Art and Art History News

UAlbany graduate Sydney Pennington ’23 has combined her backgrounds in computer science, art history and mathematics to pursue creative and technology-focused roles in museums, nonprofits and the arts.

The spring semester season finale of The Short Version podcasts features Danny Goodwin, professor and chair of the Department of Art and Art History, exploring our foolhardy pursuit of truth from images "that can only lie" — and why it's wrong to blame photography for the ways humans deceive themselves with technology.

Showcase 2026 included more than 1,700 presentations from over 2,600 students, supported by more than 400 faculty advisors.

This year, one Showcase project invites us to look closer at paintings, close enough to glimpse a hidden, living world beneath the surface.

When a crucible glowing bright red rises from the chamber, its contents swirling like liquid fire, Roger Bisbing, UAlbany's instructional support technician in sculpture, steps into position with the steady authority of a master blacksmith, guiding the pour with smooth, practiced precision.

UAlbany student Joel Olzak's work, along with that of other graduating MFA students, will be on display during Showcase 2026, the University at Albany’s annual celebration of student research, scholarship and creative activity.

UAlbany students in the Film Studies minor received a rare hands-on look at the history of American cinema — not through a textbook but through original scripts, production files and censorship records housed in the New York State Archives.

Associate Professor, Adam Frelin, was acknowledged for his 2017 Breathing Lights campus banner for this year's University at Albany's President's Award for Exemplary Public Engagement.