LIENA VAYZMAN AT THE PEEKSKILL EXTENSION CENTER GALLERY
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Gaps and Fills – Gallery Exhibition
September 9, 2019 – January 25, 2020
Reception will be held Monday, September 16, from 5:30 – 7:30 p.m.
The exhibition, Gaps and Fills, is comprised of panoramic photographs and unfold for the viewer over time. The photographer’s point of view shifts so that they do not give a unified or singular authoritative viewpoint. Vayzman exploits the digital decays and pixel dropouts, called slivers, and loss that occur by chance when digital technology (as with iPhone photography in this case) is pushed to its limit. Vayzman incorporated these chance mistakes and errors in order to challenge a history of landscape photography that is associated with a straight patriarchal or Western colonial gaze. Instead she leaves gaps and unanswered questions in the photographs. She is inspired by her meditation practice of walking in nature, Japanese and Chinese traditional landscape aesthetics, as well as the process of forest decay and transformation such as fungus, lichen and mold. The photographs capture a feeling of solitude while visualizing absence and emptiness. The holes are also related to the photographer’s childhood experiences of migraine memory dropouts, and her research on mystic visions, while the rhythms in these photos relate to her video practice and music.
For gallery operating hours and other information, please see www.sunywcc.edu/Peekskill
This exhibition runs concurrent with the Dataism exhibition at ArtsWestchester: https://artswestchester.org/dataism-an-exhibition/Edit”Liena Vayzman at the Peekskill Extension Center Gallery”
PAA: OFF THE BEATEN TRACK
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Our work spaces may be Off the Beaten Track, but this group gallery show is right in the heart of downtown Peekskill.
Come see the work of over 30 of Peekskill’s finest artists in the lobby of the Peekskill Extension Center of Westchester Community College. The show features paintings, drawings, collage, mixed media, photography, sculpture, digital art, videography, and more! Our works are as diverse as the artists who created them.
Location: 27 N. Division Street, Peekskill
Reception: Thursday, May 30, 5:30-7:30pm
Show runs: May 30 – July 27, 2019
The show may be viewed during Open Studios weekend, as well as any time that the college is open, through July 27.Edit”PAA: Off the Beaten Track”
LAUREL SHUTE: TROPOSPHERIC PAINTING
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February 18 – April 25, 2019
Reception Thursday, March 21, 5:30 – 7:30 pm
Meet the Artist! Artist’s Gallery Talk at 6:30 pm
Abstraction in art can introduce new ways of perceiving the world around us; in painting I am inspired to reorient myself to be in connection with nature. In the painting process I search for a new sense of space and color reaction that is expressive of being within our troposphere. I find that the tactile perception of color in nature is essential to my painting; perhaps in the same way some musicians compose inspired by sounds in nature. In my past and present painting, tactile color effects are enhanced by 3D elements like tree textures, reflection, and images of water, combining various environmental qualities reminiscent of nature.
All are welcome at this public event!
Gallery Hours: Monday – Thursday, 10:00 am – 5:00 pm
Friday, 10:00 am – 4:00 pm; Saturday, 10:00 am – 3:00 pmEdit”Laurel Shute: TROPOSPHERIC PAINTING”
HIGH CONTRAST: CULTURE CONFRONTS CHAOS AT THE WESTCHESTER GALLERY OF THE PEEKSKILL EXTENSION CENTER WESTCHESTER COMMUNITY COLLEGE
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This Is What Democracy Looks Like, Documentary Video, 2018
New York, September 27, 2018. The Westchester Gallery of the Peekskill Extension Center Westchester Community College is featuring the work of collective In_Question on view from September 10 through November 28, 2018. WHAT NOW? a performance will take place on Saturday, November 10, 2018 from 1:00 to 4:00 pm at 27 North Division Street, Peekskill.
The exhibition is summarized by the testimony given by artist/activist and co-founder of In_Question, Carla Rae Johnson, within This Is What Democracy Looks Like by Andrew Courtney. She asks people to think outside of the “box of fear and confusion.” She and artist/activists Mary McFerran and Marcy Freedman founded collaborative group In_Question that engage people without confrontation in politically charged issues through exhibitions, poetry, and dance that take place in vacant storefronts with the goal of making a difference. They also are community builders that create a forum for artists to engage in activism. Carla Rae Johnson hosts art salons where she shares her humorous and satirical PTSD drawings that she has made every week since the 2016 elections.Edit”HIGH CONTRAST: Culture Confronts Chaos at The Westchester Gallery of the Peekskill Extension Center Westchester Community College”
IN_QUESTION
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HIGH CONTRAST: Culture Confronts Chaos at The Westchester Gallery of the Peekskill Extension Center Westchester Community College
New York, September 27, 2018. The Westchester Gallery of the Peekskill Extension Center Westchester Community College is featuring the work of collective In_Question on view from September 10 through November 28, 2018. WHAT NOW? a performance will take place on Saturday, November 10, 2018 from 1:00 to 4:00 pm at 27 North Division Street, Peekskill.
