Four SUNY Oneonta Students Featured in New Printmaking Exhibition

The SUNY Oneonta Project Space Gallery features Printmaking: Community and Expression, a four-artist exhibition on view through April 4, 2026.

Selected through the gallery's semesterly "Project Open Call," the exhibition features work by SUNY Oneonta students Madison Budek, Sam Keefe, Violette O'Hara and Ella Reynolds. The artists developed the work while enrolled in Advanced Printmaking and Concepts in Printmaking courses, collaborating in the studio while experimenting across a range of printmaking processes.

"As you walk through the Gallery, you are taken on a journey, travelling from peaceful waters and flourishing sea life to rivers of blood, dragons with billowing flames and odd twisted figures," said SUNY Oneonta Gallery Director Sarah Simpson. "Their personal experiences inspire their art, but the body of work is linked through their medium and shared space and time. Whether harnessing turbulent emotions, using art as social commentary, or exploring the beauty of the natural world, they are connected by their mutual passion for their craft and their creative identity."

The exhibition highlights printmaking as both craft and concept. In addition to finished works, the show includes an educational component explaining various print processes and illustrating the planning and labor behind each piece, bringing visibility to an often overlooked medium. Throughout the exhibition, the artists underscore the essential role of community between artist and inspiration, student and teacher, collaborators and viewers. Together, their works reflect a shared commitment to creative identity, technical exploration and the power of collective expression.

Gallery hours are 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday. Visitors may obtain parking passes through the University Police Department.