Exhibitions
Recent Exhibitions
Rebecca M. Kallem, Still Life with Bird, 2007
oil on canvas, 12” x 12”
Denise Jansson
Untitled, 2007
oil on canvas, 25 ¾” x 24 ¾” 2008 M.F.A. Thesis Exhibition (I)
April 19 – May 4, 2008
Works by M.F.A. degree candidates Denise Jansson and Rebecca M. Kallem were featured.
For a press release on the 2008 Senior B.A. and B.F.A. Exhibition and the 2008 M.F.A. Thesis Exhibition (I), click here.
Richard Meryman, Monadnock Winter, 1926, oil on canvas
35” x 71.25”, Thorne-Sagendorph Art Gallery, Dublin Art Colony CollectionOn Gilded Pond: The Life and Times
of the Dublin Art Colony
January 24 – April 9, 2008
(Closed March 14-23)
Organized by the Thorne-Sagendorph Art Gallery at Keene State College, this exhibition explored the art historical significance of the Dublin Art Colony and the Gilded Age that made it possible.
Included in the exhibition were works by Gifford Beal, Frank W. Benson, George de Forest Brush, Elise Pumpelly Cabot, William L. Dannat, Amos E. Dolbear, Barry Faulkner, Gouri Ivanov-Rinov, Alexander R. James, Rockwell Kent, Charles Kendall Mason, Richard S. Meryman, William Preston Phelps, Jessie Pollock, Albert Quigley, Onni Saari, Joseph Lindon Smith, Annetta J. St. Gaudens, Edmund Charles Tarbell, Abbott H. Thayer, Gerald H. Thayer, and Asa Coolidge Warren.
In addition to work by the visual artists who were associated with the Colony, information about other noteworthy people was included. The Colonists' recreational activities (theatre and tableaus) and their less well-known accomplishments (the development of camouflage, for example) were highlighted. The exhibition was co-curated by Thorne-Sagendorph Art Gallery director Maureen Ahern and Pamela Russell, independent curator and art historian. It was supported in part by a grant from the New Hampshire State Council on the Arts and the National Endowment for the Arts. Its showing in Durham was supported in part by the S. Melvin and Mary Jo Rines Art Exhibition Fund.
Samuel Bak, American (b. Poland, 1933)
Adam and Eve, 2000, crayon and oil on paper
25-1/2" x 19-3/4", collection of The Art Gallery, UNH,
purchased through the Edmund G. Miller Art Collection Fund
and the UNH Endowed Fund for Holocaust Education
What's New? Recent Additions to the Collection
January 24 – April 9, 2008
(Closed March 14-23)
The Art Gallery 's permanent collection—approximately 1,500 paintings, sculptures, ceramics, and works on paper—is used for teaching, research, and exhibition. Through gifts by generous donors and purchases through our Edmund G. Miller Art Collection Fund, a number of important works have been added to The Art Gallery's permanent art collection. This exhibition included recent additions include works by James Aponovich, David Aronson, Samuel Bak, Arthur Danto, Philip Evergood, John Hatch, Alberto Giacometti, Winifred Clark Shaw, May Stevens, and Sumner Winebaum.
For a copy of the On Gilded Pond: The Life and Times of the Dublin Art Colony and What's New? Recent Additions to the Collection news release, click here.
Christopher Barnes, Hospital DoorShadow and Memory: Ellis Island's Unrestored Buildings: The Photographs of Christopher Barnes
October 30 – December 17, 2007
Since he first visited Ellis Island in the 1980s, Maine photographer Christopher Barnes began documenting the thirty buildings—abandoned since the island closed in 1954—that had been the largest U.S. Public Health Service hospital in the early 20th century. Drawn to the silent but powerful spaces, Barnes began a photographic odyssey that continues today, as these buildings are stabilized, cleaned, and prepared for restoration, a project undertaken by Save Ellis Island Inc., the National Park Service partner for the adaptive re-use of these structures. Interspersed among the contemporary photographs were historic images of the hospital in operation, where 1.2 million immigrants were inspected for disease and treated for illnesses.
Shadow and Memory was organized and loaned to the University of New Hampshire by Save Ellis Island, Inc. It was presented in Durham with generous support from Thomas W. Haas.
