Muroff Kotler Visual Arts Gallery

Muroff Kotler Visual Arts Gallery Hours: Monday through Friday, 11 am - 3 pm, and by appointment. Closed on College holidays and during intersessions. For more information, contact: Susan Jeffers, Gallery Coordinator, (845) 687-5113, or email: jefferss@sunyulster.edu.

 

The Muroff Kotler Visual Arts Gallery at SUNY Ulster is located on the Stone Ridge campus in Vanderlyn Hall, Room 260. The gallery serves as a center for creative artistic activity at the College and for the outside community. It also functions as an environment for teaching, performing, and exhibiting.

The College's permanent art collection enriches the cultural climate on campus by making additional works of a high level of artistic achievement available to students and the community. In this manner, the collection serves as a permanent visual reference source. The College believes that the acquisition of art works and the presentation of different art exhibitions assist the College community in setting standards for judgment and perception.

 

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~ GALLERY NEWS ~

Announcing marks that matter, A Regional Juried Exhibition

marks that matter
Contemporary Drawing in the Hudson Valley
Juried by Gillian Jagger

Entry deadline: by January 22, 2010
Judgement of Slides: February 1-5, 2010
Notification by email: February 8
Delivery of work: February 27, 10 am-12 noon, and March 1, 10 am - 4 pm
Pickup: April 17, 10 am - 12 noon, and April 19, 10 am - 4 pm

Click here for a copy of the application and entry requirements.

(See below for the Current and Upcoming Exhibits.)

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~ CURRENT EXHIBIT ~

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~ UPCOMING EXHIBITS ~

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~ PAST EXHIBITS ~

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Opening Reception January 30 from 4:00 - 7:00 pm

CREATIVE ARTS SHOWCASE GALLERY EVENTS
1:00 - 2:00 pm Wednesdays in February in the Gallery, Vanderlyn Hall

Feb. 4: LIVE MUSIC
The Jack Murphy’s Cigar Box Guitars Ensemble
Featuring Performers: Tom Impola, Dennis Swauger and Iain Machell

Feb. 11: THE WRITTEN & SPOKEN WORD
Poetry Reading by Frank Boyer
Robert Cassidy reading excerpts of his novel
Laura Love-Kroll will do a dramatic reading from a portion of Fernando Valdivia’s play The Surrogate.

Feb. 18: LIVE MUSIC
The Resident Aliens - The Songs of Richard Cattabiani
Featuring Richard Cattabiani, Tom Impola and Iain Machell
PLUS: Followed by More Music by Chris Early on the marimba.  

Dancing shoes recommended but not required!

Feb. 25: LIVE PERFORMANCES
Dramatic performance by Laura Love-Kroll and Frank Boyer
Special performance by clyde forth

SUNY Ulster Showcases Creative Interests of Faculty and Staff ... SUNY Ulster will spotlight the talents and creative pursuits of its non-art teaching faculty and staff at the SUNY Ulster Creative Arts Showcase , January 30 through February 27 , at the Muroff Kotler Visual Arts Gallery on the Stone Ridge campus.
    The college's first exhibition of this kind will feature such mediums as painting, drawing, ceramics, photography, quilting, crafts, set design, musical and dramatic performance, and the written and spoken word.
    The exhibit will open with a reception on January 30 from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. Performances featuring music, drama, readings and dance will be held on February 4, 11, 18 and 25, from 1 to 2 p.m. at the gallery.

Sculpture by Marie Mastronardo

   "We live in an amazing part of NY State and many of our neighbors are artists, so it is not surprising to find so many visual and performing artists on the faculty and staff at SUNY Ulster.  The Visual Arts Department Exhibition Committee thought it was high time we showcased all our talented colleagues, and we are delighted to dedicate our first show of the spring 2009 semester to their creativity," said Iain Machell, chairman of SUNY Ulster's Visual Arts, Music & Theater department.
    The Creative Arts Showcase is among a series of upcoming exhibits at the Muroff Kotler Visual Arts Gallery. Other exhibitions this spring will feature regional artists working with the theme of FOOD, works by SUNY Ulster art students, and art from Ulster County high school students.
    The event is free and open to the public. The Muroff Kotler Visual Arts Gallery is located in Vanderlyn Hall, room 265, and open Monday through Friday, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., and by appointment. It is closed on College holidays. For more information, call (845) 687-5113.

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~ NOVEMBER 20 - DECEMBER 10, 2008
"FACULTY WORKS"

Opening Reception: November 20 - 7:00 p.m.

View the works of SUNY Ulster visual arts faculty: Iain Machell, Sean Nixon, Suzy Jeffers, Dina Pearlman, Liz Unterman, Chris Seubert, Kristin Flynn, Carol Struve, Josephine Bloodgood and Pablo Shine.

Painting by Chris Seubert
Oil on Linen, 303x50

Painting by Kristin Flynn

The exhibit opens on Thursday, November 20 with a reception from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. in the Muroff Kotler Visual Arts Gallery on the college’s Stone Ridge campus. The show will continue through December 19. The gallery is open from Monday through Friday from 11:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. and is closed during Thanksgiving recess from Wednesday, November 26 through Friday, November 28.
Viewing is also available by appointment. For more information, call 845-687-5113.

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~ OCTOBER 7 - NOVEMBER 7, 2008

VISITING ARTIST WOODY PIRTLE EXHIBITION
Woody Pirtle has been selected as the Fall 2008 Visiting Artist.

Lecture at 7:00 p.m., Oct. 7, in Vanderlyn Hall, Student Lounge

Opening Reception to follow in the Gallery.

WOODY PIRTLE
Fall 2008 Visiting Artist

Award winning designer named SUNY Ulster Visiting Artist

Woody Pirtle , selected as the Visiting Artist at SUNY Ulster for the fall semester will be having an exhibition and will open the show with a lecture.

Woody Pirtle

Woody Pirtle established Pirtle Design in Dallas in 1978 and over the years produced some of the most important and celebrated work of the decade.
His work has been exhibited worldwide and is in the permanent collections of the Museum of Modern Art and the Cooper-Hewitt Museum in New York, the Victoria and Albert Museum in London and the Neue Sammlung Museum in Munich.

In 2003 Pirtle was awarded the prestigious AIGA Medal for his contribution to the design profession.

The Muroff Kotler Visual Arts Gallery, Stone Ridge Campus hours: Monday-Friday 11:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m. Closed on College Holidays.
For More Information: call 845: 687-5113.

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SEPTEMBER 6 - SEPTEMBER 26, 2008

"A MOTHER'S JOURNEY"

An exhibition by 2007 Pulitzer Prize for Feature Photography winning photojournalist Renée Byer .

Opening Reception: Saturday, September 6, 2008, 7:00 p.m. in the Gallery.

 

When Renée Byer, a photojournalist with twenty-five years of experience, won the 2007 Pulitzer Prize for Feature Photography, Ulster County Community College took pride in the achievement of a graduate, and an inductee to the SUNY Ulster Alumni Hall of Fame, whose studies at the College included photography, design, and fine arts. Renée’s achievement was not only a tribute to her skill as a photojournalist, but a reflection of her compassionate and dedicated character.

The Pulitzer Prize was awarded to Renée Byer for “A Mother’s Journey,” a four-day photo essay series that appeared in the Sacramento Bee, the California daily where Byer is on staff. Cyndie French, mother of 10-year-old Derek who was being treated for a rare form of cancer, agreed to allow Byer to record the efforts to save the child’s life. Renée and Cyndie became allies and close friends during the year-long battle. Renée’s photos focused on the close relationship between the boy and his mother, whose spirit and devotion made his final year a triumph in spite of Derek’s tragic death. The photos and stories in the Sacramento Bee resulted in over $40,000 in donations to help the family pay for Derek’s treatment. In Derek’s memory, the newspaper started the Derek’s Wish Foundation to raise money for other families facing similar problems.

