NEW PALTZ — The Department of Music presents Student Honors Recital featuring… Yukiko Ichihara ’04, soprano Jannette DeWitt ’04 mezzo soprano Danielle Sofer ’05, viola Sara Joki ’05, soprano Beverly Poyerd ’05, piano Shirley Hoffman Warren ’04, piano Tuesday, February 24, 8pm McKenna Theatre Free and open to…
Read MoreNEW PALTZ — Clara Marcano is a pianist of very special qualities: her sensitivity of touch, awareness of style ….and the expressive personality in her playing, are quite unique. – Edith Vogel, Guildhall School of Music and Drama, England. New Paltz, NY-Clara Marcano, a recipient of several awards for…
Read MoreNEW PALTZ — On Thursday, April 22, at 8 p.m., in the Nadia and Max Shepard Recital Hall, the composition students of Dr. Ping Jin offer original music spanning the range of their personal styles – from avant garde to classical and rock, acoustic to electronic – there are no…
Read MoreNEW PALTZ — Come one, come all, on Sunday, April 25 at 3 p.m. in the Nadia and Max Shepard Recital Hall at SUNY New Paltz to hear Collegium Musicum, the resident student ensemble for early music directed by Dr. Joel Evans. Presented will be a program of music from…
Read MoreNEW PALTZ — Playwright Eugene O’Neill is an enigma. Although widely acclaimed as America’s greatest dramatist, his plays are rarely performed. He is simultaneously lauded for the grandiosity of his ideas by critics outside this country, and condemned by American critics who claim that these ideas are vague. “The Hairy…
Read MoreNEW PALTZ — On Sunday, January 25 at 7:00 p.m., the College-Youth Symphony, a 70-piece orchestra composed of SUNY New Paltz and area college students as well as high school students from twenty-five schools in the region, will perform at the Julien J. Studley Theatre at 7:00 p.m. The concert…
Read MoreNEW PALTZ — Ruthanne Schempf, pianist and Emily Faxon, violinist will perform the Three Sonatas for Violin and Piano, Opus 30 of Ludwig van Beethoven on Tuesday, January 27 at 8:00 p.m. in McKenna Theatre. Tickets are $5 general, $4 SUNY staff and senior citizens, $3 students….
Read MoreNEW PALTZ — On Wednesday, February 11, 2004, Kevin Zucker will lecture about his work at 7:30 p.m. in Lecture Center 102. The lecture is free and open to the public. Kevin Zucker combines painting with computer drawing to make pictures of interior architectural spaces that reveal themselves as abstract…
Read MoreNEW PALTZ — Agricultural Works, an exhibition of new work by contemporary photographer James Welling, that merges nature, culture and industry of the Hudson River Valley through color photography and music will premiere at the Samuel Dorsky Museum of Art at the State University of New York at New Paltz,…
Read MoreNEW PALTZ — Remaining faithful to his own artistic vision, and defying the popular art movements of his day, Milton Avery forged his own aesthetic path through modernity. Milton Avery: Paintings from the Collection of the Neuberger Museum of Art, will be on exhibit at the Samuel Dorsky Museum of…
Read MoreNEW PALTZ — Planning to hear Dr. Maya Angelou speak on December 3rd? Before you do, stop by the Fine Arts Building at SUNY New Paltz and select a unique and beautiful holiday gift, carefully crafted by emerging artists, for those hard-to-shop-for friends and relatives. The Clay Club’s Holiday Sale…
Read MoreNEW PALTZ — Collegium Musicum, the SUNY New Paltz student ensemble for early music under the direction of Dr. Joel Evans, will present a program of vocal and instrumental music from the Medieval, Renaissance and Baroque eras on Thursday, December 11 at 8:00 p.m.. The concert is presented in the…
Read MoreNEW PALTZ — The Choral Ensembles of SUNY New Paltz will perform a program of music celebrating and bemoaning the season, including Morten Lauridsen’s “Mid-Winter Songs” based upon the poems of Robert Graves, along with works by Dufay, Brahms, Elgar, Purcell and Rutter. The performance, under the direction of Edward…