In Residence: Artists and the MacDowell Colony Experience
October 30 – December 17, 2007
As part of the national celebration of the 100th anniversary of the MacDowell Colony, Thorne-Sagendorph Art Gallery at Keene State College and The Art Gallery at the University of New Hampshire co-organized this exhibition featuring work by nine New England visual artists who have been in residency at the MacDowell Colony since 1980. In addition to more recent work, each artist included at least one work that was either created at the Colony or directly influenced by the MacDowell experience. Accompanying the works, artists' statements reflected upon how the MacDowell experience affected and influenced their work.
Featured artists included: Rosemarie Bernardi (Keene , NH), Tom Chapin (Phippsburg, ME), Jim Coates (Lyndeborough NH, http://www.nh.gov/nharts/artsandartists/Lifetime%20Fellows/jamescoates.htm), Roberta Delaney (Sherborn , MA, http://www.dac.neu.edu/printmaking/intaglio.htm), Grant Drumheller (New Castle, NH, www.grantdrumheller.com), Beth Galston (Carlisle, MA, www.bethgalston.com), Olivia Parker (Manchester, MA, http://www.oliviaparker.com/newindex.php), Susan Schwalb (Watertown, MA, www.susanschwalb.com), and Judith Stone (Burlington, VT, http://www.caelumgallery.com/).
The exhibition was supported in part by a grant from The FEDCO Charitable Foundation. For further information on the MacDowell Colony and its 100th anniversary celebration, visit http://www.macdowellcolony.org/centennial/index.html.
For a pdf version of the news release for Shadow and Memory: Ellis Island's Unrestored Buildings: The Photographs of Christopher Barnes and In Residence: Artists and the MacDowell Colony Experience, click here.
Leah Woods
Vanity with Chair (front view), 2007
walnut, Australian walnut, brass
African satinwood
Art Faculty Review: Rebecca Litt, Shiao-Ping Wang, and Leah Woods
September 8 – October 17, 2007
Each year The Art Gallery highlights work by the studio art faculty members in the Department of Art and Art History who are new or returning from sabbatical leave. This exhibition featured recent work by Rebecca Litt (painting and drawing), Shiao-Ping Wang (painting and drawing), and Leah Woods (woodworking/furniture design).
Teresa Taylor
Gourd Teapot
League of N.H. Craftsmen: 25th Biennial Members' Juried Exhibition
September 8 – October 17, 2007
Founded in 1932, the League of New Hampshire Craftsmen is one of the oldest and most prestigious craft organizations in the country. It was formed during the years of the Depression to help New Hampshire craftspeople make a living through difficult financial times, through education and by building an audience and market for fine handmade craft. The League continues this mission today. This exhibition, part of the 75th anniversary celebration of the League of N.H. Craftsmen, showcases the artistry of many juried and supporting members of the League. It features fine hand craft in basketry, clay, fiber, glass, jewelry, mixed media, printmaking, and furniture. Additional information about the League's 75th anniversary celebration can be found on the League of NH Craftsmen website.
The League of N.H. Craftsmen: 25th Biennial Members' Juried Exhibition Lead sponsor is Swenson Granite, with additional Program Sponsorship by Amica Insurance, Hannaford Supermarkets, Ocean National Bank and Sullivan Creative.
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Edwin Scheier, Plate, mid 20th c.
ceramics, The Art Gallery, UNH,
David Campbell Memorial Collection,
gift of Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Scheier
Ceramics by Edwin and Mary Scheier: The Durham Years
September 8 – October 17, 2007
This exhibition features the work of Edwin and Mary Scheier, consummate potters who were important figures in the early development of both the League of N.H. Craftsmen and the UNH Department of the Arts. Focusing on the University's collection of Scheier works, this exhibition is presented in memory of Mary Scheier, who passed away in May at the age of 99.
For a pdf copy of the news release for Art Faculty Review: Rebecca Litt, Shiao-Ping Wang, and Leah Woods, League of N.H. Craftsmen: 25th Biennial Members' Juried Exhibition, and Ceramics by Edwin and Mary Scheier: The Durham Years, click here.
