FIVE ALIVE! Exhibition Opening Thursday, May 20th 6-8pm at Monya Rowe Gallery in NYC!

Five Alive! School of Art+Design MFA Exhibit
Opening Reception: Thursday, May 20, 2010, 6pm - 8pm
On View: May 20th - June 5th, Tuesday-Saturday 11am- 6pm
[free and open to the public]

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New York, NY - Five Alive! School of Art+Design Exhibit at Monya Rowe Gallery presents the work of five Purchase College SUNY, School of Art+Design Master of Fine Arts degree candidates. An opening reception will be held on Thursday, May 20th from 6pm to 8pm and the show will be on view May 20th through June 5th. Embracing methods of drawing, painting, photography, sculpture, installation, performance and video, the works of these five emerging artists reflect the innovative and interdisciplinary spirit of the Purchase College SUNY MFA in Visual Arts program (directed by Kate Gilmore & Omar Lopez-Chahoud). Curated by Omar Lopez-Chahoud, the exhibition showcases work by Neil Dvorak, Scott Daniel Ellison, Merav Ezer, Tom Sarver, and Rachel Wiecking.

Neil Dvorak creates objects that explore the relationship between artifact and functionality. In her videos, performances and installations, Merav Ezer explores the psychological and physical implications of self-created environments. Scott Daniel Ellison's paintings and photographs explore themes of horror and paganism. Tom Sarver combines humor, social commentary and low-tech gadgetry to explore relationships between the art world and the everyday. Rachel Wiecking's work uses techniques of casting, printmaking and sculpture to force collisions between physiological and utilitarian systems.

Monya Rowe Gallery
504 West 22nd Street
New York, NY 10011

Purchase College SUNY contact:
914.251.6750 art+design@purchase.edu
www.purchase.edu/art+design

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MFA Graduation Exhibition Series at the Richard & Dolly Maass Gallery | Purchase College SUNY

Purchase College SUNY, School of Art+Design MFA candidates present a series of solo and two-person shows at the Richard & Dolly Maass Gallery on view April 5th through April 30th with receptions taking place April 15th, 22nd and 29th from 5-7pm.

Scott Daniel Ellison starts off the series with Raccoons, an exhibition of found photographs of people interacting with the misunderstood and highly adaptable raccoon; the photographs negotiate the ever-changing boundaries that divide human beings from their natural habitat. Tom Sarver combines humor, social commentary and low-tech gadgetry to explore relationships between the art world and the everyday. In Queasy, Sarver examines medical phobias and anxieties. In her exhibition, Walking A Fine Line, Merav Ezer explores the psychological and physical implications of self-created environments. Finishing off the series is Separate Heads, a two-person show featuring the work of Neil Dvorak and Rachel Wiecking. Neil Dvorak creates objects that investigate the relationship between artifact and functionality, while Rachel Wiecking's work uses techniques of casting, printmaking and sculpture to force collisions between physiological and utilitarian systems.

Scott Daniel Ellison: Raccoons | On View: April 5-9, 10-5pm

Tom Sarver: Queasy
On View: April 12-16, 10-5pm
Reception: Thursday, April 15th, 5-7pm

Merav Ezer: Walking A Fine Line
On View: April 19-23, 10-5pm
Reception: Thursday, April 22nd, 5-7pm

Neil Dvorak and Rachel Wiecking: Separate Heads
On View: April 26-29, 10-5pm
Reception: Thursday, April 29th, 5-7pm

RICHARD & DOLLY MAASS GALLERY
Purchase College SUNY
School of Art+Design
Visual Arts Building)
735 Anderson Hill Road
Purchase, NY 10577

This event is free and open to the public.

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Walk in and Erase the Drawings | THE ERASED Opens February 22nd, 6-8pm at Purchase College SUNY

THE ERASED
Walk in and Erase the Drawings
By SayHey Chung

Reception:
Wed., Feb. 24, 2010 5-7pm

On View:
Feb. 22nd - 26th 10am-9pm

Korean born painting and drawing artist, Sayhey Chung earned her BFA from Hongik University (Seoul, Korea). Currently an MFA student at SUNY Purchase, she creates worlds populated by many diverse yet masked figures. In this interactive show, The Erased, viewers will be asked to erase the artist’s drawings in an effort to have the viewer participate. Sayhey's art is about what remains versus what becomes trash, what is remembered versus forgotten, survival versus death.


