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Vol. 1 Issue #1 Spring 2018
verb 1. to expel air from the lungs suddenly with a harsh noise, often involuntarily.
A cough is a disruption of the norm, just as how an artist disturbs the normality of everyday life.
Includes information about the art major, department facilities, and artist highlights from students and professors.
A Magazine on SUNY Oneonta’s Art Department 2018
INTRO The Fine Art’s Center of the SUNY Oneonta campus; an intimidating looking building from the outside, but a creative space that houses beautiful work on the inside. Many artists go through their artistic career and studies feeling confused, lost, or too crowded with ideas and thoughts. This universal noise is what drives us to create no matter the purpose. The Fine Art’s Center serves as a house for these visual sounds. This magazine will guide you through the highlights of the department while showcasing the diversity of creations that are made within its walls.
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04 Major Overview General overview of the DART major and classes
13 Features Highlights of the professors and selected students of and about their work -Student List Emily Leo Alexandra DeCarlo Henry Feist Cap Dramstad Jake Frisbie Aliana Manteria Kaitlin Hair Amelia Lee Anna Vanderpool Kevin Torres-Jurado Anthony Carcarmo Megan Holzwarth Megan Jansen Aurora Parkinson Nick Henninger Bella Gusozki Sara LaPell Brandon Belaski Teresa Memole Catherine Felton Wingman Lee Christian Liranzo Xiaoyi Zeng Danielle Thomas
06 Locations Overview of the locations and facilities that are provided to the Art Department
70 Events List of art events and clubs that take part around the school year
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Art Major: DART
Major details
Digital and Studio Art Currently, SUNY Oneonta offers a BS in Digital and Studio Art (DART) that integrates both fine art and computer art together. Offering a wide variety of concentration focused classes, this major lets you pick and choose what classes you want to experience to shape your own artistic arsenal. Fundamental classes like drawing and art history are also apart of the major in order to keep your skill-set well-rounded.
Digital: Digital Art Graphic Design Web Design 3D Modeling Animation & Gaming Photography Traditional: Painting 2D Design Painting Sculpture Printmaking Illustration Ceramics
Classes are generally divided between ARTS (Studio Arts) and CART (Computer Arts) classes. It is completely up to you and your own interests to create a class-set that caters to your creativity.
FINE ART Drawing 2D Design 3D Design Watercolor Studio Illustration Printmaking Serigraphy Ceramics Figure Drawing Basic Photography + additional more advanced classes
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Intro to Computer Art 3D Animation Web Design Digital Print Graphic Design 3D Modeling Digital Photography Digital Illustration Digital Paint + additional more advanced classes
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Facilities and spaces that act as the soil to students’ dreams and artistic passions.
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The two galleries, the Martin-Mullen Art Gallery, and the Project Space Gallery, present work and hold exhibitions throughout the entire school year. Shows are also exhibited in the Martin-Mullen Annex, right outside of the gallery. These galleries not only showcase outside work, but also serve as an opportunity for students to host their own exhibition either as a solo artist or within a group. Several student-proposed exhibitions are presented in the Project Space Gallery and Martin-Mullen Annex throughout the semesters providing students with a thorough experience in exhibiting their own work to the public.
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The Gallery Director, is in charge of both galleries and setting up all of the exhibitions that take place. He can often be found in either the Gallery Storage Room (Fine Arts 165) or the Gallery Office around the corner (Fine Arts 160). He is there to help you with any exhibition you may be presenting or applying for. The supplies and services supplied by Tim include cutting pieces to size with large scale paper cutters, matting works for display, providing glass panes for shows, creating vinyl lettering for wall space, you name it. However you envision your work being displayed, Tim will do his best in making that vision come true. During the school year, Tim often takes interns for the gallery where you work in helping prepare for exhibitions and get first-hand experience in handing the behind-thescenes work that goes on for such art shows.
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Intern Experience Teresa Memole “After working on my own show, Bestiary, for the Martin-Mullen Gallery Annex in January, I fell in love with the process of mounting and framing artwork and installing vinyl lettering.
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Timothy Sheesley
I became a gallery intern for my last semester, and have worked on seven exhibitions. Working at the gallery gave me a great experience, not only in the physical side of prepping art for installation and hanging the shows, but also in the more intellectual side of learning how to organize the work, how to promote shows, and even some insight into the politics of what may get chosen for an exhibition and what may be left out. I had never considered gallery work as something in which I would be interested, but after this exciting, fun, and educational internship, I have opened my horizons to working at more galleries in the future.”
Gallery Hours: M-F 11:00-5:00 Closed between exhibitions and during college recesses Tel: 607-436-3456 Lists of Exhibitions can be found at: https://suny.oneonta.edu/
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Art Facilities
Art students and faculty have the pleasure of working in well-equipped studios and classrooms. The facilities underwent major renovations in 2009 with the goal of modernizing the infrastructure (both building and equipment), adding much-needed space, and enhancing efficiency and safety in the studios.
FA 235 This is a dedicated Figure Drawing studio with stage, lighting, props, computer & projection, and plaster casts students may use.
FA 319, FA 322 Two large studios host classes in Design, Drawing, and Watercolor. FA 319 is an open studio that all art majors can use irrespective of what classes they are enrolled in.
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The Printshop, located in the bottom floor of the Netzer Administration Building on campus is a quality and extremely affordable options for printing for students. The shop offers several services ranging from programs, posters, and newsletters, to booklets, brochures, and large-scale printing projects. Several different stocks of paper are offered to fit any project you may need to print, and all non-large format printing costs less than a dollar per print. The also are able to add extra flourishes and finishing pieces to your prints such as cutting it to size, binding your booklets, and folding prints as needed. Their latest turnaround is two days, but most often the job can be done within the day, and they conveniently email you once your job is done and ready for pickup.
Printshop Location: Basement of Netzer (follow the signs!) Tel: 607-436-2508 Supervisor: Barry Haney
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FEA TURES Diversity flows through the student work on campus. Artists build their skills over their years as a student and by the time they are ready to graduate, have set into a style that is fully their own and unique to their very being. The students featured in this magazine are just a small collection of the work that is produced within the art building’s walls and showcases the growth, journey, and future of these young artists.
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Yolanda Sharpe Department Chair Professor, Painting & Drawing Chancellor’s Award for Teaching Excellence recipient
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Yolanda Sharpe received her Master in Fine Arts from Wayne State University, and her BFA in Painting and Printmaking, as well as BA in Art History from Michigan State. Her art has been exhibited internationally. Ms. Sharpe is a Fulbright Scholar for 2010-2011, and taught and exhibited in Russia’s Siberian city, Krasnoyarsk.
