Beginning Drawing students in the UAM.
Beginning Drawing students in the UAM.
Beginning Drawing students in the UAM.
Near and Far
This year we offered our audiences opportunities to get close to worlds one might not otherwise experience and build new communities through our exhibitions, programs, and collaborations. These included exhibitions like spring’s Near & Far: Six Photography Portfolios from the University at Albany Fine Art Collections featuring portraits and intimate scenes of city life by renowned photographers from our Collections, and fall workshops in which participants made books by hand using contemporary practices from Latin America and the Caribbean in conjunction with the exhibition Libros/Arte: Handmade Books from Latin America & the Caribbean. Many of these experiences offered a sense of home for students, alumni, and our audiences at large, who saw their worlds reflected in them.
Looking close brought opportunities to expand our thinking. Classes and audiences coming to see videos by Carrie Mae Weems and Yelaine Rodriguez saw how artists’ personal voices can get us in touch with larger cultural and social issues present and past, while the exhibition Barrow Parke: Systems and Mythologies expanded the definition of both painting and weaving by giving us a closer look into the artist duo’s tactile and collaborative practice.
Collaborations were at the heart of our exhibitions and programs this year as we built bridges with the University Libraries and academic departments across campus, strengthening the museum’s bond between the vibrant academic life of our research university in accessible ways for our wider public. We welcomed alumni, new students, and families, and our educational team hosted classes from our campus and across the region to gain the unique experiential learning opportunities that can only happen when encountering art first-hand and up close.
We will continue to build connections in 2024 that bring us closer together through thoughtful engagements with our exhibitions and programs as we serve audiences far and near, especially our 17,000 students. We invite you to join us in celebrating the bonds we made in 2023 through your generous support, and we ask for your continued support.
The museum is a space where the intellectual, aesthetic, emotional, and political are always in dialogue with one another.
—Alejandra M. Bronfman, Professor and Chair, Department of Latin American, Caribbean and Latina/o Studies
January 23 – April 5, 2023
Photographers Tom Baril, Andreas Feininger, Larry Fink, Mary Ellen Mark, Edward Steichen, and Andy Warhol from the University at Albany Fine Art Collections offered nuanced views of social class, power, desire, and beauty. Covering nearly a century of photographs taken throughout the United States, Near & Far brought us closer to times past, yet the exhibition’s underlying currents of class, unseen labor, and celebrity culture remain as important now as ever.
Support for the University Art Museum spring 2023 exhibitions and programs was provided by the Office of the President, Office of the Provost, The University at Albany Foundation, the University at Albany Alumni Association, and the University Auxiliary Services at Albany.
Andy Warhol, James Curley and Unidentified Man, n.d., gelatin silver print, 8 x 10 inches, collection of University Art Museum, University at Albany, State University of New York on behalf of The University at Albany Foundation, gift of © The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc.
January 23 – April 5, 2023
Nancy Hyatt Liddle Gallery
Carrie Mae Weems's feature-length video Coming Up for Air offered poignant vignettes combining early 20th century archival and cinema footage with staged scenes of family quarrels and reconciliation, offering a socially pointed examination of present and historical race and gender relations.
Support for the University Art Museum spring 2023 exhibitions and programs was provided by the Office of the President, Office of the Provost, The University at Albany Foundation, the University at Albany Alumni Association, and the University Auxiliary Services at Albany.
Carrie Mae Weems, Coming Up for Air (still), 2003–04, video, 51:34 minutes; color, sound; © Carrie Mae Weems. Courtesy of the artist and Jack Shainman Gallery, New York.
April 27 – May 14, 2023
The 2023 Master of Fine Arts Thesis Exhibition featured work produced by candidates for the University at Albany Department of Art and Art History’s two-year, 60 credit hour program of intensive training and study in traditional and contemporary fine art practices.
Erik Carrigan, John DeSousa, Robin du Plessis, Star Herrera, Pamela Rawden, Kelsey Renko, Phoebe Rotter, Jess Stapf, and Camryn Walsh
Supported by the Office of the President, Office of the Provost, The University at Albany Foundation, the College of Arts and Sciences, and the Ann C. Mataraso Endowment Fund in honor of Professor Emeritus Mark Greenwold.
Visitors view the 2023 Master of Fine Arts Thesis Exhibition.
As a Graduate Assistant at UAM, I was able to experience the many aspects of contemporary museum practice at an institution that showcases the highest level of scholarship while remaining accessible to all audiences. It was an honor to exhibit work in this unique architectural space during the 2023 Master of Fine Arts Thesis Exhibition.