Meet the Artist (Refreshments Served):

Monday, Feb. 22 6-8pm
Tuesday, Feb. 23 6-8pm
Thursday, Feb. 25 7-9pm
Friday, Feb. 26 5-7pm

Purchase College, SUNY
School of Art+Design, Room 1019A
735 Anderson Hill Rd.
Purchase, NY 10557
Directions: http://bit.ly/aotfS

Free & Open to the public.

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MFA Alumnus '06, Adam Nikelwicz in Group Exhibit, Post-Gogol: The Silent Absence of the Body opens at SLAG Gallery

Post-Gogol: The Silent Absence of the Body opens at SLAG Gallery, 531 West 25th Street, Ground Floor, #10, NYC, on February 18, 2010 and runs through March 16, 2010.

OPENING RECEPTION: THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 2010, 6-8pm

Artists in the show: Adam Niklewicz, Purchase College SUNY, School of Art+Design MFA Alumnus, 2006, Jason Irla, Lina Kim, SOSka Group (Mykola Ridnyi, Ganna Kriventsova, and Serhiy Popov), and Krzysztof Zarebski

Additional participation: Jan Tarasin

Guest Curator: Marek Bartelik

Dates: February 18—March 16, 2010

‘Gogol, not Google’… and we laughed. This exhibition appropriates the name of the great Russian/Ukrainian writer to speak about the haunting appearance of physical objects and images in the present world, in which laughter (sometimes through tears) continues to serve as a potent agent of timeless sublime. Laughter keeps disarming the body and makes it invisible.

The time and the place of action should be considered irrelevant. ‘[I] t is as useless to look in Dead Souls’, as another giant Russian writer observed, ‘for an authentic Russian background as it would be to try and form a conception of Denmark on the basis of that little affair in cloudy Elsinore.’ Who doubts the existence of Dead Souls …

Post-Gogol: The Silent Absence of the Body is a micro-tribute to books, or rather to the book, not as a text, a pure artifact or a found object, but rather as an inspiration (direct or indirect) for the artist. By alluding to such loaded referents as Gogol’s stories, the artist acknowledges the rigorous yet evanescent power of poesis. However, none of the artists in this show illustrates Gogol; what they do, instead, they share ‘a Gogolian gusto of weird details.’

The artists in this exhibition represent different generations (the oldest one was born in 1939, the youngest in 1985) and come from different parts of the world: the U.S Brazil, and the Ukraine. They are the hybrid and cloudy citizens of their countries: the native of Detroit, Jason Irla currently finishes an MFA program in Baltimore, MD (probably the most “Gogolian” of all American cities I know); Lina Kim of Korean and Brazilian family backgrounds, lives in Germany; Adam Niklewicz and Krzysztof Zarebski emigrated to the United States from Poland before the collapse of the Berlin Wall; the SOSka group consists of three Ukrainian artists born in their country before it ceased to belong to the Soviet Union. –Excerpts from Marek Bartelik’s introduction to the show.

This exhibition will present Irla’s digital video and prints The Past Has Made Us Apprehensive Of The Present, 2010; Kim’s photographs from the series “Rooms,” 2003-2006; Niklewicz’s multimedia installation My Dinner with Marian, 2009-2010; SOSka’s video Barter, 2007; and a selection of Zarebski’s recent sculptures and drawings. In addition, the exhibition will include a “pictogram” from 1983-90, by the late Polish artist Jan Tarasin (1926-2009).

SLAG Gallery specializes in contemporary Eastern European art and is operated by owner and director Irina Protopopescu.

SLAG Gallery is located at 531 West 25th Street, Ground Floor, suite 10. (Between 10th and 11th Avenues).

Hours: Tuesday through Saturday, 11 am to 6 pm.

For press inquiries and reproductions contact Irina Protopopescu, 917 977 1848.

For general inquiries, contact the gallery at 212 967 9818 or by e-mail at irina@slaggallery.com

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FAUX SHOW | MFA Group Show at Purchase College SUNY

SCHOOL OF ART+DESIGN

FAUX SHOW: MFA Group Exhibition
OPENING RECEPTION: Friday, October 16, 2009 5 – 7 pm
ON VIEW: October 12th – November 4, 2009

PRESS RELEASE

Faux Show features the cutting-edge work of current School of Art+Design first and second year Master of Fine Arts degree candidates in a variety of media. The work of the twelve participants runs the gamut from traditional painting to garbage assemblage, from video work to horticulture, from stasis to total kinesis.

