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Programs and Events

Eye Witness

January 22 - March 28, 2024

Opening Reception:  Jan. 25,  5:00 - 7:00 pm

Meet the artists, catered event. Main Gallery, Dowd.

Artist Talk: February 1, 5:00 - 7:00 pm

Carla Stetson, personal experiences as an artist

Artist Talk: February 15, 5:00 - 7:00 pm

Lin Price, personal experiences as an artist

Guest Speaker: Feb 22, 5:00 - 7:00 pm

Nancy Green, topic: "They Came, They Created, They Conquered. A brief history of women artists in America"

Artist Talk: February 29, 5:00 - 6:00

Minna Resnick, personal experiences as an artist.

Artist Workshop: March 21, 5:00 - 7:00 pm

Bryan Thomas, Hands-on vinyl cutting.

Willie Bennie: Black Sun

September 5 - October 20, 2023

Opening Reception
Thursday, September 7, 5 – 7:30 p.m.
Dowd Gallery, Dowd Fine Arts Center, Room 106
Catered by: M&D Deli
in-person event

Artist's Walkthrough
Willie Binnie, Visual Artist and educator
Thursday, September 7, 4:30 – 5 p.m.
Dowd Gallery, Dowd Fine Arts Center, Room 106
In-person

Documentary Screening: Within Spaces 
Compilation of shorts
Vija Celmins, John Divola, William Christenberry, Toba Khedoori,
Raymond Pettibon, Sigmar Polke, Gerhard Richter, Hiroshi Sugimoto
and others. 
Thursday, September 14, 5 p.m.
Dowd Gallery, Dowd Fine Arts Center, Room 106
In-person

Artist's Talk: Black Sun
Willie Binnie, Visual Artist, Visiting Lecturer in Art,
Art History and Studio Art Department,
Williams College, Williamstown, MA
Thursday, September 21, 5 p.m.
Dowd Gallery, Dowd Fine Arts Center, room 106
In-person

Gallery Talk: The Art of Social Change: A Nordic Model
Wylie Schwartz, Assistant Professor, Art and Art History Department, SUNY Cortland
Thursday, October 5, 5 p.m.
Dowd Gallery, Dowd Fine Arts Center, room 106
In-person

First Friday
Organized by the Cortland Arts Connect
Friday, October 6, 5:30 - 8:00 p.m. 
Virtual and In-person event
Dowd Gallery, Dowd Fine Arts Center, and 
Facebook, Instagram, Dowd Gallery website

Gallery Talk: Out of Time: Ingmar Bergman’s The Seventh Seal
Howard Lindh, Lecturer, English Department, SUNY Cortland
Tuesday, October 10, 5 p.m.
Dowd Gallery, Dowd Fine Arts Center, room 106
In-person

Film Screening 
The Seventh Seal, 1957
Directed by Ingmar Bergman
Wednesday, October 11, 5 p.m.
Dowd Gallery, Dowd Fine Arts Center, Room 106
In-person

1989. Struggle for Democracy

August 28 - October 13, 2023

Opening Reception & Artist's Remarks 
Wednesday, August 30, 4:30 – 6 p.m.
Colloquium, room 022, Old Main
In-person

Clark Center for Global
Engagement presents

Global Cortland Reception

Wednesday, September 13, 4:30-5:30 p.m.
Dowd Gallery, Dowd Fine Art Center
In-person, RSVP

All Majors Meeting

Student Welcome Event

Friday, September 1, 11:30 – 12:30 p.m.
Dowd Gallery, Dowd Fine Arts Center

Graduation Reception

Saturday, May 13, 11:30 a.m. - 3 p.m.
Dowd Gallery, room 106, Dowd Fine Arts Center
In-person

Jeremiah Donovan
Retirement Reception

Wednesday, May 10, 4:30 – 6:30 p.m.
Dowd Gallery, room 106, Dowd Fine Arts Center
In-person

Writing Center presents
Writing Gala

Award Ceremony
Friday, April 28, 5 – 8:30 p.m.
Dowd Gallery, room 106, Dowd Fine Arts Center
In-person

Student Select '23

April 24 - May 13, 2023

Opening Reception & Award Ceremony
Thursday, April 27, 5 – 7:30 p.m.
Dowd Gallery, room 106, Dowd Fine Arts Center
In-person

BFA Defense: (dis)content
Alyssa Cusimano
Thursday, April 27, 5:30 p.m.
Dowd Gallery, room 106, Dowd Fine Arts Center
In-person

Artist's Talk: Kindred Quilt 
Katherine Kressner
Thursday, April 27,6 p.m.
Dowd Gallery, room 106, Dowd Fine Arts Center
In-person

First Friday
Organized by the Cortland Arts Connect
Friday, May 5, 5:30 - 8:00 p.m. and
Virtual and In-person
Dowd Gallery, Dowd Fine Arts Center, and
Facebook, Instagram, Dowd Gallery website

SUNY Cortland English Department
Distinguished Voices in Literature presents

Reading by Barrett Bowlin
Wednesday, April 12, 4:30 p.m. 
Dowd Gallery, room 106, Dowd Fine Arts Center
In-person
Sponsored by The President's Office, Haines Fund, Provost's Office,
Campus Artist & Lectures Series, Cultural and Intellectual Climate Committee,
SCAS, the Writing Center, and the English Department.

