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SUNY Plattsburgh Art Department Presents Senior Exhibition 2008

PLATTSBURGH, NY (04/14/2008; 0832)(readMedia)-- This generation's up-and-coming artists will have their work displayed at the SUNY Plattsburgh 2008 Senior Art Exhibition. The exhibition's opening and reception will be held Saturday, April 19.

Student lectures will be presented in the Hartman Theatre at 3 p.m., followed by the opening reception at 4 p.m. in the first-floor lobby and second-floor lounge of the Myers Fine Arts Building on the SUNY Plattsburgh campus. Their works will continue to be on display through May 17 in both the Burke and Myers Lobby Galleries of the Plattsburgh State Art Museum.

The exhibition includes over 200 works presented in a wide variety of mediums including sculpture, ceramics, painting, drawing, graphic design, photography and printmaking. This showing represents the artistic accomplishments of 19 studio artists and two art historians during their years of study with the Plattsburgh State art department, while they earned Bachelor of Arts or Bachelor of Fine Arts degrees.

The artists are Tricia Amore, Jeremy Bauerle, John Bildstein, Stephanie Chong, Dana Cowley, Katherine Doyle, Rebekah Facteau, John Haynes, Ashley Jones, Katharine Kaufmann, Stephen Loughman, Rachel Mastrodonato, Jay Price, Jennifer Robert, Johanna Stavrakaki, Sumie Takamitsu, Jennifer Van Daley, Nicole Weber, Kim Wheelock, Steven Willey II and Keri Zielinski.

A color-illustrated catalog which includes their statements is available to all visitors. The catalog provides a sampling of the variety and quality of the art production by Plattsburgh State students.

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