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MFA thesis exhibitions include virtual artist talks

ALFRED, NY – Candidates for Master of Fine Arts degrees from the Alfred University School of Art and Design will present their thesis projects in exhibitions beginning Saturday, April 9. In addition to their exhibitions, several candidate opted to give virtual gallery talks.


ALFRED, NY – Candidates for Master of Fine Arts degrees from the Alfred University School of Art and Design will present their thesis projects in exhibitions beginning Saturday, April 9. The weekly exhibitions will extend through May 6. Exhibition reception hours are 6 to 8 pm on Saturday, April 9, 16, 23 and 30, and on Friday May 6. An Instagram Live event in Germany will be shown from 10 am to noon May 7 showcasing MFA students’ achievements in painting. @alfredpaintingmfa

Several of the MFA students will give artist talks related to their work. The talks will be offered virtually and the candidate for degrees in Sculpture / Dimensional Studies will also offer an in person option

An online catalog of graduate student work will be posted on the website a week after Commencement

 

Thesis Schedule:

April 9 - 12

Jackie Head, Ceramic Art, Fosdick-Nelson Gallery

Stephen Radley. Electronic Integrated Arts, Turner Gallery: Gallery Talk Jackie and Stephen Monday, April 11, 3:30pm zoom only

 

April 16 - 19

Margeaux Claude, Ceramic Art, Fosdick-Nelson Gallery

Felicity Machado, Sculpture/Dimensional Studies Fosdick-Nelson Gallery: Gallery Talk Tuesday, April 19 4:30pmEST in person and on zoom

Noah Greene, Ceramic Art, Turner Gallery: Gallery Talk Monday, April 18 at noon EST zoom only

Crane (He) Zhu, Electronic Integrated Arts, Turner Gallery

 

April 23 – 26

Katie Fee, Ceramic Art, Fosdick-Nelson Gallery: Gallery Talk Sunday, April 24 3:30 pm EST zoom only

Jolie Ngo, Ceramic Art, Fosdick-Nelson Gallery

Brady McLearen, Ceramic Art, Turner Gallery: Gallery Talk Sunday, April 24 3:30pm EST zoom only

Sam Wiechert, Electronic Integrated Arts, Turner Gallery

 

April 30 - May 3

Henry Jackson-Spieker, Sculpture / Dimensional Studies, Fosdick-Nelson Gallery

Mollie McKinley, Sculpture/Dimensional Studies, Turner Gallery

Gallery Talks for Henry and Mollie Tuesday, May 3 4:30 and 5pm EST

 

May 6 – 9

Tony Baker, Ceramic Art, Fosdick-Nelson Gallery

Corwyn Lund, Ceramic Art, Fosdick-Nelson Gallery

Madeleine Speicher-Willis, Alfred-Düsseldorf Painting, Cohen Gallery

 

Alfred-Düsseldorf Painting, Mindener Straße, 33A Düsseldorf, Germany

Isabel Monti, Yushan Lai, Emma Barnes, Siennie Lee