Jamie Bowman,
Portrait Series: Claire, 2007
oil on linen, 7" x 5"
May 8 - May 19, 2007
Each of two final candidates for the Master of Fine Arts degree in painting, Michelle Arnold and Jamie Bowman, presented a cohesive body of work in this thesis exhibition.
This exhibition was cosponsored by the Department of Art and Art History.
For a copy of the complete press release for the 2007 M.F.A. Thesis Exhibition (II), click here.
Maggie Cedarstrom, Jeans, 2006
oil on canvas, 60” x 54”
2007 Senior B.A. and B.F.A. Exhibition
April 21 - May 19, 2007
This annual exhibition celebrated the achievements of graduating art students from the UNH Department of Art and Art History. Works by six candidates for the Bachelor of Fine Arts degree were featured, including: Jason P. Bombaci, Maggie Cedarstrom, Chris Hobbs, Ryan Murphy, and Nathaniel Raymond.
James Rohal
Tiffany in Wingback Chair, 2006
graphite on paper,
36” x 34”
April 21 - May 2, 2007
Two candidates for the Master of Fine Arts degree in painting,
Sarah Meyers and James Rohal, presented their work that
represented the culmination of their two-year program.
This exhibition was cosponsored by the Department of Art and Art History.
For a copy of the complete press release for the 2007 Senior B.A. and B.F.A. Exhibition and the 2007 M.F.A. Thesis Exhibition (I), click here.
Francisco de Goya, Con razon ó sin ella. (Rightly or wrongly.)
from The Disasters of War, 1810-14, etching, 5 15/16" x 8 1/8" (plate)
Georgia Museum of Art, University of Georgia,
gift of Mr. and Mrs. James B. Anderson
The Disasters of War by Goya:
Selections from the Georgia Museum
of Art
January 20 - April 7, 2007
Francisco de Goya's series of etchings, The Disasters of War, documented the brutality of the Peninsular War (1808-1814) between Spanish guerrilla forces and occupying French troops in Spain and Portugal. Goya (Spanish, 1794-1828) recorded the death and destruction he observed on the battlefields in numerous drawings and small paintings. From those sketches, he created the plates that comprise The Disasters of War. These etchings were among the many works that Goya created as political statements in support of peace. He completed the series around 1810-1814, but the prints were not published until 1863, thirty-five years after his death.
The exhibition, organized by the Georgia Museum of Art, University of Georgia, Athens, was supported in part by the Georgia Council for the Arts through the appropriations of the Georgia General Assembly. The Council is a partner agency of the National Endowment for the Arts.
Christopher Otte, Light Spill, 2005
giclée print, 36" x 24"
Recipient of the Currier Museum of Art Award
New Hampshire Art Association 59th Annual Exhibition
January 20 - April 7, 2007
Presented in conjunction with the Currier Museum of Art and the New Hampshire Art Association, this exhibition featured work by many of New Hampshire's most accomplished artists. Through a wide variety of media-painting, sculpture, photography, printmaking, and watercolor-the exhibition highlighted the state's vibrant contemporary art community.
The New Hampshire Art Association receives funding from the NH State Council on the Arts and the National Endowment for the Arts.
This year's prize winners were the: Currier Museum of Art Award to Christopher Otte of Hollis for Light Spill; Forrest D. McKerley Award for Sculpture to John M. Weidman of Brookline for Solstice; TFMoran Award to Margaret C. Schoene of Exeter for Over Appledore; Ezekiel A. Straw Memorial Award to Jessie Pollock of Peterborough for Nesting; Monadnock Paper Mills, Inc. Award for Art on Paper to Deb Giles of Brentwood for Strawberry, Pear, Blueberry; Dr. Paul and Duddy Costello Memorial Award to Ann Trainor Domingue of Goffstown for Moving in Another Direction; James and Eugenia Georgopoulos Memorial Award for Drawing to Grace Youngren of Rochester for Three Pears; Friel Award for Originality to Jennifer Benn of Stratham for U.N. Finished Aluminum Phantom F4; Rosmond deKalb Memorial Award to Finley (Paul Gavin) of Brookline for I Come To You To Be Strange; and Lincoln Financial Award to Arthur R. DiMambro of Durham for Bird Feeder.
To view a pdf file of this year's award-winning works, click here.