Read MoreNEW PALTZ — Emerging artists who are candidates for a Master of Fine Arts (M.F.A.) or a Bachelor of Fine Arts (B.F.A.) degree will present their creative thesis projects in two separate shows in The Chandler Gallery of the Samuel Dorsky Museum of Art December 5 – 17, 2003 at…
Read MoreNEW PALTZ — Deborah Willis, Ph.D., Professor of Photography and Imaging Tisch School of the Arts, New York University, will present a lecture for the Art History Association on Tuesday, November 18, 2003 at 7:00 p.m.in the Honor’s Center, College Hall, SUNY New Paltz. The lecture is free and open…
Read MoreNEW PALTZ — The SUNY New Paltz Department of Theatre Arts will present the Pulitzer Prize-winning comedy The Heidi Chronicles, November 13-23 in the college’s Parker Theatre. Written by Wendy Wasserstein, the play comprises a series of interrelated scenes that trace the coming of age of Heidi Holland as she…
Read MoreNEW PALTZ — Join Susan Seligman, principal cellist of the Hudson Valley Philharmonic, and pianist Sylvia Buccelli for an evening of music by Beethoven, Barber, and Popper on November 4 at SUNY New Paltz. Faculty members in the Music Department, Seligman and Buccelli will collaborate in performances of Beethoven…
Read MoreNEW PALTZ — Fulbright scholar and master printer Lynne Allen will give a lecture about her creative work, which is concerned with art and social issues surrounding Native American culture, on November 5th at the State University of New York in New Paltz. Allen combines diverse materials and techniques…
Read MoreNEW PALTZ — Bassist, composer and arranger, John Menegon fronts his own group in a concert of jazz originals featuring renowned saxophonist Dewey Redman, October 21, 2003 at the State University of New York at New Paltz, Julien J. Studley Theatre. The concert begins at 8 p.m. Tickets are available…
Read MoreNEW PALTZ — Alice Neel’s Feminist Portraits, Women Artists, Writers, Activists and Intellectuals, an exhibition organized by the Samuel Dorsky Museum of Art at the State University of New York at New Paltz will open on Wednesday, October 15, 2003 in the West Wing gallery. The exhibition is being held…
Read MoreNEW PALTZ — The SUNY New Paltz Clay Club, an organization composed of Bachelor of Fine Arts and Master of Fine Arts ceramic students is participating in the Empty Bowls Project, a national fundraising effort to help provide food for the hungry. Proceeds from this event will benefit Family of…
Read MoreNEW PALTZ — “The Photographs of James Van Der Zee,” an exhibition of sensitive and moving images documenting the Harlem Renaissance during 1920’s and 1930’s, will open at the Samuel Dorsky Museum of Art at SUNY New Paltz on October 15th. This exhibition is held to commemorate the 100th anniversary…
Read MoreNEW PALTZ — The Institute for Applied Autonomy will present a lecture about their projects and mission at 7:30 p.m. on September 24 at SUNY New Paltz. I.A.A was founded in 1998 as a technological research and development organization dedicated to individual and collective self-determination. Its mission is to study…
Read MoreNEW PALTZ — Nato Thompson, assistant curator at the Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Arts (Mass MoCA) has been invited by the SUNY New Paltz Student Art Alliance to present a lecture at the college on at 7:30 p.m. on October 1 in Lecture Center 102. Mass MoCA, located in North…
Read MoreNEW PALTZ — The Baroque era that encompassed the years of 1600-1750 was an age of opulence. Inspired by the court of Louis XIV of France and driven by the new wealth of the middle classes, the arts flourished in ornate, intricate and grandiose style. On Tuesday, September 30, the…
