Spring Gallery Exhibitions 2013

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David Ostro

 

Penteracts

April 16 – May 18, 2013

Gallery Opening: Tuesday, April 16, 5:30 – 7:00 pm

Artist’s Gallery Talk 6:30 pm

“All the skill of the artist cannot turn a process into a thing.”

-Lee Smolin, theoretical physicist

While ROYGBIV* limits our eyes, and 20Hz-20kHz limits our ears, nothing limits our minds alone. But a mind with limited senses has limited reach; and so I build synesthetic experiences that interlace our modes of perception to extend this reach. The outcome is an emerging bodily awareness over the confluence of energy and matter.

David Ostro is a multimedia artist who lives and works in NYC. He holds a BA in Studio Art and Philosophy from Vassar College and a MFA in Fine Art from the School of Visual Arts.

* An acronym for the sequence of colors in the visible light spectrum in order of shortest to longest wavelengths: Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue, Indigo, and Violet.

This exhibition is co-produced as part of Hudson Valley Center for Contemporary Art’s Peekskill Project V, A Citywide Festival of Contemporary Art devoted to bringing cutting edge contemporary art out of the museum and into the community.

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Center for the Digital Arts Student Show

January 22 – February 23, 2013

Gallery Opening: Wednesday, February 6, 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.

student artwork by: Melissa Mazzocco

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Brian Doyle

Obsidian Collapse

March 5 – April 6, 2013

Gallery Opening March 5, 5:30 – 7 pm

Artist’s Gallery Talk at 6:30 pm

Brian Doyle’s artwork questions the idea of common experience. His films, installations and photos examine the collision of cultural and natural phenomena. Often developed through the lens of a developing storm, his quasi-fictional documentaries gracefully uncover realities just beneath the surface of our recognition. Themes include information overload, technology as progress substantiated, and the future and past colliding into a transfigured present. Doyle’s award winning films have been shown on television, in film festivals, museums, and in galleries around the world. Screenings include the Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia in Madrid, Reel New York (WNET New York, Channel Thirteen, PBS), Tribeca Film Festival, and Slamdance. He recently participated in the Peekskill Project V, organized by the Hudson Valley Center for Contemporary Art.

Doyle graduated with a BFA from Florida State University and an MFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and lives in Beacon, NY. He is a 2009 fellow in Film from the New York Foundation for the Arts.

http://www.doylestudio.com/obsidian/obsidiancollapse.html

 

Spring 2013 Lectures and Workshops

 “I found this great image on the Internet, but can I use it?”

Art and Ethics for Artists and Graphic Designers

Eileen MacAvery Kane 

Thursday, April 11, 2013, 7:00 pm

Learn how your decisions while making art and or designing have ramifications beyond your studio or desktop. Find out the rules that pertain to visual art and design; including copyright law, piracy, plagiarism, fair use, and photo manipulation. Ms. Kane will help you consider principles of conduct that relate to your visual art and design practices. She will address topics including: spec work, crowdsourcing, and responsibility to clients. This talk will also examine the general nature of moral choices to be made by visual artists and designers including sustainability, social responsibility, and cultural influence. Join us for this exciting chance to examine the larger ramifications of visual choices in art making and design.

Eileen MacAvery Kane is a photographer, graphic designer, educator and the author of “Ethics: A Graphic Designer’s Field Guide”, 2010 and the blog ethicsingraphicdesign.org.

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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Film Screening

ALIEN CONNECTION

With the filmmaker Michael Corriere

Tuesday, April 16, 2013, 7:00 pm

Alien Connection, a documentary film by first time writer/director  and producer Michael Corriere, was chosen by the NewFilmmakers as part of their winter series and was screened at the Anthology Film Archives—Deren Theater in New York City in March of 2012.