Other participants selected for the New Hampshire Art Association 59th Annual Exhibition were: Jayne Adams of Alton; Joanne Balcom of Center Barnstead; Ed Blake of Nashua; Annick Bouvron-Gromek of Nottingham; Martin Cannata of Hooksett; Bill Childs of Exeter; Debra Claffey of New Boston; Rosemary G. Conroy of Weare; Theresann D'Angelo of Kittery Point, ME; Jack Davis of Dover; Cheri Dennett of Portsmouth; Betsy Derrick of Hanover; Terri Ellen Donsker of North Hampton; Anne Dubois of Eliot, ME; Victoria Elbroch of Kittery, ME; Rosalind Fedeli of York, ME; Michele Fennell of Kensington; Bill Finney of Great Diamond Island, ME; Dick Fischer of Amherst; Ellen Friel of Amherst; Robin Frisella of Manchester; Dannielle Genovese of Kingston; Adeline Goldminc-Tronzo of Eliot, ME; Joan S. Harlow of Epping; Kate Higley of Wolfeboro; Ethel Hills of Hampton; Linda J. Hirsch of Wayland, MA; Sharleene P. Hurst of Hampton; Nancy Davis Johnson of Durham; Jane Kaufmann of Durham; Jim Kociuba of Auburn; Fran Mallon of New Castle; Shaune McCarthy of Somersworth; Claudia Michael of Manchester; Patricia Dooly Murphy of Dunbarton; Susan Lirakis Nicolay of Sandwich; Jack Pollard of Concord; Stephen L. Previte of Hollis; Wen Redmond of Strafford; C. Reid of Jaffrey; Claudia Rippee of Manchester; Rebecca Robinson of Concord; Monique Sakellarios of Merrimack; Marilene Sawaf of Nashua; Patricia Elliott Schappler of Bedford; William Scolere of Gorham; Edna Morris Smith of Rochester; David Watson Sobel of Portsmouth; Natacha Villamia Sochat of Amherst; Ron St. Jean of Rollinsford; Jane Sydney of Portsmouth; Audrey V. Sylvester of Bradford; Pamela R. Tarbell of Concord; Rose Sielian Theriault of Rochester; Robert Thoresen of Portsmouth; JoAn Tierney of Wilton; Ann Tolson of Portsmouth; Paul Wainwright of Atkinson; Len and Joan Weinstock of Durham; and Suzanne d. Whittaker of Bedford.
For a copy of the press release for The Disasters of War by Goya: Selections from the Georgia Museum of Art and New Hampshire Art Association 59th Annual Exhibition
click here.
For more information on the New Hampshire Art Association, click here.
Julee Holcombe, Feast of the Newlyweds
2005, Chromogenic print, 25” x 21”
Art Faculty Review:
Julee Holcombe, Craig Hood, and Scott Schnepf
October 28 - December 11, 2006
Each year The Art Gallery highlights work by the studio art faculty members in the Department of Art and Art History who are new or returning from sabbatical leave. This exhibition featured recent work by Julee Holcombe (photography), Craig Hood (painting), and Scott Schnepf (printmaking).
Lewis Cohen, Descent, 2005
plaster, 10" x 8" x 8.5" Lewis Cohen: Five Decades
Drawings and Sculptures
A Retrospective 1951-2006
October 28 - December 11, 2006
This retrospective exhibition of Lewis Cohen's work represented work completed over a period of fifty years. Lewis Cohen's work is deeply rooted in nineteenth- and early twentieth-century sculpture—specifically the tradition of clay modeling. The works of Rodin, Dalou, and Carpeaux have been important to him.
Though he is attracted to and intrigued by other sculptural approaches and technologies, clay modeling is fundamental to his expression. Cohen has always had a powerful need to use the figure as a vehicle for artistic expression, and from an early age, he had an equally powerful need to model in clay. These two components of his artistic life are undeniable and run through all of his work.
The exhibition was organized by the Muscarelle Museum of Art, College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, Va. Its UNH showing has been supported in part by the S. Melvin and Mary Jo Rines Art Exhibition Fund and the Friends of The Art Gallery.
For a copy of the press release for Faculty Review: Julee Holcombe, Craig Hood, and Scott Schnepf and Lewis Cohen: Five Decades: Drawings and Sculptures, A Retrospective 1951-2006 click here.