Culture Confronts Chaos includes works of art in a variety of formats and media, all in black and white. The focus is on contemporary artwork relevant to post-2016 political, social justice, and/or environmental concerns. Artists were asked to create work specifically for this exhibition and were encouraged to submit works that will engage the audience and works that may include an interactive component.Edit”In_Question”
FUN AND WAR GAMES : TRICIA MCLAUGHLIN
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JANUARY 20, 2018 – MAY 4, 2018
RECEPTION: MON, MARCH 5, 5:30 – 7:00PM
ARTIST’S TALK: 6:30
New York, January 12, 2018. The Westchester Gallery of the Peekskill Extension Center Westchester Community College is featuring the work of Tricia McLaughlin on view from January 20 through May 4, 2018. The opening reception will be March 5th from 5:30 to 7:30 pm, the public is welcome. Tricia McLaughlin works in the realm of fantasy architecture and social structures in the form of 3D design, animation, painting, and sculpture. She plays with the ideas of restructuring human behavior. The structures are based on her own logic, which often leads to geometry that is anthropomorphized. The individual figures become emotional and the structures effect their social interactions. In her work, function follows arbitrary form. From these new forms the rules change.Edit”Fun and War Games : Tricia McLaughlin”
JADE DOSKOW’S WORLD FAIRS
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NOVEMBER 7, 2017 – DECEMBER 22ND 2017
OPENING THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 2017
5:30 – 7 PM
ARTIST’S TALK: 6:30 PM
Since 2007, Jade Doskow has been photographing the remaining architecture, art, and landscaping of international world’s fairs. These magnificent, temporary events left behind international architectural icons, urban infrastructure, and large-scale public art. However, there often was a lack of planning as to how to bring these unusual sites into a proactive contemporary use, and as a result, there is a surreal utopian/ dystopian quality to much of what is left behind. In Doskow’s photographs the resulting images illustrate sites that run the gamut from iconic to abandoned, from functional to strangely repurposed, and including such structures as the Space Needle, Eiffel Tower, and New York State Pavilion, positing complex questions as to the nature of what we choose to preserve or discard within our shared urban spaces.
Title of attached image:
© Jade Doskow
New York 1964 World’s Fair, “Peace Through Understanding,” UnisphereEdit”Jade Doskow’s World Fairs”
STEVE ROSSI, PROBLEMATIC PARALLELS
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SEPT 7, 2017 – SATURDAY, OCT. 28TH 2017
OPENING WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 2017
5:30 – 7 PM
ARTIST’S TALK: 6:30 PM
In the sculpture based Reciprocal Ladder series, the utilitarian function and visual form of a ladder has been subverted for aesthetic and metaphorical purposes, responding to the precariousness and uncertainty of our present social, economic, and political contexts.
Steve Rossi’s interdisciplinary practice incorporates sculpture, photography, and performative actions while addressing issues and ideas related to systems of social organization, the hand-made and the mass-produced, permanence and ephemerality, and notions of community and shared experience in contemporary culture. He received his BFA from Pratt Institute in 2000 and his MFA from the State University of New York at New Paltz in 2006. He lives in Beacon, New York.
http://www.steverossisculpture.comEdit”Steve Rossi, Problematic Parallels”
OFF THE BEATEN TRACK PAA 20TH ANNUAL OPEN STUDIOS
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JUNE 1, 2017 – JULY 28, 2017
ARTIST’S RECEPTION: THURSDAY, JUNE 1, 2017, 5:30 – 7:30 PM
Works in all media by Peekskill Arts Alliance Member Artists located outside of the downtown arts district.This show will run in conjunction with the 20th Annual Peekskill Open Studios Event. Saturday & Sunday June 3 & 4, from 12 to 5 each day.