Read MoreNEW PALTZ — The Department of Theatre Arts at SUNY New Paltz will present a major staging of “The Secret Garden,” an award-winning musical with book and lyrics by Marsha Norman, and music by Lucy Simon. It is based on the classic children’s book by Frances Hodgson Burnett. The production…
Read MoreNEW PALTZ — NEW PALTZ A solo recital featuring Valentina Charlap-Evans, principal violist of the Hudson Valley Philharmonic opens the SUNY New Paltz music concert series on Tuesday, September 16 at 8pm. The concert celebrates the dark, rich sound of the alto voice of the string family. The program…
Read MoreNEW PALTZ — The successful New Paltz Summer Repertory Theatre production of “The Laramie Project” is scheduled for a reurn engagement on August 22-24. The play by Moisés Kaufman and member of Tectonic Theatre Project examines the Matthew Shepard murder. The SUNY New Paltz production was widely praised by…
Read MoreNEW PALTZ — PIANOSUMMER AT NEW PALTZ INSTITUTE-FESTIVAL VLADIMIR FELTSMAN, Artistic Director JULY 12 – AUGUST 1, 2003 Advanced Students from Around the World Work with Renowned Artist/Teachers in Classes, Lecture-Demonstrations, Recitals and Concerts Open to the Public Festival Highlights Include Faculty Gala, Recital with Daniel Pollack and…
Read MoreNEW PALTZ — The recent work of nine Cuban photographers and video artists including Tania Bruguera, Raul Cordero, Carlos Garaicoa, Luis Gomez, Ernesto Leal, Elsa Mora, Rene Pena, Manuel Pina and Sandra Ramos, will be presented at the Samuel Dorsky Museum of Art at SUNY New Paltz, from Saturday, July…
Read MoreNEW PALTZ — New Direction for “Hudson Valley Artists 2003” Dorsky Museum Exhibit Highlights Six Emerging Artists Each summer, the Samuel Dorsky Museum of Art at the State University of New York at New Paltz mounts an exhibition of work by emerging or mid-career Hudson Valley artists. This year,…
Read MoreNEW PALTZ — New Paltz Summer Repertory Theatre takes an unflinching look at the question of tolerance in America with the production of The Laramie Project by Moises Kaufman, which runs in the university’s McKenna Theatre from June 27-July 13, 2003. The story behind this widely hailed play is…
Read MoreNEW PALTZ — “Tartuffe,” the classic French comedy satirizing religion and hypocrisy, was banned when Molière first presented it in 1664. More than 300 years later, the play is as relevant and provocative as ever. For two weekends, April 24-27, and May 1-4, the Department of Theatre Arts at SUNY…
Read MoreNEW PALTZ — Merry Alpern, a photographer who focuses on intimate, sometimes illicit moments in her explorations of the artist as voyeur, will give a slide lecture at SUNY New Paltz on Wednesday, April 23, at 7:30 p.m. in Lecture Center 102. Alpern’s most noted projects involve photographing her…
Read MoreNEW PALTZ — Bolton Coit Brown printmaker, painter, renowned mountaineer and co-founder of the Byrdcliffe art colony in Woodstock was truly a Renaissance man, but he is perhaps best known as an innovator in the field of lithography. The Samuel Dorsky Museum of Art at SUNY New Paltz presents a…
Read MoreNEW PALTZ — A noted scholar of modernism who has enjoyed a long professional association with the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York, Dr. Karl Willers joins the Samuel Dorsky Museum of Art at State University of New York at New Paltz as curator of exhibitions. Willers…
Read MoreNEW PALTZ — NEW PALTZ – Anne Pasternak, who helped create the World Trade Center’s Tribute in Light memorial as part of her ongoing work bringing art into unexpected public spaces, will speak on Wednesday, April 2, in the SUNY New Paltz Lecture Center, Room 102. Pasternak, the executive director…
Read MoreNEW PALTZ — A series of concerts by musicians from the Hudson Valley Philharmonic culminates with the presentation of three distinctly American selections by composers John Cage, John Holland, and Charles Ives on Tuesday, March 25, at 8 p.m. in the Julien J. Studley Theatre at SUNY New Paltz….
