Charles Bae, 10/21/09 Graphic Design Artist Talk at Purchase College | FREE!

Graphic Design
Artist Talk
Wed., Oct. 21st, @6:30PM

Purchase College, SUNY
Visual Arts Bldg.
RM 1016

FREE & Open
to the Public


Charles Bae, Graphic Designer, School of Art+Design Purchase College Alumnus, class of 2000 is a partner and Vice-President of creative services at Rokkan a full-service interactive agency with offices in New York City and San Francisco. Rokkan's 35 employees provide branding, user experience design and traffic generation for Virgin America, Adidas, Jose Cuervo, and 2KGames among other clients. Prior to founding Rokkan, Bae led design initiatives at Acclaim Entertainment.

Check out some of Bae's work:

1. http://www.rokkan.com/
3. http://www.badboyonline.com/
2. http://community.virginamerica.com/
4. http://www.adidas.com/campaigns/basketball2008/content/index.asp?strCountry_adidascom=us#/highlights/


Purchase College , SUNY
School of Art+Design
Visual Arts Building
735 Anderson Hill Rd
Purchase, NY 10577

www.twitter.com/artdesignSUNY

(Located next the the Neuberger Museum of art & the W-1 Parking Lot.)

image credit: http://www.studiodaily.com/

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Clifford Owens | Artist Talk 9/23/09 @6:30PM at Purchase College SUNY | Free

SCHOOL OF ART+DESIGN
PURCHASE COLLEGE SUNY

Visiting Artist Talk
by Clifford Owens

Wednesday, September 23rd
FREE & OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
Visual Arts Bldg. RM 1016

Owens is best known for provocative performances that frequently require audience interaction. Within these works, shifts of power and perspective are at play. In his Studio Visits series, Owens engages visiting artists or arts professionals in one-on-one acts relating to the visitor’s work.

Clifford Owens' art has appeared in numerous group exhibitions including Performa05, New York, NY; Freestyle and Quid Pro Quo at The Studio Museum in Harlem, New York, NY; Greater New York 2005, P.S.1, Queens, New York; Influence, Anxiety, Gratitude, List Visual Art Center, Cambridge, MA. Owens studied at The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Mason Gross School of Visual Art Rutgers University, and the Whitney Museum Independent Study Program. He was an artist in residence at The Studio Museum in Harlem in 2005-06 and Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture in 2004. Grants and fellowships include Art Matters, Louis Comfort Tiffany Award, New York Foundation for the Arts Fellowship, Lambent Foundation, and the Rutgers University Ralph Bunche Graduate Fellowship. He was born in Baltimore, Maryland in 1971, and he lives and works in Queens, New York.

Directions to Purchase College: www.purchase.edu/directions

Include "Add Me" in your email to: artdesign.events@purchase.edu for advance A+D event notice.

Image and Info provided by School of Art+Design MFA Program. Special Acknowledgment: Tom Sarver

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Michael Jackson - Spike Lee's MJ Tribute/B-Day Bash in Prospect Park

Picture Purchase takes a moment of silence to remember Michael Jackson. Below are some photos that I shot at Spike Lee's MJ Tribute/Birthday Bash held in Prospect Park, Brooklyn, New York.

Though MJ isn't an Alumnus of Purchase College, nor does he have a direct connection to the university to which I'm aware, students carry his passion, proliferation and genius in their hearts, minds and creative endeavors as they take center stage in the classroom towards their own personal greatness. Moses Harper is a living testament of MJ's influence and reach. She graduated from the Conservatory of Music at Purchase College and dances like the blood of MJ runs through her veins. (check her out in a previous post)

A legendary musician, innovative performing artist and the entertainment industry's pioneer philanthropist; Michael Jackson was only one man but he managed to influence the lives of millions world-wide. His music and humanitarianism will always be remembered. Can you imagine if MJ would have doubted himself? This would of been a loss greater than his death as we would have never been able to experience music as we know it today.

(R.I.P. Michael Jackson August 1958- June 2009)

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Rob Fuerer: An Upcoming Interview & Best of Show Honors in SUNY Exhibition | Purchase College

Rob Fuerer, Painting & Drawing Senior at the School of Art+Design at Purchase College SUNY opened his campus studio to Picture Purchase for a live interview that will be posted in the upcoming month.