For more info visit:
http://peekskillartists.org/openstudios2017/Edit”Off the Beaten Track PAA 20th Annual Open Studios”
ANTHONY RHOADS, “DESIGN IN MOTION”
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TUESDAY, APRIL 11, 2017 AT 7:00 PM
There is more than one way to solve a problem. For designers these problems include: time restrictions, budget constraints, and equipment. how can you best utilize your creativity in developing motion graphics and title sequences? Anthony rhoads will be presenting title sequences for film and television from over the years and breaking down his process. he will give an overview of the process from storyboarding and tossing out ideas to final products, and how choosing the medium of each, whether it be computer generated, live action, hand animation or something else, influences the final product.
www.rhopro.comEdit”Anthony Rhoads, “Design in Motion””
RICHARD JOCHUM “FIVE THIRDS OF A SMALL EXHIBITION”
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APRIL 11 – MAY 13, 2017
OPENING RECEPTION: TUESDAY, APRIL 11, 5:30 – 7:30 PM
ARTIST’S GALLERY TALK: 6:30 PM
Richard Jochum explores and bridges diversity in media, technology, and the arts. Investigating the intriguing connection between art producers and the public and the powerful role of art as a form of education, his installations are often based on participation. In this exhibit he will show an interactive version of his crossword Project that allows users to submit live-fed questions into a video-projected crossword puzzle. The project, an interactive animation work, stems from the artist’s fascination with the ubiquity and relevance of crossword puzzles in popular culture. While traditional crossword puzzles usually provide short clues to answers that fit into a rubric, Jochum’s quest is for questions that make the viewer muse and ponder.Edit”RICHARD JOCHUM “Five Thirds of a Small Exhibition””
ROBIN HOLDER – “UNITED STATES OF ANXIETY”
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FEBRUARY 28 – APRIL 1, 2017
RECEPTION: TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 5:30 – 7:30 PM
ARTIST’S GALLERY TALK: 6:30 PM
Works exhibited combine colored pencil portraits, digital imaging, and large format archival inkjet printing. House iconography symbolizes our sense of home, shelter, family, and sanctuary. They are portrayed as crooked. Disquiet, disappointment, and sadness reflect in the faces. Many of us self-identify as culturally, intellectually, and socially middle class. Holder’s work explores a sense of disappointment, unease. current circumstances are frustrating, often generated by increased dishonesty, unchecked global warming, a toxic food supply, education inflation, increased racism and prejudice, inadequate health care, minimal retirement resources, rising housing costs. The American dream is now barely attainable.Edit” ROBIN HOLDER – “United States of Anxiety””
STRATEGY GAME DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT
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DATE CHANGE:
TUESDAY, MARCH 7, 2017, 7:00 – 9:00 PM
Keith Burgun talks about the discipline of strategy game design, and describes his philosophy, including specific guidelines for developing better rulesets for interactive entertainment in general. he’ll also discuss the industry itself and the various career paths available to game designers, as well as other industry jobs such as art, animation, programming, and more. Keith Burgun is an independent game designer and developer from Westchester, new York. he has created several critically-acclaimed strategy games for mobile platforms and PC. he also is the author of two books on the subject of game design: Clockwork Game Design (Focal Press, 2015) and Game Design Theory: A New Philosophy for Understanding Games (CrC Press, 2012). he has given lectures at nYu, NYFA, SUNY Purchase College and the Franklin Marshall College in Lancaster, Pennsylvania.Edit”Strategy Game Design and Development”
STUDENT SHOW 2017
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THURSDAY, JANUARY 19 – FEBRUARY 18, 2016
RECEPTION: TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 2017, 3:30 – 5:30 PM
Special Screening of Student Multimedia Work: 4:00 pm
This exhibition of artwork by students from the
Westchester community college center for the
digital Arts will include the traditional fine arts of
painting and drawing and work from the digital arts, such
as digital Imaging, digital Illustration, digital Video, and
Multimedia, as well as 2d and 3d Animation. Animation
and Video will be exhibited at a special gallery screening
during the opening and will play during the exhibition.Edit”Student Show 2017″
FALL SCREENINGS/TALKS
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SENSE THE WIND – FILM SCREENING
With producer/Director, Christine Knowlton
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 2016 AT 7 PM
On Tuesday, September 27th at 7:00pm, a special screening will be held at the WCC of Sense the Wind. The hour-long documentary will be followed by a Q&A with the filmmaker, WCC Alumnae, Christine Knowlton and WCC Instructor, Gerry Katzban who created the animated maps and FX.
Blind sailors race across open water learning not to fear what cannot be seen. Sense the Wind is a journey led by four blind sailors – Nancy, Inky, Philip and Matt as they train and compete at the Blind Nationals and press towards Japan’s Blind Sailing World Championships. They compete despite risk, to a crossing boom, collisions, or falling overboard. On the water, teamwork and intuition take over. Disabilities are no longer the focus. Between seasons, life takes a turn when one gains more than a trophy and must learn to live and sail with new sensibilities.
