Scholastic Art in Review

The East Stroudsburg University of PA (ESU) Art Department held an Artists’ Reception on Wednesday December 7th to present The Fall 2011 Fine Art Review of their students’ creative achievements. Although the exhibit began November 29th, the reception was held at the Madelon Powers Gallery which is located in The Fine and Performing Arts Building on the ESU Campus on its final day. A variety of styles and approaches were represented as were the students’ youthful excitement of discovering new techniques to express their creativity. It was a well attended event as it began but the numbers began to dwindle considerably as the evening went on.

However, this gave those who decided to linger an opportunity to establish a greater relationship with the works displayed throughout the gallery. The conversations ceased to be among those expressing their thoughts relating to the works and became shared experiences between the viewer and the work itself. And, the work indeed had much to share as the lives of the artists and their perspectives on the life they chose to depict in their work were deftly conveyed. These insights helped to make the reception an enjoyable evening filled with wonderful art, conversation, and cookies.

The students who presented their work in the Fall 2011 Fine Arts and Art and Design Review included M. K., W. H., Benjamin Koch, Sam Popple, Angie Fregoni, Abby Braman, Chris Hodge, Dominick Frabizio, Dana Rivera, Michael O’ Connell, Steph Sanders, David Kennedy, Christina Aidala, Mirtha L. Estevez, Kayla Littrell, Abby Oxford, Brandon Minninger, Celeste Hylton-James, Stacy Owino, Megan Fortmann, Jason John, Nick Sullivan, Anna Maino, Michael Kttl, David Canady, Summer Smith, John Cherney, Chris Hingley, Katie O’ Neill, Katlyn Valenti, Jess Wilner, Ray Wells, Alma Barrantes, Erin Gittens, Krystale Sbat, Krysta Schwuchow, Sam Peterson, Bethany Wert, Lauriel Gingrich, Tiffany Pyzik, Amanda Kawczynski, Mathew Mc Nulty, Shawn Savage, Carlin Todd, Alison Morisano, Chad Jacobson, Cassandra Cota, Danielle Marshall, Chad Crane, Brittany Ott, Seamus McKelvey, Sarah Shields, Adam Ward, Nathan Rosetti, Taylor Vonrohr, Jeremiah Johnson, Kara Zucek, Katelyn Steiner, and Drew Lingel.

In addition to the work being presented in the main gallery, students from the 3 - D Design Class presented an exhibit titled, “Beyond 50,000 Years” on the upper level (mezzanine) of the gallery featuring a dinosaur created out of Styrofoam. In order to aid the environment, the material will be gathered by the university’s recycling committee and sent to their recycling facility after the exhibit is concluded on December 13th. Several of the artists who presented their work in the main gallery participated in creating the piece along with Jaymee N. Dymond, Michael A. Garcia, Nicole A. Yatison, Chelsea M. McMahon, Elizabeth A. Miorelli, Renel Rejouis, Jr., Kylie A. Silvestri, and Grace K. Smith. You’ll find more photographs taken during the reception in The Visual Arts 2011 Gallery Part 3 at www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10150485302325421.426918.636000420&type=3.

Future exhibitions presented by The East Stroudsburg University of PA Art Department will include an exhibit featuring the works of artists yet to be announced February 1st - March 9th, The Art Association All University Student Juried Art Exhibit March 21st - April 13th, and The Senior Seminar and Portfolio in Art Student Exhibition April 19th - May 8th. Please contact The East Stroudsburg University Art Department at 570-422-3695 for more information.