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Renée Byer

Renée Byer received a plaque and a $10,000 cash grant in April 2007 at the Pulitzer Prize awards ceremony, held annually at Columbia University. As a Pulitzer winner, her work will be represented at the recently opened Newseum in Washington, D.C., an interactive, multimedia museum dedicated to winners of the coveted journalism award. “A Mother’s Journey” also won an award from the Society of Professional Journalists in 2006 and the World Understanding Award in 2007 from Pictures of the Year International. The photo series was exhibited at a San Francisco gallery, featured in a Japanese magazine, and appeared in the annual publication of Pictures of the Year International, which featured her as a speaker at their awards ceremony. Her present and upcoming assignments include teaching photojournalism workshops in the United States, France, and Japan. Renée has received other state and national photojournalism awards during her career. These include the National Press Photographers Association Pictures of the Year, Society for News Design, Associated Press, Best of the West photo and design contest, and the AP News Executive Council’s top honor, the Mark Twain Award.

Renée Byer’s career in photography began at home, learning from her father, Walter Byer, an amateur photographer. During her attendance at SUNY Ulster from 1976 to 1978, she pursued her interest in photography, inspired by a photography teacher who took one of her photos—a self-portrait she had shot in high school with a time exposure—to an art show in New York City. The young photographer gained self-confidence from the praise her work garnered at the show. After earning an associate in arts degree with a major in liberal arts at Ulster County Community College, she completed a bachelor’s degree in photojournalism from Bradley University in Peoria, Illinois and went to work as a photojournalist at newspapers in Peoria, Syracuse, Hartford, and Seattle before joining the Sacramento Bee in 2003.

In an interview, Renée expressed strong positive feelings about her years at SUNY Ulster and about community colleges in general. Her view is that community college is “a great stepping stone to a four-year college and career.” Ulster County Community College is proud of Renée Byer and pleased to have been a stepping stone to such a distinguished career.

For more information, call Susan Jeffers, gallery director, at 845-687-5113.

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MAY 29 - JUNE 13, 2008

FUTURE VOICES 3

An exhibition of art work produced by Ulster County High School students.

Opening Reception: Thursday, May 29, from 5:00 - 7:00 p.m. in the Gallery.

The third annual exhibition of art works by local high school students at Ulster County Community College’s Muroff Kotler Visual Arts Gallery will open on Thursday, May 29, with a reception from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. The show entitled “Future Voices” provides an opportunity for high school students to show their artwork in a formal gallery setting. The exhibit can be seen during the gallery’s regular hours, Monday through Friday, 11:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m. through June 13. The reception and exhibit are open to the public.

Work in all media by students from the following high schools will be on display: Coleman, Ellenville, Kingston, Marlboro, Onteora, Rondout Valley, Saugerties High Schools and the Alternative Center for Education in Port Ewen.

Portrait by Elizabeth Navarra of Rondout High School

For more information, call Susan Jeffers, gallery director, at 845-687-5113.

 

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APRIL 30 - MAY 21, 2008

THE ANNUAL SUNY ULSTER STUDENT SHOW

View the work of students enrolled in the Fine and Visual Arts program.

Opening Reception: Wednesday, April 30, from 12 noon - 1:00 p.m. in the Gallery.

An exhibition of projects by students in SUNY Ulster’s Visual Arts classes will open on Wednesday, April 30 and run through Wednesday, May 21, 2008 at the Muroff Kotler Visual Arts Gallery on the Stone Ridge campus of the college.
The SUNY Ulster Student Show will display a variety of drawings, paintings, graphic design, two-dimensional and three-dimensional design and photography selected by instructors for the exhibition.

A color photo by Jenn Babcock of Warwarsing

An opening reception at which visitors can meet the artists will be held on April 30 from noon to 1:00 p.m. in the Gallery, which is located in Vanderlyn Hall, near the Student Dining Center.

Gallery hours are Monday to Friday from 11:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m., except on college holidays.
For more information, call 845: 687-5113.

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VISUAL ARTS PROGRAM HOSTS GUGGENHEIM ARTIST

GALLERY TALK WITH YOKO INOUE, MULTI-MEDIA SCULPTRESS AND PERFORMANCE ARTIST

Monday, April 21, 2008

11:00 am in the Muroff-Kotler Gallery

A last minute opportunity has occurred and the Visual Arts Program is proud to host Yoko Inoue for a presentation of her work on Monday April 21, at 11:00 am in the Muroff-Kotler Gallery.  Inoue will show DVD’s and slides of her most recent multi-media sculpture and performance projects and talk to the visual arts majors.

Yoko Inoue graduated from Hunter College with an MFA in 2000. Her work has been shown at the Brooklyn Museum, Art in General, Bronx Museum of Art, Von Lintel Gallery, all in New York City and other venues. She was awarded a Fellowship from the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation and has received grants from the Joan Mitchell Foundation, the Franklin Furnace Archives Fund for Performance Art Award, a NYFA Fellowship in Sculpture, and a Lambent Fellowship from Tides Foundation.

Residencies include Skowhegan, Art Omi, Atlantic Center for the Arts, and .ekwc/European Ceramic Work Center in Holland among others.

She has just returned from Peru where she was working on “Transmigration of the Sold”, an installation and public intervention performance project that explores the human costs and benefits which lie behind imported-exported Andean wool products, probing the effects of globalization on native culture and questioning consumer awareness.

All are welcome.

This presentation is funded by NYFA (New York Foundation for the Arts).

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MARCH 13 - APRIL 11, 2008

PHOTOGRAPHS BY ARTIST-IN-RESIDENCE ELLIOTT LANDY
Photography exhibition by Elliott Landy the Spring 2008 SUNY Ulster Larry Berk Artist-in-Residence.

Slide Lecture and Opening Reception: March 13, at 7:00 p.m. in the Vanderlyn Student Lounge.

COUNTERCULTURE PHOTOGRAPHER ELLIOTT LANDY IN LECTURE AND EXHIBIT, THURSDAY, MARCH 13 AT SUNY ULSTER ... The Spring 2008 Larry Berk Artist-in-Residence series at Ulster County Community College, will present a slide show and lecture by Elliott Landy, on Thursday, March 13 at 7:00 p.m. in Vanderlyn Hall Student Lounge on the college’s Stone Ridge campus. Landy will discuss his career as a photographer of rock music icons and documenter of the cultural changes that began in the 1960s. The lecture will be followed by an opening reception for an exhibit of his works at the Muroff Kotler Visual Arts Gallery that will run through April 11. The slide show/lecture and reception are open to the public. A donation of $8 is suggested.
     Elliott Landy began his photographic career by documenting the anti-Vietnam war movement and the underground music culture scene in New York City in 1967. In this turbulent and transformative period, Landy used his “personal and unique visual voice” to support the challenges of a new generation to the political and civil “establishment.” Landy celebrated the musical leaders of the new counterculture in his famous photographs of Bob Dylan, The Band, Janis Joplin, Van Morrison, Jimi Hendrix, Jim Morrison and the first Woodstock Festival in 1969, of which he was the official photographer. Elliott Landy has been called the ‘visual scribe” of this time period and its continuing effect on world culture.

Bob Dylan by Elliott Landy

     Landy continues to publish photographs worldwide, including magazine covers for Rolling Stone, Life and the Saturday Evening Post and has branched into motion and kaleidoscopic photography in both still and film formats. Among his publications are Woodstock Vision, the Spirit of a Generation in book and CD-ROM format and Woodstock 69, The First Festival, co-authored with Jerry Garcia. Landy’s photographs have been given solo exhibitions in seven countries and continue to appear in major museum exhibitions in the United States and Canada.
     The Muroff Kotler Visual Arts Gallery is located in Vanderlyn Hall and is open from Monday through Friday 11:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m., except on College holidays. For more information, call the Office of Community Relations at 845-687-5262 and Muroff Kotler Visual Arts Gallery at 845-687-5113.