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Her work examines the relationships between the physicality of paint, wood constructions, and color structures of space. Each painting represents a massive and substantial permanence that is both solid and diaphanous. Surfaces appear to crumble within long passages of time. Some of the encaustic paintings capture Detroit’s beauty, decay, and re-ruralization.
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Kathy Spitzhoff Katherine Spitzhoff received her MFA in painting from Brooklyn College in 1986, and her BFA from Saint John’s University in 1978. She lived and worked in New York City until 2004, both painting and exhibiting egg tempera paintings and drawings and working in the field of Graphic Design. Classes Taught: Computer Art Typography Graphic Design
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The Capital String Trio and Afternoon Tea
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Sunday, June 19, 3:00 ADmission is free all are Welcome!
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A: I worked in NYC as a Graphic Designer for 27 years in various fields such as publishing, packaging, information graphics, etc. The 12 years just before making the move upstate, I worked for The Metropolitan Museum of Art in the Exhibition Design Department. I also did paintings and drawings and had a gallery in the East Village and also in Connecticut.
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Ruben Salinas Ruben Salinas received his MFA from Stephen F Austin State University, and his BA in Communications from Universidad Regiomontana in Monterrey, Mexico.
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Illustration Professors: Ruben Sven
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Q: What class/subject is your favorite to teach and why? A: Illustration because of the endless possibilities of visualizing stories
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A: I was invited to teach by the director of education at the Art Institute of Houston
A: NY friends recommended the school
Q: What is your favorite medium to work in and why? A: All water media because I can work transparent or opaque with it
Q: What art related careers did you have prior to becoming a professor? A: Graphic Design and Visual Communications Q: What makes you happy? A: To share my passions, knowledge and experience with visual art
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Q: What made you pursue art (as a professor) for a career path?
Q: How did you stumble upon teaching in Oneonta specifically?
A: I enjoy teaching students and interacting with my creative colleagues. Part time teaching allows me the time to focus on my art practice/design business as well.
A: I moved up here years ago from Brooklyn and first taught at Hartwick College and then I found my way here. I’m very happy teaching in this Art Department
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A: Oil paint, drawing and digital art Q: What class/subject is your favorite to teach and why? A: I love teaching all levels of drawing.
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A: Mostly gallery and museum related positions prior to teaching; Art Handler, Mount Maker for museum storage
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Madeline Silber received her MFA from the Maryland Institute College of Art, Mount Royal School of Art, and her BA in Painting and Literature from Sarah Lawrence College.
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Sven Anderson Associate Professor, Digital Art
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Q: What made you pursue art (as a professor) for a career path? A: I was working in my studio in the mountains of Southern California and I found myself trying to teach my dog printmaking. Either I was a horrible teacher or the dog had a serious learning disability, I had to find out. My parents were teachers, and my brother and sisters have all taught. In college, everyone can’t wait to get out, until they get out. Being an Art Professor is a way of staying in college and not having to pay for it. If one has to have a job to make a living, why not do something you love.
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Sven Anderson received his MFA from Cranbrook Academy of Art in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan in 1985 and his BFA from the University of Hawaii at Manoa in 1983.
Q: What is your favorite medium to work in and why? A: It depends on the day of the week. I love intaglio printmaking and woodcut, sometimes I like Lithography, but not as often as intaglio or woodcut. I love woodworking and I love ceramics, I’m terrible at ceramics because I have not done enough of it. I would love to be a glass artist, but don’t have access to a hot glass studio. I love digital tools, especially when brought to bear on traditional media. I love the feel of wood and ceramics. I love the materials of art, there is nothing like a piece of fine paper. I love the process, the tools and equipment. I love the smells,
nothing like the smell of oils and varnish. My tools are my most precious possessions. I love landscape photography because nothing is more beautiful than the world we live in and I want to protect it. Q: What class/subject is your favorite to teach and why? A: I love teaching Printmaking classes in intaglio, woodcut and collograph. Photoshop compositing and landscape photography. I love these classes because they all use magic. I also love teaching a course on Professional Practices because it is one of the most important courses for an art student to take.
Q: How did you stumble upon teaching in Oneonta specifically? A: I had started one of the first digital art programs in the world at West Texas A&M. I went there for a first teaching job and did not want to stay because it is as flat as a pancake and has hardly any trees. We were a young family looking for a good home in a good place to raise a child, we wanted four seasons, rivers, hills, trees, and the chance to see an Eagle fly. Oneonta was looking for someone to startup and run a digital art program. It had all the things on our list.
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John Bugyi Adjunct Instructor, Web Design
Q: What made you pursue art (as a professor) for a career path? A: At the time I started web design, the internet was still a growing platform and I saw it as a field that would be ever-changing and offering new things to learn as more and more people got connected. I first started doing web design in an entrepreneur program through high school and developed a website for a coffee house that need a web presence. Seeing everyone access the website and coffee shop using this web server I created it really got me interested in connecting more people via the web. Q: What is the most interesting story you have about a student? A: I had a student who was interested in web design but in a completely different major, they took my intro class graduated and now are doing web design for a living!
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Q: What is your favorite medium to work in and why? A: HTML and CSS, but when I’m not doing web design I like to draw with pencil and paper. I also loved Elizabeth Nields’ pottery class when I was in school here. Wish I could do more of that! Q: What class/subject is your favorite to teach and why? A: Intro to Web Design. I love seeing each student’s growth in learning this new medium specifically the coding of the HTML and CSS. Q: How did you stumble upon teaching in Oneonta specifically? A: I had been working at Oneonta a few years and my former web design professor and advisor said they had an opening for an adjunct. I knew I wanted to teach, so I applied, interviewed and the committee liked me, I guess!
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John Bugyi is a 2003 graduate of SUNY Oneonta with a BS in Computer Art and a Minor in Computer Science and holds a Masters Degree in Information Design Technology from SUNYIT. John currently works as the web developer for SUNY Oneonta’s website and Student Portal, he also has worked as a graphic artist, creating numerous web designs, and video production works for local businesses.
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Thomรกs Sakoulas Thomรกs Sakoulas received his MFA, from the Maryland Institute College of Art, Rinehart School of Sculpture in 1994, and his BFA with Honors from Florida International University in 1992.
