FALL SEMESTER RECAP part 1

The 2013/14 MFA class finished Seminar with a spirited day of visits to the Upper East Side museums and galleries. After checking out Richard Artshwager (#dontBLIPme), Sinister Pop(#dystopianromance), and Wade Guyton (#printererror) at the Whitney, we visited the show of Phyllida Barlow at Hauser and Wirth, among others.  We capped it off at The Armory, where Anne Hamilton’s (#ohiopride) swing installation offered a physical/audio/visual immersion.

What do these three men have in common?

(we helped Jesse Bercowetz with a photo on the roof of his studio in Bushwick, Brooklyn)

In addition to our terrific Visiting Artist program at SUNY Purchase MFA, we have the option to take a really great Special Topics class taught by Kate Gilmore. We visit artists at their studios/solo shows throughout NYC, hear about their work/process, and engage in conversation. Here are some of the artists we will be visiting this semester:


Jesse Bercowetz
Letha Wilson
Diana Al Hadid
Nancy Davidson
Matthew Lusk
Michael Bilsborough
Alix Pearlstein
Zipora Fried
Shih Chieh Huang
Erik Benson
Melissa Cooke
Blane De St. Croix
Shana Moulton
Melissa Cook
Summer Wheat

What do these 3 photos have in common? #purchasemfa

8 degrees
2012 MFA Thesis Exhibition
at Lu Magnus
On view: May 16-27, 2012
Opening Reception: Saturday, May 19, 6-8pm

Lu Magnus
255 Hester Street
New York, NY 10002

The exhibition features work by Alex Branch, Courtney Childress, Jen Dawson, Aaron Krach, Jon Price, Margaret Rizzio, Bradford Smith, and Glenn Wonsettler

here’s all of us hanging out on a rooftop in Brooklyn

Feminist/artist/writer Mira Schor gave a talk to Purchase MFA at her recent solo exhibition at Marvelli Gallery in Chelsea NYC. Part of our Special Topics class where we meet with artists and art world professionals in NYC every other Friday

Aaron Krach