In the winter of 2010 nine Union students led by Professor Sandra Wimer spent a mini-term in Paris, France engrossed in a studio art course focusing on drawing and printmaking. The students observed and sketched sculpture, architectural elements, and other spaces in and around the Louvre. The students also spent time working in a printmaking studio, Atelier de l’Orme, on the outskirts of Paris where they transformed their sketches into etchings.
Have you ever dropped a glass, or broken a dish and thought about what is physically happening in that split second of panic? Each of the images in Slow Motion was created in a controlled environment where the sound of impact triggers a strobe light illuminating the scene for a fraction of second, long enough to capture the image on film. The result is perfectly frozen motion of an object being broken apart; a sight too fast to be captured by the human eye.
Each Headdress represents a different world culture in the guise of a “bird.” These costume pieces were used in the Spring 2007 production of The Birds by Aristophanes produced by the Union College Department of Theater and Dance and directed by Professor William A. Finlay.
The work in Optical Union represents a cross-section of select final portfolios from the Photography 3 class during spring term, 2008. Taught by Professor Martin Benjamin, this highest level photography class requires each student to develop a cohesive series of photographs in order to create a final portfolio.
I am a Chemistry and Visual Arts double major at Union College. These photographs emerge from the artistic side of my brain rather than the scientific, but not exclusively. With my camera I fill the void left behind while thinking scientifically. These images were taken half a year ago, during the winter of 2007 – 2008, when going outside did not simply involve walking out the door.
During the winter of her sophomore year Sara Jacobson, Class of 2010, traveled to India using her camera as a tool for exploration. The collection of photographs in the wryly titled My Trip to India focus on the experiences encountered on both an intimate and grand scale
LGBT: A Union Perspective is a juried exhibition that broadly explores issues that surround the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Questioning community. The exhibition provides an opportunity for the Union community – including students, faculty and alumni – to share their take on issues surround the LGBT community.
This exhibition was curated in response to the work of Union students from the 2007 fall term Digital Arts class. In this class, taught by Assistant Professor of Visual Art, Fernando Orellana, students learned about Digital Art as an artistic medium currently blossoming as the avant-garde in the world of contemporary art.
Taken on an independent Union College miniterm to India, these photographs capture the vibrant imagery and complex structure of Indian culture.
This project is intended to point out crimes against women in several major worldwide Religions… I was amazed to discover the amount of abuse women are expected to take at the hands of “holy” men… Perhaps if we, as human beings rather than Christians Jews and Muslims, begin to realize the harm religion has done to all of us we might be able to further reform a troubled system.