Exhibition Information

Celebrating Local NYSCA/NYFA Fellowship Recipients
March 5 - April 13

Dusty Herbig
NYSCA/NYFA Artist Fellow in Printmaking/Drawing/Artist’s Book ‘11

Dusty Herbig’s current research seeks to expose contradictions regarding power/energy. His multimedia installations and prints echo issues regarding origins of power (sun, fossil fuels, votes…) and laws humans break in order to obtain power. Herbig does not shy away from complicated topics such as war, surveillance, global warming or occupation. The work pursues a dialog about what exactly power means in context of the global culture. Herbig teaches lithography, intaglio, serigraphy, relief, and all levels of advanced and graduate courses at Syracuse University’s College of Visual and Performing Arts. Herbig exhibits nationally, participating in juried exhibitions in all corners of the U.S., including Miami, Los Angeles, Chicago, Portland, San Francisco, New York City, and internationally, including exhibitions in Japan, Canada, China, Argentina, Spain, Pakistan, Taiwan, Brazil, Germany, South Korea, and Poland. His socially provocative work is in the permanent collections of many institutions, including the Minneapolis Institute of the Arts; KUMU; the Art Museum of Estonia; Spencer Museum of Art in Lawrence, Kansas; the Hunterdon Museum of Art, Hunterdon, New Jersey; the Kala Art Institute in Berkeley, California; and Robert Blackburn Printmaking Workshop, New York City, among others.

Peter Beasecker
NYSCA/NYFA Artist Fellow in Craft/Sculpture ‘14

Peter Beasecker’s recent work has concentrated on “carriers,” dark stoneware vessels holding numerous porcelain cups or bowls. He also continues his porcelain work making simple plates, bowls, and vases. He has been recognized for many years as a maker of quiet, elegant porcelain pots reflecting a studied and haptic sensibility. Beasecker is a Professor of Art teaching ceramics and graduate studies at Syracuse University’s College of Visual and Performing Arts.  He has received numerous awards and distinctions in his career. His work is exhibited extensively in national and international venues, and his objects are included in the collections of the Renwick Gallery of the Smithsonian Institution, The Minneapolis Institute of Art, and the Mint Museum in North Carolina.  Beasecker has been a visiting artist and workshop leader at over sixty institutions, including Anderson Ranch, Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, and the Penland School of Crafts.  He has been the co-coordinator of the Utilitarian Clay Symposium at Arrowmont since 1996.  He currently maintains a studio in Cazenovia, New York.

Sharif Bey
NYSCA/NYFA Artist Fellow in Crafts/Sculpture ‘17

Sharif Bey has a particular interest and scholarship in African-American art history, art education of former communist Europe, and contemporary crafts. He has conducted numerous lectures, workshops, and presentations and exhibits widely in the United States and internationally. His studio work ranges from decorative/functional pottery to conceptual ceramic works that are influenced by ritual and African-American identity. Bey is a dual associate professor in art education and teaching and leadership in the College of Visual and Performing Arts and Syracuse University’s School of Education. He is additionally a studio artist who maintains an active exhibition record. He earned a Ph.D. in art education from the Pennsylvania State University. He holds an M.F.A in studio art from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro and a B.F.A. in ceramics from Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania.

Currently Bey serves as the associate editor of the Journal of Social Theory in Art Education and is on the editorial review board of Studies in Art Education and The Journal of Cultural Research in Art Education.

In recent years Bey has been an artist in residence at the McColl Center for Visual Art in Charlotte, Hunter College in New York City, and the Vermont Studio Center. He is the 2008 recipient of the Regional Artists Grant from the Winston Salem Arts Council for his studio-based research on ancient Egyptian adornment and material culture in Cairo.

Office Information

Dowd Fine Arts Center, Room 106,
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