—Robin du Plessis, M.F.A. ’23, Graduate Assistant, Department of Art and Art History
August 7 – December 4, 2023; January 22 – April 3, 2024
1st Floor Main Gallery
Operating at the intersection of craft, technology, and contemporary art, Mark Barrow and Sarah Parke explore visual systems with their collaborative weaving and painting practice. The first solo museum exhibition for the artist duo presents the arc of their fifteen-year collaboration through newly commissioned textiles and paintings, site-specific wallpaper and vinyl window installations, and earlier work, which all expand the definitions of both painting and weaving.
Barrow Parke: Systems and Mythologies is made possible through a grant from The Coby Foundation, Ltd. Additional support for the University Art Museum Fall 2023 exhibitions and programs is provided by the Office of the President, Office of the Provost, The University at Albany Foundation, the University at Albany Alumni Association, the University Auxiliary Services at Albany, and the Robin Kanson Lewis ’70 Exhibition Endowment Fund.
Barrow Parke, Shapes in Time, 2022, acrylic and embroidery on hand-loomed linen, 19 ⅝ x 19 ⅝ inches, courtesy of the artists and JDJ, New York and Garrison
It was such a pleasure to work with the entire UAM team for our project. We were hoping for an ambitious exhibition covering the range of our fifteen-year practice, several site-specific installations, pieces from their Collections, and an in-depth catalogue. Curatorially, scholarly, and logistically, we were supported by UAM every step of the long journey. We are so grateful to each individual at the museum for helping realize the most important exhibition of ours to date.
—Mark Barrow and Sarah Parke, exhibiting artists in Barrow Parke: Systems and Mythologies
August 7 – December 4, 2023
2nd Floor Main Gallery
Over 80 handmade books by small presses pushed the boundaries of traditional printing techniques and addressed a range of political, social, and cultural subjects. This exhibition was organized in partnership with the University at Albany’s M.E. Grenander Special Collections and Archives, which has been collecting these books since 2005; the Department of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures; and the Department of Latin American, Caribbean, and U.S. Latino Studies.
Supported by the University Libraries. Additional support for the University Art Museum Fall 2023 exhibitions and programs was provided by the Office of the President, Office of the Provost, The University at Albany Foundation, the University at Albany Alumni Association, the University Auxiliary Services at Albany, and the Robin Kanson Lewis ’70 Exhibition Endowment Fund.
Bestiarium, 2018, mixed media on recycled paper made from plant fibers; Author: Dulce María Loynaz; Artistic Realization: Boris Angel Dorrego Bergantino, José Emilio Leyva Azze; Cover and Center Spread: Yanely Esquijarosa Abradela; Editors: Manuel Arias Silveira, Tatiana Zúñiga Góngora; Compositor: Hernán Rodríguez Martínez; Printer: Rubén Dario Zaldívar Santiesteban; Publisher/Location: Casa Editora Cuadernos Papiro, Holguin, Cuba
During the development of Libros/Arte: Handmade Books from Latin America & the Caribbean, members of the team—including representatives from the museum, several academic departments, and University Libraries—learned from each other about curation, exhibit design, history, language, culture, book arts, and collections care. The generosity with which team members undertook their responsibilities, as well as their openness in sharing with and listening to each other, allowed the group to grow into a microcosm of an ideal university community: a place for conversation, collaboration, and growth.
—Ann C. Kearney, Coordinator of Preservation Services, University Libraries
August 7 – December 4, 2023
Nancy Hyatt Liddle Gallery
This short film tells a story of devotion and defiance through the artist’s reinterpretation of Louis Aguirre’s chamber opera Ebbó. Rodriguez offers new representations of Afro-Caribbean religious and aesthetic heritages through her costumes and by setting her dancers among colonial ruins on the shores of the Dominican Republic.
Support for the University Art Museum Fall 2023 exhibitions and programs was provided by the Office of the President, Office of the Provost, The University at Albany Foundation, the University at Albany Alumni Association, the University Auxiliary Services at Albany, and the Robin Kanson Lewis ’70 Exhibition Endowment Fund.
Yelaine Rodriguez, EBBÓ (still), video, color, sound, 24:36 minutes, courtesy of the artist
By invitation, I presented my short film EBBÓ (sacrifices), 2021, which explores sensitive themes around slavery, coloniality, and Afro-spirituality. The curators and museum staff were attentive and mindful regarding all exhibition details, making it a pleasant experience. The process was both professional and respectful.
