ESTHER MASSRY EXHIBITION CALENDAR 2009-2010

Karene Faul Alumni Exhibition
June 5 - September 13
Opening Reception: Saturday, June 6, 5:00-7:00 pm
Closing Reception: Friday, September 4, 5:00-7:00 pm

Ten graduates of the studio art program are featured in this inaugural exhibition named for Karene Tarquin Faul, who has served 38 years as art faculty and 25 years as Art Department Chair. Exhibiting artists are William Bergman '93, Colin Boyd '02, Brian Cirmo '99, Richard Garrison '93, Thomas Lail '89, Patrick Neal '89, Sergio Sericolo '88, Aimee Tarasek '04, Kris Corso Tolmie '88, and Marie Triller '78.

Closed August 2 - September 3; Labor Day Weekend, September 5-7
Open 1st Fridays: June 5 and September 4, 5:00-9:00 pm


 

Poet of the Ordinary: Photographs by Keith Carter
September 27 - January 17
Reception: Friday, October 2, 5:00-7:00 pm
Lecture: Friday, October 2, 7:00 pm - Saint Joseph Auditorium
985 Madison Avenue, Albany

Enigmatic photographs reveal extraordinary observations taken from everyday life surrounding the artist's East Texas home. Some of the artist's favorite subjects are animals and children. Carter, an internationally recognized, self-taught photographer and educator, was the featured art profile on "CBS Sunday Morning." Born in Madison, Wisconsin in 1948, the artist holds the endowed Walles Chair of Art at Lamar University in Beaumont, Texas. His tenth monograph, A Certain Alchemy, was published in Fall 2008. The 78 toned, silver gelatin photographs on exhibit span 25 years and are on loan courtesy of the artist in cooperation with the Wittliff Collection of Southwestern and Mexican Photography, Texas State University-San Marcos.

Closed for Columbus Day - October 12; Thanksgiving - November 25-29; Winter Break - December 15-January 10.
Open 1st Fridays: October 2, November 6, December 4, 5:00-9:00 pm
 

Recent Paintings by Larry Poons
January 31 - March 21
Reception: Friday, February 5, 5:00-7:00 pm
Lecture: Friday, February 5 at 7:00 pm, Saint Joseph Auditorium
985 Madison Avenue, Albany

One of America's preeminent artists, Larry Poons embraces the chromatic worlds of music and color, creating a visual and emotional environment ripe with gesture, raw energy and improvisation. The artist was born in Tokyo, Japan in 1937 and was raised in New York. He studied music at the New England Conservatory before studying art at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. In 1963, he had his first solo show at Richard Bellamy's famed Green Gallery, New York, and received critical acclaim for his "Dot Paintings." In 1969, he was the youngest artist featured in curator Henry Geldzahler's landmark exhibition, New York Painting and Sculpture, 1940-1970. His complex style has evolved away from optical art to the painterly-ladened, abstract canvases that are on exhibit courtesy of the artist and Danese Gallery, New York City.

Closed for Spring Break - February 28-March 7
Open for 1st Friday: February 5, 5:00-7:00 pm

Senior Show
April 10-18
Reception: Saturday, April 10, 5:00-7:00 pm

An exhibit of advanced work by BFA and BS students enrolled in Art Education, Graphic Design, and Studio Art.
 

Graduate Show
May 2-7
Reception: Sunday, May 2, 2:00-4:00 pm

Thesis exhibition by candidates for the Master of Science degree in Art Education.
 

Art and Design Faculty Show
June 4 - September 3
Opening Reception: Friday, June 4 5:00-7:00 pm
Closing Reception: Friday, September 3, 5:00-7:00 pm

Recent work including drawing, painting, sculpture, graphic design, photography, and printmaking by current members of the art faculty.

Closed Sunday, July 4; July 31-September 2; Labor Day Weekend, September 4-6
Open for 1st Fridays June 4, July 2, September 3, 5:00-9:00 pm