Trailers and more information about the project may be found at: sensethewind.com
This event is open to the public and all enrolled students, but reservations are required. Please email us at peekskill@sunywcc.edu
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BILL ALBERTINI –
3D PRINTING AND THE DESIGN PROCESS
TALK: TUESDAY, OCTOBER 18, 2016, 7 PM
Bill Albertini takes a sculptor’s fascination with the transformation of different organic forms and a debt to mid-20th century conceptualist experiments with serialization, and marries these to an industrial designer’s passion for technique. This confluence of influences helped him create a series of 3-D printed lamps in different shapes and sizes. This talk will examine how design, engineering and art converge in the realm of 3D printing. Mr. Albertini works with cutting edge 3D printers to produce his work. Learn more about the design iteration process and the engineering challenges of prototyping and producing work with 3D printers.
This event is open to the public and all enrolled students, but reservations are required. Please email us at peekskill@sunywcc.eduEdit”Fall Screenings/Talks”
FALL GALLERY SHOWS 2016
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ANTHONY ANTONELLIS
STARTER PACK
SEPTEMBER 8 – OCTOBER 8, 2016
Opening Reception: Tuesday, September 27, 2016 – 5:30 – 7:30 pm
Gallery Talk: 6:30 pm
In trading card games, a starter pack is the first group of cards needed to learn the game and begin playing. This exhibition features a cross section of Antonellis’s work, from net art to technological endurance art. These works reflect on one’s digital footprint and the visibility of the artist’s hand in new media. Several definitive pieces from his practice are showcased in addition to new work to be unveiled at the opening.
Image is a video still from Skills In Demand, 2013
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NANDITA RAMAN
IF I HAD A HAMMER
OCTOBER 18 – NOVEMBER 21, 2016
Opening Reception: Tuesday, October 18, 5:30 – 7:30 pm
Gallery Talk: 6:30 pm
Works in this exhibition take a cue from the Pete Seeger performance of If I Had a Hammer for Paul Robeson’s September, 1949, concert near Peekskill, New York, which subsequently erupted into a riot. The utopian desire of the song coincides with artist’s engagement of the subject; where desire is a human impulse that keeps the wheels turning.
Caption: Image is a video still from Shall I Put It Down
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PEEKSKILL EXTENSION CENTER FACULTY SHOW
DECEMBER 6 – JANUARY 13, 2017
Opening Reception: Tuesday, December 6, 2016, 5:30 – 7:30 pm
The Center for Digital Art Gallery at the Peekskill Extension Center is pleased to showcase the work of our talented faculty members. Our faculty includes many professional artists, musicians and designers whose creative work is notable and innovative. Works exhibited will include: painting, drawing, digital prints, multimedia digital works, web site design and more. Join us to meet our faculty and experience their artwork.Edit”Fall Gallery Shows 2016″
SUMMER 2016
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PEESKILL ARTS ALLIANCE presents:
Off the Beaten Track
Works in all media by Peekskill Arts Alliance Member Artists located outside of the downtown arts district.
June 2, 2016 – July 29, 2016
Exhibition dates:
Artist’s reception: Thursday, June 2, 2016 5:30 – 7:30 pm
This show will run in conjunction with the 19th Annual Peekskill Open Studios Event. Saturday & Sunday June 4 & 5, from 12 to 5 each day.
For more info visit:
http://peekskillartsalliance.orgEdit”Summer 2016″
IN THE GALLERY SPRING 2016
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ADAM CHAU
DIGITAL CALLIGRAPHY
APRIL 19 – MAY 19, 2016
RECEPTION: TUESDAY, APRIL 19, 5:30 – 7:30 PM
GALLERY TALK: 6:30 PM
The production of objects has moved from using analog tools powered exclusively using the hands, to computer-generated output where automated machines perform functions devoid of the human. In terms of contemporary object making, computer aided technology has dominated how we think and make decisions. Adam Chau has been exploring how he can introduce the human hand into computer-controlled environments. Handmade tools have replaced standardized milling bits on a CNC machine in order to complete tasks such as creating a ceramic plate. By having a unique tool only made possible by the hand, his dishes differ from each other even when the program is repeated every time. This methodology has potential to change the craft and design industry, where a hybrid practice can see the benefits of both worlds.
STUDENT SHOW 2016
JANUARY 19 – FEBRUARY 20, 2016
RECEPTION: TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 5:30 – 7:30 PM
Special Screening of Student multimedia Work: 6:00 pm This exhibition of artwork by students from the Westchester Community College Center for the Digital Arts will include the traditional fine arts of painting and drawing and work from the digital arts, such as Digital Imaging, Digital Illustration, Digital Video, multimedia, as well as 2D and 3D Animation. Animation and Video will be exhibited at a special gallery screening during the opening and will play during the exhibition.