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FEBRUARY 2 - 29, 2008

DESIGN DIALOGUES

Opening Reception: Saturday, February 2, from 3:00 - 5:00 p.m.

SPECIAL EVENT FEBRUARY 12, 2008
DESIGN DIALOGUES PANEL DISCUSSION
Tuesday, February 12, at 7:00 pm in VAN 203
Join the exhibiting artists for a discussion on contemporary design.
(see below for more.)

 

EXHIBITION AT SUNY ULSTER: "DESIGN DIALOGUES" FEBRUARY 2-29, 2008 ... An exhibition of the works of designers in a number of fields, “Design Dialogues,” will open at Ulster County Community College’s Muroff Kotler Visual Arts Gallery on Saturday, February 2, with a reception from 3:00-5:00 p.m.

The show will bring together designers from areas of design including architecture, print, furniture, exhibition and industrial design with the aim of creating discussion and awareness regarding the process of design and its execution and pervasiveness in everyday life. Participants will include Woody Pirtle, Pirtle Design Inc. (print); Christopher Chadbourne Associates Museum Planning (exhibition); Andrew Zuckerman Studio (commercial advertising video production); Moorhead and Moorhead and Frederic Spector Design (industrial / home furnishings); and Michael McDonough, AIA (architecture).

Mixed-media collage by Woody Pirtle

The exhibition will be on display through February 29, with the gallery open 11:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m., Monday through Friday. The gallery will be closed
February 18.
     
      For information phone (845) 687-5113.

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DESIGN DIALOGUES PANEL DISCUSSION

In conjunction with the current Muroff Kotler Visual Arts Gallery exhibition, Design Dialogues, there will be a Panel Discussion featuring the exhibitors on February 12, at 7:00 pm in Vanderlyn 203.

The panel discussion, which will be hosted by the exhibition's curator, Sean Nixon, brings together designers from the fields of architecture, print media, furniture, exhibition and industrial design. The members of the panel include the architect Michael McDonough of Michael McDonough, Woody Pirtle, print and graphic designer and consultant of Woody Pirtle Design Inc,, Fred Spector, industrial designer of furniture, lighting and tabletop ware representing Frederic Spector Design Studio, Serena Furman, an exhibition designer with Christopher Chadbourne & Associates and the industrial designers, Robert and Granger Moorhead, of Moorhead and Moorhead.

In addition to artists on the panel, a number of local designers have been invited to attend and participate in the discussion. Among those invited and expected to attend are: architect David W. Daub, RA, of Daub Architecture; Barbara Esmark, graphic designer; Josh Finn, wood worker and furniture designer; Ward Fleming, an inventor; the stage designer, Paul O’Connor; graphic designer Carla Rossman; Mark Smith, package designer; and Fabia Wargen, book designer.

The Panel Discussion is free and open to the public, and promises to present many views and insights on contempory design.

The exhibition, which will run from February 2 - 29, 2008, opens with a reception for the public on Saturday, Feb. 2, from 3:00 - 5:00 pm, in the Muroff Kotler Visual Arts Gallery, Vanderlyn Hall, room 265. The gallery hours are M-F, 11-3 or by appointment. Call 845-687-5113 for assistance.

For more information about the Panel Discussion, contact Sean Nixon at nixons@sunyulster.edu.

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NOVEMBER 30 - DECEMBER 21, 2007

ECOLOGICAL INTEGRITY: ON THE BRINK
Ten Artists Confront the Current Environmental Problems
November 30 - December 21, 2007
Opening Reception: Friday, November 30, from 5:00 - 7:00 p.m.

ECOLOGICAL INTEGRITY: ON THE BRINK ART EXHIBIT OPENING AT SUNY ULSTER'S MUROFF KOTLER GALLERY NOVEMBER 30 ... How can artists contribute to the solution of environmental problems? Nine artists have confronted this challenge and have expressed, in a variety of media, their ideas about dealing with global environmental problems.
     The resulting exhibition is entitled Ecological Integrity: On the Brink and will be on view at the Muroff Kotler Visual Arts Gallery on the Stone Ridge campus of Ulster County Community College from November 30 to December 21, 2007. The exhibition opens with a reception on Friday, November 30, from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m.

WHEN by Shelley Parriott
Mixed Media, 20"h x 16"w x 7"d

The exhibition, which was curated by Dr. Alice Wexler, is based on the Earth Charter, a declaration of principles for building a just society with an emphasis

on the world’s environmental challenges. The nine participating artists are Barbara Bachner, Dennis Connors, John Dahlsen, Anthony Krauss, Meadow, Franc Palaia, Shelley Parriott, Jaanika Peerna and Elisa Pritzker. Their work is united by the second principle of the Earth Charter, which is Ecological Integrity.
     The public is invited to the opening reception and to view the exhibition from Mondays to Fridays from 11:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. at the Gallery, which is
located in Vanderlyn Hall near the Student Dining Center. The Gallery is closed on college holidays. For more information, call 845: 687-5113.

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OCTOBER 11 - NOVEMBER 9, 2007

WILL COTTON: FALL 2007 VISITING ARTIST

Paintings
October 11 - November 9, 2007
Artist's Lecture and Opening Reception: October 11, 7:00 pm

ARTIST'S LECTURE AND OPENING RECEPTION FOR NEW  EXHIBITION IN SUNY ULSTER GALLERY ON THURSDAY, OCTOBER 11 ... The Fall 2007 Visiting Artist at Ulster County Community College is Will Cotton, an internationally acclaimed artist who works in a variety of media.  He will present a lecture on his work, followed by an opening reception for his exhibition in the Muroff Kotler Visual Arts Gallery.

Will Cotton
photo copyright Jean Kallina 2001

     The artist's lecture will take place on Thursday, October 11, 2007, at 7:00 p.m. in the Student Lounge in Vanderlyn Hall, on SUNY Ulster’s Stone Ridge campus. An Opening Reception will follow in the Muroff Kotler Visual Arts Gallery.

Nut House by Will Cotton

     His unique and slyly humorous fantasy paintings will be on display through November 9, 2007. For more information about Will Cotton, click here.

Candy Curls by Will Cotton

    The gallery, located near the Student Dining Center in Vanderlyn Hall, is open from Monday through Friday from 11:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. and by appointment.  For more information about gallery hours and appointments to visit the show, call 845-687-5113.
     For more information about Will Cotton, click here for his Visiting Artist page.  To learn more about the Visiting Artist program, contact the SUNY Ulster Community Relations Office at 845-687-5262.

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SEPTEMBER 8 - 28, 2007

MARTIN OLSTAD: FINDING EDGES

Sculptures and Photographic Works
September 8 - September 28, 2007
Opening Reception: September 8, 4:00 - 6:00 pm

KINETIC SCULPTURES AND PHOTOGRAPHIC WORKS BY MARTIN OLSTAD AT SUNY ULSTER ART GALLERY, OPENING RECEPTION ON SEPTEMBER 8, 2007 ... The fall season at SUNY Ulster’s Muroff Kotler Visual Arts Gallery begins with an exhibition of kinetic sculptures and photographic works by Martin Olstad entitled “Finding Edges .” The opening reception is on Saturday, September 8, from 4:00 to 6:00 p.m., with the exhibit continuing through September 28. The gallery, located next to the Student Life Center on the Stone Ridge campus of Ulster County Community College, is open to the public from Monday through Friday from 11:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
     Olstad urges viewers to go beyond the physical form of his moving and reflecting sculptures to connect to an implied “illustration of spirit.” He asks viewers to “become aware of the variations in light, shadow and movement” in the sculptures and to make connections to their own experience. Olstad states: “The primary (although not prescriptive) intention of my work is to point viewers to the existence of a power and realm beyond themselves and inspire a realization of our spiritual nature and place within the Creator’s design.”

