December 20, 2022 – Stone Ridge, NY – Margaret Melanson (Ellenville, NY) and Arianna Moore (New Paltz, NY) have been selected for the Chancellor’s Gallery Exhibition for 2023. Arianna Moore’s, The Apple and the Pear and Margaret Melanson’s, Portrait of a First-Year were selected for this exhibit. In addition, Margaret Melanson’s piece, Finally, Home has been chosen for the 2023 SUNY Best of the Year Student Art Exhibition.
Margaret Melanson is a Fine Art/Visual Arts student whose artwork, Finally, Home was part of the Spring 2022 SUNY Student Exhibition. This exhibition was then juried by four prominent art experts from around the state who made the selections for the Best of the Year exhibition in the summer. The exhibition has cash awards for the best art works. Margaret was chosen amongst students of all levels from 2- and 4-year art programs in the SUNY system, and judges chose her work as one of the best of the year in the entire SUNY system. After graduation, Margaret plans to pursue a BFA in Animation/Film.
Arianna Moore, a Sophomore in the Fine Art/Visual Arts program and works as a student aide and intern for both the Community Relations and Fine Arts departments. She plans to apply to SUNY New Paltz as a Graphic Design major after her graduation in the spring.
The two art faculty members chosen to exhibit two pieces each are Joan Ffolliott and Chris Seubert. Courses taught by Joan Ffolliott include printmaking and 3 dimensional design. Chris Seubert teaches drawing and composition and advanced studio, among others.
SUNY creates three exhibitions annually of student and faculty artwork from all the SUNY campuses and creates a fall exhibition & spring exhibition that takes place in SUNY Plaza in Albany. In addition, a Best of the Year exhibition takes place in the NY State Museum.
The Best of SUNY Art Show takes place at the H. Carl McCall SUNY Building in downtown Albany in January 2023. The building is open to the public Monday through Friday, from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Those who are interested in viewing the works in the Chancellor’s Gallery are asked to make an appointment by emailing specialevents@suny.edu.
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