to a 9- by-11-foot painting, plus wearables, animated films and more created by faculty members in the Department of Visual Arts and New Media will be featured at the Cathy and Jesse Marion Art Gallery.
Derek Raymond, a senior Photography major from Malone, won the President’s Award for Best in Show at Arteliesque, the Fall 2022 Senior Exhibition of the Department of Visual Arts and New Media.
The New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA) has awarded a $10,000 grant to Department of Visual Arts and New Media Professor Tim Frerichs to support “Waterways.”
Lilian Holman, a sophomore majoring in Graphic Design from Rendon, Texas, has been selected as the November 2022 Honors Student of the Month.
An exhibition featuring works by 10 students at SUNY Fredonia will be on display from Dec. 2 to 11 in the Cathy and Jesse Marion Art Gallery.
Internationally acclaimed artist Kestutis Vasiliunas will bring a wealth of experience and history of art during a two-week residency in the Department of Visual Arts and New Media, working with students in relief printing workshops and presenting a lecture and exhibition of his work.
A colorful mural designed and painted by Fredonia Middle School students will adorn a school hallway, thanks to the vision of art teacher Mackenzie Sheldon and a mentoring partnership she created with a student group at SUNY Fredonia.