(MAHWAH, NJ) -- The Visual Arts Senior Thesis Exhibition Telos goes on view Wednesday, April 26, in the Berrie Center Kresge and Pascal Galleries on the campus of Ramapo College. The exhibition is open to the public. This dynamic exhibition showcases the creative talents of 25 graduating Visual Arts seniors, and features artwork in a wide-range of media including animation, drawing, painting, photography, sculpture, installation, and performance.
Associate Professors Ann LePore and Jackie Skrzynski are the faculty curators.
Featured artists include: Emily Abreu, Josie Ajello, Kaitlin Balasaygun, Isabella Cannao, Kira Constantine, Alejandra Esquivias, Jenna Genocchio, Shugar Hall, Jennifer Holland, Christine Huysers, Andrew LaMonica, Erika Larsen, Rachel Liptak, Veronica Miller, Trent Montgomery, Bridget Nichols, Dominic Notoris, Danielle Opitz, Armand Partis, Chantel Pridgen, Cecily Santana, Blake Taylor, Grace Velarde, Erin Ward, Megan Woods.
There will be an opening reception on April 26 from 5:00pm-7:00pm.
The Kresge Foundation Gallery and the Andre Z. Pascal Gallery are in the Angelica and Russ Berrie Center for Performing and Visual Arts. The Kresge and Pascal Galleries are postmodern facilities designed by the firm of Hardy, Holtzman, and Pfeiffer. Since opening the building in 1999, the Galleries have hosted an intriguing contemporary exhibition schedule. Renowned artists shown in the gallery include Sally Mann, Henry Darger, Cindy Sherman, Alighiero Boetti, Duane Michaels, Tony Oursler, Miguel Calderon, Aziz & Cucher, Cathy de Monchaux, Willie Birch, Ant Farm, Ernesto Pujol, Radcliffe Bailey, Marco Brambilla, Mona Hatoum, Howard Finster, Luis Cruz Azaceta, Sophie Calle, Kara Walker, Chris Verene, and Catherine Opie.
Angelica and Russ Berrie provided the lead gift in a campaign that raised funds from corporations and individuals, College employees and alumni, state and federal government, and private foundations. Toward the end of the campaign a challenge grant of $475,000 from the Kresge Foundation assisted the College in raising the balance required to complete the project. The Pascal Gallery was funded by Gregory Z. Bukstein, a beloved and generous benefactor of the College, in memory of his twin brother. Their book, Survival: The Story of Two Brothers, recounts the story of the Bukstein brothers’ early childhood in Poland, exile to Siberia, survival during the Holocaust, life as refugees and pioneers in the then newly-created state of Israel and their eventual emigration to the United States.
Special hours for the exhibition are:
Wednesday, April 26: 5:00pm-7:00pm (Opening Reception)
Thursday, April 27: 1:00pm-7:00pm
Friday, April 28: 1:00pm-5:00pm
Saturday, April 29: 1:00pm-6:00pm
Sunday, April 30: 1:00pm-4:00pm
Monday, May 1: 1:00pm-5:00pm
Tuesday, May 2: 1:00pm-5:00pm
Wednesday, May 3: 1:00pm-7:00pm
Thursday, May 4: 1:00pm-7:00pm
Friday, May 5: 1:00pm-5:00pm
Sunday, May 7: 1:00pm-4:00pm
Monday, May 8: 1:00pm-5:00pm
Tuesday, May 9: 1:00pm-5:00pm
Wednesday, May 10: 11:00am– 6:30pm
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