Untitled Aluminum Sculpture by Martin Olstad

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STUDENT ART EXHIBIT: "STUDENT WORKS"

Student Works
May 2 - May 16, 2007
Opening Reception: May 2, 12 noon - 1:00 pm

An exhibition of selected projects by students in Ulster County Community College’s Visual Arts classes will open on Wednesday, May 2, and run through Wednesday, May 16. The exhibit, “Student Works,” consists of drawings, paintings, graphic design, photography and two-dimensional and three-dimensional design.

"Driving in Distress" by Sheri De Puy of Stone Ridge
8.5" x 11" color inkjet print

     An opening reception to meet the artists will be held on May 2 from 12:00 to 1:00 p.m. at the Muroff Kotler Visual Arts Gallery on the college’s Stone Ridge campus. The gallery is located in Vanderlyn Hall, near the Student Dining Center. Gallery hours are Monday to Friday from 11:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m., except on college holidays.
     For more information, call 845: 687-5113.

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FIRST ANNUAL HIGH SCHOOL DESIGN SHOWCASE
JURIED EXHIBIT

First Annual High School Design Showcase
Juried Exhibit
March 30 - April 20, 2007

The First Annual High School Design Showcase will have its opening reception on Friday, March 30, from 5:00 to 8:00 p.m. at the Inner Space Gallery in Vanderlyn Hall on the Stone Ridge campus of Ulster County Community College. This juried exhibition contains a wide range of work by students in various design programs in Ulster County high schools: Ellenville, Highland, Kingston, New Paltz, Rondout Valley, Saugerties and Wallkill. The exhibit, which is free and open to the public, can be viewed from March 30 through April 20 during college hours, but will be closed April 3 and April 6 for Passover and Easter.
     The SUNY Ulster Graphic Design program is hosting the exhibition, under the direction of Sean Nixon, assistant professor of Art and Design. The jurors are John Hazard, cinematographer and documentary filmmaker; Regina Monfort, photographer; and David Perry, book and magazine designer.
     Hazard’s films have been shown regularly on National Geographic, Discovery and PBS. Monfort’s photographs have appeared in major magazines and newspapers and in New York City galleries. She teaches at La Guardia Community College. Perry is the art director of Luminary Publishing, publishers of Chronogram and Healthy Living magazines. He has also designed books and albums.
     Work by the following students has been selected for the exhibition:

• Ellenville: 5001 (video), Jonathan Force (Honorable Mention), Alivia Kolakowski, Prufrock Video (Honorable Mention)
• Highland: Kelly Reed
• Kingston: Emma Beebe, Lindsey Morano, Navarette, Kayla Nickerson (Most Creative)
• New Paltz: Anna Clem, Jordan Robbins, Jack Sukimoto (Best of Show)
• Rondout Valley: Cathy Christiana, Amanda Madsen, Laura Peck (Honorable Mention), Jamie Rios
• Saugerties: Rachel Buckman, Naomi Lima, Nathan Suttmier, Oswaldo Urrutia (Honorable Mention)
• Wallkill: Brian Benjamin, Alicia Santiago

     For more information, contact Sean Nixon at 845-687-5066 or email: nixons@sunyulster.edu.

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BEYOND SELF: CONTEMPORARY EXPLORATION IN ART & SPIRIT

Art and Dance Celebrate Spirituality
Juried Show, March 9 - April 13, 2007

A celebration of spirituality in art and dance will be held at Ulster County Community College on the evening of Friday, March 9 on the Stone Ridge campus. The Lingdro Tibetan Ritual Dance Troupe will perform in the Ulster Savings Bank Community Conference Center of Clinton Hall at 6:00 p.m. This will be followed by an opening reception for the juried art show, Beyond Self: Contemporary Explorations in Art & Spirit at the Muroff-Kotler Visual Arts Gallery from 7:00 to 9:00 p.m. This annual regional art exhibition will run from March 9 to April 13. The gallery is open Monday through Friday from 11:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m., but will be closed for spring recess from March 19 to 23.

Touch 3, gelatin silver print by Joan Barker of New Paltz

     The theme of Beyond Self, according to gallery director Susan Jeffers, is spirituality, which “has the potential of being a motivating force that allows contemporary artists to look beyond themselves, and the physical and material world they inhabit, to make new connections.” Artists from throughout the Mid-Hudson Valley who define their work as expressions of spirituality will be displaying paintings, sculptures, drawings, photographs, and mixed-media works. The jurors for the exhibition are Linda Montano, a well-known performance artist, videographer, writer and teacher and Beth Wilson, an art historian and critic, who teaches at SUNY New Paltz and has curated shows at the Samuel Dorsky Museum of Art. The Lingdro Tibetan Ritual Dance Troupe will perform a Tibetan ritual dance for peace which is meant to “stamp out negativity and stamp in bliss,” as well as “bless the area and all present,” according to Dr. Lin Lerner, director of the troupe. The performers are men and women who sing melodious prayers as they dance vigorously. Lerner, who will be leading the performance, has studied Tibetan ritual dance in India.
      For more information on both events, contact Susan Jeffers, Gallery Coordinator of the Muroff-Kotler Gallery, at (845) 687-5113 or email at jefferss@sunyulster.edu.
      Artists participating in the show include: Accord: Tracy Leavitt; Big Indian: Margarete deSoleil; Cairo: Steven Ausbury; Coxsackie: Lynn Dreese Breslin; Dover Plains: Richard Deon; Hurley: Jeff Solfrian; Kerhonkson: Astrid Fitzgerald; Kingston: Jane Bloodgood-Abrams, Jean Haines, Shelly M. Hamilton, Jan Harrison, Megan Ingalls, Leslie Miller, Todd Samara; Mt. Tremper: Susan Phillips; New Paltz: Joan Barker, Elissa Bromberg, Donald Bruschi, Robert Capozzi, Lorrie Coffey, Kristopher Hedley, Tona Wilson; Olivebridge: Pieter & Abby Heijnen; Port Ewen: Maria Cristina Brusca; Rhinebeck: Suzanne Neusner; Saugerties: Jacquie Roland; West Hurley: Maeve Maurer; West Shokan: Diane Ferrendino; Willow: Meredith Rosier; Woodstock: Kim Alderman, Hillary Harvey, Rosalind Robertson, Barbara Rosen.

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DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO: FORGOTTEN WAR

Photo Exhibit on Congo War
January 25 - February 23, 2007

A photographic exhibition, Democratic Republic of the Congo: Forgotten War, will open on Thursday, January
25, at 7:00 p.m. at the Muroff Kotler Visual Arts Gallery in Vanderlyn Hall on SUNY Ulster’s Stone Ridge campus. The
exhibition will continue until February 23 at the gallery, which is open from Monday through Friday from 11:00 a.m.
to 3:00 p.m. except for College holidays.

Five renowned photographers from theVII Photo Agency – Ron Haviv, Gary Knight, Antonin Kratochvil, Joachim Ladefoged
and James Nachtwey – traveled to the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) from May through August of 2005 with the international humanitarian group Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), in order to shed light on the suffering of the Congolese people in a war that remains almost invisible to the outside world. Over a decade of war and the collapse of the public health system have resulted in widespread violence and epidemics of diseases like malaria, HIV/AIDS, and cholera.

A Congolese child awaits surgery at Bon Marché Hospital, where MSF provides free medical care.
Photo by Gary Knight.

Photographer Ron Haviv has recounted how he became involved in this project: "By becoming aware of the staggering human toll in the DRC [Congo], it was obvious for us at VII to try to help change that. We hope that through this work we can raise the awareness of what is happening and that all who see the work will want to help change an ever-worsening situation." Photographers Ron Haviv, Gary Knight and James Nachtwey all documented the Bon Marché Hospita in Bunia city in Ituri, where MSF teams offer medical care for victims of violence in this northeastern region of the Congo. VII photographer Haviv also traveled with MSF teams to two of the four refugee camps to photograph conditions for the more than 80,000 civilians who have sought safety in them.

