Laura Schmitt Shows Art at Cazenovia College Art Gallery

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Kinesiological" photography, by Laura Schmitt

The Cazenovia College Art Gallery in Reisman Hall is hosting the annual Bachelor of Fine Arts Exhibitions, now through May 1. The exhibition will include work by visual communications, studio art, photography and interior design degree candidates from Cazenovia College's Division of Art and Design.

Laura Schmitt, of Earlville, N.Y., a studio art major, minoring in art history at Cazenovia College, will show her work from April 21 to 25, with a reception on April 21 from 5:30 to 7 p.m.

Schmitt transferred to Cazenovia from SUNY Brockport, and has worked at the Tower of Fine Arts Gallery in Brockport. She has exhibited her work at Cazenovia's 2011 Annual Juried Student Art Show; the 2010 Sketchbook Project at the Brooklyn Art Library; "Creatively Uncommon-Digital Art," at the Drake Memorial Library (2009); and "6x6x2009," at the Rochester Contemporary Art Center. Schmitt has received the Emerson Scholarship in art and is currently in the All College Honors Program, Art Club, and Dance Club.

In her artist's statement, Schmitt writes, "Much of my work incorporates the female figure. I have danced my entire life so it is only natural to me to express things through my body and to have an appreciation for the human body. Even though I use my physical self in my work it is not necessarily to make comments about myself, but to use myself as a tool to make my art. I am drawn to the human body, the forms it can create, and the ways in which it moves. My ideal subjects are dancers and athletes because of their incredible physical abilities and in-tuneness with their bodies. They take what the human body is capable of and push it to the extreme.

Image: "Kinesiological" photography, by Laura Schmitt

The Cazenovia College Art Gallery in Reisman Hall, 6 Sullivan St., is on the corner of Sullivan and Seminary streets in Cazenovia. Hours during the academic year are: Monday through Thursday, 1-4 p.m. and 7-9 p.m.; Friday, 1-4 p.m.; and Saturday and Sunday, 2-6 p.m. Summer hours vary. For information, contact Jen Pepper, gallery director, by e-mail to jpepper@cazenovia.edu. Information is also on the Web at www.cazenovia.edu/art-gallery.

Cazenovia College, founded in 1824, is an independent, co-educational, baccalaureate college near Syracuse, N.Y., offering a comprehensive liberal arts education in an exceptional community environment, with academic and co-curricular programs devoted to developing leaders in their professional fields. Cazenovia, named one of "America's Best Colleges" by U.S. News & World Report, is also a national College of Distinction. For more information, visit www.cazenovia.edu.

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