—Yelaine Rodriguez, exhibiting artist in Yelaine Rodriguez: EBBÓ
Barrow Parke, Source Material and Working Drawings, 2021–23; contents: sketchbook, sketches on paper, weaving drafts on paper, woven samples, photocopies, dimensions variable; courtesy of the artists. Photo by Jesse Alsdorf.
Barrow Parke, Source Material and Working Drawings, 2021–23, contents: sketchbook, sketches on paper, weaving drafts on paper, woven samples, photocopies, dimensions variable, courtesy of the artists. Photo by Jesse Alsdorf
I have been fortunate to team-teach several courses—from first-year seminars to graduate-level workshops—at the UAM. Collaborating with the UAM always provides a consistent, powerful, necessary reminder—to both me and my students—of the virtue and value of a wide-ranging, innovative liberal arts education.
—Edward Schwarzschild, Professor, Director of Creative Writing, and Fellow of the New York State Writers Institute, Department of English
A vibrant hub for learning, the UAM engages with students and faculty through class visits, public programming and discussions, creative workshops, academic tours, roundtables, and hosting the First Year Experience seminar Why Museums?
As an academic museum, we provide a rigorous visual learning curriculum that explores subjects across the humanities, sciences, and social sciences to offer students new perspectives on the important issues of our time. Students from multiple academic disciplines experience art by emerging and established contemporary artists while learning critical thinking skills through close observation exercises, research inquiry, writing prompts, and creative workshops.
Our intern and work-study programs this year continued to offer students first-hand experience in the museum field including research, art handling, condition reporting, database entry, program planning assistance, student outreach, and administrative and technical support. Internships are both for academic credit and paid through the generous support of the Milton & Sally Avery Arts Foundation and the Brian T. Barlow ’18, ’19 Museum Internship Endowment.
This year's interactive class visits to the museum included Narrative Journalism; Feminist Theory; Writing and Critical Inquiry; Freshman Seminar: Latinx Food, Power, and Culture; World of Medicine and Public Health; Topics in Women’s Studies: Black Diasporas, Feminism and Sexual Politics; Beginning Painting; Photography and Related Media; Two-Dimensional Design; Honors College Orientation Students; Intermediate Drawing; Art History in the Postmodern Period; Creative Writing; Seminar in Contemporary Art; Latino USA and Building Your Academic Plan, among others.
Beginning Drawing students working on an assignment in the UAM.
Students in the First Year Experience Seminar Why Museums? review their final project during class in the UAM.
I had the opportunity to work at the University Art Museum for their 2023 summer internship position, which provided valuable experience for both networking and skill development. The opportunity to be a part of the preparation of upcoming exhibitions and to learn about museum operations made it an enriching experience.
—Alison Bachorik, M.F.A. ’24, University Art Museum Intern, supported by the Milton and Sally Avery Arts Foundation, Inc.
A visitor viewing works in Libros/Arte: Handmade Books from Latin America and the Caribbean.
A visitor viewing works in Libros/Arte: Handmade Books from Latin America and the Caribbean.
Working with my colleagues in the University Art Museum is always a pleasure. From co-producing residencies with artists like Gerard & Kelly to co-commissioning works like Kris Seto’s The Tip of the Tongue to collaborating on guests of all disciplines for The Creative Life series, I find the museum staff to be open, adventurous, and amazing partners, always looking to open the figurative and literal doors of the museum to new ideas and more people.
—Kim Engel, Associate Director, Performing Arts Center
To bring students, alumni, and the community closer to our exhibitions, we offered a series of curator-led tours of our fall and spring exhibitions, and we hosted lively receptions where exhibiting artists and audiences from near and far came together to reconnect, form new bonds, and celebrate the vitality of contemporary art.
We co-sponsored spring events with the New York State Writers Institute Film Festival, including a screening of Ephraim Asili’s The Inheritance (2020), where audiences got to meet the director through an insightful Q&A, and a screening of short films exploring Indigenous histories and identities by MacArthur Fellow Sky Hopinka, who participated in a subsequent panel discussion with Jeffrey Gibson and Rachel Martin. The spring concluded with the UAM’s participation in the inaugural UAlbany Showcase, allowing visitors to meet and talk with the M.F.A. candidates.
In the fall we hosted a hands-on workshop with Paloma Celis Carbajal, New York Public Library Curator for Latin American, Iberian, and Latino Collections . Participants made their own cartonera books with covers made from recycled cardboard and other unexpected materials while learning about the impact and cultural history of this book-making practice in Latin America and the Caribbean.