At the opening reception for the exhibition, photographer Ron Haviv will present a video about the work of MSF in the DRC. There will be a discussion led by Haviv and Kris Torgeson, communications director of MSF. The exhibition, which was curated by Alison Morley of the International Center for Photography, opened previous in New York City and is currently touring nationally and internationally. For more information, call 845:687-5113.

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FACULTY ART EXHIBITION
November 30 through December 22, 2006
OPENING RECEPTION
Thursday, November 30, 5:00 pm

FACULTY WORKS ON EXHIBIT AT SUNY ULSTER, NOV. 30 THROUGH DEC. 22 ... An exhibition of works by Ulster County Community College Visual Arts faculty will open on Thursday, November 30, with a reception at 5:00 p.m. in the Muroff-Kotler Visual Arts Gallery, Vanderlyn Hall, on the college’s Stone Ridge campus.
      Works in the exhibition include design, drawing, painting, photography and sculpture by full and part-time members of the Art Department faculty: Josephine Bloodgood (New Paltz), Ty Chennault (Hurley), Peter Correia (West Hurley), Jeff Crane (Ulster Park), Julie Edelson-Safford (Kingston), Kristin Flynn (High Falls), Suzy Jeffers (New Paltz), Iain Machell (Saugerties), Sean Nixon (Rosendale), Chris Seibert (High Falls) and Pablo Shine (Kingston).

Joesphine Bloodgood’s "Spilt Milk"
Oil on board, 29 x 20 in.

     The exhibition will be open through Friday, December 22. The Muroff-Kotler Gallery is open Monday through Friday, 11:00 a.m. -3:00 p.m. Appointments for other times may be made by phoning (845) 687-5113.

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PORTIA MUNSON
October 12 through November 10, 2006
OPENING RECEPTION AND LECTURE
Thursday, October 12, 7:00 pm

VISITING ARTIST PORTIA MUNSON SLIDE LECTURE AND EXHIBITION OPENING ON THURSDAY, OCTOBER 12 ... As part of the Visiting Artist program at Ulster County Community College, Portia Munson, an artist who works in a variety of media, will present a slide show and lecture on her work, followed by the opening reception for her “Installation and Images.”
      The lecture will take place on Thursday, October 12, at 7:00 p.m. in Burroughs Hall, Room 120, on SUNY Ulster’s Stone Ridge campus. The Opening Reception will follow in the Muroff Kotler Gallery, where the exhibition will be on display through November 10. The gallery, located near the Student Dining Center in Vanderlyn Hall, is open from Monday through Friday from 11:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. and by appointment.

Flower Mandala by Portia Munson

     Portia Munson’s art works range from painting, sculpture and photography to art installations based on the artist’s collections of plastic objects, which she describes as “a contemplation/comment on our manufactured perceptions of nature. We as a culture are defined by the objects we mass produce, consume and throw away. I collect these objects and assemble them into congested installations, in essence using the backside of the mall as my resource,” says Munson. Her installations have included “Pink Projects,” an exploration of the color pink and its use in “the marketing of femininity” and “The Garden,” a mixture of plastic and natural objects meant to explore ideas of “artificial beauty and images associated with fertility and funerary rites.”
      Munson is also known for her flower mandalas, prints of flowers collected from her garden and arranged in patterns similar to the traditional symbol of the universe, the mandala, which is used in both Hinduism and Buddhism.
      A resident of Round Top in Greene County, Munson has taught at Vassar College and SUNY Purchase. She earned a bachelor of fine arts degree from Cooper Union in New York City and a master of fine arts from Rutgers University in New Jersey. Her work has been exhibited throughout the United States, Canada and Europe, and she has been awarded fellowships and residencies from Yaddo, MacDowell, Skowhegan, The Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown and other institutions.
      For more information, contact Susan Jeffers at 845-687-5113, or visit www.portiamunson.com, Portia Munson's website.

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SYDNEY CASH
September 9 through September 29, 2006
OPENING RECEPTION
Saturday, September 9, 4:00 -6:00 pm

SYDNEY CASH CREATES ART WITH LIGHT: AT SUNY ULSTER FROM SEPTEMBER 9 THROUGH 29, 2006 ... The innovative light-based art works of Sydney Cash will be on display at the Muroff Kotler Visual Arts Gallery on the Stone Ridge campus of Ulster County Community College from September 9 to 29. The opening reception for the show, entitled “Light and Shadow: Illuminations, Light Installations and Light Paintings,” will be held on Saturday, September 9, from 4-6 p.m. at the gallery. Visitors are welcome at the gallery in Vanderlyn Hall from Monday to Friday from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. and by appointment. The exhibition is free and open to the public.
      Sydney Cash, a Marlboro resident, creates light installations with glass panels mirrored with silver and/or copper patterns and images. The panels are mounted onto a wall or into a corner with a steel frame and then “illuminated with carefully targeted light. This results in reflected imagery above and cast shadows below the panel,” Cash explains. “I have a strong response to the glow of light. Light is alive and vivid. It’s energetic and interactive. When installed, these sculptures change and intensify the wall color, actually animating the wall’s vertical plane.”

"Energetic Light" (68'' x 24'' x 15'') by Sydney Cash
(Photo by Laurel Smith)

     Cash has received fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts and the New York Foundation for the Arts. He has had over 40 solo exhibitions in the United States and Europe, and his work is in numerous museum collections, including the Museum of Modern Art in New York City, Le Musée des Arts Decoritifs in Paris and the Corning Museum of Glass in Corning, New York. His public art includes an installation of sixteen 10-foot-tall glass panels in the Queensborough Plaza Subway Station in New York City. Cash has also designed a collection of glass “Optical Vases” and has created glass jewelry that is sold through museum stores and galleries internationally.
      For more information on this exhibition, contact gallery director Susan Jeffers at 845-687-5113 or jefferss@sunyulster.edu.

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2006 STUDENT ART EXHIBITION
May 3 through May 17, 2006
OPENING RECEPTION
Saturday, May 3, 12 noon -1:30 pm

SUNY ULSTER PRESENTS STUDENT ART EXHIBITION AT THE MUROFF KOTLER VISUAL ARTS GALLERY ... The artwork of students enrolled in Ulster County Community College’s Fine Arts and Advertising Design & Graphic Technology programs will be on display in the Muroff Kotler Visual Arts Gallery on the Stone Ridge campus.

The 2006 Student Exhibition

There will be an opening reception for the student artists from noon to 1:30 p.m. on Wednesday, May 3rd, and a closing reception immediately following the graduation commencement on May 17th.

The opening and closing receptions and exhibition are free. The exhibition can be seen Monday-Friday, 11 a.m.-3:00 p.m., and by appointment, through May 18th. For information phone (845) 687-5113.
(05/02/06)

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EX LIBRIS
ROBERT THE
March 11 through April 12, 2006
OPENING RECEPTION
Saturday, March 11, 4 -6 pm

EX LIBRIS, A NEW EXHIBITION IN THE ART GALLERY, FEATURES THE WORK OF SCULPTOR ROBERT THE ... OPENING RECEPTION SATURDAY, MARCH 11 ... SUNY Ulster's Muroff Kotler Visual Arts Gallery will host an exhibition of the work of Robert The, entitled
Ex Libris. There will be an opening reception for the artist on Saturday, March 11, 4-6 p.m., which is free and open to the public.

"Rose" (detail)

Robert The’s work is a fusion of word and form, using books and other found objects in the creation of sculpture. The exhibition runs through April 12, 2006.