PAUL THERIAULT
OFTEN SOFTWARE
MARCH 1 – APRIL 9, 2016
Reception: Tuesday, march 1, 5:30 – 7:30 pm
Gallery Talk: 6:30 pm
Often Software is a new media exhibition of recent works from New Haven based artist Paul Theriault featuring artwork that is both digitally constructed and displayed on media devices in the form of laptops, desktop computers, and video monitors. much of the exhibit will consist of a series, “Scanner Paintings”, in which oil paint is applied directly to a scanner bed. The underside of the glass is scanned and imported into a computer. After this scan, the painted scanner is itself scanned by an additional device mounted atop the original. Using digital imaging software, Theriault then merges these two files—the relief of the exposed paint and the flattened underside of the glass bed—to create his images. Paul Theriault has been exploring the possibilities of new media within the context of artistic production for the past two decades. He has exhibited in the United States and overseas.Edit”In The Gallery Spring 2016″
TALKS AND WORKSHOPS SPRING 2016
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KAREN BERELOWITZ
HOW TO OPEN AN ETSY SHOP
TUESDAY, APRIL 19, 2016, 7:00 – 8:00 PM
Have you been thinking about selling your handmade items on Etsy but aren’t sure how to get started? This hour-long workshop taught by Karen Berelowitz, who founded Karmabee in 2007, will help you get started and discover the top tips that can help you become a successful seller. This class is designed primarily for those who don’t have a shop yet, but is also open to anyone who’s started the process and could use some tips and guidance. Topics include: getting started with a business name and profile, preparing your storefront, posting your first item for sale, and general overview and tips. Students will receive a handout with steps to take when you get home so you can join the growing community of independent makers sharing their creativity with the world!
This event is open to the public and all enrolled students, but reservations are required. Please email us at peekskill@sunywcc.edu
KATHERINE WILSON
3D PRINTING IN ACTION: A HANDS-ON WORKSHOP
FRIDAY, APRIL 22, 2016, 9:30 AM – 12:30 PM
In this workshop we’ll give you a basic understanding by putting some 3D printers into action. You’ll gain exposure to the main facets of 3D printing including 3D scanning, 3D modeling, preparing the file for print, and finally, 3D printing. Anyone who has an interest in 3D printing and wants to learn should come give this a try! • The Basics: How does a 3D-printer work? • What are the different types of printers and materials? • What can I print with a 3D-printer? • Is it expensive to use a 3D Printer? and other FAQs • Learn how to set up the 3D Printer with basic settings Katherine Wilson is the Assistant Director of the Hudson Valley Advanced manufacturing Center at SUNY New Paltz.
This event is open to the public and all enrolled students, but reservations are required. Please email us at peekskill@sunywcc.edu
RON KAVANAUGH
USING SOCIAL MEDIA TO MARKET YOUR SELF AND YOUR ART TUESDAY,
MARCH 1, 2016 AT 7:00 PM
Ron Kavanaugh is the social media coordinator for the Bronx museum of the Arts and executive director of the Literary Freedom Project, a non-profit arts organization that supports the literary arts through education, creative thinking, and
new media. At the Bronx museum he manages the Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Vine, Tumblr, & Pinterest accounts.
This event is open to the public and all enrolled students, but reservations are required. Please email us at peekskill@sunywcc.eduEdit”Talks and Workshops Spring 2016″
FALL 2015 TALKS
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Fred Kahl
Extreme 3D printing: Recreating
Historic Coney Island, One layer at a time
Tuesday December 8, 2015 at 7 pm
Using five MakerBot Replicator 3D Printers, Fred Kahl, AKA The Great Fredini, created a complete, accurately scaled model of Coney Island’s Luna Park as it stood in 1914. A year in the making, this 3D model is now on display at the Coney Island Museum. Mr. Kahl will share his process using MakerBot Replicator 3D printers, and how he managed to achieve the accurately scaled model. While pursuing his re-creation of Luna Park, Kahl also explored 3D scanning and invented The Scan-O-Tron 3000 Full Body 3D Scanning Rig. To help fund his ambitious Luna Park model, Kahl launched a Kickstarter campaign for a pop-up business, the Coney Island Scan-A-Rama 3D Portrait Studio. Using his invention, Kahl creates 3D portraits of customers that are then displayed in the Luna Park model at Coney Island Museum.
http://thegreatfredini.com/scan-a-rama/
This event is open to the public and all enrolled students, but reservations are required. Please email us at peekskill@sunywcc.edu
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Howard Goodman
The Digital Traveler – Walking and Shooting along the CAMINO DE SANTIAGO
Tuesday, October 20, 2015 at 7 pm
In the Fall of 2013, Howard Goodman got this crazy idea to go for a walk: a 540-mile walk through some of the most breathtaking primeval landscapes, ancient cities and near-ghost towns that still exist in our civilized world. El Camino de Santiago de Compostela has been a religious pilgrimage route – dating from about 800AD – that traditionally begins in a little village in the French Pyrenees and winds its way through Northern Spain, across mountains and plains ending at Santiago, Spain, near the Atlantic coast. In 1987 it was named a World Heritage Site.