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Q: What is the most interesting story you have about a student? A: I led two travel-led courses to Italy & Greece. We packed our bags to leave Rome for Pompeii when a student approached me with a medical issue. I decided it was serious enough to consult a doctor, so while the rest of the class rode the bus to southern Italy, I took the student to the only available hospital on a Sunday morning. It all ended well for the student’s health, so half a day later we took the fast train to Naples, and then a local train to our hotel in Sorrento. We actually arrived at the hotel before the bus made it there, and most of the group had no idea we were not on the bus! Q: What is your favorite medium to work in and why? A: The whole universe is an art medium! But I do have a soft spot for carving either stone or online space (web design) might be my favorite.
Q: What class/subject is your favorite to teach and why? A: I love teaching sculpture because it’s such an open discipline and allows students to think like artists first and foremost. Q: How did you stumble upon teaching in Oneonta specifically? A: It’s a long story, but I was encouraged to apply by a
mentor who saw the position for sculpture and digital art in the College Arts Association job listings. Q: What art related careers did you have prior to becoming a professor? A: I worked as a Gallery Manager, as a Computer Training Coordinator, as a part-time instructor, and as a freelance web designer and art handler.
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Chris Pettingill Chris Pettingill received his MFA in Ceramic Art from Indiana University in Bloomington, Indiana in 1992, and his BFA degree with honors at the New York State College of Ceramics at Alfred University. His introduction to clay began in 1981 while attending Harford Community College in Bel Air, Maryland, and also studied at the University of The Arts, in Philadelphia.
Q: What class/subject is your favorite to teach and why? Q: What made you pursue art (as a professor) for a career path? A: I am a professional potter with an M.F.A. In Ceramic Art and am virtually unemployable… Q: What is the most interesting story you have about a student? A: Without ever saying a word, a student undergoing chemotherapy, made my class a refuge and distraction from their discomfort. Always early to class, helpful with studio chores, and constantly a positive presence, they were the ideal student. I had no idea until after the semester ended when I received a letter thanking me for the experience. Q: What is your favorite medium to work in and why? A: Clay. It is the best!
A: Ceramics 1, Beginning Wheelthrowing. Being there when a student finally “gets it” is one of my favorite things ever. Q: How did you stumble upon teaching in Oneonta specifically? A: Stumble I did… Not long after we moved to the area Oneonta was looking for a Ceramics Professor.
Q: What art related careers did you have prior to becoming a professor? A: Self-employed professional potter (1994-Present). Sheet metal mechanic HVAC (19831995). Q: What makes you happy? A: A fresh bag of clay. Petrichor.
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Q: What made you pursue art (as a professor) for a career path? A: I pursued a career as an art professor because I am fascinated by how we learn. Teaching art allows me to always be learning and to support the learning of others. Q: What is the most interesting story you have about a student? A: I don’t know if it’s the most interesting story but it is a funny one. One school I taught at had a hydraulic woodcut press with a 4 foot square press bed. One student who liked to work late could often be found asleep on the press bed, covered by the press blankets in the morning. Everyone was very careful not to wake him so they would even wait to print their large woodcuts until he woke up! Q: What is your favorite medium to work in and why? A: My favorite medium is printmaking because it encompasses many different processes including intaglio, relief, collograph, silkscreen, lithography, stencil, monotype, and digital processes. It can easily incorporate drawing, photography, artist’s books and installation. Printmakers are always experimenting and sharing their insights and that makes for a lively and ever expanding field.
Q: What class/subject is your favorite to teach and why? A: I have to choose just one?? Printmaking because there are just SO MANY options in creating images and layers, and also because it requires the development of problem solving skills. Artist’s Books because it allows a wide variety of student interests and skills to be developed and incorporated. Collaborative Arts Projects because it allows
a group of students to come together to create something they couldn’t do alone or at any other time. Q: What art related careers did you have prior to becoming a professor? A: I was a newspaper paste-up artist in the pre-digital world. I worked in a flower shop. I was hired because of my design skills. I was the office manager for an event and
portrait photographer and also did touch up work on the photographs. Q: What makes you happy? A: Spending time outside mountain biking, hiking, and back-country skiing with my husband and then taking that inspiration back to the studio and doing my artwork.
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Wesley Bernard Wesley Bernard holds a B.S. in Anthropology and an MFA in Photography. Bernard, a Northern Arizona native, is a photographer who embraces the process of the story-telling, offering the viewer a visual narrative of cultures and their stories.
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A: Photography because there is no other art medium that I know of . Q: What made you pursue art (as a professor) for a career path? A: I wanted to be on a college campus and did not want to pay for it. So the next best thing was to have them pay me.
Q: What class/subject is your favorite to teach and why? A: Beginning classes, because it is fun to watch a student who started out not knowing anything about the subject become proficient and inspired by how far they have progressed.
A: I have always wanted to teach at a college in a rural setting, this was perfect. Q: What art related careers did you have prior to becoming a professor? A: Professional Photographer and Photo Editor.
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Q: What makes you happy? A: The transference of knowledge.
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Ashley Cooper Adjunct Instructor Traditional and 2D Design
Q: What is your favorite medium to work in and why? Q: What made you pursue art (as a professor) for a career path? A: As a teenager, I was fortunate to have really amazing art teachers. I was a screwed up kid and the art room was where I felt like I belonged. I have never found anything I enjoy as much as making art and teaching people about art. In college, I also studied Latin and for a while I was a Latin teacher. Part of what I interested me about Latin is what also interests me about painting. I enjoy feeling like I am part of a tradition and I can reach back in time to talk to people who came hundreds, even thousands of years before me. People have been painting as long as people have been people and all of those paintings going back in time become part of an endless conversation.
A: I make paintings in oil. I love the directness of painting. I also enjoy the messiness and unpredictability of the medium. Q: What art related careers did you have prior to becoming a professor? A: For many years I painted in my studio and showed my art at various galleries before i started teaching. It is difficult, however, to make art in isolation. Teaching at Oneonta makes me part of a community of creative people, both my students and the other faculty members. Being part of a community inspires my work and keeps it moving forward. Q: What makes you happy? A: Art! Isn’t that what makes everybody happy? In the end, there is art and the people you love and the rest is pretty much garbage.
Jian Cui Associate Professor, 3D Animation, Video, Foundations
Q: What made you pursue art (as a professor) for a career path?
Q: What class/subject is your favorite to teach and why?
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A: I love all classes I am teaching. No favorite one singled out.