We ended our year with the first iteration of our new roundtable discussion series Making an Exhibition, giving audiences a behind-the-scenes look into the exhibition Libros/Arte through a conversation among UAM curators and colleagues from partner departments across the campus.
Paloma Celis Carbajal, Curator for Latin American, Iberian, and Latino Collections at the New York Public Library, chats with workshop participants during Make a Cartonera Book with Paloma Celis Carbajal.
Ephraim Asili, The Inheritance (still), 2020, video, color, sound, 100 minutes
Everyone at the UAM went above and beyond to make the museum a very welcoming place in which the cartonera workshop attendees could draw inspiration for the creation of their cartonera books. Their thoughtful selection and preparation of materials, music, and food was key to creating the same joyful atmosphere typical of this book-making practice.
—Paloma Celis Carbajal, cartonera workshop presenter, Curator for Latin American, Iberian, and Latino Collections, Collection Development, The New York Public Library
A visitor views Near & Far: Six Photography Portfolios from the University at Albany Fine Art Collections.
A visitor views Near & Far: Six Photography Portfolios from the University at Albany Fine Art Collections.
Through exhibitions, our Collections Study Space, and internship programs, we continue to bring students and audiences nearer to the works in our Collections.
As in years past, our Collections Intern has been a vital member of our museum team. Nevaeh Slater began with us in the fall and has worked on numerous projects to grow the museum's online database, which continues to make our Collections accessible to researchers, other museums, and audiences worldwide. Nevaeh is acquiring professional skills that include identifying condition issues when observing an art object and generating condition reports, and properly handling and storing artwork, including using appropriate archival materials for preservation purposes.
This fall, UAM Graduate Assistant Bella Burnett, M.F.A. ’24, has been conducting research and curating Introphantasm, an exhibition of works from our Collections that will be on view in the Collections Study Space this spring and will feature an accompanying brochure with an essay by the curator.
Furthering the museum’s mission to create a space for new ideas to emerge by placing its Collections in dialogue with contemporary artists, the museum team has been hard at work developing the upcoming spring 2024 exhibition Body Maps. Works from the Collections will be on view alongside past exhibiting artists in an exploration of the body, geography, and personal history that speaks to critical cultural issues.
Two-Dimensional Design students view paintings in the UAM’s Collections Study Space.
Collections Intern Nevaeh Slater, Public Health ’24, working in the UAM’s Collections Study Space. The internship is supported by the Brian T. Barlow ’18, ’19 Museum Internship Endowment.
My experience with the Collections Internship has been very insightful. The internship is helping me gain experience in analysis, data entry, condition reporting, and working in a professional team setting.
—Nevaeh Slater, Public Health ’24, Collections Intern, supported by the Brian T. Barlow ’18, ’19 Museum Internship Endowment, and Work Study Student
From research and planning to fabrication and installation to lighting and the last label on the wall, we recognize the many individuals behind the scenes who make UAM exhibitions possible.
We realized the exhibition Libros/Arte: Handmade Books from Latin America & the Caribbeanthrough multiple engaged conversations and planning meetings with our colleagues at the M.E. Grenander Special Collections and Archives; the Department of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures; and the Department of Latin American, Caribbean, and U.S. Latino Studies who brought their wide-ranging knowledge and scholarship.
We relied on external expertise for several complex installations, including the Carpentry Shop and Electricians from UAlbany’s Physical Plant, and No Name Design from Troy, New York, each of whom offered their experience in a range of areas, including fabricating exhibition display units, lighting, and vinyl installation.
These behind-the-scenes partnerships are essential to the success of our exhibitions each and every year.
Robert Napierski, James Grant, and Michael Clancy from the Carpentry Shop, Physical Plant Department with display units they fabricated for Libros/Arte: Handmade Books from Latin America and the Caribbean.
Jesse Alsdorf painting the walls for Libros/Arte: Handmade Books from Latin America and the Caribbean.
It is with great enthusiasm that our UAlbany Carpentry Shop continues to participate in assisting the University Art Museum in achieving its exhibition objectives. We are excited for the opportunity to continue this mutually beneficial work partnership.
—Michael Clancy, James Grant, and Robert Napierski, Carpentry Shop, Physical Plant Department
Exhibiting artists Sarah Parke and Mark Barrow working behind the scenes on the installation of Barrow Parke: Systems and Mythologies.
Exhibiting artists Sarah Parke and Mark Barrow working behind the scenes on the installation of Barrow Parke: Systems and Mythologies.