Anonymous, after Leonardo da Vinci
Knot Pattern, 1490s, engraving
Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design
Providence Museum Works of Art Fund The Simple Art:
Printed Images in an Age of Magnificence
September 6 - October 18, 2006
This special exhibition featured 64 works by sixteenth-century Italian printmakers borrowed from nine New England public collections. The sixteenth century was crucial in the development of Italian art and printmaking (engraving, etching, and woodcut) was mature enough to absorb the visual ideas increasingly in demand across Italy and even Europe, yet also young enough to do so flexibly. The prints themselves were associated with artists as well known as Raphael, Leonardo, and Michelangelo. Guest curator for the exhibition was Patricia Emison, UNH Professor of Art History and the Humanities.
The exhibition and catalogue were supported in part by grants from the FEDCO Charitable Foundation and the International Fine Print Dealers Association, with additional funding from the Friends of The Art Gallery, the Winthrop S. Carter, Jr., Fund for Special Exhibitions, Professor Emeritus Edmund G. Miller, and the John W. Hatch Art Faculty Development Fund. The accompanying series of interdisciplinary lectures, After the Invention of the Printed Image: Lectures on Art, Music, and Literature, was supported by a grant from the UNH Class of 1954 Academic Enrichment Fund, with additional funds from the UNH Center for the Humanities.
An illustrated, 100-page catalogue is available for purchase ($25 plus shipping and handling). To order a copy, contact The Art Gallery at 603/862-3712 or e-mail The Art Gallery.
Norman Ackroyd, From Farne Islands, 2005
etching, 16/90, 7 1/2 x 12 1/2", private collection Painting with Acid:
The Prints of Norman Ackroyd, R.A.
September 6 - October 18, 2006
The British artist Norman Ackroyd, R. A.
(b. 1938), deserves to be better known in this country. He has been described as “a truly remarkable artist who is to etching what Turner was to watercolour” (William Packer). Over the past several decades, Ackroyd has devoted his artistic energy to picturing the various coastal regions of England. His etchings are distinguished not only by his mastery of methods and materials, but by his adventurous experimentation, pushing the medium to new limits of visual expression.
The artist presented a public lecture, Myself and My Heroes, on Tuesday, October 3, 2006,
4:00 p.m., Room A219, Paul Creative Arts Center.
For a copy of the press release for The Simple Art: Printed Images in an Age of Magnificence and Painting with Acid:The Prints of Norman Ackroyd, R.A. click here.
Andrea Hagy, The Bedroom, 2006
oil on canvas, 28" x 32" 2006 M.F.A. Thesis Exhibition (II)
May 10 - May 20, 2006
Two final candidates for the Master of Fine Arts degree in painting, Andrea Hagy and Eun-Shin Kim, presented work that represented the culmination of their two-year program.
The 2006 MFA Thesis Exhibition (II) was funded in part by the Department of Art and Art History.
Justin Augspurg, Pipe Dream, 2006
oil on canvas, 44" x 33" 2006 M.F.A. Thesis Exhibition (I)
April 22 – May 3, 2006
Two candidates for the Master of Fine Arts degree in painting, Justin Augspurg and Julie Lucca, presented work that represented the culmination of their two-year program.
The 2006 MFA Thesis Exhibition (I) was funded in part by the Department of Art and Art History. Both graduate and undergraduate exhibitions were funded in part by the Friends of The Art Gallery.
Toby M. Schreier, Butterfly Knot, 2005,
drypoint, 12" x 12" 2006 Senior B.A. and B.F.A. Exhibition
April 22 – May 20, 2006
This annual show celebrates the achievements of graduating art students from the UNH Department of Art and Art History. Works by five candidates for the Bachelor of Fine Arts degree were featured, including: Thomas C. Call of Windham, NH; Sofie H. Larsen of Durham, NH; Kathryn Niboli of Newport, NH; Toby M. Schreier of Portsmouth, NH; and Rebecca Simpson of Dover, NH.