Open House/ Extended Hours

Friday, March 31, 2023, 10 a.m. - 10 p.m.
Saturday, April 1, 2023, 10 a.m. - 10 p.m.
Sunday, April 2, 2023, 1 - 4 p.m.

Economics Department presents

Talk: Contemporary art, public space, community development,
and navigating the process of creating a social enterprise
Emily Ebba Reynolds & Nando Alvarez-Perez,
founders of Buffalo Institute for Contemporary Art, Buffalo, NY

Thursday, Match 30, 2023, 5 p.m.

Dowd Gallery, room 106, Dowd Fine Arts Center
In-person

Sponsored by CALS, the Dowd Gallery, CICC, and the
Money on the Left Editorial Collective

Imagination Celebration
Art by K-12 Students and Teachers
Match 6 - April 14, 2023

Opening Reception
Thursday, March 9, 4 – 7:30 p.m.
Dowd Gallery, room 106, Dowd Fine Arts Center
In-person

Empty Bowl Sale
Thursday, March 9, 4 – 7:30 p.m.
Critique Space, room 010, Dowd Fine Arts
In-person

Gallery Panel Discussion: Voices of Student Artists
A group of students representing
Cortland and Homer School District
Thursday, March 23, 5 p.m.
Dowd Gallery, room 106, Dowd Fine Arts Center
In-person

Gallery Round Table: Voices of Art Educators
Robert Edwards, Cortland Superintendent;
Jesse Bender and Nadja Bieber, Cortland Art Teachers
Thomas Turck, Homer Central Superintendent;
Brookley Abbate and Lauren Nels, Homer Art Teachers;
Carol Fitzgerald, Executive Director, Cortland Arts Connect and
Crystal Lyon, Artist, Educator and Art Advocate, Cortland
Wednesday, March 29, 5 p.m.
Dowd Gallery, room 106, Dowd Fine Arts Center
In-person

Documentary Screening: Why Art Education Matters Part 1
Compilation of Shorts and Talks
Tuesday, April 4, 5 p.m.
Dowd Gallery, Dowd Fine Arts Center, Room 106
In-person

Documentary Screening: Why Art Education Matters Part 2
Compilation of Shorts and Talks
Thursday, April 6, 5 p.m.
Dowd Gallery, Dowd Fine Arts Center, Room 106
In-person

First Friday
Organized by the Cortland Arts Connect
Friday, February 3, 5:30 - 8:00 p.m. and
Virtual and In-person
Dowd Gallery, Dowd Fine Arts Center, and
Facebook, Instagram, Dowd Gallery website

Gallery Talk: Leading Within the Liminal
Thomas Albrecht, Professor, Department Chair, and
Associate Dean, School of Fine, SUNY New Paltz
Tuesday, April 11, 5 p.m.
WebEx, Virtual 

David B. Smith:
(re)Play
January 23 - February 24, 2023

Opening Reception
Thursday, January 26, 4:30 – 7:30 p.m.
Dowd Gallery, Dowd Fine Arts Center, Room 106
In-person event
Catered by: M&D Deli

First Friday
Organized by the Cortland Arts Connect
Friday, February 3, 5:30 - 8:00 p.m. and
Virtual and In-person
Dowd Gallery, Dowd Fine Arts Center, and
Facebook, Instagram, Dowd Gallery website

Artist's Talk: (re)Play
David B. Smith, Visual Artist,
Tuesday, January 31, 5 p.m.
Virtual, WebEx

Documentary Screening: Threaded
Compilation of shorts
Tuesday, February 7, 5 p.m.
Dowd Gallery, Dowd Fine Arts Center, Room 106
In-person

Gallery Talk: Between Sport and Art: Gender Biases at Play
Erin Morris, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Sport Management SUNY Cortland
Wednesday, February 8, 5 p.m.
Dowd Gallery, Dowd Fine Arts Center, room 106
In-person

Artist's Walkthrough: (re)Play
David B. Smith, Visual Artist
Monday, February 13, 2 – 2:45 p.m.
Dowd Gallery, Dowd Fine Arts Center, room 106
In-person

Artist's Workshop: Communal Weaving
David B. Smith, Visual Artist
Monday, February 13, 3 – 5:30 p.m.
Dowd Fine Arts Center, Fiber Studio, Room 101
In-person

Gallery Talk: Artist, the Player
Katarzyna Zimna Ph.D., Associate Professor of Art,
The Lodz University of Technology, Poland
Tuesday, February 21, 4:30 p.m.
Virtual, Teams

Documentary Screening: Beyond the Visible: Hilma af Klint
Directed by Halina Dyrschka, 2019
Thursday, February 23, 5 p.m.
Dowd Gallery, Dowd Fine Arts Center, Room 106
In-person

BFA Thesis Exhibition
Lindsey Richards: Time Is Out of Joint
Jake Robinson: In Tongues
December 8 - 16, 2022