The film deals with two historical events in American history and presents strong and compelling evidence of a military cover-up, sabotage of an American B25, Soviet espionage activity and the introduction of two new “smoking gun” documents related to the Roswell UFO crash. Michael has introduced a new concept in documentary storytelling he calls “logical extensions” that attempts to bring the audience into the critical decision making process of the period. Alien Connection is an exciting “cold war” documentary! Michael is a former decorated New York City Police Officer who began his research for this project in 1998.

You Tube link to the trailer: www.youtube.com/watch?v=AxjsJiWjGFg

Produced by: MC Productions

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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The Metropolis Organism:a New Perspective of Cities, a Vision of the Evolutionary Future

Frank Vitale

Multimedia Presentation: Tuesday, March 5, 2013, 7:00 pm

In 15,000 words, 
200 images, 
11 videos, 
and 
1 living cover.

The Metropolis Organism comes alive before your eyes and within your mind. A new, evolving medium, the enhanced ebook, is the perfect vehicle to bring to life a daring concept: cities are living, breathing organisms of which humans are necessary but unremarkable organelle. If this sounds startling, don’t worry. You will get used to it. We humans have had practice adjusting to scientific theories that humble us.

Copernicus took us out of the center of the universe and placed us on a minor planet orbiting a minor star. It took a while, but humanity got used to the idea. Darwin took humanity off its pedestal and put us among the swarthy animals that crawl the earth. It took a while, and may take a while longer for some, but eventually we’ll all get used to it. It may be hard to see now, and even harder to accept, that we are parts of another organism, but it will be seen and will be accepted because, quite simply, it is obvious.

The purpose and the goal of the eBook, The Metropolis Organism, is to help you see the next stage of the evolution of life. Like the transition from single cell organisms to multicellular organisms, we are experiencing the transition stage from a species of independent humans to the Metropolis Organism.

Frank Vitale: B.Sc. in physics from McGill University and Masters in creative writing from Manhattanville College. Director/producer/writer of numerous feature films, television shows and corporate communications productions.

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Personal Branding for Artists, Designers and Job Seekers

Speaker: Becky Livingston, President and CEO, Royal Apple Marketing

3-Hour Workshop: Thursday, March 28, 2013

6:30 – 9:30 pm

Personal branding is very important when looking for a job, starting a business, or changing careers. During this three-hour workshop, you will be provided with tips and techniques to help define your personal brand. The speaker will share examples on how to create a personal brand strategy and brand statement, from color theory and tag lines to an online presence. In the end, you’ll gain access to job aids and the Personal Branding Toolkit to help you create your own personal brand.

Becky Livingston is the President of Royal Apple Marketing, a marketing firm specializing in social and digital marketing. Speaker, author, and trainer, Becky has more than 20 years of marketing and communication experience in the engineering, technology, and financial services industries. Connect with Becky or her firm on Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, Google +, or Pinterest.

These events are open to the public and all enrolled students, but reservations are required. Please email us at peekskill@sunywcc.edu

 

 

Fall 2012 Lectures and Screenings

Meet the Film Editor: Todd Sandler 

Thursday, December 6, 7 pm

Todd Sandler was born in Mount Kisco and raised in Somers. Todd’s first film, Corey, was co-directed with his brother, while he was still in school. The film garnered nationwide attention when it was acquired by IFC to be showcased as part of their “Shorts Before Features” program. After graduation, studied at NYU, studying all aspects of film post-production. He then got a position as the print traffic coordinator at the Jacob Burns Film Center—where he stayed for the next eight years, working his way up until he became the Center’s director of technology and in-house editor. He worked there until 2010, when he left to pursue other projects full-time.

As a freelance editor, his work includes feature-length narrative films, short films, documentaries, trailers, tributes and commercials. Recently, he edited the dramatic-thriller, Leave. He was also the sound designer and music editor; he worked alongside Jonathan Demme on his upcoming documentary, I’m Carolyn Parker, which premiered at the 2011 Venice Film Festival and the Toronto International Film Festival; He cut a theatrical trailer and several TV spots for Steven Spielberg’s Academy Award Nominated film, War Horse, and also edited a tribute for Spielberg where he received the 2012 David O. Selznick Achievement Award at this year’s Producers Guild Awards. Upon accepting the award, Spielberg remarked “Everyone in this room should be working with him.”

