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Students from the Fine Art Visual Art and Fashion Design programs of SUNY Ulster will hold exhibitions of their work on the campus, at 491 Cottekill Road, Stone Ridge. The Fine Art/Visual Art will be held tonight, 4-6 p.m. Friday, May 5 in the Muroff-Kotler Visual Arts Gallery and the Fashion Design Annual Exhibition and Runway Show will be, 5-7 p.m. Friday, May 12, in the College Lounge.
The Fine Art/Visual Art Exhibition will feature work from various art courses including Drawing and Composition II, Painting, Printmaking, Watercolor, Intro to Drawing, Photography, Intro to Design Foundations, Dimensional Design, and Digital Visual Narrative.
The Fashion Design exhibition will present work from both freshman and sophomore students and include a runway segment. The runway segment will run from 5:30- 6 p.m. and will display shirts, skirts, and other garments. In addition to the show, student designers, Sarah Connolly, Anna Thomas, Mikyla Hough, Sophie McCarthy, Vera Hrab, and Monserrat Medina will be available to talk about their pieces and portfolios.
SUNY Ulster’s art programs provide students with foundation courses and career skills, taught by faculty who are working professionals in their fields. Students learn artistic, technical, and theoretical skills in addition to general education courses that prepare them for transfer to complete their four-year degree or enter the job market. Many of SUNY Ulster’s art graduates transfer to top art colleges such as Fashion Institute of Technology, School of Visual arts, SUNY New Paltz, and more.
Both events are free and open to the public. Refreshments will be available at the Fashion Exhibition. For more information on the Student Art Exhibition, contact Chris Seubert at seubertc@sunyulster.edu. For more on the Fashion Exhibition, contact Kristin Flynn at flynnk@sunyulster.edu.