Read MoreNEW PALTZ — Maria Phillips, a metalworker who makes wearable sculpture out of silver, plant and animal artifacts, will give a lecture at SUNY New Paltz on Wednesday, March 5, at 7:30 p.m. in Lecture Center 102. Phillips’ talk is sponsored by the Student Art Alliance. Often cited…
Read MoreNEW PALTZ — Margaret H. Johnson, an associate professor of art education at SUNY New Paltz, has co-authored a new book, The Colors of Learning: Integrating the Visual Arts into the Early Childhood Curriculum (Teachers College Press), heralded as an important contribution to current thinking about child development. Based…
Read MoreNEW PALTZ — William B. Rhoads, a professor of art history at the State University of New York at New Paltz, presents a wealth of historic photography and architectural information about New York’s first capital city in Kingston, New York: The Architectural Guide, recently published by Black Dome Press….
Read MoreNEW PALTZ — The first of four concerts given this season at SUNY New Paltz by members of the Hudson Valley Philharmonic focuses on music by French composers performed by violinist Emily Faxon and pianist Ruthanne Schempf. Their poetic but adventuresome repertoire will be offered on Tuesday, February 4, 2003,…
Read MoreNEW PALTZ — Perhaps no other work of modern drama has so clearly crystallized the struggle between duty to family and duty to self as “A Doll House” by Henrik Ibsen. The Department of Theatre Arts at SUNY New Paltz is presenting this groundbreaking classic between Feb. 27 and March…
Read MoreNEW PALTZ — The Samuel Dorsky Museum of Art at SUNY New Paltz presents an exhibition of paintings by Sandow Birk, a California artist who combines classical technique with frank, sometimes brutal imagery. “Incarcerated,” his show of landscapes surrounding maximum security prisons, will run from January 29 through March 15,…
Read MoreNEW PALTZ — David Kareyan, a performance, video and installation artist from Armenia who is in residence at SUNY New Paltz, will discuss his work on Wednesday, November 20, 2002, at 7:30 p.m. in the Lecture Center, Room 100. Kareyan’s talk is part of the Student Art Alliance lecture series….
Read MoreNEW PALTZ — The Symphonic Band, with fifty student and alumni musicians plus several performers from Kingston and Wallkill High Schools, performs five works including an elegy composed in memory of the Columbine High School shootings – in SUNY New Paltz’s Julien J. Studley Theatre on Tuesday, November 19, at…
Read MoreNEW PALTZ — Colette Gaiter, an artist who uses pixilated text, image and sound to raise social questions, will give a lecture on Wednesday, November 13, at 7:30 p.m. in Room 100 of the SUNY New Paltz Lecture Center. Social history is provides much of Gaiter’s computer-art inspiration. In…
Read MoreNEW PALTZ — “How I Learned to Drive,” the Pulitzer Prize-winning play that explores child sexual abuse as a means to understanding the nature of transgression and forgiveness, will be performed at SUNY New Paltz’s Parker Theatre on two weekends, November 14-17 and November 21-24, 2002. This challenging work has…
Read MoreNEW PALTZ — Cave Dogs, an ensemble that mixes storytelling with shadows, improvisation and sound, will transform McKenna Theatre at SUNY New Paltz into the backdrop for a summertime road trip on Saturday, November 23, 2002, at 2:30 and 7:30 p.m. In “Ferrous City,” audiences will experience the kaleidoscopic tour…
Read MoreNEW PALTZ — The Samuel Dorsky Museum of Art at SUNY New Paltz presents a retrospective of important work from two masters in 20th century sculpture and draftsmanship, Raoul Hague and Andrée Ruellan. The Hague exhibition also includes photographs by Robert Frank. That two-month show, “Reaminating Matter: Raoul Hague’s…
Read MoreNEW PALTZ — Kathleen Gilje, an art restorer known for reinterpreting the Old Masters with a sly, contemporary twist, will give a lecture Wednesday, Oct. 2, at 7:30 p.m. in Lecture Center Room 100 at SUNY New Paltz. Gilje’s talk, which is free and open to the public, is part…
Read MoreNEW PALTZ — Heralded by The New York Times as a “pianist from music’s leading edge,” Marilyn Nonken will give a concert of works by contemporary composers at SUNY New Paltz’s Julien J. Studley Theater on Tuesday, Oct. 8, 2002, at 8 p.m. The pianist has made a name…
Read MoreNEW PALTZ — NEW PALTZ “Guys and Dolls,” among the best loved musical comedies of all time, will turn McKenna Theatre at SUNY New Paltz into a fantasy of 1940s New York. Here, dreamy chorus girls chase flashy gamblers and love and marriage hinge on a roll of the dice….