Curator: Omar Lopez-Chahoud, MFA Coordinator

ARTISTS: Maria Barajas, Say Hay Chung, Neil Dvorak, Scott Daniel Ellison, Merav Ezer, Amanda Gale, Miles Hall, Mary Martin, Tom Sarver, Jess Whittam, Rachel Wiecking, Etty Yaniv

Postcard Design (Image): Ege Soyuer, BFA Graphic Design, Class of 2010

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BLURRR... A Solo Show by Jim Bergesen, Painting/Drawing, MFA Alumnus '03 | Purchase College SUNY

BLURRR

Artist: Jim Bergesen jimbergesen@gmail.com
Show On View: June 30 – July 30, 2009
Reception: Thursday, July 30, 2009, 6-8 PM

BROWNSON GALLERY
Manhattanville College
2900 Purchase Street
Purchase, NY 10577

Jim Bergesen studied painting, drawing and printmaking at the Art Students League of New York and currently works in oil, watercolor, digital media and printmaking. His work has been shown in both group and solo exhibitions in the New York City area and nationally.

Bergesen holds an MFA in Painting and Interdisciplinary Studio Art, as well as an MA in 20th Century Art History, Theory and Criticism from SUNY Purchase. He also holds an undergraduate degree in French Language and Literature as well as Economics from Western Michigan University.

In addition to teaching Studio Arts at Manhattanville College and Norwalk Community College he has taught Contemporary Art History at SUNY Purchase. Founder and director of an alternative art space in lower Manhattan, Bergeson works with local artists, curating and organizing exhibits. He is also the Winsor & Newton Educational Advisor for the tri-state area.

Jim Bergesen Bio Courtesy: Women's Club of Rye

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$8000 NYSCA Grant Awarded to Chris Kaczmarek, MFA/MA Alumnus of Purchase College SUNY

Purchase College SUNY
School of the Arts
SCHOOL OF ART+DESIGN
STAFF / ALUMNUS EVENT & NEWS ANNOUNCEMENT

Who: Chris Kaczmarek, School of Art+Design Staff Member, Adjunct Lecturer & MFA/MA Alumnus

What: Chris, Multimedia Artist was awarded funding from the New York State Council of the Arts (NYSCA) in the amount of $8000 for an anticipated solar-sound sculpture project. He has an Opening reception scheduled this Thursday in Hartford, CT for a self titled solo show “Chris Kaczmarek" independent of the NYSCA Grant. In addition, an Artist Talk will be held in September. See details below.

When: Thursday, July 16, 2009 at 6PM Show On View: July 16th – September 13, 2009

Artist Talk: September 3, 2009 @6PM

Where: @REAL ART WAYS
56 Arbor St
Hartford, CT 06106
p: 860.232.1006
f: 860.233.6691
e: info@realartways.org

Gallery Hours:
Tuesday-Thursday, Sunday: 2-10pm
Friday-Saturday: 2-11pm
Closed Mondays

NYSCA GRANT INFO:
Individual Artists Grant: $8,000 Category: Film & Media / New Tech Prod. Project Title: Solar Sound Objects. More information regarding Chris's project description will be posted once available.
More about NYSCA Grants

MORE INFO:Chris Kaczmarek's Website

THE SHOW THIS THURSDAY, July 16th, 2009

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Giant Crusty Feet and Nathan Margoni | MFA Artwork Currently On View, Reception to be held April 30th 5-7PM at Purchase College SUNY

Just the thought of Nathan Margoni's artwork gives me a mild case of adult 'heebeejeebees'. Large, gross and detailed, his sculpture is both repulsive and beautiful.

Currently on view at the Richard & Dolly Maass Gallery (as a part of the MFA Graduation 'rotating thesis' Exhibition series), Nathan's Opening Reception will be held on Thursday, April 30th 5-7PM to which you are invited. All exhibitions are free and open to the public. The last day to view Nathan's show is Friday, May 1, 2009.

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TONIGHT!
MFA Graduation Exhibition Opening Reception: Karen Ruenitz
Thursday, April 23rd, 5-7 PM
Richard & Dolly Maass Gallery, VA Bldg.
KAREN RUENITZ, MFA Candidate ’09
Karen Ruenitz whose background is in fashion design, presents large scale wall assemblages of figural silhouettes and more. Show runs April 20th-April 26th

KarenRuenitz.com

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SugaBrown aka Kristin Price is Scheduled to Perform at Purchase College's "Hometown Cabaret " on May 1st!