Below are some photographs of the installation in the gallery.

View of the Gallery

Desert Rose

View of the Installation

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FUTURE VOICES
An Exhibition of Work from Ulster County High School Students
January 26 through February 24, 2006

SUNY ULSTER PRESENTS "FUTURE VOICES" - HIGH SCHOOL ART FROM ULSTER COUNTY AT THE MUROFF KOTLER VISUAL ARTS GALLERY, OPENING RECEPTION ON THURSDAY, JANUARY 26 FROM 6:00 - 8:00 P.M. ... The artwork of selected students from Ulster County High Schools will be exhibited in the newly renovated Muroff Kotler Visual Arts Gallery on Ulster County Community College’s Stone Ridge campus. There will be an opening reception for the young artists from 6-8 p.m. on Thursday, January 26th.

Several works by two students each from many of Ulster County’s High Schools were selected by their respective faculty. Iain Machell, Chair of SUNY Ulster’s Visual Arts Department comments: “This exhibition illustrates the depth of creativity achieved by Ulster County’s high school students.” Susan Jeffers, Gallery Coordinator continues “It would not surprise us to see works by these students in future art shows throughout the region.”

This exhibition marks a continued relationship between SUNY Ulster and regional high school art departments. Internationally renowned sculptor Gillian Jagger, last fall’s visiting artist, presented a gallery talk for local high school students visiting the Stone Ridge campus during her exhibition.

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RECENT WORK
GILLIAN JAGGER
October 6 through November 4, 2005

SUNY ULSTER VISITING ARTIST GILLIAN JAGGER PRESENTS SLIDE LECTURE, OCTOBER 6, EXHIBITION OPENING AND RECEPTION TO FOLLOW ... Gillian Jagger, Ulster County Community College’s Visiting Artist for the fall 2005 semester, will present a slide lecture in the Student Lounge of Vanderlyn Hall on the college’s Stone Ridge campus at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday, October 6. The lecture, “Who Are the Soldiers?” will precede the opening of her exhibition titled “Recent Work” in the college’s Muroff Kotler Visual Arts Gallery.

Jagger is a noted sculptor and teacher. Her large-scale work is characterized by the use of large tree trunks, farm implements, casts of dead animals and other organic and natural materials. Her work appears in many museum and private collections and has been the subject of numerous one-person exhibitions.

Gillian Jagger

Since the 1950’s, Jagger has recreated themes of death and time in her sculptures. Her installation Rift (from an exhibition at the University of Wisconsin at Madison) was composed of suspended fragments of barbed wire, rusted cutting tools, bones of a deer, a horse skull and a mummified cat, representing the artist’s protest against animal abuse. Says Jagger, “I think if I didn’t do this I would be bereft . . . . I’m primarily here for the animals that know so much and act with such natural dignity.”

Jagger has been the recipient of many honors, awards and fellowships, including a Guggenheim Fellowship and a Gottlieb Foundation grant. She lives and works in Ulster County and teaches at Pratt Institute in Brooklyn.

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OPEN ENDS
The Narrative Impulse
March 11 ~ April 15, 2005

“OPEN ENDS” JURIED EXHIBITION OPENS AT SUNY ULSTER MARCH 11^TH ... Open Ends: The Narrative Impulse, a group show including 42 artists working in various media and techniques to communicate story through visual art, will be on exhibit in the Muroff Kotler Visual Arts Gallery at SUNY Ulster on the Stone Ridge campus from Friday, March 11, through Friday, April 15. An opening reception is scheduled for March 11 from 7:00 to 9:00 p.m. The Gallery will be closed from March 21-25 for spring recess.

Artists from throughout the Mid-Hudson Valley region (Ulster, Dutchess, Columbia, Greene, Orange and Sullivan counties) submitted work for this First Annual Juried Exhibition at Ulster County Community College. The works chosen for the show reveal stories of dreams, memories, autobiography, allegory and history through diverse media that include ceramic sculpture, assemblage, silkscreen, digital and traditional photography, painting, drawing, and collage, as well as a silver and gold leafed mattress and small houses built of soil and wax. The juror for the show was Carl Van Brunt, artist and owner and director of the Van Brunt Gallery in Beacon and New York City.

"Encounter" (Oil on hardboard, 26" x 24")
Josephine Bloodgood, New Paltz

The Muroff Kotler Visual Arts Gallery is open Monday through Friday, 11:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m., and by appointment. For more information, contact Susan Jeffers, Gallery Coordinator, (845) 687-5113, jefferss@sunyulster.edu.

Artists whose work appears in the show are:

• Jodi Adams, Rosendale;
• Enid Blechman, Hurley;
• Josephine Bloodgood, New Paltz;
• Marlene Bloomer, Kingston;
• Megan Boyd, High Falls;
• Maria Brusca, Port Ewen;
• Lynn Breslin, Coxsackie;
• Lorrie Coffey, New Paltz;
• Danielle Correia, Kingston;
• Maureen Cummins, High Falls;
• Diane Drescher, Woodstock;
• Valerie Fanarjian, Boiceville;
• Jim Fawcett, Highland;
• Dan Feldman, Stone Ridge;
• Lorrie Fredette, West Camp;
• Yoon Jung Han, New Paltz;
• Hillary Harvey, Woodstock;
• Sue Horowitz, High Falls;
• Clarke Jackson, Gardiner;
• Stevan Jennis, Red Hook;
• Natalie Kelly, Accord;
• Maja Kihlstedt, Palenville;
• David Levine, Red Hook;
• Victoria Manning, Beacon;
• Elin Menzies, Saugerties;
• Judi Mohns, New Paltz;
• Annie Nocenti, Stone Ridge;
• Jean O’Malley, Hurley;
• Annie O’Neill, Gardiner;
• Elisa Pritzker, Highland;
• Karen Roff, Pawling;
• Armand Rusillon, Gardiner;
• Renee Samuels, Woodstock;
• Marian Schoette, Esopus;
• Christopher Seubert, High Falls; R
• ees Shad, Boiceville;
• Lora Shelley, Catskill;
• Jack Spyker-Oles, Kerhonkson;
• Lisa Starger, Olivebridge;
• Laura Wilensky, Kingston;
• Antonia Wilson, New Paltz;
• Ann Marie Woolsey, Saugerties.

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IMAGES ALONG THE HUDSON
PHOTOGRAPHS BY PETER CORREIA
Jan. 22 through Feb. 11, 2005

Photographs by Peter Correia, Impressions: Images Along the Hudson, will be on exhibit in the Muroff Kotler Visual Arts Gallery at Ulster County Community College from January 22 through February 11. An opening reception will be held on Saturday, January 22, from 4:00-6:00 p.m.

Peter Correia was born in England in 1943 and came to the U.S. in 1946. After studies at Rochester Institute of Technology and Indiana University, he taught photography in Uganda (with the Peace Corps) and at SUNY New Paltz. He has taught at SUNY Ulster since 1980.

“Untitled” by Peter Correia, gelatin silver print, 11 x 14.

About this exhibition of black-and-white gelatin silver prints, Correia said: “This selection of work represents the re-discovery of photography for me, in a very intuitive way, through the use of the Holga toy camera. The Holga enables a wonderful sense of freedom and quiet intensity through direct seeing—acceptance, not control; openness, not forced technique. After many years of teaching, I needed to be reminded of the magic and surprise of connecting to natural forms for the discovery of mysterious images. These for me are revealed in the transformation of stone, wood and mud by the action primarily of water. The “look” of the work is evolutionary from where I started years ago. The feeling, tone, softness, mood and style reflect my need to become aware of impressions reflecting my inner emotional state, through conscious and unconscious attention to weathered natural forms, in a particular moment in time.”