Read MoreNEW PALTZ — The Innisfree Piano Trio, comprised of musicians from the faculty at SUNY New Paltz, will perform the music of Henry Martin in a concert on Tuesday, September 24, at 8 p.m. in the college’s Julien J. Studley Theater. Martin’s music combines rhythmic jazz – blues, rags, fox…
Read MoreNEW PALTZ — Members of the Music Department faculty at SUNY New Paltz will perform a Faculty Sampler concert featuring a broad spectrum of works, from classical to contemporary. The concert is Tuesday, Sept. 17, at 8 p.m. in the college’s Julien J. Studley Theater. The 13 musicians and…
Read MoreNEW PALTZ — Jeweler and metalsmith Sally Marsland will discuss her work as part of an artist lecture series sponsored by the Student Art Association at SUNY New Paltz. Marsland’s talk, which is free and open to the public, is Wednesday, Sept. 18, 2002, at 7:30 p.m, in the college’s…
Read MoreNEW PALTZ — Ellen K. Levy and Philip Galanter have organized COMPLEXITY, the first major fine art museum exhibition featuring artists’ explorations of complex systems and emergence. COMPLEXITY will take place at the Samuel Dorsky Museum of Art at SUNY New Paltz from September 14 through November 24, 2002….
Read MoreNEW PALTZ — NEW PALTZ – New Paltz Summer Repertory Theatre ends its 28th season with the musical revue THE WORLD GOES ‘ROUND, featuring the music of John Kander and lyrics of Fred Ebb. It is performed outdoors, on the banks of the college pond, beginning July 18 and running…
Read MoreNEW PALTZ — NEW PALTZ – In conjunction with the issuance of a United States Postal Service stamp series titled “Masters of American Photography,” the Samuel Dorsky Museum of Art, SUNY New Paltz, presents the exhibition W. EUGENE SMITH: SELECTIONS FROM CLASSIC PHOTOGRAPHIC ESSAYS. Smith’s photograph “Frontline Soldier with Canteen”…
Read MoreNEW PALTZ — New Paltz, NY- Now in its 28th season at SUNY New Paltz, New Paltz Summer Repertory Theatre has chosen three plays that examine art, artists, and the artistic process. Though this subject could sound somewhat impenetrable and contrary to traditional summer fare, the interesting collection of plays…
Read MoreNEW PALTZ — (NEW PALTZ) – PianoSummer at New Paltz International Festival and Institute, held July 8 – August 2 at the State University of New York at New Paltz announces its schedule of events for 2002. Founded by Artistic Director Vladimir Feltsman in 1995, PianoSummer at New Paltz…
Read MoreNEW PALTZ — On Tuesday, May 7, 2002, the choruses of SUNY New Paltz, under the direction of Dr. Edward Lundergan perform a concert of selected choruses and excerpts that represent the broad history of opera, and highlight its various musical styles. The concert begins at 8:00 PM in McKenna…
Read MoreNEW PALTZ — The Department of Theatre Arts at SUNY New Paltz presents Fresh Dance, a concert of original choreography in a variety of dance styles including Irish, jazz, ballet, hip hop, Latin, salsa, samba, and tap. Fresh Dance is performed Friday and Saturday, May 3 and 4 at 8:00…