"Where Would I Be" music written & produced by the Conservatory of Music's MFA Alumna '03, Kristin Price aka SugaBrown. SugaBrown will perform songs from her recently released album at this year's "Hometown Cabaret" formerly known as "Downtown Cabaret" on Friday, April 30th at the Student Center (STOOD) at Purchase College! Save the Date! More information about Miss SugaBrown and her albumn coming soon! [Photo by Ebony Brown]

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GIMME GIMME; Opening Reception, Friday April 17th, this Friday | Purchase College School of Art+Design MFA Exhibition in NYC

SCHOOL OF ART+DESIGN SCHOOL OF THE ARTS

GIMME GIMME: MFA GRADUATION EXHIBITION in NEW YORK CITY!
RECEPTION: Fri., April 17, 6-8PM
On View: April 17 – April 26, 2009

PRESS RELEASE Press Release also available at: ARTSLANT Arts & Education (e-flux) Fecal Face

Click "Read More" below for Artists info including artist's websites,videos & interviews...

Jane Corrigan
Nathan Margoni
Jeff Eaton jeffeaton.org
Karen Ruenitz karenruenitz.com
Chris Vesper seevesper.com
Leah Tacha www.leah-tacha.com Interview by Ebony Brown Tacha Video by Vanessa Hudson Tacha Video 2 by Vanessa Hudson

Smith-Stewart
53 Stanton Street
New York, NY 10002
T 212.477.2821 info@smith-stewart.com

[Postcard designed by The School of Art+Design Community Design, Class Spring 2009, taught by Robin Lynch, Special Thanks to Kaneko Marina. Vanessa Hudson is a Purchase College Student currently taking Viral Marketing, under the instruction of Linda Solomon and AnneMarie Gatti]

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HOME AGAIN; Purchase College, SUNY School of Art+Design MFA/MA Alumna Joelle Jenson Exhibits Work in Group Show at WCC

See "Home Again" while its still up!

(four days left!)

Curated by James Leonard
Mar 16 –Apr 18, 2009

Artists:

Jonathan Eaves

Joelle Jenson (MFA/MA Alumna)

Molly Stevens

Jonathan Schipper

"Four artists whose exploration of family origins and half-remembered domestic spaces serve as central sources of inspiration. The commonality of these private experiences provides a foundation for deeper explorations into the psychological nuances that define home, family, class, gender, memory and time.
MORE INFO - EXHIBITION IMAGES

Westchester Community College (WCC)
Fine Art Gallery
75 Grasslands Road, Valhalla, NY, 10595

(If viewing the link above after April 18th, 2009 you may not see information regarding the Home Again Exhibition)

[All Information & Image: Courtesy Westchester Community College)

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Live New Abstraction; MFA Alumni Opening Reception, Saturday, April 11@6PM in Hartford, CT

School of Art+Design MFA ALUMNI Artists Include:
Kristen Galvin
Sara Sharp
Parsley Steinweiss

NEWS REGARDING ADDITIONAL, CURRENT ALUMNI EXHIBITIONS NOTED (Includes Yi Chen's exhibition in Los Angeles, California and Kathleen Zazzaro's exhibition in Port Chester, NY)

Live New Abstraction
Opening: Saturday, April 11, 6-9pm
On View: April 6-17, 2009

Hartford ArtSpace Gallery
555 Asylum Street, Hartford, CT
Gallery hours: Thurs-Sun, 12-4pm,
and by appointment via...
livenewabstraction@gmail.com

Featured artists: Manuel Dennis, David Flood, Kristen Galvin, Mark Johnson, S Kovach, Sarah Sharp, and Parsley Steinweiss.

Experiments in Cinema V4.2 Film Festival
April 16-19, 2009
Friday April 17, 6pm-9:30pm, Southwest Film Center (my screening time and location only)
University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM
For more info on the festival:
www.basementfilms.org
www.kristengalvin.com

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MORE ALUMNI EXHIBITION NEWS:

Yi Chen, School of Art+Design, MFA Painting & Drawing Alumnus exhibiting work at Honor Fraser in Los Angeles, California (as of April 11th, 2009, On View through May 16th). Visit website for more information. Honor Fraser Check out this link: evilmonito.com

Kathleen Zazzaro, School of Art+Design, Visual Arts Alumnus exhibiting work at Miranda Fine Arts in Port Chester, New York. Opening Reception, April 18th@6PM, On View through April 30th. Visit website for more information: Miranda Fine Arts

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"Best of Show" (Fall 2007) | Five Purchase College, Art+Design Students are Honored.