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PABLO SHINE
Nov. 20 - Dec. 17, 2004

SUNY ULSTER GALLERY TO HOST ART INSTRUCTOR PABLO SHINE EXHIBITION: SHADES of DARKNESS ... An exhibition of mixed media drawings by Pablo Shine, artist and adjunct faculty member at SUNY Ulster, will begin with an opening reception at the College’s Muroff Kotler Visual Arts Gallery on Saturday, November 20 from 4 to 6 p.m. The exhibition will run through December 17 at the Gallery on the Stone Ridge campus. Gallery hours are Monday through Friday from 11:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m., and two Saturdays, Dec. 4 and 11, from 12 noon until 4 p.m. The gallery will be closed November 24-26. Admission to the reception and the gallery is free.

Pablo Shine

The show, Shades of Darkness, focuses on figure drawings in charcoal, ink wash and pastels, and explores self portraiture, among other subjects. The drawings are united by a common theme: the expression of a variety of primal human emotions, which the artist depicts with imaginative skill and power. Critic Eduardo Casares describes Shine’s works as “evocative of Goya’s eighteenth-century paintings.” Like Goya, Shine “depicts the grotesque as a means of social criticism,” revealing emotions that society seeks to repress. Some of the paintings are very personal, particularly a triptych of three self-portraits that explore three of his own emotional states.

Pablo Shine began his 25-year career as an artist by studying oil painting with his father, the artist and teacher James Shine, in Santurce, Puerto Rico. His father taught Paul that he has a responsibility to himself to nurture his talent and to share it with other people. After moving to the Hudson Valley in 1983, Pablo Shine earned a Master’s degree in Fine Arts with a major in painting from SUNY New Paltz in 1988. He began teaching drawing and painting as a young man in Puerto Rico and has taught for 15 years in this area at SUNY New Paltz, Marist College and the Woodstock School of Art. Since 2001, Shine has been an adjunct instructor of painting and drawing at SUNY Ulster.

Pablo Shine has exhibited in solo and group shows in many galleries and museums in New York City and Puerto Rico, as well as in the Hudson Valley. In San Juan, his work is represented by the Galleria Pintadera. In New York City, he has exhibited at the Museum of Contemporary Hispanic Art, the Ariel Gallery, and the Cayman Gallery.

Drawing by Pablo Shine

The show, Shades of Darkness, will include large charcoal and ink wash drawings exploring self portraiture, among other things.

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FORD CRULL
Oct. 14 - Nov. 12, 2004

NOTED ARTIST FORD CRULL EXHIBITION, SLIDE PRESENTATION, AND OPENING RECEPTION PLANNED FOR OCTOBER AT SUNY ULSTER ... As part of SUNY Ulster’s Visiting Artist Program, Ford Crull will give a slide presentation of his work on Thursday, October 14, to accompany the opening of an exhibition of his paintings. The presentation takes place at 7:00 p.m. in Vanderlyn Hall Student Lounge on the College’s Stone Ridge campus. The gallery opening of Crull’s recent oil and encaustic paintings, titled New Symbolism, will follow at the Muroff-Kotler Visual Arts Gallery in Vanderlyn Hall. The exhibit runs through November 12, Monday through Friday, from 11:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. Both the presentation and the exhibition are free and open to the public.

Crull explores the expressive power of personal and cultural symbols in a series of densely painted and vividly colored compositions. He uses identifiable images such as hearts, wings, crosses and the human figure, as well as geometrical emblems and abstract forms whose meanings are less explicit. Words, in the form of cryptic, fleeting phrases, also animate Crull’s pictorial world.

Wiseblood by Ford Crull

Crull’s work has been praised as “poetic,” employing personal imagery and symbols from mythology and religion that reflect his inner world. These fantastic sequences of dreamlike images come to the surface of his paintings through a luminous, thickly applied background of color. Crull’s written words act as a kind of voice which emerges from and disappears back into the highly worked surface. The artist explains, “My particular interest in symbols is that I found that they have an intrinsic power, a drama and mystery that is fascinating for me because they influence and formulate our sensibilities – and that resonates deeply within me.”

False Witness by Ford Crull

Ford Crull was raised in Seattle, where he graduated from the University of Washington. His work is in the collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, National Gallery, Dayton Art Institute and the Brooklyn Museum. His paintings were included in the important 1989 Moscow exhibition, “Painting After the Death of Painting,” curated by Donald Kuspit. Recent exhibitions have included shows in London, Milan and Seattle. In addition, Crull designed the set for a 2002 dance performance at SUNY Ulster that featured the choreography of Wilhelmina Frankfurt and the music of Karl Berger and Harriet Tubman.

For more about Ford Crull, click here. Ulster County Community College’s Visiting Artist Series has included such artists as Mary Frank, Grace Wapner, Martin Puryear, Milton Glaser and Henrietta Mantooth. For more information about the Visiting Artist program, click here.

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STEPPING OUTdoors
May 18 - October 31, 2004

STEPPING OUTdoors, Invitational Outdoor Sculpture Exhibit ... Ulster County Community College presented its first outdoor invitational sculpture show, “STEPPING OUTdoors” from May 18 through October 31, 2004.

The show, featured contemporary sculpture set in a number of outdoor spaces on the college’s Stone Ridge campus. Award-winning artists from the local arts community exhibited new sculptures that were specific to sites on the campus, as well as favorite works they have previously created.

The six nationally and internationally known artists whose work appeared in the show all share a connection with the college community. Iain Machell is a faculty member, and Mary Frank and Grace Wapner taught and exhibited in the Visiting Artist Program. Anthony Krauss has taught and exhibited at the college. Gillian Jagger and Chris Duncan work and live in the region.

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JOE EULA
Sep. 4 - Oct. 1, 2004

 

EXHIBITION OF WORKS BY JOE EULA AT SUNY ULSTER ... A wide selection of works by local artist Joe Eula will open on September 4
in the Muroff Kotler Visual Arts Gallery at Ulster County Community College. The opening reception will be on Saturday, September 4, from 4:00
to 6:00 p.m. Admission is free.

"Rooster" by Joe Eula

The exhibition of paintings, drawings, sketches and dinnerware is drawn from Joe Eula’s 55-year career in art and design. While studying at New York City’s
Art Students League, he began doing illustrations for Town and Country Magazine and Sak’s Fifth Avenue.

Fashion illustration by Joe Eula for The New York Times

Eula’s commercial work includes creating concert posters for many greats including Liza Minelli and Miles Davis, fashion illustration which has appeared regularly in The New York Times, album covers (Miles Davis, Marlene Dietrich), promotional posters, and much more. Table Manners for Teenagers, a book he illustrated for Tiffany’s, is still in print. He has also worked for the International Herald Tribune, Vogue and Life Magazine and has designed tableware for Tiffany’s. In recent years he has had a number of gallery exhibitions of his work.

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~ JUDY PFAFF ~
April 13 - May 7, 2004

INNOVATIVE ARTIST JUDY PFAFF TO SPEAK ON WORK EXHIBITED AT SUNY ULSTER ... As part of SUNY Ulster’s Visiting Artist Program, the internationally known artist, Judy Pfaff, will give a slide presentation of her work on Tuesday, April 13. The event takes place at 7:00 p.m. in Vanderlyn Hall Student Lounge on the Stone Ridge campus of SUNY Ulster. Judy Pfaff’s presentation will accompany the Gallery Opening of her recent watercolors and oilstick drawings in the Muroff-Kotler Art Gallery in Vanderlyn Hall. The Gallery Exhibit runs through May 7, Monday through Friday, from 11:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. Both the presentation and the exhibition are free and open to the public.

Judy Pfaff

A viewer’s experience of walking through a Judy Pfaff exhibit is as much a part of the “art” as the art works themselves. Pfaff is a leading installation artist, as well as a sculptor, painter, and printmaker. She has been described as “a collagist in space” for her arrangements of her works of art in galleries and other spaces. Installation art, popular since the 1970s, is art made for a specific space, utilizing the special qualities of that space. Pfaff often recreates the gallery space in her studio while planning an exhibit. Pfaff’s exhibit at SUNY Ulster features large format, scroll-like watercolors and oilstick drawings up to 20 feet long.

