Western State University School of Visual & Performing Arts

Master of Fine Arts Thesis Exhibition Spring 2014 2014 The Gallery at Higgins Hall The School of Visual & Performing Arts Katie M. Bassett March 27 – April 7 at Western Connecticut State University Andrew Dylan Campbell is pleased to announce the thesis André Eamiello Upcoming Opening Reception: Thursday, March 27, 5 – 7 p.m. exhibition of the Master of Fine Arts Miranda Girard candidates for 2014 Katie Ross Exhibitions Gallery Hours: Mon – Thurs, 12 – 4 p.m. Sat – Sun, 1 – 4 p.m. The MFA Thesis Exhibition is the 181 White Street summation of two years of intensive, Danbury, CT 06810 creative study and extensive interaction with resident faculty and visiting artists. Students select a concentration in Blue Mountain Gallery painting or illustration, encompassing June 17 – July 5 a broad range of materials and ideas,

Opening reception: traditional and multi-disciplinary. Students Thursday, June 19, 5 – 8 p.m. also participate in professional internships

Gallery Hours: and individual research. The MFA studios Tues – Sat, 11 a.m. – 6 p.m. at WCSU are located about an hour from New York City, surrounded by the 530 West 25 Street, 4th Floor New York, New York 10001 beautiful landscapes of Connecticut.

For more information about the shows, please call (203) 837-8403 or visit wcsu.edu/svpa.

Thesis Exhibition Spring 2012 sisters & memories, brown kraft paper and india ink, 70" x 65" x 60" The Idea of Order, acrylic on canvas, 66" x 50"

Katie M. Bassett Andrew Dylan Campbell BA Studio Art (Sculpture) & BA Graphic Design BFA Illustration, Savannah College of Art and Design Western Connecticut State University MA Visual Arts, Ashwood University MSEd Childhood Education, Fordham University

Western Connecticut State University Thesis Exhibition Spring 2014 tide pool dream story Danbury January 2014, watercolor on Arches paper, 51" x 39 1/2" Katie, oil on primed paper, 13" x 10"

André Eamiello Miranda Girard BFA Painting BFA General Fine Arts San Francisco Art Institute Institute College of Art

Western Connecticut State University Thesis Exhibition Spring 2014 Faculty

Chair, Department of Art Painting

Terry Wells Robert Alberetti MFA MFA Arizona State University Riley Brewster MFA Yale University MFA Coordinator Margaret Grimes Darby Cardonsky MFA University of Pennsylvania MA Hunter College CSU Distinguished Professor Christine Hartman MFA Brooklyn College Sabrina Marques MFA Yale University Marjorie Portnow MFA Brooklyn College

Illustration Jack Tom MFA University of Hartford #4, oil on steel, 14" x 17 3/4"

Katie Ross BFA Painting/Two Dimensional Studies University of Massachusetts Dartmouth

Western Connecticut State University Thesis Exhibition Spring 2014 Visiting Artists

Painting Weir Farm Art Center Adele Alsop Judy Glantzman Jim Peters Eric Aho Vincent Arcilesi Barbara Grossman Anna Poor Emma Amos Robert Birmelin Nancy Hagin Marjorie Portnow William Bailey Roger Boyce Natalie Charkow Hollander Susan Shatter Robert Berlind Riley Brewster Eric Holzman Paul Smith Jake Berthot Tom Burckhardt Ken Kewley Bill Sullivan* Susanna Coffey Vincent Desiderio Don Kimes Altoon Sultan Bruce Dorfman Ying Li Clintel Steed Janet Fish Constance Evans Lynette Lombard Kyle Staver Audrey Flack Alan Feltus Mathew Lopas Grier Torrence Andrew Forge * Betsy Garand James McGarrell Audrey Ushenko Connie Fox Brenda Garand Hugh O’Donnell John Wallace* Richard Haas Shelia Geoffrion Charles Parness Yvonne Jacquette Stanley Lewis Ruth Miller Thomas Lanigan-Schmidt John Moore Graham Nickson Illustration Selina Trieff Daniel Adel Robert Giusti Jerry Pinkney Susan Jane Walp Scott Bakal James Grashow Walt Reed Paul Calle Norman Green Heather Scott Joan Chiverton James Gurney Yuko Shimizu Raul Colón Mark Hess Gene Sparkman Guest Lecturers Kinuko Craft David Johnson Don Spaulding & Panelists Robert Crawford Victor Juhasz Nancy Stahl John Arthur Bob Crofut Roger Kastel Lynn Sweat Charles Cajori * John Cuneo Tom Kidd Bill Thomson Darby Cardonsky Janet DeCarlo Edward Little Cathleen Toelke Michael Chelminski Grace Devito Dennis Lyall Ed Tuttle David Cohen Daniel Dos Santos Fred Mason Victoria Vebell Fielding Dawson * Randall Enos Ross MacDonald Raymond Verdaguer Jane Goodall Leonard Everett Fisher Howard Munz James Warhola Wolf Kahn Michael Garland Adam Niklewicz Michael Whelan Jennifer Samet Charlie Gehm Robert Andrew Parker Judy York Lee Tribe

* Deceased

Western Connecticut State University Thesis Exhibition Spring 2014 Left: Weir Farm Art Center, Wilton, Conn. Below: Visiting artist Jim Peters

Visiting artist Ying Li

Western Connecticut State University Thesis Exhibition Spring 2014 Visiting artist Ken Kewley conducting a workshop with MFA students

Above: Visiting artist Scott Bakal Right: Weir Farm Art Center, Wilton, Conn.

Western Connecticut State University Thesis Exhibition Spring 2014 Western Connecticut State University School of Visual & Performing Arts

Master of Fine Arts Thesis Exhibition Spring 2014