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Student class projects impress furniture entrepreneur
Area resident George Theofilactidis, who founded specialty furniture maker El Greco Woodworking, Inc. more than 45 years ago, visited the class recently to see prototypes created by students using mostly blocks of wood that his company donates to SUNY Fredonia’s Sculpture program.
Rivera awarded Gilman scholarship to study in England
Autumn Rivera, a sophomore from Dunkirk majoring in Visual Arts and New Media, has been has been awarded a Gilman scholarship for her study abroad experience in Lancaster, England. She will attend a program at the University of Lancaster in Fall 2022.
Jessica Schimek named Honors Student of the Month for May
Jessica Schimek, a senior receiving concurrent degrees in Visual Arts and New Media (B.A.) and Chemistry (B.S.), from Smithtown, has been named the Honors Student of the Month for May.
Student and alumni films to get lots of looks at SUNYWide festival
A grand total of 15 Fredonia student and alumni films were chosen as finalists in the 10th annual SUNYWide Film Festival on April 9 and 10.
Students support community literacy efforts through art sale
SUNY Fredonia students in the Department of Visual Arts and New Media were singled out for recognition by the Literacy Volunteers of Chautauqua County for their special donation to the organization.
Student photo competition set for Dos Mundos: (Re)constructing Narratives gallery exhibition
The Cathy and Jesse Marion Art Gallery is seeking entries from Fredonia students for a photo competition to be held in conjunction with the En Foco traveling exhibition “Dos Mundos: (Re)constructing Narratives.” Students are invited to contribute to this critical conversation through photographs – portraits, social landscapes, still lifes or altered historical photographs – that address inequities in their life or the lives of others, in the Reconstructing Narratives Student Photo Competition.
Fredonia students, faculty build habitats for at-risk species
Threatened and endangered species in Western New York are getting a much-needed lift, thanks to faculty and students and a fund established by a Fredonia graduate to encourage collaboration between the arts and science.
Frerichs joins mixed media artwork exhibition in Iowa
Department of Visual Arts and New Media Professor Timothy Frerichs is participating in “Lines & Layers,” a three-person exhibition presenting a wide spectrum of mixed media artwork, at the Olson-Larsen Gallery in West Des Moines, Iowa. He is displaying 10 one-of-a-kind monoprints on handmade kozo or hemp paper.
Fredonia art professor awarded grant for global warming awareness project
Timothy Frerichs, professor of Art at Fredonia, has received one of three Global Warming Art Project grants that will support projects that respond to the rising dangers of global warming and climate change.
Art students complete project for local business
This past summer, two B.F.A. Painting students were given the opportunity to leave their mark on a local company and employer. Dunkirk Specialty Steel (DSS) first reached out to Department of Visual Arts and New Media Chair Michele Bernatz in July 2018, searching for students who would be able to work on a painting project.