Bits and masterpieces

Rochester, NY (08/26/2022) — Faculty Art Show Fall 2022 continues through September 25 in the Arts Center Gallery at Nazareth College, 4245 East Ave. The Faculty Art Show is an annual exhibition featuring work by the Nazareth College Art and Design Department faculty in a variety of media including ceramics, illustration, graphic design, jewelry, metalsmithing, painting, photography, printmaking, sculpture, and more.

Participating artists include Doot Bokelman, David Cowles, Lynn Duggan, Sherri Hamilton, Jillian Hauck, Holland Houdek, Shelly Kuzniarek, Colleen LHommedieu, Mitchell Messina, Ron Netsky, Paul Porell, Jim Quinn, Hilary Toothe, Stephen Wehner, Samantha Nolte-Yupari, and Stefan Zoller.

"As faculty, we get to see our students' work all year long," stated Arts Gallery Director Holland Houdek. "This exhibition is always a great opportunity to reciprocate and share our work with our students and others."

Art Center Gallery hours are Sunday-Thursday noon-5 p.m., and Friday and Saturday noon-8 p.m.

Also on display at Nazareth until September 25 in the Colacino Gallery is an exhibit of large-scale acrylic paintings on canvas by artist Karen Sardisco titled Things Not Seen.

In Sardisco's most recent work, variations of maps, grids, and architectural forms reveal intention and organization. They form a foundation that contrasts with natural conditions of atrophy and decay.

"These systems and structures are evidence of our tentative control over the randomness of nature," noted Sardisco. Organic drips and pools interrupt planned pathways, blurring the edges of transitional spaces. Empty volumes reflect a contemporary environment characterized by quarantine and isolation. "In these works a longing for normalcy and order struggles against the fractured structure of the present," she added.

Sardisco is an Associate Professor of Fine Arts who teaches drawing, painting and design in the Visual and Performing Arts department at Monroe Community College. After receiving a Bachelor of Science in Art Education from SUNY Buffalo, she earned a Master of Fine Arts in Painting from Rochester Institute of Technology. She has received numerous honors and awards for her work, which has been featured in dozens of solo and group exhibitions throughout the Rochester and Finger Lakes region, and beyond.

Colacino Gallery hours are Wednesday-Sunday noon-5 p.m.

An opening reception for both exhibits will be held on Friday, September 16 from 5-7 p.m. Refreshments will be served and the public is invited to attend.

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