November 5, 2018No Comments

NOVEMBER 27: Artist Lecture Series: Daesha Devón Harris

Artist Lecture: Eleazar Hernandez
Opalka Gallery
Tuesday, November 27th
6:30 PM
Using photography, video and experimental print techniques, Devón Harris’s work explores individual and collective stories and history.

November 1, 2018No Comments

Artist Lecture Series: Tonja Torgersen

Artist Lecture: Tonja Torgersen
Opalka Gallery
Thursday, November 1
6:30 PM
Torgerson is a Kansas-based artist whose work examines death and the body’s impermanence and experiments with methods and siting of print-based art.
 

October 3, 2018No Comments

Artist Lecture Series: Eleazar Hernandez

Artist Lecture: Eleazar Hernandez
Opalka Gallery
Thursday, October 11th
6:30 PM
Eleazar Hernández, Sage professor of Graphic + Media design professor, is a creative director, designer, illustrator, educator and author.

September 25, 2018No Comments

Artist Series: Sharon Bates

August 28 to October 13, 2018
Opening Reception: FRI, September 7, 2018, 6pm to 8pm
Artist’s tour: TUES, September 25, 5:30pm
Artist Lecture: TUES, September 25, 6:30pm
Student Reception: THURS, October 11, 5pm to 6:30pm

December 7, 2017Comments are off for this post.

Artist Lecture: Julia Jacquette

Artist Lecture: Julia Jacquette
Opalka Gallery
Thursday, December 7
6:30 PM
Based in New York City and Amsterdam, artist Julia Jacquette’s work has been shown extensively at galleries and museums around the world, including the Museum of Modern Art, NY, and The Museum of Fine Arts Boston, among other institutions. Jacquette’s work was included in the first installment of PS1’s “Greater New York” exhibition, was the subject of retrospectives at the Tang Museum and recently, at the Wellin Museum. She has taught at the Rhode Island School of Design, Princeton University, and is currently on the faculty at the Fashion Institute of Technology, NYC.
www.juliajacquette.net

November 14, 2017Comments are off for this post.

Artist Lecture: Carl Sprague

Artist Lecture: Carl Sprague
Opalka Gallery
Tuesday, November 14
6:30 PM
Carl Sprague has worked in the art departments of more than 20 films, which, between them, have a combined total of 29 Oscar nominations. He has worked with Martin Scorsese, Steven Spielberg, and David Fincher, but the most enduring collaboration has been with Wes Anderson, as concept illustrator on The Grand Budapest Hotel, assistant art director on Moonrise Kingdom and as art director on The Royal Tenenbaums, for which he as nominated for an Art Director’s Guild Award.
carlsprague.com

October 26, 2017Comments are off for this post.

Curator's Lecture: Paul Shaw

Paul Shaw, Curator
Paper is Part of the Picture
Opalka Gallery
Thursday, October 26th
6:30 PM
Paul Shaw, curator of the exhibition Paper Is Part of the Picture, is a designer and design historian who has researched and written about the history of graphic design with a focus on typography, lettering and calligraphy. A recipient of grants and scholarships from the NEH, the Smithsonian Institution, and the Harry Ransom Center at University of Texas, among others, he was also a 2002 Fellow at the American Academy in Rome. A contributing editor for Print, he has contributed to and edited many journals, and is author of the acclaimed Helvetica and the New York City Subway System.
paulshawletterdesign.com

October 17, 2017Comments are off for this post.

AIGA Upstate/ Art + Design Artist Lecture: Luba Lukova

Luba Lukova
Opalka Gallery
Tuesday, October 17
6:30 PM
Internationally recognized, New York-based Luba Lukova is regarded as one of the most original image-makers working. She creates arguably some of the most iconic and indelible imagery in the realm of contemporary poster design. Whether by using an economy of line, color and text to pinpoint essential themes of humanity or to succinctly visualize social commentary, her work is undeniably powerful and thought-provoking. Her work has been exhibited around the world including UNESCO, Paris, DDD Gallery, Osaka, Japan, the Art Institute of Boston and, most recently, the Museum of Design, Atlanta.
lukova.net

October 5, 2017Comments are off for this post.

Artist Lecture: Nina Buxenbaum

Artist Lecture: Nina Buxenbaum
Opalka Gallery
Thursday, October 5th
6:30 PM
Nina Buxenbaum works in a traditional figurative painting style, while dealing with issues of the public versus private persona, and identity. She has participated in numerous residencies including at the Cité Internationale des Arts in Paris, the Skowhegan School of Painting, and The Vermont Studio Center. Her work has been exhibited around the country including at the Studio Museum of Harlem (NYC), the Kentler International Drawing Space (Brooklyn), the Ingalls Gallery (Miami), and and featured in the International Review of African American Art. She is an Associate Professor of Painting at York College in Jamaica, NY.
www.ninabuxenbaum.com

April 8, 2017Comments are off for this post.

Steamroller Print Day: April 8

Collaborative Print Day: Saturday, April 8, 2017, 10am - 5pm (Tentative date)
Sage College of Albany Armory
140 New Scotland Rd., Albany NY
Steamroller prints are giant prints made by compressing the an oversized printing plate under the weight of a two-ton steamroller. We’ll be exploring this unique process this year at Sage, first this fall with our Printmaking class, then again this spring with high schools and community colleges in our area.
Sage will supply the boards for free at the end of the fall semester. Interested schools will have up until April 8th to carve their blocks. The carving can be a collaborative work among a class of students.

  • Basic wood carving tools are recommended, and/or a dremel tool with 'high speed cutter 125' bit.
  • The time needed to carve boards of this size is dependent on the design and the level of detail. We estimate two months will be needed for a group to carve the board.