Read MoreNEW PALTZ — On Sunday, May 5, 2002, the College-Youth Symphony of the Hudson Valley (CYS), directed by Dr. Carole Cowan, will celebrate Children’s Day 2002 by performing a concert of music involving and honoring the young people in our community. The concert begins at 3:00 PM in the Julien…
Read MoreNEW PALTZ — On Wednesday, May 1, 2002, Jim Jarmusch-award-winning director of films including Ghost Dog, Dead Man, and Night on Earth-will present a lecture at SUNY New Paltz in Lecture Center room 100 at 7:30 PM. The public is welcome to attend and the event is free. Jarmusch…
Read MoreNEW PALTZ — Come experience the exciting and energetic Student Jazz Ensembles. Students of the Jazz Studies Program at SUNY New Paltz jam, groove, and bebop on the stage of the Julien J. Studley Theatre for two concerts: Thursday, April 25 and Tuesday, April 30. Both concerts begin at 8:00…
Read MoreNEW PALTZ — On Wednesday, April 24, 2002, Senior Curator of The Bronx Museum of the Arts, Marysol Nieves, presents a slide-lecture titled Artists, Communities, and Museums: The Bronx Museum and Its Permanent Collection, A Case Study. The event begins at 7:30 PM in Lecture Center room 102 on the…
Read MoreNEW PALTZ — The combined choral ensembles of SUNY New Paltz, under the direction of Dr. Edward Lundergan, present a Spring Choral Concert on Tuesday, April 16, 2002 at 8:00 PM in McKenna Theatre. Tickets are available at the door at the following prices: $5 adults, $4 seniors and faculty/staff,…
Read MoreNEW PALTZ — The SUNY New Paltz Symphonic Band under the direction of Dr. William McCann will present a concert of music for wind ensemble on Tuesday, April 23, 2002 at Julien J. Studley Theatre on the New Paltz campus. Erik Metsger, a performance major at SUNY New Paltz who…
Read MoreNEW PALTZ — Desperately clinging to a disintegrating illusion of gentility, Blanche DuBois, the central character in Tennessee Williams’ great American tragedy A Streetcar Named Desire, is drawn into a torrid conflict between lofty fantasy and base reality. The Department of Theatre Arts at SUNY New Paltz revives the Pulitzer…
Read MoreNEW PALTZ — On Wednesday, April 10, 2001, Boston-based artist Laylah Ali visits SUNY New Paltz to deliver a slide lecture and discussion of her work. The event takes place in Lecture Center room 102 at 7:30 PM and is free and open to all. Ali’s gouache-on-paper paintings have…
Read MoreNEW PALTZ — An exhibition depicting the life of the Viennese-born Frankfurt opera singer Leonore Schwarz Neumaier, who was a victim of the Nazi Holocaust, will open Saturday, April 6, 2002 at the Samuel Dorsky Museum of Art, State University of New York at New Paltz. Entitled “Leonore Schwarz Neumaier-A…
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“Laurel Massé…should be heard by anyone who loves and values the sheer joy of musical creativity. To put it simply: Don’t miss this one.”
–Don Heckman, Los Angeles Times “She has a marvelous sense of style…dazzling.”