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Q: What art related careers did you have prior to becoming a professor?
A: I like silent concentrated students who work quietly and intensely. I don’t have stories with them.
A: A sculptor. I build a bronze sculpture that is 66 feet with and 36 feet high. I am proud. Q: What makes you happy? A: I am in heaven whenever being freed from nonsense.
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Janet Wentworth Q: What made you pursue art (as a professor) for a career path? A: I’ve enjoyed teaching since high school when I taught children’s art classes in my basement (converted to a classroom) at home. I loved drawing people since I was a young child, especially imaginary farm scenes with large extended families ,and drew every day. My family, who were professional artists, always encouraged me. Q: What is the most interesting story you have about a student? A: A student opened a box in the classroom and several dead mice fell out. She screamed and the entire class freaked out!
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Adjunct Instructor, Drawing & Figure Drawing
Q: What class/subject is your favorite to teach and why? A: Figure Drawing. The students love learning to draw the live model. Teaching students to observe and depict the human form is endlessly challenging. Q: What art related careers did you have prior to becoming a professor? A: I freelanced as a children’s book illustrator and continue to paint portrait commissions. Q: What makes you happy? A: Friendships, reading, and outdoor adventures in nature make me very happy!
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David Kenny Adjunct Instructor Serigraphy Instructional Support Technician
Q: What art related careers did you have prior to becoming a professor? Q: What is the most interesting story you have about a student? A: The most interesting aspect in regards to teaching my students is watching the light come on, that moment they realize they can create and feel fulfilled by the process of self expression. It is the most exciting aspect of my work, as an educator in the arts. Q: What class/subject is your favorite to teach and why? A: Serigraphy is a fantastic class to teach, it is truly a studio art class. Serigraphy is both commercial and fine art, Its both analog and digital. The development of your work in Serigraphy requires you to truly understand your work in individual layers and as a whole. Q: What is your favorite medium to work in and why? A: I do not prefer a particular medium as much as I like exploring pertinent mediums and their relationship to the task at hand. By exercising flexibility in terms of medium choices I can approach the creative process with less constraints and further my exploratory endeavors by delving into unfamiliar mediums, thus furthering my education.
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A: I spent a lot of time volunteering at art studios doing grunt work, cleaning, and making phone calls in order to have access and guidance from master printers. The most influential studio I volunteered for was the Foreland street studios in Pittsburgh, PA. Working for Foreland Street Studio offered me the opportunity to learn the art of Serigraphy. After I returned to NY I enrolled in SUNY Oneonta’s Fine Arts program and took on a Teaching Assistantship position in Computer Art. This opportunity opened the door to the world of teaching. After I left college life I began teaching a digital photography program at a local dark room and this is where my passion to teach others grew. After the local dark room closed I opened up my own company, TECHKnowledge, which specializes in digital services in the creative arts. I have been running my own business since 2005 and still teach privately to this day. Q: What makes you happy? A: Nature, Laughter, helping others, love.
Madeline Walker She has exhibited her sculptures, installations, photographs and videos internationally and throughout the US. She most recently completed an artist residency at the Buffalo Creek Art Center in
Gardnerville, Nevada. She plans to attend a month-long artist residency at the Vermont Studio Center during the summer of 2018, where she will continue her installation series, Bloom.
Q: How did you stumble upon teaching in Oneonta specifically?
Q: What art related careers did you have prior to becoming a professor?
A: I found the job posting online, and I was open to moving to many different areas around the country, but New York was at the top of the list. The stars aligned and I decided to go for it. Very glad to have found this college, town and community!
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Madeline Walker is an interdisciplinary artist from Cincinnati, Ohio. She received a BFA in New Media in 2014 at Northern Kentucky University and an MFA in Sculpture from Utah State University in 2017.
Q: What is your favorite medium to work in and why? A: Ceramic, as a material that comes right out of the ground, I find myself able to express organic ideas that are often inspired by science. Q: What class/subject is your favorite to teach and why? A: I enjoy each class I teach in unique ways, but my favorite is probably Computer Art or 3-D Design because of the
way we work with structure and space. Digital art, and digital space, especially has been a unique opportunity for me to engage with technology in ways I haven’t in the past. It is highly relevant for this generation and it feels good to give them some of contemporary skills needed to communicate in a broader context today.
Q: What makes you happy? A: Reading, writing, hiking, yoga, canoeing, and kayaking.
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Alexandra DeCarlo Anthropology Major with Art Minor
Anna Vanderpool Computer Art, Illustration, Visual Development
Alexandra DeCarlo Q: What made you decide to become an art major here at Oneonta? A: I decided to minor in art because although it is mainly a hobby for me, I want to improve my skills and grow as an artist. Q: What is your favorite medium to work in and why? A: Either pen or pencil because it is simple yet can create dynamic work.
Q: What is the purpose behind your creations? A: Mainly themes of figure drawings and portraits, as well as 2D design. Q: What do you consider your greatest accomplishment thus far in art? A: The ability to work more efficiently and accurately, as well as having a better understanding of color theory and how to draw the human form.
Anna Vanderpool Q: What is your favorite medium to work in and why?
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Q: What are your plans for the future?
A: 3D modeling, definitely. Zbrush and Maya are my favorite programs. Being able to create something, to the point where it almost feels real is phenomenal. Time passes by without me realizing it!
A: Usually it starts when I’m bored and doodling, leading into a concept I found interesting. Then I sketch the character, trying out a few redesigns and ideas. Leading into a 3D model, and then a painting in Photoshop.
A: I’m hoping to get a job as a 3D character artist for a video game company. I love to do a bit of everything though, so I want to freelance and continue to work on personal projects as well.
Q: What do you consider your greatest accomplishment thus far in art? A: I would say making of my personal game, TAILS. Even though I’m not done with it quite yet, but watching all my art and programming knowledge come together into my own game is the best.
Q: What is the purpose behind your creations? A: Most creations are designed for a common subject but I want all my creations to reflect my simple and minimalist design. Q: What do you consider your greatest accomplishment thus far in art? A: Thus far, my greatest accomplishment was receiving the Jean Parish Scholarship for Art award. This was a competitive scholarship and only a few students were selected! I was very excited to win. Q: What are your plans for the future? A: Eventually, I would love to become a certified UI Designer and work full-time in New York City or on Long Island. My first step is to get a position as an entry level Graphic Designer and work my way up!
