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The World As We Know It: Maps And Atlases From Special Collections, Archives And Special Collections, Luke Meagher Feb 2022

The World As We Know It: Maps And Atlases From Special Collections, Archives And Special Collections, Luke Meagher

Library Exhibits

Selections of maps and atlases from Sandor Teszler Library’s Special Collections are presented in this exhibit to show how, over time, cartographers have represented the world as we know it.


Between The Bars, Unique Shaw-Smith Dr, Eliese Maxwell, Victoria Otero, Catherine Trujillo, Habib Placencia Adissi Oct 2018

Between The Bars, Unique Shaw-Smith Dr, Eliese Maxwell, Victoria Otero, Catherine Trujillo, Habib Placencia Adissi

Creative Works

“Between the Bars” is a senior project exhibition, in collaboration with Cal Poly Sociology Professor Dr. Unique Shaw-Smith. Featuring artwork produced by incarcerated artists, the goal is to undo negative stereotypes and to empower the rehabilitation of incarcerated artists individually and collectively through art.The exhibit demonstrates that rehabilitation does occur in prison and emphasizes that art has the power to transcend all social differences and divisions. The exhibit features more than 60 works in diverse mediums including sculpture, painting, and poetry by 34 incarcerated artists from California Men’s Colony.

This catalog represents the onsite exhibit of the same name, which …


Mdocs Poster-2017-09-29, Ventana A Mi Comunidad, Jesse Wakeman, Jordana Dym Sep 2017

Mdocs Poster-2017-09-29, Ventana A Mi Comunidad, Jesse Wakeman, Jordana Dym

MDOCS Publications

Eleuterio Martinez Ramirez: Doc Photo Exhibit

October 24, 2017

During the summer, dozens of Skidmore students undertake internships and other opportunities to advance their academic and other interests off campus. In summer 2017, the Megan McAdams-Roldán '08 award for International Community Service, which encourages students to recognize "the value of participating in a summer community service project abroad, " went for the first time to fund a homecoming 'abroad.' Eleuterio Martínez Ramírez applied for and was awarded funds to return to his home community in Mexico to begin to share the skills he had developed in Saratoga Springs as a …


Mdocs Publication-2017-08-31, Exhibit Spotlights Mass Incaceration, Indiana Nash Aug 2017

Mdocs Publication-2017-08-31, Exhibit Spotlights Mass Incaceration, Indiana Nash

MDOCS Publications

"Exhibit spotlights mass incarceration"

The Daily Gazette

August 31, 2017

Author: Indiana Nash


Mdocs Poster-2016-12-13, Student Showcase, Jordana Dym, Jesse Wakeman Dec 2016

Mdocs Poster-2016-12-13, Student Showcase, Jordana Dym, Jesse Wakeman

MDOCS Publications

MDOCS Student Work Showcases

Tue, December 13 @ 6-8pm, Davis: Act I

Wed, December 14 @ 6-8pm, Davis: Act II

Check out what the students in DS courses have been up to this semester. For two nights, an array of video, audio, and multimedia work will be presented in Emerson auditorium.

Event organized by students in DS 251B: Festival Programming Followed by a reception with light snacks and refreshments.


Mdocs Tri-Fold-2015-11-12, Exhibit: Sixty Years Young, Jordana Dym Nov 2015

Mdocs Tri-Fold-2015-11-12, Exhibit: Sixty Years Young, Jordana Dym

MDOCS Publications

On November 12, 2015, the Adult and Senior Center of Saratoga celebrated its 60th anniversary with a gala. MDOCS Students Eli Ruben, 17, Phoebe Radcliffe, 17, Rebecca Walker, 18, Natasha Thaler, 18 and Tracey Wingate 18 prepared a video and exhibition, Sixty Years Young, for the event. This brochure offers a brief overview of the Center's history, drawn from its archives.


Mdocs Poster-2015-11-11, Sixty Years Young, Michael Zhou Nov 2015

Mdocs Poster-2015-11-11, Sixty Years Young, Michael Zhou

MDOCS Publications

In support of the 60th anniversary of the Adult and Senior Center of Saratoga, Skidmore students prepared a video and exhibition, Sixty Years Young, drawing on the Center's archives and interviews, documenting its past, present and hopes for the future.


