10 SUNY Empire State College Student-Artists to Show in Competitive SUNY 2011 Student Art Exhibition at Albany Gallery
By Helen Edelman, Manager, Exchange
December 7, 2011
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en Metropolitan Center students’ work have been selected to be displayed in the State University of New York 2011 Fall Student Art Exhibition, at the SUNY central-administration gallery in Albany. Their pieces were among numerous submissions from students across the SUNY system. (Pictured left: Work by Claudia Rocha-van Holt demonstrates painting within a digital medium.)
Works range from innovative photographic processes to digital prints made at the Metropolitan Center digital media lab at Hudson Street. They show a range of aesthetic genres including documentary photography, abstract painting and painting within the digital medium, as demonstrated in the work of Claudia Rocha-van Holt. Especially encouraged to submit work were graduating seniors from 2011, as well as current students.
Metro students participating in the event include (mentors’ names follow in parentheses):
- Steven P. Harris (Betty Wilde-Biasiny)
- Cordell Price (BWB)
- Sean Stefan Sampson (BWB)
- Bridget Benson ESC '11 (Raul Manzano)
- Dennis Lee ESC '11 (RM)
- Leah Kozak ESC '11 (BWB)
- Claudia Rocha-van Holt (BWB)
- William Saunders (BWB)
- Melissa Stanley (BWB)
- Irene Villasenor (Ruth Goldberg)
“The opportunity to send Empire State College students as ambassadors of our school and visual art program is a huge incentive for students to achieve and succeed in the art world,” says Associate Professor Betty Wilde-Biasiny, a mentor at Metro.
This competition for awards and monetary prizes includes the first round of student work selected by mentors at the college, carefully curated, professionally matted and framed--mostly by the students--then shipped to the site. Last year, SUNY Empire State College garnered one $500 honorable mention and resulted in invitations to two students to participate in the Albany State Museum Best of SUNY show.
