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September

September 1-3

Student Exhibition: Selections for the SUNY Student Exhibition in Albany
Mon-Fri 9 AM-5 PM, Richard & Dolly Maass Gallery, School of Art+Design Bldg.
Free
The School of Art + Design presents a diverse collection of recent undergraduate student work in all media. It represents the accomplishments of students in all visual arts degree programs at Purchase College. The exhibition provides a window into the range of offerings at the College and the directions in which painting, sculpture, photography, time-based media, and graphic design are moving. After the exhibition closes the work will be submitted for consideration in the SUNY Student Art Exhibition held in Albany each semester and the Best of Show in the New York State Museum and the Governor's Mansion. Phone 914-251-6750 or e-mail art+design@purchase.edu.

September 8, 15, and 22

8th Annual Jewish Studies Film Festival
7:30 PM, Humanities Theatre, Durst Family Humanities Bldg.. $8
The Purchase College 8th Annual Jewish Studies Film Festival, co-sponsored by Hillels of Westchester, brings to campus films of Jewish interest from Israel and around the world. Films will be screened on September 8, 15 & 22 in the Humanities Theatre of the Durst Family Humanities Building. The film series is open to the public. Tickets are $8 and can be purchased at the door. For more information, call 914-251-6516.

September 8

Noon Music
Sept. 8 at 12 PM, Recital Hall, Music Building, Free
Voice and Opera Students Perform. For more information, call 914-251-6700.

September 10

Visiting Artist Lecture: Melanie Baker--Drawings
6:30 PM, Room 1016, Visual Arts Bldg., School of Art+Design , Free
Melanie Baker creates charcoal and pastel drawings of overwhelming scale that investigate symbols and the nature of imagery used as propaganda. In the past, her drawings have focused on American government officials and cropped portraits of the president and his cabinet. Most recently she has focused on historical images from other empires such as the Roman eagle, weapons and other paraphernalia. Baker received her BFA from Pratt Institute in 1977 and her MFA from Stony Brook University in 2001. Baker is a New York Foundation of the Arts fellow and was the 2003 NYFA Prize recipient, and has exhibited her work at numerous venues in New York City. For information call 914-251-6750.

September 17

Visiting Artist Lecture: Pablo Helguera, Interdisciplinary Artist and Writer
6:30 PM, Room 1016, Visual Arts Bldg., School of Art+Design Bldg., Free
Pablo Helguera is a visual artist and writer. His work in both areas deals with analyzing the context in which art is presented and transmitted to audiences. His visual art ranges from experimental symposiums, phonograph recordings, exhibition audio-guides, publications or nomadic museums. In his recent project, The School of Panamerican Unrest, Helguera drove in a van with a portable school house to dozens of cities across the Americas, from Alaska to Tierra del Fuego, Chile. Setting up his school house in each city, Helguera held collective discussions with local art communities around issues of globalization. His works and performances have been presented in major institutions and biennials in the United States and abroad. For information call 914-251-6750.

September 22-October 24

David Schwarz Project 9: Tom Burckhardt
9-5 PM, Richard & Dolly Maass Gallery, School of Art+Design, Visual Arts Bldg.
Reception: 5-7 PM, October 17
Presents the recent work of Purchase Alumnus Tom Burchhardt '86 who invites viewers to enter a world, referred to by Alexi Worth as "Burckhardtistan", made up of juxtaposed commonplace objects, precariously balanced, sometimes covered with meticulous patterns that comment humorously on consumerism and contemporary culture. He is represented by Tibor De Nagy Gallery and Caren Golden Fine Art. A recipient of a Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant, A New York Foundation for the Arts Painting Grant and the Marie Walsh Sharpe Art Foundation Studio Grant.

Burckhardt will give an artist talk on November 12 in room 1016 in the School of Art+Design Building. For more information, call 914-251-6750.

September 22

Noon Music
12 PM, Recital Hall Music Bldg., Free
Voice and opera students perform. For more information, call 914-251-6700.

September 23

Artist-In-Residence Lecture: Wendy Maruyama, Woodworker
4:30 PM, Room 1016 Art+Design Bldg., Free
Trained as a traditional woodworker, Wendy Maruyama's work deviates from the norm in the field of studio furniture. She uses unexpected materials and imagery inspired by visits to France, England, Japan, Korea, and China. Ms. Maruyama is the Fall 2008 Artist-In-Residence in the School of Art+ Design. In addition to her talk, she will exhibit in the Richard & Dolly Maass Gallery from January 12-February 6, 2009. Her closing reception will be on Thursday, January 29, 5-7 PM. Save the date. For information call 914-251-6750.

September 24

Visiting Artist Lecture: Sue Coe, Illustrator, Journalist, Artist
6:30 PM, Room 1016, School of Art+Design Bldg., Free
Sue Coe is a "graphic witness" to realities often overlooked or avoided. In using images in preference to words, she has explored factory farming, meat packing, apartheid, sweat shops, prisons, AIDS, and most recently, war. As an illustrator for such publications as the New York Times and Time Magazine, Coe engages her audience in a visual discourse on subjects that may not receive thorough coverage in news media. For more information, call 914-251- 6750.