Mdocs Poster-2015-11-04, Bill Daniel: Tri-X-Noise, Zhiyu (Michael) Zhou, Sophia Baraschi-Ehrlich Nov 2015

Mdocs Poster-2015-11-04, Bill Daniel: Tri-X-Noise, Zhiyu (Michael) Zhou, Sophia Baraschi-Ehrlich

MDOCS Publications

Event details:

5:30-7pm: DIY Touring & Exhibition Strategies for Visual and Media Artists

Description: Artist Bill Daniel has been touring with bands, film shows, installations and pop-up photo shows for 30 years. In this discussion/workshop, he draws a parallel between DIY music networks and the potential for artists in other disciplines to reach non-traditional art audiences in cities and towns across the US. The logistics of booking and producing road shows will be discussed, as well as designing and developing visual and media-based events that can travel and set up easily. DIY attributes if self-reliance, mutual support and working out …


Mdocs Poster-2015-11-03, Bill Daniel- General Poster, Zhiyu (Michael) Zhou, Sophia Baraschi-Ehrlich Nov 2015

Mdocs Poster-2015-11-03, Bill Daniel- General Poster, Zhiyu (Michael) Zhou, Sophia Baraschi-Ehrlich

MDOCS Publications

Bill Daniel, artist, photographer, documentary and Guggenheim Fellow (2008) visited MDOCS on November 3-4, 2015. A multi-disciplinary activist and self-described hobo filmmaker and phototramp, Daniel offers reporting from the margins in a film screening and pop-up exhibit, and lessons on how to build your own vision and opportunities with a workshop on DIY Touring & Exhibition Strategies for Visual and Media Artists.

Event details:

11/3 @ 7pm: Film Screening: Who is Bozo Texino?

11/4 @ 5:30-7pm: Discussion/Workshop: DIY Touring & Exhibition Strategies for Visual and Media Artists

11/4 @ 7-10pm: Pop-Up Photography Exhibit & Concert: TRI-X NOISE, with Zine Exhibition …


Mdocs Publication-2015-04-12, History Museum To Open Exhibit, Lauren Mineau Apr 2015

Mdocs Publication-2015-04-12, History Museum To Open Exhibit, Lauren Mineau

MDOCS Publications

"History Museum to open exhibit featuring maps dating back 250 years"

The Saratogian

April 12, 2015

Author: Lauren Mineau


Northern Exposure Xix Exhibition, Steven E. Hughes Aug 2013

Northern Exposure Xix Exhibition, Steven E. Hughes

Steven E Hughes

“Bases Loaded,” an acrylic painting, was accepted into William Bonifas Fine Arts Center’s annual regional exhibition, Northern Exposure XIX, from November 8–December 20, 2012.


3rd Annual Great Lakes Small Works Exhibit, Steven E. Hughes Aug 2013

3rd Annual Great Lakes Small Works Exhibit, Steven E. Hughes

Steven E Hughes

An ink drawing of an antique typewriter and a small plein-air landscape painting were both chosen to appear in the 3rd Annual Great Lakes Small Works Exhibit at the Riverside Arts Center in Ypsilanti, MI, from October 4–November 10, 2012. Artists from all eight of the Great Lake states were represented in this show.


Ka-Pow! Comic Art & Storyboarding Exhibition, Steven E. Hughes Aug 2013

Ka-Pow! Comic Art & Storyboarding Exhibition, Steven E. Hughes

Steven E Hughes

The triptych drawing entitled, “Take-Out Surprise,” was juried into the national exhibition, “Ka-Pow! Comic Art & Storyboarding,” held at the Foundry Art Centre in St. Charles, Missouri. The juror was illustrator and cartoonist, Phil McAndrew.


Philip B. Meggs Award For Excellence In Design: Richmond Illustrators Club 5th Juried Show, Steven E. Hughes Aug 2013

Philip B. Meggs Award For Excellence In Design: Richmond Illustrators Club 5th Juried Show, Steven E. Hughes

Steven E Hughes

“Cecropia Bot,” was accepted into The Richmond Illustrators Club 5th Juried Show held at Ghostprint Gallery, Richmond, Virginia, May 31–June 26, 2012. It was awarded the Philip B. Meggs Award for Excellence in Design.


