NEW PALTZ — Emerging artists who are candidates for a Master of Fine Arts (MFA) or a Bachelor of Fine Art (BFA) degree will present their creative thesis projects in four successive week-long exhibitions at the Samuel Dorsky Museum of Art at SUNY New Paltz. In addition, Bachelor of Fine…
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SUNY Dramats to Present “The Illusion”
NEW PALTZ — Playwright Tony Kushner, whose stage works include the Pulitzer Prize-winning Angels in America, Part One: Millennium Approaches and Part Two: Perestroika, has crafted a modern rendering of Pierre Corneille’s neoclassical French comedy, The Illusion. Offering the exquisite wordplay, beguiling comedy and fierce intelligence found in all of…
Read moreAmerican Scenery: Different Views in Hudson River School Painting
NEW PALTZ — An exhibition of 116 Hudson River School paintings drawn from a remarkable and comprehensive private collection will open February 4, 2006 at the Samuel Dorsky Museum of Art at the State University of New York at New Paltz. American Scenery: Different Views in Hudson River School Painting…
Read more“Stop Kiss” is Next Production in Theatre Season
NEW PALTZ — A simple kiss provides a fulcrum for two converging storylines in Stop Kiss, an award-winning play by Diana Son. This humorous and poignant work is presented by the Department of Theatre Arts at SUNY New Paltz, November 10-20, 2005. Stop Kiss tells the story of Sara…
Read moreFaculty Member Itty Neuhaus to Lecture on her Creative Accomplishments
NEW PALTZ — Itty Neuhaus, assistant professor of art, recently returned from a SUNY New Paltz Fellowship Leave in Slovenia. While there, the sculptor and installation artist visited icebergs, glaciers, volcanoes and other sites where the raw natural environment reveals a stark and dramatic landscape, while concealing a more perilous…
Read moreAll Aboard “Anything Goes”
NEW PALTZ — The time-honored musical Anything Goes is about to set sail in a new production by the talented and able company of players in the Department of Theatre Arts at SUNY New Paltz. The twenty-six performers and twelve piece orchestra perform the fabulous, tune-filled score by Cole Porter…
Read moreENCAUSTIC WORKS 2005
NEW PALTZ — What do contemporary Hudson Valley artists have in common with the Greeks and Romans? – The unusual medium of encaustic. “Encaustic Works 2005”, an exhibition opening at the Samuel Dorsky Museum of Art at the State University of New York at New Paltz on September 17, 2005,…
Read moreThe Fluid and Dynamic Nature of Fine Art Metals
NEW PALTZ — Juxtapositions: Selections from the Metals Collection, an exhibition curated by SUNY New Paltz art professors Jamie Bennett and Myra Mimlitsch-Gray, will open at the Samuel Dorsky Museum of Art on September 17, 2005 with a reception from 2-4 p.m. The exhibition will highlight recent acquisitions, establishing comparisons…
Read moreTHE CULT OF HAPPINESS
NEW PALTZ — An exhibition of more than thirty Nianhua, Chinese New Year prints from 19th and early 20th centuries, selected from the Samuel Dorsky Museum of Art’s permanent collection, will be on view at the museum September 17 through November 6, 2005. “The Cult of Happiness: Chinese Woodblock Prints”…
Read moreThe World of Jewish Music: Lecture and Concert Series is Highlight of Fall Semester
NEW PALTZ — The Department of Music and the Jewish Studies Program at SUNY New Paltz have collaborated on a series of lectures and concerts to be held throughout the fall semester 2005. Titled, The World of Jewish Music, it will highlight and explore Jewish music ranging from cantorial through…
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