Art Department and Campus Events
Senior Prize Recipients Announced
Buttenwieser Prins Prize awarded to Dorothy Walter
The Art Department has awarded the Buttenwieser Prins Prize to Dorothy Walter whose academic record is distinguished by her commitment to excellence in her studies (as evidenced by her very high grade point average in art history). Her senior thesis on Rembrandt is a significant contribution to the field. Dorothy’s senior paper explored the complex blend of artful technique and interpretive imagination in the nocturnal etchings that display his handling of dark tonalities.
Frances Daly Fergusson Prize awarded to Rebecca Rice and Vanessa Beloyianis
Rebecca Rice for excellence in her academic work (as demonstrated by her very high grade point average in art history). Her senior thesis on French history painting and Napoleonic propaganda was an outstanding essay executed with graduate level research skills. Her undergraduate curriculum has also shown great breadth of interest and seriousness with coursework in economics and political theory.
Vanessa Beloyianis for her commendable senior thesis on the architect Eero Saarinen at Vassar College (1954-1958). Vanessa wrote a definitive history of Saarinen’s activity at the College although the main focus of her study was Noyes Hall (celebrating its 50th anniversary this year) . During work on the thesis she was able to locate the original Saarinen model for Noyes (then in the basement of Main). This model is now at the Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center undergoing restoration and will be exhibited in 2009.
Rubenstein Prize awarded to Kate Parvenski
The Rubenstein Prize winner for the Studio program is Kate Parvenski. Kate Parvenski has done singularly outstanding work with her accomplished and inventive sculpture. In its playful use of materials and its inherent mystery, her sculptures are formally charged and evocative.
Events
March 14, 2007 to June 8, 2008
Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center
Out of Shape: Stylistic Distortions of the Human Form in Art from the Logan Collection on exhibit
Thirty-five works on paper by 27 artists are presented in the exhibition, many of which have not been displayed publicly since they entered the Logan collection. Open to the public.
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June 5, 2007 to June 26, 2008
College Center, Palmer Gallery
Shifting Realities on exhibit
Relationships, perception, and memory are examined in two series of twenty photographs – one in color and the other in black-and-white – for Vassar alumna Phyllis Crowley’s solo exhibition “Shifting Realities.” The exhibit coincides with Crowley’s fiftieth class reunion, and she will discuss her work at the gallery’s opening reception, on Saturday, June 7, at 4:30pm. Both the reception, from 4:00-5:30 on June 7, as well as the exhibition, are free to the public.
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Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center
Late Thursdays at the Lehman Loeb Art Center
The Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center at Vassar College is open every Thursday evening until 9:00 p.m. A busy class or work schedule is no excuse not to unwind and enjoy what the Art Center has to offer! Please join us this Thursday, and every Thursday, for a special Late Night at the Art Center. Open to the public.
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