(Image: Painting (cropped) by Alec Spangler, Purchase College, MFA Alumnus '08)

Every Semester students from the School of Art+Design participate in the SUNY Student Art Exhibition held in Albany State Plaza. For six consecutive semesters up to three of five participating students have received 'Best of Show' honors. One year Jennifer Bakalar who is now a graduating senior, won the 'Best of Show Piece' prize of $1000. In addition, she was awarded the honor of having her artwork displayed at the governor's mansion.

To participate the the SUNY Student Art Exhibition, students must be invited by a professor in their board of study and the artwork(s) submitted must also be selected by the referring professor. Students may submit up to three pieces but only five total artworks will entered into the juried exhibition held in Albany, NY.

Check out the article below (link) by LowHud.com about Alec Spangler, Purchase, N.Y.; Patricia Gaeta, Niagara Falls, N.Y.; Kevin Knoerzer of Newburgh, N.Y.; Jennifer Bakalar, Keen, N.H.; and Luke Chase, Valate, N.Y.

"Purchase College students in “Best of SUNY Student Art Exhibition”

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Leah Tacha, Visual Arts MFA candidate honored with $1000 Patricia Kerr Ross Award

Leah Tacha, School of Art+Design MFA Candidate was awarded the $1,000 2009 Patricia Kerr Ross Award.

Ever heard of the saying, "One man's garbage is a another man's treasure"? Well, Leah is a living testament; she transforms (or recycles) discarded/found materials into purposeful, sculptural works of art that effortlessly excites the imaginations of those viewing her work. The Ross Award will enable this emerging artist to continue making artwork while transitioning from academia to the professional art world.

"The Patricia Kerr Ross Award of $1,000 is given annually to an individual selected for excellence, originality and promise..." MORE INFO

As a professed witness of her whimsy, I urge you to experience her work first hand. Exhibiting in three New York Shows in the month of April, the opportunity to see Leah's work is abundant. To learn more about Leah Tacha, check out my interview with her in the previous post.

Exhibitions featuring Leah's work:

Purchase, New York MFA Graduation Exhibition Opening Reception for Leah Tacha's Solo Show: April 16th, 5-7PM in the Richard & Dolly Maass Gallery at Purchase College. Directions: http://www.purchase.edu/AboutPurchase/VisitorsGuide/Directions/

New York, New York GIMME-GIMME Opening Reception for the MFA Group Show: April 17th, 6-8PM in New York City at Smith Stewart Gallery. Show info will be posted on the gallery's website as the date approaches. http://www.smith-stewart.com/about.html

White Plains, New York Hanging By A Thread: Featuring Leah's artwork is currently on view at The Arts Exchange in White Plains, NY!!!

Visit Leah's Website

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"I Want My Art to Command the Space" Michael Rivera's Panel Discussion | Purchase College MFA Alumni

[ SEND ME AN EMAIL AT ebonybrown.nyc@gmail.com IF YOU'VE BEEN CHECKING TO SEE THIS VIDEO INTERVIEW]

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Hanging By A Thread: Leah Tacha, MFA (Candidate) & Sara Millman, BFA (Alumna) of Purchase College Exhibiting at The Arts Exchange, White Plains NY

Purchase College SUNY current MFA Candidate, Leah Tacha and Alumna, Sara Millman, two of sixteen artists are exhibiting work in the group show "Hanging By A Thread" at The Arts Exchange in White Plains, NY (walking distance from City Center). Please note that the Opening Reception is tonight! Thursday, March 19, 2009, 5-8PM.
Click postcard image below to see larger. (Photo courtesy www.ArtsWestchester.org)

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Thayer Fellowship Finalist, Leah Tacha, Purchase College, Art+Design MFA Candidate Interviewed by Picture Purchase's Ebony Brown

(Photo by Ebony Brown - cropped/detail shot, Artwork Video coming soon)

I interviewed Leah Tacha, Sculptor, Purchase College SUNY, School of Art+Design MFA Candidate and Thayer Fellowship finalist (in the running for a $7,000 award) on Monday, March 16, 2009 in the Richard & Dolly Maass Gallery. Below are snippits of her responses from our interview.

"There weren't a lot of notable female Sculptors when I was an undergraduate student so it was easy for sculptors such as Yayoi Kusama and Eva Hesse to make an impression on me. Both Yayoi Kusama and Eva Hesse's work embodied a lack of 'following the rules' and I liked that."

"I'll use anything, mostly everything, especially
easily accessible materials because I'm in a constant quest not to spend too much money. These cardboard cylinders over here (currently in the MAASS Gallery) are donations from a carpet company out in Jersey. I made the call and now they know me by name and donate their cardboard-carpet holders to me whenever they're looking to get rid of them."