Danielle Thomas Digital Artist
Aliana Manteria Computer Art and Psychology
Q: What made you decide to become an art major here at Oneonta? A: Declaring myself as a studio art major was actually a hasty decision. At orientation I was told to choose a major, but I had not thought about what I wanted to do, but I knew I liked art, so I chose
that, “knowing” it would be a placeholder for something else. During my freshman year, I took a few studio design courses and enjoyed the challenges they provided me, but I still felt as if I was undeclared. Then, during the first week of classes into my sophomore year, I noticed
that a computer art course was being offered, and there was one spot left in the course. Thankful for my luck, I took the opportunity and registered for the class, and found it to be interesting. From there, I changed my major from studio art to computer art, because I felt it was more practical and new and exciting. Now, as a senior, I’m happy my originally hasty decision brought me somewhere similar yet completely eyeopening. Q: What is the purpose behind your creations? A: Some of my work reflects inner feelings, such as jealousy, anger, frustration, and love. I enjoy creating works that emphasize
internal struggles that we all collectively face but fail to communicate with one another. So, that’s what I try to do: visually represent our secretive universality. Q: Describe your creative process in a few sentences. A: I don’t necessarily sit down and think, “Okay, let’s start!” Sometimes I’m so full of emotion that I need to exert my energy into a drawing. It’s often a spontaneous yet thoughtfully present process of sketching in the moment and expanding from there, or drawing from life, or drawing from a photo. Sometimes everything is planned in front of me, and sometimes I pave a new path in the project. Really, it all depends on where my mind wanders.
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Q: What are your plans for the future? A: I am looking to work as a UX or UI designer at a company in the city.
Q: What do you consider your greatest accomplishment thus far in art? A: Earning my own clients and seeing them happy about my services.
Q: Describe your creative process in a few sentences. A: I am a UX/UI Designer who focuses on making the navigation experience of a user as simple and efficient as possible. Most of my time is either spent in Sketch designing mock-ups of the website/app or on a sticky note, creating user personas, storyboards, wireframes, and much more.
Q: What is the purpose behind your creations? A: To create an easier and more efficient navigation for the user.
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Q : What is your favorite medium to work in and why? A: Digital design because of the never ending key combo Ctrl + Z.
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Teresa Memole Illustration, Comic, Visual Development
Q: What is your favorite medium to work in and why? A: Besides digital drawing, I prefer dry media such as pencils, micron pens, and colored pencils. They are easy to manipulate and control, and I love the duality of boldness and fluidity. What is your favorite medium to work in and why? Besides digital drawing, I prefer dry media such as pencils, micron pens, and colored pencils. They are easy to manipulate and control, and I love the duality of boldness and fluidity. Q: Describe your creative process in a few sentences. A: For much of my work, it begins with very little planning. Just some sketches that evolve into line art and soon become a finished product. For larger works, however, I create thumbnails and multiple sketches and gradually work up to a larger scale. To get inspired, I collect images both tangibly in my sketchbooks as well as digitally on Pinterest boards and Google docs.
Q: What is the purpose behind your creations? A: Much of my work is illustrative, with some pieces having underlying mythological inspirations. Other works, such as my Bestiary series, focus on childhood and imagination.
Aurora Parkinson Illustration, Drawing, Computer Art
Q: What is the purpose behind your creations? A: The purpose behind my artwork is to capture the mystical realities that we all believed to be real when we were children. I want my art to have the same feeling as a fairytale. Like most children, I was obsessed with fantasy stories and I have always thought it was awful that as you grow up you lose sight of that magic. I want to convince others that we are still living in a world of fairytale creatures and fantastical stories. Q: What are your plans for the future? A: My plan for the future is to hopefully land a job working
for a video game company. Ever since I was little I have always loved to play video games. As I grew up that love transferred into yearning to create for games. Video games have a whole new capacity for story telling and I want to be part of creating those interactive stories. If I can be involved in the game industry in any type of way I would be content with that but I have always been someone who enjoys doing many different things. It’s because of this that I think I’ll be happy with anything I do in the future.
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Q: What made you decide to become an art major here at Oneonta? A: I decided to become an art major at Oneonta because I wanted to improve my art skills. I wanted to feel more competent and confident in both the techniques I already possessed and with the skills I wished to gain. Furthermore, I wanted to expand my knowledge of new mediums, and get a better idea of how to create better works of art. Q: What is your favorite medium to work in and why? A: My favorite mediums would be digital photography and drawing. Drawing has always been an interest of mine. It fascinates me that people have the ability to create the illusion of reality, yet construct scenes that are almost more beautiful. Drawing also allows one to be as creative as they choose. The possibilities of what you could draw, are endless. As someone who draws, I am still trying to work my way into creating the balance of realism and composition. Every time I draw a still life, I try to get as close as I can to making the subject look real. Photography was a somewhat newer interest of mine that started in high
school and has developed since then. I liked being able to capture moments of time, and having the ability to see compositions in ordinary things. Photography allows you to appreciate everything around you, from the cigarette butts on the ground, to interesting people on the street. It allows you to create a narrative or a representation of what you want the viewer wants to see.
I draw is from real life, with the occasional “surrealist” piece. When drawing, I try to start off simply, and focus on proportion and general shapes. From there, I add value and detail. This process can take anywhere between a few hours to a few days depending on what the subject is.
Q: Describe your creative process in a few sentences. A: My creative process differs depending on what medium I am using. For photography, I usually come up with project ideas based on a concept or sometimes a word, such as “bewilderment” or “solitaire.” I use that word to inspire me to find various interpretations or ways of expressing what this means. Sometimes, in my street photography, I try to find a sense of puzzlement from my subjects. One aspect that makes a street photo successful is if you can get the subject to somehow interact with the act of you taking their photo. This can be executed by capturing the puzzled look when they notice you are taking their picture. In terms of drawing, my process is more simple. Most of what
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Megan Jansen Art, Illustration, Comic
Q: What made you decide to become an art major here at Oneonta? A: The computer lab facilities were what led me to tour the school, but what solidified my decision to attend SUNY Oneonta was strolling through the Jean Parish Scholarship Exhibition that was on display at the time; I was so impressed by the aesthetic and conceptual creativity demonstrated by the student artists, that I felt compelled to enroll so that I could be among them.
Q: What is the purpose behind your creations? A: I enjoy creating a piece that either tells a story, or delivers a personal belief. Often I’ll work with fantasy-related subject matter, and I’ve a fixation on drawing cats. Q: What is your favorite medium to work in and why? A: I don’t really have any consistency when it comes to medium preference! I generally will always start in pencil, but I like experimenting too much with different material and styles to really have a particular favorite.