Story from New Smyrma Beach by Judy Pfaff
Watercolor, oil stick, lace and doillies, 45" x 20" (2004)

Known for her use of color as well as architectural space, Judy Pfaff’s work also “celebrate(s) gut-level human emotions,” according to one art critic. Pfaff is constantly exploring the limits of her art and the materials she uses. She urges artists to “test murky, unclear, unsure territory” in art and in life. According to Pfaff, “Having it all together is the least interesting thing in art, in being alive.”

Photograph of a Pfaff installation

Pfaff’s sculptures, drawings and prints have been exhibited in major museums and galleries throughout the United States, Europe and the Far East.
Her work can be found in such prestigious collections as the Detroit Institute of Art, The Museum of Modern Art, the Whitney Museum of
American Art and the Philadelphia Museum of Art. This award-winning artist has received a Guggenheim Fellowship and grants from the National
Endowment for the Arts, plus the Award of Merit Medal for Sculpture from the American Academy of Arts and Letters. She received her B.F.A.
from Washington University and her M.F.A. from Yale University. In 1999 she was awarded an Honorary Doctorate from Pratt Institute. Ms. Pfaff is
currently Fisher Professor in the Arts at Bard College.

Links for more information about Judy Pfaff

• Interview from works + CONVERSATION website
• Judy Pfaff reference Page from Art in Context website
• Judy Pfaff Online from ARTCYCLOPEDIA website

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~ STUDENT ART EXHIBITION ~
March 4 - 24, 2004

EXHIBITION OF STUDENT ART AT SUNY ULSTER ... An exhibition of painting, drawing and graphic design by SUNY Ulster student artists will be displayed in the Muroff Kotler Visual Arts Gallery on the Stone Ridge campus of Ulster County Community College from March 4 through March 24.

An opening reception will be held on Thursday, March 4, from 12:00 noon to 1:00 p. m. The exhibition will be closed from March 15-19 during Spring Break.

Student participants are: Raissa Andujar, Greta Baker, Nora Balantzian, Beverly Belder, Lesley Benton, Phillip Berardi, Becca Bolde, Cassandra Boonton, Caleb Bowers, Jennifer Bowie, Julia Bretschneider, Jeremiah Brown, Tom Bryant, Christi Buck, William Carr, Rory Cash, Julie Catona, Jerusha Chapman Hirsch, Leila Clark, Jonathan Cook, Sarah Danzinger, Bryana Devine, Carmen Echevarria, David Edinger, Michael Ferraiolo, Dorothea Fischer, Dana Fisher, Dan Flanagan, Adolfo Fontan, Eli Guillon, Laura Gust, Kati Haynes, Kristin Holland, Sara Ann Ingersoll, Amanda Jackson, Claudia Jordan, Karina Kaminsky, Crescent Kindall, Lesley Knauss, Hilary Levitt, Chelsea Maoru, Lisa Massa, Barbara McCormick, Charis Moore, Cassie Olander, Jessica Packenham, Chaya Pearson, Paula Piantanida, Lee Quirk, Jason Reginato, Nicholas Reineke, Eric Schoenfeld, Jack Spyker-Oles, Simone Sutcliffe, Michelle Winters.

3D Design Project by Julie Catona

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~ PRISCILLA DERVEN ~
January 24 - February 13, 2004

EXHIBITION AT SUNY ULSTER: RECENT WORK BY PRISCILLA DERVEN ... An exhibition of recent work by High Falls artist Priscilla Derven will be presented in the Muroff Kotler Visual Arts Gallery on the Stone Ridge campus of Ulster County Community College from January 24 through February 13. An opening reception will be held on Saturday, January 24, from 4:00-6:00 p.m.

Derven, with degrees in painting from Hunter College, has exhibited in galleries in New York City and throughout the Northeast. She has said about her work: “For the past several years, I’ve been using photographic images as the basis for my encaustic paintings. I’ve been working mostly serially and in a small scale. In one series, the images all derive from snapshots I took while walking on a crowded beach one day about six years ago. In another series, the images for the paintings come from stills from films. The thread that connects the film-based series pertains to skirmishes. A third and ongoing series is based on images found in nature: insects, shells, mushrooms and the like, creating a series of single-object still life paintings.”

"Hell's Hinges:1" (Mixed media, 10¾ x 14) by Priscilla Derven

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~ FACULTY AND STAFF EXHIBITION ~
November 5 - December 5, 2003

FACULTY AND STAFF WORKS ON EXHIBIT AT SUNY ULSTER, NOV. 5 - DEC. 5 ... An exhibition of works by Ulster County Community College faculty and staff will open on Wednesday, November 5, with a reception from 4:00-6:00 p.m. at the Muroff-Kotler Visual Arts Gallery, Vanderlyn Hall, on the college’s Stone Ridge campus.

Works in the exhibition include collage, design, drawing, painting, photography and sculpture by members of the Art Department faculty and other members of SUNY Ulster faculty and staff. Artists represented in the exhibit include Lawrence Berk, Josephine Bloodgood, Peter Correia, Laurie DiFalco, Julie Edelson, Sona Hairabedian, Susan Jeffers, B. Robert Johnson, Lorie Kellogg, Iain Machell, Marie Mastronardo, Jack Murphy, Sean Nixon and Pablo Shine.

Iain Machell “Site Drawing” ( 20” x 26”)
2001; video and audio tape residue on paper.

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~ TATANA KELLNER ~
September 26 - October 24, 2003

ON EXHIBIT: RECENT WORK BY TATANA KELLNER

Recent work by Tatana Kellner of Kingston will be on exhibit at Ulster County Community College’s Muroff Kotler Visual Arts Gallery in Vanderlyn Hall on the College’s Stone Ridge campus. The exhibition will run from September 26 through October 24, with an opening reception on Friday, September 26, from 5:00-7:00 p.m.

Kellner’s work includes photographic images printed on fabric, stones and ceramic slabs as a way, in her words, to “give physical dimension to traditional black and white photography . . . . I am interested in creating dream-like environments where the viewer can experience the language of the soul, wonderment associated with the dream state (the feeling of joy as well as dread).”

While You Were Sleeping, 2001. Tatana Kellner

Kellner has had solo exhibitions at Bucknell University, the Center for Photography in Woodstock, Marist College, CEPA Gallery and Kirkland Arts Center. She has had residencies and fellowships with the Millay, Saltonstall and MacDowell Colonies, Yaddo, New York Foundation for the Arts and the University of Southern Maine. Her work is in the collections of several museums, universities and corporations.

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~ BEN KATCHOR ~
October 16, 2003

Visiting Artist Ben Katchor

We are pleased to announce that the Visiting Artist for the Fall 2003 semester will be the cartoonist Ben Katchor. A lecture and slide presentation of his work will be held in the Vanderlyn Student Lounge on Thursday, Oct. 16, at 7:00 pm.

Urban cartoonist Ben Katchor, irreverent artist and chronicler of the quirky, will deliver a unique illustrated lecture on the design and culture of museum cafeterias. Katchor is the only cartoonist ever to receive the coveted MacArthur Foundation "genius grant."

Links for more information about Ben Katchor:

• Ben Katchor Picture Stories
• Interview and illustrations from ARTKRUSH website
• Julius Knipl: Real Estate Photographer

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The Gallery's Art Series regularly presents changing exhibitions of original source materials that reflect the varied art forms and trends of both the past and the present. For current exhibition or performance schedules, please consult the Calendar of Events, or you may contact the gallery by phone at 800: 724-0833, extension 5113 or 5066, or 845: 687-5113 or 5066.

 

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