Color Principle: Painting in Oil
Color Principle: Painting in Oil January 20th – April 17th, 2017 Students from Assistant Professor of Visual Arts, Laini Nemett’s, Painting in Oil class delved deeply into understanding the medium and learning how to manipulate it on canvas, although for most,...
Call for Entries: LGBTQ at Union 2017: WE Are All UNION
Now accepting artwork entries from all Union College students, faculty, staff, and alumni for the exhibition LGBTQ @ Union 2017: WE are all UNION. Accepted artworks will be exhibited in the Nott Memorial in the Wikoff Student Gallery during the Fall 2017 term, coinciding with LGBTQ History Month (October) and National Coming Out Day (October 11). DEADLINE for entries is MAY 10, 2017.
Society After Revolution: Photographs by Kian Nowrouzi
Working in the medium of black and white digital photography, Union College senior, Kian Nowrouzi, captures human emotion and a diversity of culture within contemporary, post-revolutionary China and Cuba. His photographs are striking and original, and his use of the black and white medium, as well as classic composition, imparts a timelessness to the frames. Activities and behaviors of divergent social classes, religions, and genders are captured street-level, and despite evidence of residual struggle, Nowrouzi’s portraits reveal a vibrancy and an enormous strength of spirit.
LIFE as Art: Digital Prints by Arielle Singer
Employing the iconic framework of LIFE magazine’s cover architecture, Union College sophomore Arielle Singer rehashes key moments in history with digitally altered photographs from the magazine’s pages. She creates visual criticism of both recent events, such as the current refugee crisis and life “since the iPod,” as well as historical episodes deeply embedded in our cultural milieu, such as the dropping of the atomic bombs.
LGBTQ at Union, 2015
The annual LGBTQ at Union exhibition returns this fall to the Wikoff Student Gallery, September 4th through December 14th, 2015. This year the exhibition will again coincide with October’s LGBTQ History Month and National Coming Out Day, which is Sunday, October 11th, and will include work in painting, photography, digital art, short historical fiction, and film by current Union College professors, students and recent alumni.
Beyond What You See: UNION in Africa
In conjunction with the 40th annual New York African Studies Association (NYASA) Conference, to be held at Union College April 3rd, 2015, the Wikoff Student Gallery presents an exhibition of photography by Union students and alumni who have participated in term abroad programs and Minerva Fellowships in Eqypt, Ethiopia, Senegal, South Africa, and Uganda.