Mr. Goodman will be presenting his personal photography from the Camino, which was recently exhibited at Theo Ganz Studio in Beacon, NY. He will discuss his insights and the challenges he faced not only as a photographer, but also as a Pilgrim walking this ancient path while living out of a backpack for almost two months.
Mr. Goodman’s way of working over the years has been to explore and examine a particular place or area in-depth for what he calls “found still lifes,” images of the residue that people leave in their wake of inhabiting or passing through a place. Other series have included the quiet, intimate corners of both public and private Kyoto, Japan, coastal fishing villages of Nova Scotia, Canada, and private estates.
Mr. Goodman has been on the faculty of Westchester Community College since 2007, and is a fine art and professional product photographer living and working in Peekskill, New York. His art is in the collection of the Whitney Museum of American Art, The George Eastman House, the Pfizer Collection, and other private collections. He has a Masters of Fine Arts degree in photography from Rochester Institute of Technology and has been a visiting researcher, artist-in-residence and lecturer in Kyoto, Japan.
This event is open to the public and all enrolled students, but reservations are required. Please email us at peekskill@sunywcc.eduEdit”Fall 2015 Talks”
FALL 2015 GALLERY SHOWS
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Susan Walsh
From This Vantage Point: 41ºN 30’22” -73ºW 57’54”
October 20 – November 21, 2015
Opening Reception: Tuesday, October 20, 5:30 – 7:30 pm
Gallery Talk: 6:30 pm
Susan Walsh has been recording the sun’s shadow (to mark time) in relation to pieces of thread, as digital photographs and video experiments during the months of January, February and March (from Winter Solstice to Spring Equinox). From the latitude/vantage point of her studio in Beacon, NY, she waits for the sun to draw delicate shadow lines in collaboration with a random placement of thread. She also creates sculptures (wood panel, paint, graphite, nails) that loosely reference early sundials. With ordinary nails as pointers, set at the angle determined by the latitude of her studio, and in multiple directions instead of true north, she creates a lyrical moment in time with the sun as collaborator. She photographs the shadows and the completed drawing is printed on fine art paper (video is also a component of this body of work).
Website: www.susanwalshstudio.com
Erin McNally
All That Glitters
December 8, 2015 – January 8, 2016
Opening Reception: Tuesday, December 8, 5:30 – 7:30 pm
Artist’s Gallery Talk: 6:30 pm
(closed Dec. 23 – Jan 3)
All that Glitters is an exhibition of seasonal décor designed to act as a perfunctory antidote to the distractions that inhibit our holiday celebrations. Inspired in part by the 1908 essay “Ornament and Crime,” by Adolf Loos, ornaments and wreaths, assembled from unconventional materials, make a satirical attempt to adorn, and thus redeem, those who have lost their way during the season of giving.
Erin McNally is a performance and installation artist based in the Hudson Valley. She holds degrees from The School of Art & Design at Alfred University, Hunter College and SUNY New Paltz. She is also a founding member of the artist collective, The Ladies’ Auxiliary. Erin’s work has been included in exhibitions organized by the Dorsky Museum of Art, the Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum, The Pelham Art Center, The Invisible Dog Art Center, Collaborative Concepts and the Hudson Valley Center for Contemporary Art.
emcnallyprojects.com
Monday – Thursday, 10:00 am – 5:00 pm
Friday, 10:00 am – 4:00 pm; Saturday, 10:00 am – 3:00 pm
Hours are subject to change: please call 606-7300 for more information
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Kristen Rego
Real Good
September 8 – October 10, 2015
Opening Reception: Tuesday, September 29, 5:30 – 7:30 pm
Gallery Talk: 6:30 pm
My newest series of digital collages deals with imagery from grocery stores and food delivery trucks. Posters of weekly deals and newsprint advertisements evoke memories of rich flavor and saturated color. Imagery from lettuce and meat distributers promise a “utopian experience” within their product. The glossy exterior presents itself as a trusting, consistent product, though the line between what we’re buying and what we’re promised is often blurred. The source of our food is concealed behind a finished product. Like the brands I reference, I prefer my collages to be pleasing and attractive but to belie a more questionable content.