–John S. Wilson, New York Times
On Tuesday, April…
Read MoreNEW PALTZ — The Art Lecture Series at SUNY New Paltz has invited Rico Gatson to present a lecture about his work on Wednesday, March 13, 2002. Mr. Gatson uses multiple disciplines to explore issues of race, racism, and their presence in popular culture. His presentation begins at 7:30pm in…
Read MoreNEW PALTZ — The Faculty Jazz Concert is a long-standing tradition at SUNY New Paltz, and one that always attracts a crowd. On Tuesday, March 5, 2002 the Department of Music presents the Faculty Jazz Concert in the Julien J. Studley Theatre at 8:00 PM. Tickets go on sale at…
Read MoreNEW PALTZ — Recent works by contemporary artist Lesley Dill comprise a new exhibition organized by the Samuel Dorsky Museum of Art at the State University of New York at New Paltz. Lesley Dill: A Ten Year Survey opens on Saturday, March 9, 2002 and will remain on exhibit through…
Read MoreNEW PALTZ — In commemoration of author John Steinbeck’s 100th birthday on February 27, 2002, the Department of Theatre Arts at SUNY New Paltz presents the stage version of Steinbeck’s epic novel The Grapes of Wrath. The play is a Tony Award winning adaptation by Frank Galati. It runs February…
Read MoreNEW PALTZ — On Tuesday, February 26, 2002, SUNY New Paltz Music faculty member Gregory Dinger performs at the Julien J. Studley Theatre. The concert begins at 8:00 PM, and tickets may be purchased at the door after 7:00 PM for $5 adults, $4 seniors and faculty/staff, and $3 students….
Read MoreNEW PALTZ — The Department of Theatre Arts at SUNY New Paltz presents Creditors by August Strindberg. Performances are scheduled on February 8 and 9 at 8pm, and February 10 at 2pm. It is presented in Parker Theatre. Tickets are $12 adults and $10 senior citizens. August Strindberg, the…
Read MoreNEW PALTZ — On Tuesday, February 5, at 8:00 PM, the Department of Music at SUNY New Paltz welcomes the musical trio Innisfree to the stage of the Julien J. Studley Theatre. Tickets to the concert are available for purchase at the theatre at 7:00 PM. In keeping with…
Read MoreNEW PALTZ — After classes at SUNY New Paltz begin, the Student Art Alliance commences its 2002 Art Lecture Series with a talk by Cuban-born installation artist Ernesto Pujol. Pujol’s lecture begins at 7:30 PM in Lecture Center room 102 on Wednesday, January 30, 2002. The event is free and…
Read MoreNEW PALTZ — NEW PALTZ – The faculty of the Art Department at SUNY New Paltz are featured in an exhibition at the new Samuel Dorsky Museum of Art. Faculty Art includes works from all disciplines in the Department of Art at SUNY New Paltz. Viewers will be exposed to…
Read MoreNEW PALTZ — On January 30, 2002, the Samuel Dorsky Museum of Art (SDMA) reopens after the winter holiday with an exhibition titled Markers in Contemporary Metal. Markers addresses the intellectual and aesthetic influences that formal education has had on the art and craft of metalsmithing. Curators Jamie Bennett and…
Read MoreNEW PALTZ — On Tuesday, December 4, the Symphonic Band of SUNY New Paltz, directed by Dr. William McCann, presents its annual fall concert at the Julien J. Studley Theatre. The concert begins at 8:00 PM. Tickets are available at the door one hour prior to the concert for $5…
Read MoreNEW PALTZ — On Sunday, December 9, at 3:00 PM, the College/Youth Symphony of the Hudson Valley, under the baton of Dr. Carole Cowan, presents a concert that includes works by Bach, Dvorák, and Rimsky-Korsakov. The Concert Choir and College-Community Chorale, led by Dr. Edward Lundergan, accompany the Symphony in…
Read MoreNEW PALTZ — Come experience the exciting and energetic Student Jazz Ensembles. Students of the Jazz Studies Program at SUNY New Paltz jam, groove, and bebop on the stage of the Julien J. Studley Theatre for two concerts: Thursday, November 29 and Thursday, December 6. Both concerts begin at 8:00…
Read MoreNEW PALTZ — The combined choral ensembles of SUNY New Paltz, under the direction of Dr. Edward Lundergan, present a Fall Choral Concert on Tuesday, November 27, 2001 at 8:00 PM in the Julien J. Studley Theatre. Tickets are available at the door at the following prices: $5 adults, $4…