Check out some of his work here in the meanwhile. His painting, "Subway" was published in the January 2009 issue of "Education Outlook: Trends in Higher Education" a Journal News publication (the local newspaper of Westchester County). The photo essay featured his artwork along with the work of two recent School of Art+Design BFA alumni, Yekaterina Voevodkin, Graphic Design and Marshall Sheuttle, Photography, BFA.

Both Rob Fuerer and Marshall Sheuttle's work received best of show honors in the Fall 2008 SUNY Student Art Exhibition and was invited to exhibit their work in SUNY's Best of Show Student Art Exhibition this summer. Consuelo DaSilva, Painting & Drawing BFA'09 Alumna, who participated in the Spring 2009 SUNY Student Art Exhibition also received best of show honors and joined Rob and Marshall in exhibiting work in SUNY's Best of Show Student Art Exhibition held at the State University of New York Plaza in Albany, New York this summer.

Modest and determined, Rob speaks of his experience as a growing artist, a Purchase College student and a human being to which adverse emotion has acquainted itself, though uninvited. He mentioned some experiences off the record to which I'm not allowed to indulge you but you'll be exposed to that which is positive, productive and flourishing in the life of this undergraduate, student artist.

In his own words, "Although I am an American, I was born in Switzerland, and lived for some time in Taiwan, where I learned to speak fluent Mandarin. I then began to teach myself to paint, and using my Chinese language skills was able to successfully open a school for children where I taught crafts. I am particularly taken with the works of David Kapp, Yvonne Jacquette, and Eric Fischl. I am struck by the rhythms and patterns in the life of their canvases. And, I feel that this has opened me to the more metaphorical rhythms of the city and its people. These are played out for me in the vibrating bright lights and obscured shadows of the city, and in the vibrancy of life and darker underbelly of the urban narratives."



Be sure to check out Robert Fuerer's interview with Picture Purchase to be posted in the upcoming month. Share your thoughts about his work, post your own questions and perhaps they will be answered in a follow-up interview.
Rob's Painting titles in order of appearance, from top to bottom: "Traffic", "Subway", "George", "Untitled", "Untitled".

LINKS:
Rob Fuerer's Website (BFA Painting & Drawing Senior featured in SUNY's Best of Show Exhibition, Summer 2009)
Marshall Scheuttle's Website (BFA Photo Alumnus featured in SUNY's Best of Show Exhibition, Summer 2009)
Consuelo DaSilva on Facebook (BFA Painting & Drawing Alumna featured in SUNY's Best of Show Exhibition, Summer 2009)
School of Art+Design (A+D) (The art school everyone is talking about)
Michael Torlen's Website (A+D Painting & Drawing Area Head)
JoAnn Walters Brief Bio (A+D Photography Area Head)
Warren Lehrer's Website (A+D Graphic Design Area Head)
Purchase College SUNY
Richard & Dolly Maass Gallery (Full-Time Faculty Group Exhibition)

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Terror Pigeon Dance Revolt - Neil Fridd Sculpture Alumnus '09 in Seventeen Magazine | Purchase College SUNY

[Image: Seventeen.com]

Terror Pigeon Dance Revolt, posing for Seventeen Magazine, with its front man Neil Fridd, one of SUNY Purchase's most recent Alum. Back in June or early July '09, Neil told me that he would be touring Europe with his band while I was pulling out of the Campus Center South parking lot. I guess the red-bearded Fridd who was sporting a pair of hot pink short-shorts and ripped-up/written-on tee is staying true to his word.

Although his major was sculpture his music continues to engage people of all ages. His elaborate costumes and set designs are evident of his degree and background in art. Some might classify his work as performance pieces. Neil graduated from the School of Art+Design's Sculpture Program where Donna Dennis currently serves as the Area Head for the Sculpture Board of Study at Purchase College. She and other Art+Design full-time faculty will be exhibiting work at the college this fall '09 semester. You may remember Donna from this New York Times article.

More on "The Fridd":
The New York Times Article featuring Neil Fridd, Purchase College, School of Art+Design BFA Candidate '09

Neil Fridd; Eclectic, Engaging & Truly Entertaining Purchase College SUNY BFA Show Down!

Art+Design Faculty Group Exhibition Info

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