Syracuse University College of Visual and
Performing Arts 2011 MFA Thesis Exhibition
Curated by Masters Candidates of The Center for Curatorial Studies at Bard College
December 1, 2011–January 21, 2012
Arcade Gallery
San Pedro Arts & Academic Alliance
479 W. 6th Street
San Pedro, California
Artists:
Nicholas Arnold, Michael Berlant, Jeffrey Einhorn, David Drori, Joo Young Ha, Eric Johanni, Daina Mattis, Tyler Mcphee, Joshua Reiman, Holly Rodricks, Alex Schmitz, Shimpei Shirafuji, Nathaniel Sullivan, Darcy Van Buskirk, Colleen Woolpert, Sarah Zamecnik
Curators: Janine Armin, Rachel Cook, Suzy Halajian, and Leora Morinis
THE EXHIBITION:
Fishing from the Beach is the result of a collaboration between the Syracuse University MFA programs in Art and Transmedia and the MA program at the Center for Curatorial Studies at Bard College. In Winter 2011, Syracuse MFA graduate students sought to establish a working relationship with curators at a similar stage of professional development. After approaching CCS Bard with a proposal, a call was put out to interested MA students and the team of four curators was selected for the project. Over the course of spring and summer 2011, Janine Armin, Rachel Cook, Suzy Halajian, and Leora Morinis conducted a series of studio visits in Syracuse and a formed curatorial vision for the exhibition at Dumbo Arts Center. The collaboration also produced a catalogue with essays by the curatorial team and David Ross.
PROGRAM DESCRIPTIONS:
SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF VISUAL AND PERFORMING ARTS
The College of Visual and Performing Arts at Syracuse University has a tradition of excellence in educating cultural leaders that goes back more than 130 years. Graduate students in the MFA programs enjoy the benefits of a world-class art school while having access to the resources of a major university. The education provided is both global and local. With study abroad opportunities in New York City; Los Angeles; London, England; Florence, Italy; and Berlin, Germany and such Syracuse initiatives as the Connective Corridor, and Urban Video Project, the college creates an educational environment that thrives on critical thought and action. Learn more at: vpa.syr.edu.
CENTER FOR CURATORIAL STUDIES, BARD COLLEGE
CCS Bard provides practical training and experience in a museum setting and an intensive interdisciplinary course of study in the history of the contemporary visual arts, the institutions and practices of exhibition making, and the theory and criticism of the visual arts in the modern period. Its faculty includes curators and other museum professionals, scholars in the humanities and social sciences, artists, and critics. The curriculum is specifically designed to deepen students’ understanding of the intellectual and practical tasks of curating exhibitions of contemporary art, particularly in the complex social and cultural situations of present-day urban arts institutions, and to help students’ improve their interpretive and critical writing.
