Gallery Schedule
2009-2010 Season
subject to change
Most exhibition receptions are scheduled as part of
Albany First Friday
June-July Hours: Monday-Friday 10-4, and by appointment
Gallery closed July 2-3
August 31- December 11 Hours: Monday-Friday 10-8, Sundays Noon-4
Gallery will be closed September 6-7
Gallery open by appointment only October 11-13 & November 25-29
January 19-May 10 Hours: Monday- Friday 10-8, Sundays Noon-4
Gallery open by appointment only March 7-14
The gallery is closed between exhibits and usually open by appointment when classes are not in session.
LINA PUERTA: Natura
August 31 October 23, 2009,
Reception Friday, October 2, 5-9pm 
Lina Puerta is a sculptor who was born in the United States and reared in Columbia. Her work draws on numerous sources of inspiration; from pre-Columbian cultures and traditions to her own observations of Nature, the female body and social references. She works three-dimensionally, utilizing a variety of materials such as clay, fabrics, and found objects; and incorporates techniques traditionally practiced by women, such as sewing, embroidering, and crocheting.
Puerta has been awarded several grants for the production of her Public Work including the Queens Council for the Arts Artists Grant 2004 and the Lower Manhattan Cultural Council grant 2006. She was also the recipient of the Gertrude H. Freiert Prize in Fine Arts in 1992.
This exhibit transforms the gallery into a rain forest of brilliant colors, flowing water, and evocative shapes. The exhibit is accompanied by an illustrated catalogue (in English and Spanish) with an essay by Taina Caragol.
Musicians of Ma'alwyck: Macabre Music: The Sequel
Sunday, October 18, 3:00pm
Works for harp, flute, baritone, and string quartet of Debussy, Caplet, Saint-Saens, Schubert, and Mozart in association with the Hyde Collection's Degas & Music exhibition.
Tickets: (518-377-3623) $25 adults, $15 students, Free for Sage Students
DONA ANN McADAMS: Some Women
November 1 December 16, 2009
Reception Friday, November 6, 5-9pm
Artist talk: Art & Activism, Tuesday, December 1, 12:30pm
Artist guided walk-through of exhibit: Friday, December 4, 7pm
An exhibit surveying 35 years of this significant photographer's work. The exhibit explores this artist's deep interest in women which threads through all of the portfolios of this keenly engaged observer. The show consists of 35 gelatin silver prints dating from 1974 to the present and is accompanied by an illustrated catalogue with essays by Eleanor Heartney and Jim Richard Wilson. This exhibit is the first full career survey evidencing the constancy and growth of this artist's vision.
Dona Ann McAdams work has been exhibited widely, nationally and internationally, at places such as the Museum of Modem Art, NYC; The Whitney Museum of American Art, NYC; The International Center for Photography; The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, Robert Miller Gallery and La Primavera Fotographica, Barcelona. Her photos are in the collections of, among other places, the Museum of Modern Art; The Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Print Club, and the Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris. Her monograph of performance work, Caught in the Act, was published by Aperture in 1996. Her other book, The Woodcutter's Christmas, was published in 2001 (Council Oak Books).
While principally known for her performance photography, for which she's received both Obie and Bessie Awards, the majority of her work lies in a number of personal portfolios which have rarely been seen in public. This exhibit includes selected works from nearly all of her portfolios.
Jim Richard Wilson catalogue essay
Eleanor Heartney catalogue essay
Fabienne Waring catalogue essay
GUEST of CINDY SHERMAN
Wednesday, December 9 at 7pm in the Opalka
Guest of Cindy Sherman takes an eye-opening look at what happens when a skeptical outsider finds himself romantically involved with the ultimate insider.
Present for this screening will be the director of the film, Paul H-O, and the photographer Dona Ann McAdams, who appears in the film. There will be a question and answer session after the showing.
Admission is $5. Free for Sage students with valid ID.
This event is presented by the Opalka Gallery and the Office of Student Life.
The Sage Colleges VISUAL ARTS FACULTY
January 19 February 21, 2010
Reception, Friday, 2/5, 5-9pm
Lynn Caprisello, Beau Comeaux, Jean Dahlgren, Melody Davis, Melanie Printup Hope, Sean Hovendick, Kelly Jones, Harold Lohner, Matthew McElligott, Timothy M. Martin, Kent Mikalsen, Linda Morrell, Sally Packard, Gina Porcelli, Gary Shankman, Janus Welton
RANDY GARBER
March 5 April 18, 2010,
Reception, Friday, 3/5, 5-9pm
Curated by Ruth Hall Daly
Garber's art is intelligently and emotionally loaded. She produces works with a mastery of technique that adds resonance to the narratives we inevitably construct when we encounter her images. Garber's art draws on her particular experiences and situations to produce intensely personal yet broadly human images, ones that demand dialogue and reflection. She is an artist who understands the power and complexity of visual communication in a profound and nuanced manner.
Randy Garber's work investigates perception and how meaning is deciphered. Howwe navigate our perceptual terrain is complicated by the fact that what we excavate, discover and describe is always over-determined by the tools we use: language, memory, science, line, shape, color, etc.Puzzling this out is the subject of her work. Throughout her explorations in varied media in two and three dimensional work, her images evoke a sense of order as well as orderly growth gone awry. She believes that the aberrant, the rogue and the wayward signals are the ones that can guide us to expanded understanding of our worlds and ourselves.
AN ALBANY ASID EXHIBIT
April 30 - May 7, 2010
Curated by Fred B. Hershey, FASID
Special presentations TBA
A very select exhibition of work by members of the Albany Area membership of the New York Upstate/Canada East Chapter of the American Society of Interior Designers