This event is open to the public and all enrolled students, but registration is required. Please email us at peekskill@sunywcc.edu.

http://westchestergallery.wordpress.com/

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Meet the Curator:

Amy Lipton, ecoartspace 

Thursday October 18, 2012, 7 pm

Come learn more about ecoartspace is one of the leading international organizations in a growing community of artists, scientists, curators, writers, nonprofits and businesses who are developing creative and innovative strategies to address our global environmental issues. They promote a diverse range of artworks that are participatory, collaborative, interdisciplinary and uniquely educational.

Founded in 1997 by Tricia Watts as an art and nature center in development,ecoartspacewas one of the first websites dedicated to art and environmental issues. New York City curator, Amy Lipton, joined Watts in 1999, and together they have curated numerous exhibitions, participated on panels, given lectures at universities, developed programs and curricula. They advocate for artists whose projects range from scientifically based ecological restoration to product based functional artworks, from temporal works created outdoors with nature to eco-social interventions in the urban public sphere, as well as more traditional art objects.

http://ecoartspace.blogspot.com/

This event is open to the public and all enrolled students, but registration is required. Please email us at peekskill@sunywcc.edu.

 

Fall 2012 Gallery Shows

Joseph Thomas, Deborah Krikun, Pam Payne, Eileen MacAvery Kane, Beth Sutherland, John Creagh, Cecily McKeow, Nandi Riguero, Joseph Ayers, Lisa Steffens, Laurel Shute, Michael Enright

Center for the Digital Arts 2012 Faculty Show

December 6 – January 11

Opening Reception: Thursday, December 6, 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, music, web site design and more. Join us to meet our faculty and experience their artwork.

 Gallery Hours are subject to change: please call 606-7300 for more information.

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Breanne Trammell 

Nails In The Key Of Life

September 4 – October 13, 2012

Opening Reception: Tuesday, September 18, 2012, 5:30 – 7:30 pm

Artist’s Gallery Talk: 6:30Nails In The Key Of Life is a collection of paintings, prints, sculptures, and video by Dutchess County-based artist Breanne Trammell. This new body of work is inspired by and extracted from her experience attending nail school to become a NY state-licensed nail technician. Past work such as “Yves Klein Blue Jeans” and “Candy Cigarettes” provide insight into Breanne’s curated menu of services that will be offered on her 2013 road trip, “Nails Across America.”

Breanne is a multi-disciplinary artist living and working in Wassaic, NY. She is an active member of the Wassaic Project where she is Print Fellow. Her work has been shown nationally and internationally, including Mixed Greens Gallery, PPOW Gallery, Susan Inglett Gallery, and MASS MoCA. She received her MFA from the Rhode Island School of Design in 2008, has been a Lecturer in Art+Design at SUNY Purchase, and a faculty member at Ramapo College of NJ since 2009.

To learn more about Breanne’s long-term Nails in the Key of Life project & 2013 Nails Across America road trip, visit http://nailsacrossameri.ca

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Marcy B. Freedman

FREE NOT FREE

An Installation & A Series of Interactive Performances

October 18 – December 1

Opening Reception: Thursday, October 18, 5:30 – 7:30 pm

Artist’s Gallery Talk: 6:30

Please Call for Performance Times: 606-7304

Marcy B. Freedman will confront the issue of contemporary consumerism with an installation and a series of interactive performances at the Peekskill Center for the Digital Arts.  Her project involves the display of dozens and dozens of shopping bags, each with its logo in plain view.  These bags, filled with desirable items, will be given away to those individuals willing to converse with the artist during one of her performances.  The artist explains her intentions as follows:

“I am interested in exploring our complex relationship with the highly manipulative worlds of advertising and retail sales.  The title of this project is intended to suggest – among other things – that we are controlled by the materialism of our culture.”

