Department News
Assistant Professor of Sculpture Gracelee Lawrence opens one-person exhibition at Heroes Gallery in NYC
Thursday, September 8th thu October 22nd
Sculpture Professor Gracelee Lawrence to have Postmasters Gallery Exhibition in June
Assistant Professor of Sculpture Gracelee Lawrence will have a one-person exhibition titled Heat Sync at the distinguished Postmasters Gallery in New York City, June 10-July 23, 2022.
Double Degree Art and Art History BA '22 Iszzy Hernandez Takes Position at Museum of Modern Art
Iszzy Hernandez '22, who recently earned a double BA degree in Art and Art History, has taken a position at the Museum of Modern Art as the Assistant to the Deputy Director in the Learning and Audience Engagement Department.
Nearing 80, with a New PhD, She Looks Fondly upon Her UAlbany History
Joan Fiori Blanchfield "likes learning," enough to happily labor 18 years to get her doctorate in History, less than two weeks shy of her 80th birthday.
Art History Honors Student Wins Chancellor's Award for Student Excellence
Kayleigh Ross, an Honors Art History major graduating in May 2022 and bound for Albany Medical College in the Fall, has received the Chancellor's Award for Excellence. Kayleigh also recently presented a paper combining her academic interests at the national New Paltz Student Symposium: "A Case Study: The Development of Obstetrics in Eighteenth-Century Northern Europe Through Printed Medical Illustrations."
Boor Sculpture Studio Celebrating 20 Years
Created with generous funding from Terri Boor, UAlbany's creative and fabrication space continues to inspire the next generation of artists.
MFA '18 Alumni Darian Longmire Awarded Two Prestigious Artist Residencies
UAlbany MFA '18 alumni Darian Longmire was awarded two prestigious artist residencies: the International Studio Curatorial Program (2022), and the Elizabeth Murray Artist residency (2021).
Professor Emerita Rachel Dressler Honored in Different Visions Journal
The Different Visions issue, Visualizing Gender and Sexuality in the Middle Ages, celebrated the work of Art and Art History Professor Emerita Rachel Dressler. Different Visions is an open-access journal devoted to progressive scholarship on medieval art.