In addition, the exhibition showcased the work of candidates for the Bachelor of Art degree in studio art, including: Tenner Bradley, Shane Chick, Adam D. Getz, Rachel Huckins, Sara Korpi, Bethany Lowe, Kathleen McCaffery, Alexis McConnell, Erin Elizabeth Miley, Kate E. Muckenhirn, Rebecca O'Brien Pani, and Brandy Reeves.
Elise Freda, Leaves, 2005, encaustic & oil on wood,
9” x 24”, diptych, Collection of Paul Vazquez & Lisette Berry An Eye on Alumni: Elise Freda,
Betsey Garand, and Martha Groome
January 19 – April 12, 2006
From among our art alumni, three accomplished artists were invited to show their recent work—Elise Freda (BFA ’81), Betsey Garand (BFA ’81), and Martha Groome (BA ‘67). As professional artists, each has developed a unique artistic vision. Their work is linked by their use of an abstract language to reveal the minimal, essential qualities of their subjects.
Samuel Bak, Close Up, 2003,
oil on canvas, 63 1/4" X 51 1/2"The Art of Samuel Bak: Memory and Metaphor
January 19 – April 12, 2006
Throughout his prolific artistic career, Samuel Bak has developed a rich body of work based on his early childhood memories of the Holocaust. His paintings and drawings utilize the power of symbols and metaphors to relate the pain caused by war and human destruction, the loss of childhood, traditions, and loved ones.
The exhibition, The Art of Samuel Bak: Memory and Metaphor, was organized in conjunction with the Pucker Gallery, Boston. The exhibition was funded in part by grants from the FEDCO Charitable Foundation, the UNH Center for the Humanities, and the Greater Seacoast United Jewish Appeal, with additional support from the UNH Endowed Fund for Holocaust Education, the Friends of The Art Gallery, the Dean’s Office of the UNH College of Liberal Arts, and the S. Melvin and Mary Jo Rines Art Exhibition Fund.
An illustrated catalogue of the exhibition is available for purchase.
A copy of the News Release is available here. The Art of Samuel Bak: Memory and Metaphor and An Eye on Alumni: Elise Freda, Betsey Garand, and Martha Groome.
EsméThompson, Ornametum I, 2004 Networks and Intersections: Finding Meaning through Complexity
November 3 - December 12, 2005
acrylic on canvas
In nature and in art, complex structures are often made from the repetition of simple patterns. Four artists were featured: sculptor and installation artist Elizabeth Duffy, print, drawing, and pastel artist Louise Hamlin, sculptor Duncan Johnson, and painter Esmé Thompson. Collectively, their works involve patterned visual systems—webs of line, repetition of marks, woven grids.
Francisco Toledo, Conje, Iguana y Sapo,
1976, etching with roulette and dry point,
Collection of Museum of Latin American Art,
Long Beach, Calif. Latin American Graphics: The Evolution of Identity from the Mythical to the Personal
November 3 - December 12, 2005
From artists early in the 20th century who used traditional imagery to define national identity to contemporary Latin American artists who utilize new technologies and media to express more universal themes, this exhibition offered valuable insight into Latin America’s significant accomplishments in the field of printmaking.
The exhibition was organized by the Museum of Latin American Art, Long Beach, and circulated by Curatorial Assistance Traveling Exhibitions (CATE), Pasadena.
A copy of the News Release, is available here. Networks and Intersections: Finding Meaning through Complexity and Latin American Graphics: The Evolution of Identity from the Mythical to the Personal.
Jennifer Moses, Giotto's Hair, 2004
oil on panel, 11" x 11" The Artists Revealed: 2005 Studio Art Program Exhibition
September 7 - October 23, 2005
This exhibition presented recent work by the artists who teach and work in the UNH Department of Art and Art History. Revealing the breadth and range of the department's studio art program, the exhibition featured paintings, ceramics, drawing, sculpture, printmaking, furniture design, and photography.
Included in the exhibition were works by UNH faculty members Niels Burger, Benjamin S. Cariens, Brian Chu, Grant Drumheller, Craig Hood, Maryse Searls McConnell, Michael McConnell, Jennifer Moses, Langdon Quin, Scott Schnepf, Lynn Szymanski, and Andrew M. K. Warren.
