Hobart and William Smith Colleges - art

Davis Gallery to Feature "Presence"

Mon, 23 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT

The Davis Gallery at Houghton House will host an opening reception for the exhibit titled, "Presence: The Figure in Contemporary Painting," on Friday, Jan. 27, from 7 to 9 p.m. This exhibition brings together the work of three highly regarded painters- Jeremy Long, Kurt Moyer, and Kyle Staver-each of whom has a distinctive take on the representation of the human form. "The central organizing prin...

Indie Bible Cover features Alumna

Thu, 22 Dec 2011 00:00:00 GMT

A photo of Merrill Amos '11 is featured on the cover of the 13th edition of Indie Bible, a directory of labels, publications and radio stations for independent musicians. The photo that was chosen for the cover was taken by her classmate and freelance photographer Amy Nimon '11. Amos, a self-taught musician, singer and song-writer, has already established her music career. She has worked with acc...

FLI Hosts Student Hydrofracking Exhibit

Mon, 19 Dec 2011 00:00:00 GMT

This semester, students, staff and Geneva community members have been able to visit a hydrofracking exhibit on display at the Finger Lakes Institute. The display was developed by students in Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies Beth Kinne's ENV 301 class, the capstone seminar for environmental studies seniors. Fourteen students participated in the seminar including Ben Chaplin '12, Keith...

Eight Clothing Lines to be Featured

Fri, 02 Dec 2011 00:00:00 GMT

More than 50 student models will take their turn on the runway, showcasing the talent of the eight participating student designers: Lucia Berliner '12, Emma Boehm '12, Caley Goldblatt '12, Serena Holtsinger '12, Audrey Yifei Li '15, Loren Marshall '13, Katie McLean '12 and Maggie Smith '12. The show will be held in the Vandervort Room at 7 p.m. on Sunday, Dec. 4, with doors opening at 6:45 p.m. S...

Brian Browne Art Opening

Wed, 09 Nov 2011 00:00:00 GMT

The Davis Gallery at Houghton House will open a new exhibit by Hobart alum Brian Browne '78 on Friday, Nov. 11. Titled "Eleven, Eleven, Eleven," the collection features a series of non-objective paintings, acrylic on canvas. Browne's work methods vary. He has created his own artistic process of either spontaneous, gestural drawing in paint which is built up, scraped down and revised from sessio...

Ruth's Work in Atlanta Print Biennial

Tue, 08 Nov 2011 00:00:00 GMT

A contemporary print by Associate Professor of Art Nicholas Ruth is included in the Inaugural Atlanta Print Biennial, which opened at the Barbara Archer Gallery in Atlanta, Ga., on Nov. 5. The display was organized by the Atlanta Printmakers Studio as "an international juried exhibit of hand pulled prints and works on paper produced by renowned artists from around the world." Ruth's work was one ...

Fake Estates Opens at Davis Gallery

Wed, 19 Oct 2011 00:00:00 GMT

An opening reception will be held on Friday, Oct. 21, for "[Fake] Fake Estates: Revisiting Gordon Matta-Clark's Fake Estates," an exhibit by Martin Hogue in the Davis Gallery at Houghton House. The exhibit runs through Monday, Nov. 7. Hogue spent several months systematically canvassing Queens, N.Y., for residual properties similar to the 14 parcels purchased there and documented by Matta-Clark i...

Arts Faculty at National Conferences

Tue, 18 Oct 2011 00:00:00 GMT

Professor and Chair of the Dance Department Donna Davenport, Associate Professor of Dance Cadence Whittier, Professor of Dance Cynthia Williams and Assistant Professor of Music Mark Olivieri will present at national conferences this month. At the National Dance Education Organization conference in Minnesota, Davenport will perform as a soloist in Dr. Larry Lavender's presentation, "Command Perfo...

Bernagozzi's work featured in Scapes

Fri, 14 Oct 2011 00:00:00 GMT

Video artist and photographer Debora Bernagozzi, who is a a visiting assistant professor of photography at HWS, is being is featured in the art exhibition Scapes at the Rochester Contemporary Art Center. Bernagozzi's two pieces are called "Electronic Landscape" and "Stream" will be on display through Sunday, Nov. 13. Scapes is an exhibition of new electronic media artworks that relate the human ...

Lawrence '12 Interns with Eric Cohler

Thu, 06 Oct 2011 00:00:00 GMT

Through a bit of initiative and perseverance, John Lawrence '12 had the opportunity to intern with Eric Cohler Design in New York, N.Y. Taking advantage of the opportunity to speak with award-winning interior designer Eric Cohler ‘81 during an on-campus event in March, Lawrence began a dialogue with Cohler that landed in an offer from Cohler for Lawrence to intern at his design firm over the summ...