Members of the Student Art League, Graphic Design Club and Darkroom Club at Hudson Valley Community College are working together to present “How We Get Here,” an exhibition featuring work in all media that is on view in The Teaching Gallery through March 1. An opening reception, postponed a week due to inclement weather, will 4 to 6 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 13 in the gallery on the ground floor of the Administration building.
For “How We Get Here,” club members were invited to explore and document their daily commute to HVCC, capturing the experiences, emotions and routines that define travel to and from school, according to Professor Tara Fracalossi, director of The Teaching Gallery. The Student Art League and Darkroom Club members will exhibit personal works ranging from poetry to video, drawing, painting, photography and other media, while Graphic Design Club members have undertaken a reinterpretation of the ground-breaking and popular Volkswagen Beetle ad campaign of the 1960s. The students’ ads aim to retain the wit and simplicity that made the original ads memorable.
Teaching Gallery hours through March 1 are 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Tuesday, Thursday and Friday, 1-7 p.m. Wednesday and noon-4 p.m. Saturday. The opening reception and regular gallery hours are free to all. Please visit www.hvcc.edu/teachinggallery for more information.
Student Art League (SAL) members A.J. Robert and Sara-Anne Blackwell are co-coordinators of the exhibit. Officers are Mathias Mojallali and Perci Denley, co-presidents; Iris Robert, secretary; Meredith Bingham, treasurer. Graphic Design Club officers are Aujai Tomlinson, president; Summer Brookover, vice president; Aries Raphael, secretary; Jeanine Mahony and Erin Sweeney, co-treasurers. Darkroom Club officers are Ava DelVecchio, president; Estelle Ayotte, vice president; Anthony G. Burt, treasurer; Marlowe Cilia, secretary. Faculty advisors are Assistant Professor Justin Baker (Darkroom Club), Assistant Professor Jason Kates Van Staveren (Graphic Design Club) and Professors Thomas Lail and Fracalossi (Student Art League).
Exhibits in The Teaching Gallery receive support from the Department of Fine Arts, Theatre Arts and Digital Media and the Cultural Affairs Program. Receptions are funded by the Steven L. Hyatt Fund as administered by the HVCC Foundation.