The Artists Revealed was part of a statewide series of exhibitions, New Hampshire: The State of Art, which showcased Granite State art and artists at 26 museums and galleries throughout the state, from September through December 2005. Exhibitions ranged from important masterworks and historic decorative artifacts to the latest artworks in ceramics, paint, multimedia, quilts, and even clothing—all created by New Hampshire artists. The series was a collaborative project of the NH Visual Arts Coalition, presented in partnership with the New Hampshire State Council on the Arts and generously sponsored by Ocean National Bank, Public Service of New Hampshire, and US Trust Company, NA.
For a copy of the news release, click here.
Cait Cedarstrom, Blue Interior, 2004
oil on masonite, 8" x 12" 2005 Senior B.A. and B.F.A. Exhibition
April 30 - May 21, 2005
This annual exhibition celebrates the artistic achievements of seniors graduating from the UNH Department of Art and Art History.The results of the "research" done by these students takes form as two- and three-dimensional works of art. A wide range of styles, subject matter, and media was featured, including paintings, ceramics, sculpture, photography, drawing, printmaking, and furniture design. Along with numerous students who received a B.A. in studio art, there were twelve students in this year's B.F.A.program: Charles Bryon, Cait Cedarstrom, Trisha Coates, Louise Osborne Criss, Haven Leask, Emily Leonard, Kate Maltais, Nicholas Park, Meghan Samson, S. Whitney Shaw, Jared Tuveson, and Mihee Yeom.
The preview reception was presented as part of the Festival of Culture and Creativity and co-sponsored by the Undergraduate Research Conference.
Rob Colvin 2005 M.F.A. Thesis Exhibition
March 22 - April 20, 2005
Three candidates for the Master of Fine Arts degree in painting -- Rob Colvin, Brett Gamache, and Jennifer Hostler -- presented work representing the culmination of their two-year graduate program.
The exhibition was co-sponsored by the Department of Art & Art History.
Focus on the Collection: New Additions
March 22 - April 20, 2005
Newt Washburn, Basket
brown ash
Gift in memory of Mel Sandler
Works recently donated to The Art Gallery’s permanent collection were highlighted in this special exhibition. Included were paintings by Old Lyme Art Colony painters George Matthew Bruestle and William S. Robinson, as well as UNH alumni Jerry MacMichael; 19th-century prints by Corot, Devéria, Hiroshige, and Winslow Homer; 20th-century prints by Yasuo Kuniyoshi, Dirk Bach, Richard Upton, and Scott Schnepf, UNH's professor of printmaking. Works by two Portsmouth artists also were featured -- a drawing by Arthur Balderacchi and a photograph by Richard Haynes. Also on view was a finely crafted brown-ash basket by acclaimed New Hampshire artisan Newt Washburn.
Robert Owen, Cruise Ship, Cooling, 1998
gelatin silver photograph, 20" x 16" Prospect of Light: Images from Pinhole and Plastic Cameras
January 20 - April 20, 2005
This exhibition featured "low-tech" photographic images made with pinhole cameras (primitive, lens-less cameras) and plastic cameras ($2 plastic Diana or Holga cameras). The works, made by photographers from throughout the U.S. and one from France, represented a range of visionary style. While these artists may choose to shoot with primitive equipment, their printing choices span a range of very sophisticated techniques. The exhibition was organized by the University of Maine Museum of Art, with guest co-curator Jonathan Bailey.
George Nick,
1928 Bugatti Type 35 B Works Car, 1999
oil on linen, 41" x 32"
George Nick: An Artist's Conscience
January 20 - March 10, 2005
Nationally recognized as one of New England's premier realist painters, George Nick has sought to find and capture the "truthfulness" in the world around him. His images of urban architecture, the landscape, and classic automobiles reflect his direct and immediate approach to painting.
George Nick: An Artist's Conscience was organized by the Concord Art Association, Concord, MA, with the support of Gallery NAGA, Boston, MA, and Fischbach Gallery, New York. Its UNH showing is funded in part by the S. Melvin and Mary Jo Rines Art Exhibition Fund.
Lindy Carroll, Castel Trosino, 2003
oil on paper
View from Italy: UNH Artists in Ascoli-Piceno
October 30 - December 13, 2004
For the past two summers, the Department of Art & Art History has offered a summer program in Ascoli Piceno, a beautiful and culturally rich city in central northern Italy. Works from the program by students and faculty members explore the visual splendor of the Italian landscape.