Mirror Images: Reflections On/Of The Arts, Steven E. Hughes Aug 2013

Mirror Images: Reflections On/Of The Arts, Steven E. Hughes

Steven E Hughes

“Self-portrait with skull,” a graphite 18" x 24" drawing, was accepted into MIRROR IMAGES: Reflections on/of the Arts, the 2012 Kreft Juried Exhibition held at the Kreft Center for the Arts at Concordia University, Ann Arbor, Michigan. The jurors, Gloria Prischet and Rocco DePietro, co-founders and co-directors of Gallery Project, Ann Arbor, Michigan, chose images that according to the prospectus, “displayed the very best in the visual arts that illustrate the reflective nature of the visual arts in the literal, intellectual and metaphorical sense of that word.” The exhibit ran from March 6 – April 4, 2012.


5th Annual North Of The 45th Parallel, Steven E. Hughes Aug 2013

5th Annual North Of The 45th Parallel, Steven E. Hughes

Steven E Hughes

“Her Name is Alice,” was chosen by Wally Mason, director of the Haggerty Museum of Art at Marquette University in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, to be part of the North of the 45th Parallel Annual Upper Midwest Juried Art Exhibition. The exhibit was held from June 15–August 5, 2012 at the DeVos Art Museum at Northern Michigan University, Marquette, Michigan.


2012 Great Lakes Art Showcase: First Place 2d, Steven E. Hughes Aug 2013

2012 Great Lakes Art Showcase: First Place 2d, Steven E. Hughes

Steven E Hughes

Great Lakes Showcase at the Rozsa Center for the Performing Arts, Michigan Technological University, Houghton, Michigan. The juror, Dr. Stephen Perkins, curator of art at the Lawton Gallery, University of Wisconsin-Green Bay, awarded my drawing, “The King is Dead,” 1st place in the 2-dimensional category. “Her Name is Alice,” was also accepted into this regional exhibition. March 12 – March 30, 2012


2nd Annual International Commitment To Excellence In Art And Sport: A Fine Art Competition Exhibit, Steven E. Hughes Aug 2013

2nd Annual International Commitment To Excellence In Art And Sport: A Fine Art Competition Exhibit, Steven E. Hughes

Steven E Hughes

My poster illustration, "Angel Rising," was included in the 2nd Annual International Commitment to Excellence in Art and Sport: A Fine Art Competition Exhibit at the National Art Museum of Sport (NAMOS) at Indiana University-Purdue University, Indianapolis. NAMOS was founded in 1959, and features one of the nation's largest collections of fine art depicting sports. The collection includes more than 900 paintings, photographs, sculptures, and mixed-media works representing some 40 sports. October 27, 2011 to February 29, 2012.


Third Annual Drawing And Painting Exhibition At Lore Degenstein Gallery, Steven E. Hughes Aug 2013

Third Annual Drawing And Painting Exhibition At Lore Degenstein Gallery, Steven E. Hughes

Steven E Hughes

Juror, Cindy Stockton Moore, selected "Her Name is Alice," a charcoal drawing on vellum, for the Third Annual Drawing and Painting Exhibition at Lore Degenstein Gallery, Susquehanna University, Selinsgrove, Pennsylvania. This was a national visual art competition and exhibition of contemporary, figurative, painting, drawing and printmaking. October 29 – December 9, 2011


15th Annual Art Of Baseball Exhibition At The George Krevsky Gallery, Steven Hughes Aug 2013

15th Annual Art Of Baseball Exhibition At The George Krevsky Gallery, Steven Hughes

Steven E Hughes

“Bases Loaded,” a book cover illustration was chosen for exhibit in the curated 15th Annual Art of Baseball Exhibition at the George Krevsky Gallery, San Francisco. Work from artists across the country was displayed at the gallery from March 24 – April 28.