At this point during the interview, University Police (who are in fact, State Troopers) entered the Richard and Dolly Maass Gallery in the Visual Arts Building and asked "What is this I'm looking at" I kindly asked him, "Well, what does this work invoke or say to you?" and the Officer stepped back for a moment and said, "That over there looks like a present exploding through a Chimney. All of this reminds me of being in a constant state of animated suspension when everything (encountered) is new like when you're kid." An explanation wasn't necessary, he was right.

"I loved The Secret Garden growing up, both the book and movie continues to influence my artwork today as does the landscape of Kansas. I think discovery, beauty and the unexpected can be found in my work similar to how it is in the book" said Leah.

"In terms of people who come to see my work, I hope that they'll get the feeling of sincerity, honesty and humor - its not pretty but it is generous to look at especially when all else seems monotonous and bleak"

"I hope to continue making art, meet new people and I'd like to have more 'artists' friends, being in Grad School sort of allows for this to happen."

"I never felt confident in my first four years of my undergrad college career, in my fifth year (it was a five year program) I was finally able to make an impression on a professor that I thought hated me and I finally felt confident and realized that I wanted to continue making art so I applied to Grad School and went to New York!"

"I want people to remember that they smiled when they saw my work, its abstract but the kind that people can connect to."

Leah Tacha will be interviewed on Tuesday, March 17th by the Thayer Fellowship judges and we wish her luck as she is in the running for $7000! She will also be exhibiting work as apart of the Purchase College, School of Art+Design MFA Group Show, GIMME GIMME at Smith Stewart Gallery on April 17th. (See previous posts for info) Go Leah!

SEE LEAH IN A LIVE INTERVIEW (by Vanessa):
Thayer Fellowship Award

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GIMME GIMME Purchase College MFA Candidates Will Exhibit Work at Smith Stewart Gallery in NYC

(Postcard designed by The School of Art+Design Community Design Class Spring 2009, Special Thanks to Kaneko Marina.)

GIMME GIMME
A Purchase College School of Art+Design MFA SHOW in NYC
Reception, Friday April 17th, 6-8PM
On View: April 17 – April 26, 2009

Art+Design MFA Candidates/Artists include:
Chris Vesper
Jeff Eaton
Jane Corrigan
Leah Tacha
Karen Ruenitz
Nathan Margoni

Smith Stewart Gallery
53 Stanton Street
New York, NY 10002
T 212.477.2821
info@smith-stewart.com

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Past, Present & Personal (Purchase College Alumni Exhibit Work at the Arts Exhange Gallery)

Three Purchase College School of Art+Design Alumni are currently exhibiting work at the Arts Exchange Gallery in White Plains, NY. Past, Present and Personal exposes us to a collection of work that ought to be experienced rather than explained.

On the floor to my left, playful yet disturbing zombie-like dolls made of recycled, donated fabric, are either mending, escaping or pulling each other apart. Near the center of the exhibition space is a headdress (of Indian Chief-type) elegantly poised on its pedestal made of intricately welded washers, bolts, chains and nails giving new functionality and value to often forgotten, everyday tools. Finally, around the corner beholds a blue, black pyramid of surveillance (TVs) where army-like figurines are centered and stout as if they are looking out (from the inside of the television screens). Meticulously placed and existing physically amongst visitors within the gallery space, these figurines and televisions (displaying live feed) suggests more than what one can conjure in one visit.

Sara Millman's funky dolls, Michael Rivera's recycled metals and Christopher Kaczmarek's tower of vision(s) are an awesome exemplification of 'Art Gone Wild'. Every piece flashes us with a peek into the artists' mind which leaves those viewing the work wanting more. In lieu of beads, I offer my praise to the artists for creating work that is engaging beyond aesthetics; its easier to admire something that's overtly beautiful and harder to feel connected to something conceptual, the intrigue is well worth it. If you are in the White Plains area, visit The Arts Exchange Gallery on Mamaroneck Avenue (on the same street as the City Center).

On View: March 12 - April 22, 2009
PAST, PRESENT & PERSONAL
An Exhibition Featuring Emerging Artists

Artists(Purchase College Alumni):
Christopher Kaczmarek, MFA/MA
Sarah Millman, BFA
Michael Rivera, MFA

The Arts Exchange Gallery
31 Mamaroneck Avenue
White Plains, NY 10601

Gallery Hours: Tue-Sat 12-5PM.
Admission is Free.

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