Additionally, this work is representative of Freedman’s recent performance work, because it involves one-on-one, face-to-face encounters with members of the public.  She is committed to this direct engagement with her audience because she wants to provide an alternative to the “virtual” forms of communication — email, texting, social networking, etc – that are coming to dominate our interpersonal experiences.  “I want to create situations in which real people are together in real time and in real space.”

Performance Times 

October 18^th   5:30 to 7:30  Opening Reception & Artists’ Talk at 6:30 & Performance

October 23^rd   Performance  6 – 7 pm

November 6^th   Performance  6 – 7 pm

November 15    Performance  6 – 7 pm

November 28    Performance  11:30 am – 12:30 pm

UPDATE!  For one day only, Marcy B. Freedman will present FREE NOT FREE at HVCCA.  Sunday, November 18, during regular museum hours.

 

Gallery Summer 2012

The Westchester Gallery is pleased to host a juried exhibition organized by the Peekskill Arts Alliance:

Points of View

June 2 – July 27, 2012

Artist’s Reception: Thursday, June 7 5 pm – 7 pm

This is a thematic exhibition by Peekskill area artists, curated by Sherry Mayo, Geoff Feder and Larry D’Amico. This group show will exhibit exciting works by professional artists with studios located in and around Peekskill. Taken literally or symbolically, unique “Points of View” play an important role making a work of art compelling for its compositional/emotional impact or social/political statement.

http://peekskillartsallianceopenstudio.blogspot.com/

Gallery Spring 2012

Sarah Vogwill

Polaroids & Afternoon

April 26 – May 19, 2012

Artist’s Gallery Talk: Thursday, April 26, 6:30 pm

Artist’s Reception: Saturday, April 28 1:30 – 3:30 pm

New works never seen before emerge from the Polaroid archives. Captured between the years of 1998—2005, these images emerge from their dormancy to reveal a hidden strain within the artist’s perception and—recombined—finally reveal their coded messages. Color, obscure signs, and the mystery of all things form the elements which—in a symbolist inspired moment of alchemy—unveil small wonders. A gothic inflected tale of Redemption or a Modernist quest for everyday Transcendence? You decide.

Accompanied by Afternoon, 62 minute color video, which further explores the limits of perception.

Sarah Vogwill is a visual artist and graphic designer living and working in Brooklyn, NY. She received her MFA from California Institute of the Arts and attended the Whitney Independent Study Program.

http://www.sarahvogwill.com/

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Center for the Digital Arts Student Show

January 23 – February 25, 2012

Reception: Wednesday, February 8, 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 as well as work from the digital arts, such as Digital Imaging, Computer Illustration, Desktop Publishing, Digital Video, Multimedia, 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.

Rebecca Mushtare

Data Experience

March 6 – April 14, 2012

Opening Reception: Tuesday, March 6, 6:00 – 7:00 pm

Artist’s Gallery Talk: 6:30 pm

 The body of work in Data Experience is an invitation to you – I invite you to become a participant and collaborator.  The core of my collaborative plea is our desperate need to reconsider the data at the root of our daily lives that we constantly consume and generate — iconography, conversations, our routines, etc.

I admit I should have invited you sooner – before the production of these systems for analysis, contemplation and creation.  Needless to say, these systems are not of much value unless they are put to use, tested and interrogated. Your efforts and contributions will give each system and body of data meaning and life.

The works in Data Experience include a number of entry points for collaboration and participation including (but not limited to): playing a game, scanning QR codes, telling stories, sensory input and initiating a dialogue.

Rebecca Mushtare is a visual artist based in Mount Kisco, NY. She is an Assistant Professor of Communication Arts (specializing in Digital Media) at Marymount Manhattan College in NYC. Rebecca earned her MFA in computer art from Syracuse University and a BFA from SUNY Oswego. She has exhibited her work throughout New York State and the East Coast and internationally.

http://www.cyberthread.net