Read MoreNEW PALTZ — Two thesis exhibitions by graduating students in the Department of Art appear in the galleries of the Samuel Dorsky Museum of Art at SUNY New Paltz in December. Thesis exhibitions are presented bi-annually and represent the culmination of a focused study within a particular medium. Artists will…
Read MoreNEW PALTZ — The Student Art Alliance of SUNY New Paltz welcomes sculptor and installation artist Jonathan Bonner for a slide lecture on Wednesday, November 28, 2001. This free lecture begins at 7:30 PM in Lecture Center room 112 and is open to the public. Jonathan Bonner’s work elegantly…
Read MoreNEW PALTZ — On Tuesday, November 6, 2001, the Department of Music at SUNY New Paltz welcomes James Nyoraku Schlefer, master of the Japanese bamboo flute known as the shakuhachi. Schefler will perform a concert of traditional Japanese music at 8:00 PM at McKenna Theatre. Tickets are available at the…
Read MoreNEW PALTZ — The School of Fine & Performing Arts at SUNY New Paltz is pleased to announce that Mr. Christopher J. Wills of Whittier, California is the winner of the 2001 Kenneth Davenport National Competition for Orchestral Works. Wills will receive a $5,000 prize, serve as Composer-in-Residence in the…
Read MoreNEW PALTZ — On Thursday, November 7, 2001, the Art History Association at SUNY New Paltz welcomes guest speakers Linda Ferber, Franklin Kelly, Don Nice and William Rhodes for an insightful discussion on American Landscape Painting, moderated by John Driscoll, Director of Babcock Galleries, New York. The symposium is held…
Read MoreNEW PALTZ — On Thursday, November 1, 2001 the Art History Association at SUNY New Paltz welcomes art historian Hans J. Van Miegroet of Duke University. Professor Miegroet will give a lecture titled “International Art Merchants: Trading Visual Culture from the Netherlands to France, Spain and the Americas.” The event…
Read MoreNEW PALTZ — Known for works that comprise hundreds of sculptural forms that suggest hybrid insects, invertebrates, or microscopic organisms, installation artist Sadashi Inuzuka presents a slide lecture at SUNY New Paltz on Wednesday, October 31, 2001. The talk begins at 7:30 PM in Lecture Center room 112 and is…
Read MoreNEW PALTZ — England sits on the verge of civil war as William Shakespeare’s Henry IV begins, but it is the lives of those caught up in the conflict-and not the politics-that take center stage in the upcoming SUNY New Paltz production of Henry IV. Invested with liberal doses of…
Read MoreNEW PALTZ — Three exhibitions highlighting historic and contemporary art of special significance to the Hudson River Valley and Catskill regions will greet visitors at the dedication and grand opening celebration of the Samuel Dorsky Museum of Art at SUNY New Paltz on Saturday, Oct. 20. The exhibitions specifically address…
Read MoreNEW PALTZ — The Art History Association at SUNY New Paltz will host a lecture titled “Early Buddhist Art in China: The Problem of Influence” on Thursday, October 18, 2001. Stanley Abe, Associate Professor of Chinese Art and Art History at Duke University is guest lecturer. Abe specializes in pre-Tang…
Read MoreNEW PALTZ — On Tuesday, October 16, 2001 faculty members at the Music Department at SUNY New Paltz welcome the college and surrounding community to an evening of musical performance highlighting the various styles and genres represented in the department. The concert is held in the McKenna Theatre at 8:00…
Read MoreNEW PALTZ — Selected drawings and performances on video by Robert Morris, an influential figure in contemporary art and art criticism, comprise a new exhibition at the Samuel Dorsky Museum of Art opening Saturday, October 6, 2001. This show is the first in a newly established annual series that features…
Read MoreNEW PALTZ — The Art Lecture Series at SUNY New Paltz announces that the lecture with artist Jana Sterbak scheduled for Wednesday, October 10, 2001 has been postponed until the spring semester. No replacement lecture has been planned so that students and community members may attend the lecture by sculptor…
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