Andre Masson, Conversation in Blue and Pink,
1968, lithograph (186/200), 22 1/4" x 15"
A Singular Vision: Selections from Two New England Collections
October 30 - December 13, 2004
Two private collectors from New England--an artist and an art patron--have amassed distinguished art collections that, in the future, will become a single entity: the Surf Point Foundation Collection. This exhibition of works on paper from the 20th century features prints, drawings, and photographs by artists from Europe and America. Luminaries such as Picasso, André Masson, Claes Oldenburg, and Sam Francis are represented, as well as other acclaimed artists with connections to New England: Leonard Baskin, Peter Milton, Beverly Hallam, Alan Magee, and John Laurent.
Zhang Minjie
Turning I, (from the series Modern Toys), 2001
Color reduction
Collection of the Artist
Realized in Wood: Contemporary Prints from China September 8 - October 20, 2004
This exhibition highlighted the work of four master woodblock artists from China's Hebei Province. Representing two generations of artists with common origins in Social Realism, the works expressed the outlook and concerns of Chinese people today while showing a range of personal expression and a diversity of imagery. The exhibition was curated by Renee Covalucci, printmaker and adjunct assistant professor at the Art Institute of Boston.
William Bailey,
Terranouva, 2002
oil on canvas, 30" x 36"
Courtesy of Robert Miller Gallery Tabletop Arenas: Still Life Paintings by Zeuxis
September 8 - October 20, 2004
The painters of Zeuxis and their guests exhibited works that focused on the tabletop as an "arena for meditation." Highlighting the table's surface as an altar, stage, or depiction of domestic life, this thought-provoking exhibition made that familiar surface distinctive, memorable, or wonderfully strange.
Erik Scheuring
Entry Table, 2004
Bolivian rosewood
Collection of the Artist 2004 Senior B.A. and B.F.A. Exhibition
April 24 - May 22, 2004
This annual show celebrated the achievements of graduating art students from the University of New Hampshire's Department of Art and Art History.
B.F.A. artists included
Alexis Carter, Lee, NH; Mary Emerson, Rockport, ME; Dara Engler, Midlothian, VA; Carolyn McColgran, York, ME; Jennifer Meanley, Wolfeboro, NH; Erik Scheuring, Mont Vernon, NH; and Tim Smith, Lee, NH.
B. Lynch
Wishes Take Flight, 1999
mixed media and wishbone
26"x24"x5.5"
Collection of the Artist
Chain Of Fools: Hogarth Reinterpreted By B. Lynch
January 22 - April 14, 2004
Boston-based artist B. Lynch explored the human penchant for folly, and the often chosen path from innocence to self-destruction. Through this multi-media exhibition of sculpture, painting, and video, Lynch's work was paired with William Hogarth's series of 18th-century engravings, The Rake's Progress, for a lively "conversation" between artists separated by over two centuries. The result was a reminder that Hogarth's themes of human foibles, greed, and questionable ethics are relevant in today's world.
Käthe Kollwitz
The Call of Death, 1934
lithograph, 14"x14.5"
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Syracuse University Art Collection
Impassioned Images: German Expressionist Prints
January 22 - March 11, 2004
he prints of the German Expressionist artists are marked by their bold, aggressive, and innovative use of the media and their effect on the development of modern art is undeniable. Artists who were members of the Brücke (Kirchner, Schmidt-Rottluff, Pechstein, and Nolde), as well as the Blaue Reiter (Kandinsky and Beckmann) explored religious, moral, political, social, and artistic issues with an energy seldom seen in the art academies of the day.
Organized by the Syracuse University Art Collection, the exhibition was shown at UNH through support from the S. Melvin and Mary Jo Rines Art Exhibition Fund.
Brian Kiernan
Pumpkin Patch, 2003
oil on canvas
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2004 M.F.A. Thesis Exhibition
March 23 - April 14, 2004
Five candidates for the Master of Fine Arts degree in painting presented their thesis work: Elizabeth Doherty, Andrea Jacobson, Brian Kiernan, Jessie Lindenberger-Schutz, and Jennifer O'Connell.
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