Q: Describe your creative process in a few sentences. A: Ideas come to me pretty quickly; I generally make a rough thumbnail sketch of the first concept that comes to mind. I then fine tune it in a second draft, adding more detail and changing structural elements as necessary. After that, it’s really just putting my head down and forcing myself to do the gritty work: pulling together the final product. Q: What are your plans for the future? A: I would like to open a communal, non-profit studio where artists of all ages can utilize the space to work and socialize; in addition, I’d also like to work as an editorial artist.
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A: Since starting school at Oneonta, I’ve fallen in love with digital illustration for its (seemingly infinite) range of possibilities. The sky is the limit with what I create. Q: What is the purpose behind your creations? A: I’ve tended to gravitate toward pop culture: icons or characters I am most familiar with, and what they tell me about myself.
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Q: What do you consider your greatest accomplishment thus far in art? A: Over the years, I have been building a portfolio of work that I can be proud of. Inspired by those around me, I’m now dedicated to practice what I love every day. Q: Describe your creative process in a few sentences. A: Honestly, I’m still trying to figure this out. Most of my work is observational, though my goal for the future is to draw more from my experiences and thoughts.
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Q: What is your favorite medium to work in and why? A: Watercolor. Its fluidity and versatility is to die for.
Xiaoyi Zeng Illustration, Graphic Design, Web Design
Q: What is the purpose behind your creations? A: To convey emotions through characters and stories. Q: What do you consider your greatest accomplishment thus far in art? A: Still loving it. Q: Describe your creative process in a few sentences. A: Since I create in both digital and traditional media, my approach to them varies as
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well. For digital I would first make a rough color sketch to grasp a general idea for what the end product will look like. For traditional, however, I do not make any planning sketches. I dive right in to let the ideas flow from my pencil to the paper. Q: What are your plans for the future? A: I will take a break for a year to do some freelancing before I go back to school for animation.
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Q: What do you consider your greatest accomplishment thus far in art? A: Making online comics. Q: Describe your creative process in a few sentences. A: I get an idea and i just go with it. Q: What are your plans for the future? A: Don’t want to think about it.
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Q: What is your favorite medium to work in and why? A: My favorite medium is probably acrylic paint because it is the first thing I ever seriously worked in, so it has a special meaning to me in that sense, and I also love the variety of color and expression you can get with it. It feels the most natural to me Q: What is the purpose behind your creations? A: My purpose is to create pieces with emotion and meaning behind them and to express myself in the most authentic way possible.
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What is important about art, to me, is how you can create something that moves people and expresses emotion without necessarily any words. There is this sort of indescribable feeling you get when a piece of art just speaks to you in its’ own language. As of now, my general focus tends to be on themes of nature and animals because those themes speak to me personally, but again, overall my work seeks to display my authentic emotion in whatever form it may be.
Q: Describe your creative process in a few sentences. A: My creative process usually starts with listening to music or looking at other art of any form that really inspires me. From there, I do some small sketches of anything that comes to my mind. After I decide on a general direction, I start sketching whatever I’m doing onto the piece of paper I will use. I don’t usually go into a piece of art with a huge plan in mind, honestly. I sort of let the art unfold in its’ own natural way.
Q: What is the purpose behind your creations? A: I enjoy painting things that are fun to look at. There’s a lot of movement and color in most of my pieces, so your eyes move across the page. Usually the characters will be moving or interacting with something. Well, that’s the intention, at least. I also like to put in jokes or puns into my comics and illustrations. Unfortunately, my humor is as dry as the Sahara.
Emily Leo Computer Art, Illustration
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A: Digital and Watercolor. I like the flexibility of working digitally. I love watercolor because of how versatile it is and that you can achieve a wide variety of magical effects
A: I doodle a lot to fish for ideas. When I see something I like, I’ll draw a couple of thumbnails and fiddle around with them a bit before deciding on a final.
Q: What is your favorite medium to work in and why? A: My favorite medium is the computer. I like to work with the Adobe applications Photoshop, Illustrator, and InDesign. There is so much you can do with computers to make amazing work and it is a convenient tool to use. Q: What is the purpose behind your creations? A: I think right now I am trying to explore different styles and projects. In my design
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work I have found that I like to add a hand-drawn touch to my design work such as lettering I digitized from a sketch or an illustration I made. Q: Describe your creative process in a few sentences. A: When I am working on a project, I will usually look through either Pinterest or my old sketches/ artwork for r to work. I also like to take breaks and use the time to reflect on the work and think of any better solutions.
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Megan Holzwarth
Q: What is the purpose behind your creations? A: The purpose behind my creations is to make people think and to inspire them. With my art, I want to challenge the way people see the world and how they think about it. Another purpose of my art is to just make the word a more beautiful, visually appealing place. Q: Describe your creative process in a few sentences. A: My creative process is very loose. Usually I just look at my surroundings for inspiration. If I’m given an assignment in class, I let ideas marinate in my head for a few days, and whatever one sticks in my head after those few days usually ends up becoming the final product. Q: What are your plans for the future? A: My plans for the future are to get a job in the graphic design/ marketing industry. I’d also like to do a little bit of ceramic work on the side and continue taking photos for fun.
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Q: What is your favorite medium to work in and why? A: My favorite medium to work in is digital. To me, opportunities suddenly become more possible in the digital realm as I can more easily explore my ideas visually, rather than being worried about something not looking right and being unable to undo it as I would traditionally. Digital art also offers the opportunity to easily tweak a design to see what it might look like if something was slightly altered, and these small changes can very heavily change and influence the direction a piece takes. Q: What is the purpose behind your creations? A: My creations atre often made with the purpose of, maybe selfishly, pleasing myself. This is not in the sense of I do it only for myself, but more in the sense of I’m not worried if others don’t respond well to it. I, in fact, actually think
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about how others may view my piece when I’m creating, because they will be the audience no matter what. I like to try and express feelings, some specific and some up for interpretation, within my pieces. I don’t care how others feel about my piece, but rather I just want them to feel. That is why I create. Q: Describe your creative process in a few sentences. A: Most of my creative process lacks planning. I often like to just sketch loose ideas a lot without any intention of finishing them. If I do plan on working on a piece that I want to take further, I like to fully immerse myself in the drawing and work on that one thing until I feel it is complete in one sitting.