15th Annual Postcard Show, Steven E. Hughes Aug 2013

15th Annual Postcard Show, Steven E. Hughes

Steven E Hughes

A small collage, “Trail of Destruction,” was exhibited in the 15th Annual Postcard Show held at Bellevue Arts Museum in Bellevue, WA from April 20 through July 22, 2012. This is a member’s show for the National Collage Society


Work • Detroit: America!, Steven E. Hughes Aug 2013

Work • Detroit: America!, Steven E. Hughes

Steven E Hughes

“Bases Loaded,” was exhibited, from July 27 – August 24, at University of Michigan’s Work • Detroit. Joe Levickas curated the AMERICA! show from work from local and national artists in all media that addresses America’s obsession with itself.


2013 Great Lakes Art Showcase, Steven E. Hughes Aug 2013

2013 Great Lakes Art Showcase, Steven E. Hughes

Steven E Hughes

“Bases Loaded,” & “Self-Portrait with Skull” were both accepted into the Great Lakes Art Showcase, Regional Juried Exhibition, Rozsa Center for the Performing Arts, Michigan Technological University, Houghton, MI. March 5 - April 2, 2013


Message In A Bottle, Steven E. Hughes Aug 2013

Message In A Bottle, Steven E. Hughes

Steven E Hughes

“The Navigator’s Gift,” was included in Message in a Bottle, an invitational exhibit at the Light Grey Art Lab in Minneapolis, MN. The exhibit celebrated the secrets, codes, and hidden images that make us look closer, dig deeper, and investigate a piece of art. This exhibition was the ultimate treasure hunt and game of clue, making the viewer the interpreter, the detective, and the clue master.


Scorcese: An Art Show Tribute, Steven E. Hughes Aug 2013

Scorcese: An Art Show Tribute, Steven E. Hughes

Steven E Hughes

“William Cutting,” a portrait of Daniel Day Lewis from Martin Scorcese's film, The Gangs of New York was exhibited at Scorcese: An Art Show Tribute, Invitational, Bold Hype Gallery, New York, NY, Curator: Ken Harman (Spoke Art Gallery). The show invited artists to create work that celebrated the movies of the acclaimed director. Painting was acquired by Martin Scorcese.


Season Opener 2, Steven E. Hughes Aug 2013

Season Opener 2, Steven E. Hughes

Steven E Hughes

“Choke,” custom painted baseball bat was included in Season Opener 2, Invitational Bat Exhibition, Steamwhistle Brewery, Toronto, ON, Curator: Dave Murray of the Garrison Creek Bat Company.


Honorable Mention: 27th Annual No Big Heads Exhibition, Steven E. Hughes Aug 2013

Honorable Mention: 27th Annual No Big Heads Exhibition, Steven E. Hughes

Steven E Hughes

Awarded an Honorable Mention by juror, David Jon Kassan of the 27th Annual No Big Heads national juried self-portrait exhibition of limited size held in the Student Union Gallery at the University of Alaska-Anchorage. The small pastel self-portrait on toned paper was displayed from October 23–November 6, 2012.


31st Michigan Fine Arts Competition, Steven E. Hughes Aug 2013

31st Michigan Fine Arts Competition, Steven E. Hughes

Steven E Hughes

“Her Name is Alice” was accepted into the 31st Michigan Fine Arts Competition, Birmingham Bloomfield Arts Center, Birmingham, MI, June 28-August 23, Juror: Brad Durham ($500 MFAC 2013 Award) 1 of 6 chosen from 105 works to be given an award.


6th Annual North Of The 45th Parallel, Steven E. Hughes Aug 2013

6th Annual North Of The 45th Parallel, Steven E. Hughes

Steven E Hughes

"Take-Out Surprise," a charcoal triptych drawing was exhibited in the Annual Regional Juried Art Exhibit at the DeVos Art Museum, Northern Michigan University. Open to all artists living north of the 45th parallel in Minnesota, Michigan and Wisconsin. Juried by Mason Riddle


2013 Michigan Drawing & Print-Making Exhibition, Steven E. Hughes Aug 2013

2013 Michigan Drawing & Print-Making Exhibition, Steven E. Hughes

Steven E Hughes

Self-Portrait with Skull was accepted into the 2013 Michigan Drawing & Print-Making Exhibition, LowellArts!, Lowell, MI. Juror: David Gianfredi, Asst. Prof. of Medical Illustration at Kendall College of Art and Design Award: Honorable Mention September 10 – October 20, 2013