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PEESKILL ARTS ALLIANCE PRESENTS: OFF THE BEATEN TRACK
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Peekskill Extension Center
Summer 2015 Gallery:
PEESKILL ARTS ALLIANCE presents:
Off the Beaten Track
Works in all media by Peekskill Arts Alliance Member Artists located outside of the downtown arts district.
June 6, 2015 – July 31, 2015
Exhibition dates:
Artist’s reception: Thursday, June 4, 2015 5:30 – 7:30 pm
This show will run in conjunction with the 18th Annual Peekskill Open Studios Event. Saturday & Sunday June 6 & 7, from 12 to 5 each day.
For more info visit:
http://peekskillartsalliance.orgEdit”PEESKILL ARTS ALLIANCE presents: Off the Beaten Track”
SPRING 2015 GALLERY SHOWS
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Johanna Bresnick
Carlsbad Park
April 16 – May 16, 2015
Gallery Opening: Thursday, April 16, 5:30 – 7:00 pm
Gallery Talk: 6:30 pm
“Carlsbad Park” is a continuation of Johanna Bresnick’s work which investigates the imposition of geometry on nature; the engineering of environments and conditions by means of architecture, economics, time, geopolitics, social behavior, familial structure, or personal code. Using a wide range of materials, Bresnick explores the relationship between natural and artificial forms, as well as, environments. Each work in this series is a facet of that investigation.
Johanna Bresnick lives and works in New Haven, Connecticut.
She received her in M.F.A. in 2001 from the University of Illinois at Chicago, and a B.A. in 1995 from Macalester College.
This exhibition celebrates the Westchester County in a show that will be both accessible and engaging for a general audience.
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Center for the Digital Arts Student Show
January 22 – February 21, 2015
Gallery Opening: Tuesday, February 3, 5:30 pm – 7:00 pm
Special Screening of Student Multimedia Work: 6:00 pm
This exhibition of artwork by students from the Westchester Community College Center for the Digital Arts will include the traditional fine arts of painting and drawing including work from the digital arts, such as Digital Imaging, Computer Illustration, Desktop Publishing, Digital Video, Multimedia, as well as, 2-D and 3-D Animation. Animation and Video will be exhibited at a special gallery screening during the opening and will play during the exhibition.
Maureen McCourt
Secondhand Clothing Conversation
March 3 – April 11, 2015
Gallery Opening: Rescheduled – Tuesday, March 10, 5:30 – 7 pm
Artist’s Gallery Talk: 6:30 pm
Secondhand Clothing Conversation is an interactive art installation that investigates the global, economic and cultural implication of the secondhand clothing trade. Inspired by both Zambian and American practices of secondhand clothing, this project combines cross-cultural practices to initiate a dialogue about secondhand clothing industry on both a local and global level. This exhibition offers a porthole into a trade that embodies many of the issues and impacts of globalization.
Maureen McCourt was born and raised in Montana. She received her B.A. from the University of Montana. She completed her M.F.A in sculpture at the State University of New York in New Paltz. Maureen has exhibited at the Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY; Masters On Main, Catskill, NY; the Church, Missoula, MT; The Golddust Gallery, Missoula, MT and GalleryStudio, Missoula, MT. She was a co-curator for The Untitled Show at the Golddust Gallery. Maureen is a founding member of and exhibited with the Cumulus Nimbus Collective at Chashama Gallery, New York, NY.
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SPRING 2015 WORKSHOP
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Meet the Designer/Illustrator: Phil Balsman
Thursday, April 16, 2015 7 pm
Phil “Ballsy” Balsman began his career as one of the founding members of the in-house lettering department at DC Comics, where he did design work and lettering for such titles as All-Star Superman, Blue Beetle, Scalped, Swamp Thing, and many others. He moved on to work for Random House Publishing in 2007, designing covers for the Del Rey and Ballantine imprints, as well as art directing and designing logos for their Del Rey Manga imprint.
In 2010 he left to form his own studio, Odin Star Industries, where he and his wife, Paige Pumphrey, work together in Brooklyn, NY. They handle all cover design and production for Kodansha Comics, as well as interiors and lettering, along with work for various clients, including DC Comics, Marvel Comics, Del Rey Books, Ballantine Books, Random House Publishing, Simon & Schuster, Sony Computer Entertainment, and Grand Central Publishing.