A: I actually wasn’t an art major when first joining Oneonta. I was a computer science major. Art was a hobby that I loved doing, but wasn’t something I thought as a career. Halfway through my years here, I decided that I wasn’t too interested in continuing that degree. I switched into being a Computer Art major, in hopes that I get my dream goal, becoming a cartoonist.
Christian Liranzo Computer Art
Q: What is the purpose behind your creations? A: It’s a way of expressing myself through drawings. I have a few characters, some for different emotions and expression. I use them in different situations.
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Q: Describe your creative process in a few sentences. A: Throughout my day, if I’m doing something (work, school work), I just start doodling if I have an idea. Later on, I would take that sketch and expand it on a document, and fix it up. From there, I polish and color. I always carry a sketchbook. Q: What are your plans for the future? A: To have my own cartoon show for children. That is my biggest dream.
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Amelia Lee Major/Specialty Field: Ceramics/ Illustration
Q: What made you decide to become an art major here at Oneonta? A: When I first came to Oneonta i was enrolled as a Biology major. I was thinking about things more “practically” and what can make me money. This continued until my sophomore year, i realized that i was not happy and if I’m going to do this for the rest of my life i want to find something that gives me happiness. One of my best friends was an art major and he showed me the studios and encouraged me to try an art class. I was immediately drawn into the environment
in the art building, it was so much more lively than the science building, where stress seemed to breed. That same semester i decided to change majors all together to studio art. I went from struggling in all my classes, studying all the time just to scrape by, to wanting to go above and beyond in all my art classes just because of pure enjoyment. Art gives
me all the feelings that i was hoping for with Biology, I’m so inspired by all the people i interact with and all my experiences can flow through me into my art allowing me to release and hopefully evoke passion in others. At the end of the day, If you are completely happy doing what your doing that is the “practical” thing to do. Q: What is your favorite medium to work in and why? A: I love experimenting with different media however my favorite at the moment is clay. Specifically doing pottery on the wheel. My first semester as an art major i took ceramics 1 and immediately fell in love. Everything about it is satisfying to me. I love feeling like I’m having a collaboration with the earth, working with clay makes me feel grounded and puts me in a meditative state. I strive to be in the moment and this allows me to be mindful so naturally. The whole process from wedging, throwing on the wheel, trimming, attaching new parts or details, glazing, and finally firing is very zen for me. This allows me to focus
on the process of creation instead of just jumping to a finished product. Sometimes it takes weeks for one piece to go through all the steps successfully. Ive also learned patience, you have to make 50 cups for one to come out just how you wanted. Before the clay is fired its very fragile and can break or get ruined at any step throughout the whole process, you just have to learn to accept it and let go. Its also very rewarding for me because when its all said and done i have functional objects that i can share with others and use myself, drinking tea has never been better! Q: What are your plans for the future? A: I’m planning on getting an internship/apprenticeship working in a ceramic studio. I’m excited to learn more about different methods of making clay and glaze as well as many different kinds of firing techniques. I’m just looking for more experience right now.
Jake Frisbie Digital Media Designer Q: What made you decide to become an art major here at Oneonta? A: I didn’t want to admit I was an artist. I was here as a Communications major. Becoming an art major was inevitable. If I’m being honest, I wish I had come to this realization before being “here at Oneonta” Q: What is your favorite medium to work in and why? A: Photography. And Videography. The camera is the best way for me to capture and communicate my visual reality. A reality that I can manipulate with editing software (which is an important, “favorite,” part of my process)
Q: Describe your creative process in a few sentences. A: Cry. Work. Cry. Is this good? No. Change. Better? Yes. More? Yes. Got it. Then I give myself and my work kisses. Q: What are your plans for the future? A: Change the world! Or at least consumers. I want to change the way media is consumed. I want to raise the bar of content quality, popular media is shite nowadays. If I’m not a SUPER SUCCESSFUL ROCKSTAR ARTIST, then I’ll probably work for an advertisement agency. Just gonna do what I can and whatever happens, happens
Anthony Carcaramo Digital Photography
Q: What made you decide to become an art major here at Oneonta? A: I became an art major here at Oneonta simply because Photography is something that I have truly fallen head over heels for. With the business that I have already created, I felt that it would be beneficial to strengthen and hone my skill.
Q: What do you consider your greatest accomplishment thus far in art? A: I consider my greatest accomplishment so far to be starting my own photography business, “Carcaramo Imaging�. Q: Describe your creative process in a few sentences.
Q: What is the purpose behind your creations? A: I lean more towards the commercial side of photography, so I work for various people / companies that are in need of commercial work, which can range from portraits, product work, action photography, and various other spectrums.
A: Depending on the client I am shooting for, which can even be myself, I gather what information I can and then go ahead and figure out what they need to accomplish with my services. Then, I secure a location and the necessary things to complete the project. Q: What are your plans for the future? A: My plans for the future are to continue growing my business.
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Q: What is your favorite medium to work in and why? A: Film photography is my favorite. It’s an amazing medium. I love how film makes you slow down and really focus on the composition and lighting since you can’t just look at an LCD on the back of the camera and then fix it. Film
also has a certain look you can’t achieve with digital, the dynamic range and clarity are unbeatable. Q: What is the purpose behind your creations? A: I’ve experimented with a lot of things I could do with photography, but I love the idea of using the medium as a means to break down social issues and make people
reevaluate their opinions on certain topics, so that’s one I’d like to explore more. Q: What do you consider your greatest accomplishment thus far in art? A: Being a finalist in a national magazine’s photo competition was pretty awesome.
Q: Describe your creative process in a few sentences. A: It’s slowed down a lot lately. It takes me a while to think of a series idea. I don’t really like to go shoot random things, I like to have a theme. Once I have a theme, I decide how I should be approaching the composition and lighting so I have a consistent mood. Then I just go out and shoot as much as I can and then weed out the sub-par photos. Q: What are your plans for the future? A: I hope to be a freelance photography and run my own workshops so I can help educate people in the world of photography and hopefully help them become a unique photographer.
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Q: What made you decide to become an art major here at Oneonta?
Q: What is your favorite medium to work in and why? A: Definitely digital, I like text a lot and to be able to switch my mood with just the font I’m using is super cool.
Q: What is the purpose behind your creations? A: I just create things based on my life. The topics vary but they’re all connected to me. Q: What do you consider your greatest accomplishment thus far in art? A: I worked on a very big piece that was filled with text and drawings and was at least 4 feet tall and it was very personal to me.