January 22 – April 3, 2024
2nd Floor Main Gallery
The artists in Body Maps explore the relationship between the body and the self. As they navigate personal geographies and histories, their bodies act as stand-ins for larger cultural experiences. Past exhibiting artists on view include Keltie Ferris, Kate Gilmore, Sara Greenberger Rafferty, Gracelee Lawrence, Pope.L, Ronny Quevedo, Carrie Schneider, and Rirkrit Tiravanija. Featured artists from the University at Albany Fine Art Collections include Robert Rauschenberg and Marisol, among others.
Kate Gilmore, A Tisket, A Tasket (still), 2013, single-channel video, 32:14 minutes, color, sound, courtesy of the artist. A Tisket, A Tasket was filmed at UAM as part of her solo exhibition in 2013
August 7 – December 4, 2023; January 22 – April 3, 2024 1st Floor Main Gallery
This exhibition will continue from the fall of 2023 and feature additional programming related to the exhibition including a catalogue launch.
Barrow Parke: Systems and Mythologies is made possible through a grant from The Coby Foundation, Ltd. Additional support for the University Art Museum Fall 2023 exhibitions and programs is provided by the Office of the President, Office of the Provost, The University at Albany Foundation, the University at Albany Alumni Association, the University Auxiliary Services at Albany, and the Robin Kanson Lewis ’70 Exhibition Endowment Fund.
Barrow Parke, Graft (detail), 2008, acrylic on hand-loomed linen, 14 x 12 inches, courtesy of the artists
January 22 – April 3, 2024 Collections Study Space Curated by Bella Burnett, M.F.A. '24
An introspective look at the relationships between personal and cultural memory and history and how those relationships can play a role in one’s daily consciousness. The paintings, prints, and videos in this exhibition from the University at Albany Fine Art Collections, suggest unreality, alienation, and displacement through written or visual narratives or optical abstraction. Artists include: Pierre Alechinsky, Susan Erony, Gregory Graham, Aaron Holz, Stephanie Palazeke, Tim Rollins K.O.S., and Carol Tansey.
Aaron Holz, The onlooker, 2007, oil, resin, acrylic on panel, 9 ½ x 11 ½ inches, collection of University Art Museum, University at Albany, State University of New York on behalf of The University at Albany Foundation, gift of the artist
April 25 – May 12, 2024
The annual exhibition features work produced by candidates for the University at Albany Art and Art History Department’s two-year, 60 credit hour program of intensive training and study in traditional and contemporary fine art practices.
2023 M.F.A. graduate Phoebe Rotter installing her artwork in the UAM’s Nancy Hyatt Liddle Gallery
Presenting work in a public forum is an essential step in the artistic process and a crucial aspect of creative learning in our Studio Art program. Artists identify their strengths and limitations through the challenge of creating an exhibition and they build community through affiliation and teamwork. At UAlbany, our M.F.A. candidates have the added advantage of collaborating with the superlative University Art Museum staff to mount their thesis exhibition, affording them invaluable professional experience as they transition out of the institution and into their careers.
—Melissa Thorne, Assistant Professor in Studio Art, Area Head, Painting and Drawing, Department of Art and Art History
August – December 2024
1st and 2nd Floor Main Galleries
Based on the book Job/Security (MIT Press, 2024) by two UAlbany professors, artist Danny Goodwin and writer Edward Schwarzschild, Job Security is an exhibition of photography, video, and interactive installations exploring the daily lives, ethical standards, working conditions, and unique challenges faced by security workers. The exhibition seeks to provide a deep understanding of the complex and sometimes contradictory demands placed on laborers in the security industry and raise awareness about the significant expansion of the global security apparatus in contemporary society.
Danny Goodwin, Rosterfield Motel, Cityscape Simulator, State Preparedness Training Center, Oriskany, NY, 2019, archival pigment print, edition of 4
August – December 2024
Nancy Hyatt Liddle Gallery
This short film, presented as a wall-sized projection, documents the 2016–2017 protests against the construction of the Dakota Access Pipeline that would poison water resources, destroy ancestral burial grounds, and violate Indigenous national sovereignty. The Indigenous voices heard on camera provide an important counterpoint to official narratives represented in the film by U.S. government surveillance drones and a news media presence.
Sky Hopinka, Dislocation Blues (still), 2017, HD video, stereo, color, 12:57 minutes, image copyright of the artist, courtesy of Video Data Bank, School of the Art Institute of Chicago
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A visitor views Yelaine Rodriguez: EBBÓ.
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Barrow Parke, GRB5, 2023, ½ inch vinyl squares on windows, University Art Museum, University at Albany, dimensions variable, courtesy of the artists and JDJ, New York and Garrison
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