NYSCA/NYFA Arts Exhibit Coming to Cortland

03/05/2018 

The work of more than 20 of New York state’s most outstanding artists will be displayed at SUNY Cortland’s Dowd Fine Arts Gallery for more than a month starting on Monday, March 5.

The traveling exhibition, “Artists as Innovators: Celebrating Three Decades of New York State Council on the Arts/New York Foundation for the Arts Fellowships,” will be shown at the gallery in the Dowd Fine Arts Center through April 13.

Racism, gender inequality, sexual orientation, immigration, globalization and other provocative topics are explored by the featured works.  A series of presentations and workshops by notable Central New York artists are planned as part of the exhibit.

All events are free and open to the public. Regular gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday.

An opening reception will take place from 4 to 6 p.m. on Thursday, March 8.

The NYSCA/NYFA Artist Fellowship Program has supported more than 4,000 artists over the last 30 years in various fields such as visual arts, literature and the performing arts. Curated by Judith K. Brodsky and David C. Terry, with assistance from Madeline Scholl, the exhibition features work by more than 20 NYSCA/NYFA Artist Fellows who have gone on to record significant achievements in their artistic careers.

The participating NYSCA/NYFA Artist Fellows are: Elia Alba, Ida Applebroog, Dawoud Bey, Sanford Biggers, Ross Blecker, Wendell Castle, Tara Donovan, Carroll Dunham, Chitra Ganesh, The Guerrilla Girls, Barbara Kruger, Christian Marclay, Marilyn Minter, Lori Nix, Tony Oursler, Faith Ringgold, Martha Rosler, Dread Scott, Andres Serrano, Shinique Smith, Carmelita Tropicana and Fred Wilson.

As part of the exhibition tour, artists from Central New York will present complimentary programming, including NYSCA/NYFA Artist Fellows Peter Beasecker, Sharif Bey, Ariana Gerstein, Dusty Herbig and Monteith McCollum in the Hallway Gallery and the Critique Space.

Beasecker, professor of studio arts at Syracuse University, will host a master workshop, “Generating an Idea,” from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Wednesday, March 28.

Gerstein, associate professor of cinema at Binghamton University, and McCollum, assistant professor of cinema at Binghamton University, will present “Performance (Performance with Performance for Perfection)” and hold a question-and-answer session at 5 p.m. on Tuesday, April 3.

Herbig, associate professor of art at Syracuse University, will begin an artist talk at 5 p.m. on Thursday, April 5, and Bey, associate professor of art education at Syracuse University, will give an artist talk at 5 p.m. on Tuesday, April 10.

A concurrent film series will screen selections in Sperry Center, Room 104.

“At Sea,” directed by Peter B. Hutton, will be shown from 6 to 7 p.m. on Tuesday, March 20.

Barbara Kopple’s “Harlan County” will be screened from 6 to 7:30 p.m. on Thursday, March 29.

“Nobody's Business,” directed by Alan Berliner, shows from 6 to 7 p.m. on Wednesday, April 4.

Raplh Arlyck's “Following Sean” will be screened from 6 to 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday, April 11.

The exhibit, previously shown at SUNY New Paltz’s Dorsky Museum, in the future will travel to Alfred University and SUNY Fredonia.