Q: Describe your creative process in a few sentences. A: I don’t think most of the times, I just go. Random things inspire me. Q: What are your plans for the future? A: I want to be a famous rapper. And influence culture. I still want to create art though. Maybe sell it.
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Juries student shows
Annual Juried Student Art Exhibition 2018
A rich experience for students to display their work in a public gallery space.
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Each year in the Spring semester, the Annual Juried Student Art Exhibition takes place in the Martin-Mullen Gallery space. Presenting work submitted by professors and students themselves, this event is a lively showcase of the stunning works created by students throughout the semester.
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Awards, funded by several third party donators, are given out at the reception to hand selected artists and their pieces of work. This exhibition provides students with the amazing opprotunity to have their work displayed in a public gallery space for a whole month and accepts personal works done outside of classes, making for an extremely diverse display of skill and creativity. Tim giving brief talk about the history of the gallery
Rhea giving awards to students
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Computer Art Club Advisor: Sven Anderson
About
Words from President
The Computer Art Club’s mission is to be creative, productive, and most importantly to be fun! Art is supposed to allow freedom and to be able to express oneself, and we strive to have that within our club. From collaborative art projects to just hanging out and playing Pictionary, we try to incorporate it all.
The Computer Art club is a great place to come and share ideas and techniques after class! It is full of traditional and digital art majors, as well as people who just love art. We often assist our members though tutorials or prompts on various programs which are provided each week. These tutorials allow the e-board to teach tips and give advice to learning students. We also host quite a few fun events. On special occasions, alumni revisit the
campus and give talks regarding their experience of life after college as well as the working world. Hosting group critiques and elongated club meetings is also something we also love doing. This allows our members to participate in the club and work on school assignments in a familiar digital art environment. There is so much that we can learn from each other, and Computer Art club allows new and current members to do just that. We are also very fortunate
to have free Cintiq pens to offer to students who can’t afford them, or just want to dabble a bit in computer art. This grants all our members to practice their craft, no matter their situation. Over the last few years, we seen many people refine their work during club and make great friendships. The Computer art club provides excellent opportunities here at SUNY Oneonta, and we hope everyone gets a chance to be a part of it. - Anna Vanderpool
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President Anna Vanderpool
Museum trips
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New York City Museum Trip Every Spring semester, the Art Department gives students the opportunity to take a day trip to New York City for a low cost. The bus drops off directly around the MoMA or MET museums and allows students to have free reign to travel wherever they wish. Students can choose any number of museums to visit, as well as just peruse the sights in the City for a nice day trip. Taking in new surroundings, contemporary art scenes, and historical art helps artists to stay fresh-minded and can be a much needed break from heavy school work and the same class projects they’ve been staring at for ages. This art trip is provided to offer students an opportunity every year to visit these valuable venues and experience inspirations first hand.
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Annual Art Conference The aim of this annual event is to showcase the academic and artistic activities of the members of the SUNY Oneonta Art Department during Art Week. This year’s conference includes presentations by three faculty members, three graduate students, and five undergraduate students. Of these, we are fortunate to welcome five presenters who are affiliated
Professor Baluyut giving her artist talk titled “Fernando Amorsolo’s Defend Thy Honor: Triangulating Japan, The Philippines, and Singapore”
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with LASALLE College of the Arts’ M.A. in Asian Art Histories Program in Singapore. While three undergraduate students are presenting their papers written for an art history course that they took with me, which is the upperdivision ARTH 294 (Selected Topics – Asian Art) with a COIL module linked to the University Sains Malaysia in Penang in Fall 2017, two students are giving artist talks.
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Pearlie Rose S. Baluyut
Baluyut worked as Guest Curator at the UCLA Fowler Museum in Los Angeles and the Pacific Asia Museum in Pasadena; as National Juror of the Philippine Art Awards in Manila; and as Director of The Sam Francis Gallery in Santa Monica. She has taught in the United States, France and the Philippines. In 2016 she served as Art Historian and Advisor for the Arts at the National Museum of the Philippines, and was appointed by the Department of Foreign Affairs as Project Manager/Curator of the Philippines at the Venice Biennale.
Q: What made you pursue art history(as a professor) for a career path?
Q: How did you stumble upon teaching in Oneonta specifically?
A: It aligns with my interest in theory, history, and politics.
A: Job ad and offer.
Q: What are you passionate about? A: Ideas. Q: What is the most interesting story you have about a student? A: After taking my courses, a few students followed me to Paris to see the actual paintings and sculptures in situ, listen to poetry, and experience the city as a local.
Q: What art related careers did you have prior to becoming a professor? A: Officially, Research Assistant, Administrative Analyst, Museum Curator, and Gallery Director in Los Angeles AND Art Advisor for the National Museum and Project Manager for the Department of Foreign Affairs in Manila. Q: What makes you happy? A: Traveling.
Q: What class/subject is your favorite to teach and why? A: Everything, but Contemporary Art in particular because of their relevancy to the issues I gravitated towards to.
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Location: 222 Fine Arts Tel: 607-436-3717
Art Department Office One place you should familiarize yourself with and never be afraid to enter is the Art Department Office. Located on the second floor of the Fine Arts Center, the offices of Yolanda Sharpe, the Department Chair, and Leslie Albanese, the Department Secretary. Although department offices normally seem intimidating and unapproachable, but Leslie works hard to create a fun, friendly, and safe environment for students to come to whenever they need. She is there for you for everything and anything including questions about your major or classes as well as personal problems (so long as you bring her a cup of coffee!) As secretary, Leslie works primarily in scheduling, purchasing for the department, inventory, and helping students and professors. The biggest concern in her work for students to consider is the
process of Pre-Enrollment. The Art Department has a system of Pre-Enrollment, that is, signing up for classes you want/need to take before the normal enrollment period. During this time, students should meet with their advisor at their office to go over classes they want to take. This also gives students the opportunity to regularly check-in to make sure they are on the right path to graduation. Your advisors, like Leslie, are also there to help and support you through your years of
study. Never hesitate to schedule a visit to someone’s office hours if you are in need of help. The Art Department staff works to be a friend and a supporter to you. They are extremely welcoming and want you to know that you can go to them for anything.
Writer and Designer | Cap Dramstad and Xiaoyi Zeng Photography courtesy of | Xiaoyi Zeng with additional help from Henry Feist and Anthony Carcaramo Advisor | Kathy Spitzhoff