Gallery Hours: Monday – Thursday, 10:00 am – 5:00 pm
Friday 10:00 am – 4:00 pm; Saturday, 10:00 am – 3:00 pm
Westchester Community College Center for the Digital Arts, Peekskill Extension
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Maker Workshop: An Introduction, Creating Smart Materials
Sibel Deren Guler
Friday, April 10, 2015
9:30 am – 12:30 pm
Smart Materials & Wearable Design • Inventiveness through Craft and Electronics
No Prerequisites · RSVP
In this workshop you will first create a personal guide to a set of materials and electronics that can be interfaced together through craft techniques such as sewing and paper folding. You will then design a “smart object” that can be prototyped using these materials. We will follow a simple design process to sketch and create these designs using the tools and materials provided. You will learn about science, design, electronics, while collecting new materials and crafting techniques to incorporate in your next project!
Adding new materials and techniques to your repertoire is inspiring and exciting. Not only does it make us more resourceful, it can be fun and educational! Invent-abling is a project devoted to teaching people how to work with smart materials and electronics in unconventional ways. The goal is to enable them to create new interactions through craft and design. The project shares the sentiment of the recent maker movement, to empower non-experts to tinker with “expert tools”.
Deren Guler is a physicist, designer and educator based in New York. She is interested in researching and developing technology that uses interactivity and computation to explore nature from a playful and sustainable approach. Designing accessible tools, particularly to improve the quality of life, is her key motivator.
She has led community based interactive projects and workshops around the world to diverse audiences of all ages. Her work includes ReplayMyPlay, an energy harvesting merry-go-round exhibit that was installed at the Carnegie Science Center in Pittsburgh. In Float Beijing she designed colorchanging air quality boards that were mounted on to kites to create a public display of the pollution level.
More info: http://www.invent-abling.com.
These events are open to the public and all enrolled students, but reservations are required. Please email us at peekskill@sunywcc.edu
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FALL 2014 EVENTS
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CHERISE GORDON
Visualizing Virtual Reality: The Art and Narrative of Video Games
Tuesday, December 2, 2014, 7 pm
Video game art is not an aberration of art history, but rather an evolution. It draws from classical art in terms of light, value, depth, composition, movement, anatomy, and color in order to design complex characters and worlds. In this lecture Ms. Gordon will explore the progression of concept art, development art, and in-game art by focusing on the lush graphics and technical innovation of video game artistry and design as well as discussing the most cutting-edge artists and games currently in the field.
This event is open to the public and all enrolled students, but reservations is required. Please email us at peekskill@sunywcc.edu.
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Meet the Artist: Anthony Antonellis, Art of and About the Internet
Thursday, September 25, 2014
7 pm
Anthony Antonellis’s output is often classified as post-internet art. “net art and post-internet art deal
with authorship, usership, and originality. i view originality as a cumulative process, each person adding
their own contribution to a snowball that existed before them and will continue to exist after. As recently as ten years ago the internet could be viewed as a separate and distinct online space; today we’re approaching a ubiquitous internet that permeates our everyday objects and activities. net art, having once been distinct, is now crossing into physical space and colliding with traditional fine art disciplines.”
Antonellis has created netartnet.net , an onlinegallery listing and directory with archives of current and
past exhibitions. he has been featured in BLoUin ArTinFo, The Creators Project, and Interview Magazine as well as news outlets Wired, CneT,
discovery, The Atlantic, and BBC World service. he has a BFA in painting from Savannah College of Art and design, and an MFA in new artistic strategies from Bauhaus University. anthonyantonellis.com This event is open to the public and all enrolled students, but reservations is required. Please email us at peekskill@sunywcc.edu
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Meet the Graphic Designer: Janeen Violante, Hudson Valley Graphic Design, LLC
Tuesday, October 21, 2014, 7 pm
Hudson Valley Graphic Design has been offering smart design solutions to the business communities of Westchester, Rockland & Orange County, NY, since 1991.
Started by Janeen Violante, Hudson Valley Graphic Design is a creative team made up of talented designers, marketing experts, and production technicians with over 25 years of national brand experience. We bring that experience to you, offering quality graphic design that’s affordable. Our strength lies in strong, strategic & visionary thinking, creating brand identities & packaging that perform in today’s marketplace.
As lead Creative, Janeen earned her BFA in Communication Design at Parsons School of Design in NYC. She worked for several prestigious brand agencies, including Peterson Blythe Associates where she held the position of Senior Design Director. While there, she was responsible for designing, directing and managing high profile brand programs for worldwide/ Fortune 500 companies, including Pepsico, Johnson & Johnson, 3M, Schering Plough, Coca Cola, and Procter & Gamble.
http://hudsonvalleygraphics.com
This event is open to the public and all enrolled students, but reservations is required. Please email us at peekskill@myronmy
Center for Digital Arts Gallery Exhibitions and Lectures 
