Virtual Senior Thesis Exhibition Now in Hewitt Gallery

As part of the Department of Art and Art History’s curriculum, Art majors took their Senior Art Seminar in the Fall 2020 semester under the guidance and mentorship of Millie Falcaro, Professor of Art, and Beth Shipley, Associate Professor of Art and Chair of the Department of Art and Art History. Their projects are now on virtual display in the Senior Thesis Exhibition through the Hewitt Gallery of Art. The MMC community is invited to attend the virtual opening of the exhibit on February 11, 2021 at 7 pm.

15 practice-based Art majors present a broad range of senior capstone projects using the mediums of painting, photography, collage, mixed media, graphic design, installation, illustration, animation. Exhibited in a catalog designed by Jim Holl, Associate Professor of Art, the Senior Thesis Exhibition is available to view here. Professor Holl additionally produced a video presentation for the exhibit allowing viewers to experience the artwork in a lively and engaging manner, available to view below:

Artists featured in the exhibit include:

  • Cydney Bittner
  • Melissa Braccia
  • Hannah “HG” Davis-Russell
  • Dru Gannon
  • Demelza Leffert
  • Evelyn Mares
  • Hannah Mariani
  • Sheridan Posschelle
  • Logan Ronan
  • Zuleika Rymer
  • Jayna Simpson
  • Juliet Slattery
  • Avalon Snow
  • Stephen Van Osten
  • Courtney Walsh

Congratulations to our creative and talented seniors!

Published: February 09, 2021

Contact

Hallie Cohen
Professor of Art
Director, Hewitt Gallery of Art
hcohen@mmm.edu

Curating the City: Art Classes During COVID-19

While courses within the Department of Art and Art History were conducted remotely throughout the Fall 2020 semester, faculty and students took advantage of public art spaces and exhibits around New York City as creative influences for their projects.
Prof. Rosenfeld leading virtual and in-person students through a tour of the Sean Kelly Gallery.