NEW PALTZ – Mary Hafeli, who has served as dean of the School of Fine and Performing Arts at the State University of New York at New Paltz since July 2009, has accepted a senior faculty position in the Art and Art Education Program at Columbia University’s Teacher’s College. She will…
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Screen Play: Hudson Valley Artists 2013 opens at Dorsky Museum on June 22
NEW PALTZ – Screens, whether in hands, vehicles, or rooms, have become a nearly ubiquitous interface. In Screen Play, the annual exhibition of Hudson Valley Artists at the Samuel Dorsky Museum of Art at the State University of New York at New Paltz, 15 artists respond to or use screens as…
Read moreNew Paltz professor awarded Guggenheim Foundation grant
NEW PALTZ – Professor Kathy Goodell, currently the area head of the painting & drawing program of the School of Fine and Performing Arts at the State University of New York at New Paltz, is the recipient of a 2013 Fellow Grant in the category of Creative/Fine Arts from the John…
Read moreThe comic tour-de-force coming to the McKenna Stage
NEW PALTZ – The hilarious Tony Award-winning musical The Producers, written by Mel Brooks, will be performed at the State University of New York at New Paltz. The show, under the direction of Jack Wade, with musical direction by Stephen Kitsakos and choreography by Joe Langworth, is being produced by the…
Read moreWest African music concert featuring Yacouba Sissoko at The Dorsky on April 9
The Samuel Dorsky Museum of Art at the State University of New York at New Paltz is pleased to present a West African music concert featuring Yacouba Sissoko, a Master kora player from the Djely griot tradition, with Famoro Dioubate on the Mandeng balafon. The concert will take place on Tuesday, April 9 at 5 pm at The Dorsky Museum.
Read moreWest African music concert featuring Yacouba Sissoko at The Dorsky on April 9
NEW PALTZ – The Samuel Dorsky Museum of Art at the State University of New York at New Paltz is pleased to present a West African music concert featuring Yacouba Sissoko, a Master kora player from the Djely griot tradition, with Famoro Dioubate on the Mandeng balafon. The concert will take…
Read moreNew Paltz student wins Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival Award
NEW PALTZ – “The Dark I Know,” a musical written and directed by State University of New York at New Paltz student Alex Eisen and New York University student John Watts, was awarded the Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival (KCACTF) Musical Theatre Award for 2013. Eisen, a graduating senior at New…
Read moreDorsky Museum presents “Fields of Vision: Work by SUNY New Paltz Art Faculty”
NEW PALTZ – The Samuel Dorsky Museum of Art is pleased to present “Fields of Vision: Work by SUNY New Paltz Art Faculty,” an exhibition and accompanying catalog that feature work by 28 faculty members of the State University of New York at New Paltz Art Department. The exhibition offers a…
Read moreThe Focus is Women for the 2013 New Play Festival at New Paltz
NEW PALTZ – The Department of Theatre Arts MainStage Productions at the State University of New York at New Paltz presents their annual New Play Festival March 7-17 in Parker Theatre located on the college campus. The play readings, directed by Robert Miller, will be presented March 7-9, 14-16, at 8…
Read moreDorsky Museum announces public programs for current exhibitions on West African photography
The Samuel Dorsky Museum of Art at the State University of New York at New Paltz announces a series of free public education programs in connection with the exhibitions Malian Portrait Photography and Photo-Rapide: François Deschamps, now on view through April 14, 2013 in The Dorsky Museum’s Alice and Horace Chandler and North Galleries.
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