Opening Reception & Thesis Defence 
Friday, December 9, 4:30 – 6:30 p.m.
Dowd Gallery, Dowd Fine Arts Center, Room 106
In-person event
Catered

Clark Center for Global
Engagement presents

Global Cortland Reception

Wednesday, November 9, 4:30-5:30 p.m.
Dowd Gallery, Dowd Fine Art Center
In-person, RSVP

SUNY Cortland English Department
Distinguished Voices in Literature presents

Reading by Gina Nutt
Thursday, November 3, 5 p.m. 
Dowd Gallery, room 106, Dowd Fine Arts Center
In-person
Sponsored by The President's Office, Haines Fund, Provost's Office,
Campus Artist & Lectures Series, Cultural and Intellectual Climate Committee,
SCAS, the Writing Center, and the English Department.

elin o’Hara slavick, Madeleine Slavick,
Sarah Slavick, and Susanne Slavick:
Family Tree

October 24 - December 2, 2022

Opening Reception
Wednesday, October 26, 4:30 – 7:30 p.m., in-person event
Dowd Gallery, Dowd Fine Arts Center, Room 106
Catered by: M&D Deli

Artist’s Walkthrough
Guided tour by elin o’Hara slavick, Artist-In-Residence at the 
University of California, Irvine; Sarah Slavick, College of Art and Design
faculty, Lesley University, Cambridge, MA; and Susanne Slavick,
University Professor of Art Emerita, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
Wednesday, October 26, 5:30 – 6 p.m.
Dowd Gallery, Dowd Fine Arts Center, Room 106
In-person

Artist's Talk: Slavick Sisters
elin o'Hara slavick, Madeleine Slavick,
Sarah Slavick, and Susanne Slavick
Family Tree
Wednesday, November 2, 5 p.m.
Virtual, WebEx

First Fridays
Organized by the Cortland Arts Connect
November 4, 5:30 - 8:00 p.m.
December 2, 5:30 - 8:00 p.m.
Virtual and In-person
Dowd Gallery, Dowd Fine Arts Center, and
Facebook, Dowd Gallery website

Documentary Screening
Treeline/ The Secret Life of Trees
Patagonia Films, 2019
Thursday, November 10, 5 p.m.
Dowd Gallery, Dowd Fine Arts Center, Room 106
In-person

Gallery Talk: Jeremy Jimenez
Ph.D., Associate Professor, Foundation and
Social Advocacy, SUNY Cortland
Trees Can't Sequester Mercury; Why Climate Is the Wrong Focus
Thursday, November 17, 5 p.m.
Dowd Gallery, Dowd Fine Arts Center, Room 106
In-person

Documentary Screening
Compilation of Shorts
Ingrained in Art II
Monday, November 21, 5 p.m.
Dowd Gallery, Dowd Fine Arts Center, Room 106
In-person

Gallery Talk: Folly Tree Arboretum
Isla Hansen, Assistant Professor of Art, School of Art,
Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA & Tucker Marder,
Interdisciplinary Artist and founder of the Folly Tree Arboretum
Folly Tree Arboretum
Wednesday, December 7, 5 p.m.
Virtual, WebEx

Poetry Reading: SUNY Cortland Collective
Rooted in Words
Compilations of poems from various authors
Thursday, December 1, 5 p.m.
Dowd Gallery, Dowd Fine Arts Center, Room 106
In-person

Family Weekend

Friday, September 30, 10:00 a.m. – 7 p.m.
Saturday, October 1, 10:00 a.m. – 4 p.m.
Sunday, October 2, 10:00 a.m. – 4 p.m.
Dowd Gallery, Dowd Fine Arts Center, Room 106

All Majors Meeting

Student Welcome Event

Friday, September 9, 11:30 – 12:30 p.m.
Dowd Gallery, Dowd Fine Arts Center, Room 106

Beth Livensperger: Runaway

August 29 - October 14, 2022

Opening Reception
Wednesday, August 29, 4 – 7:30 p.m., in-person event
Dowd Gallery, Dowd Fine Arts Center, Room 106
Catered by: M&D Deli

First Friday
Organized by the Cortland Arts Connect
September 2, 5:30 - 8:00 p.m. and
October 7, 5:30 - 8:00 p.m.
Virtual and In-person event
Dowd Gallery, Dowd Fine Arts Center, and 
Facebook, Instagram, Dowd Gallery website

Artist's Talk: Runaway
Beth Livensperger, Assistant Professor, Department of Performing
and Creative Arts, College of Staten Island, CUNY
Tuesday, September 6, 4:30 p.m.
Virtual, WebEx

Documentary Screening: Art: Control, Capitalism, and Surveillance 
Compilation of shorts
Thursday, September 15, 5 p.m.
Dowd Gallery, Dowd Fine Arts Center, Room 106
In-person

Gallery Talk: #Unis4all: Stop Trying to Find the Money, It’s Time to Create It
Benjamin Wilson, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Economics Department,
SUNY Cortland
Wednesday, September 21, 5 p.m.
Dowd Gallery, Dowd Fine Arts Center, Room 106
In-person

Artist's Workshop: Control: Water-based Media
Beth Livensperger, Assistant Professor, Department of Performing and
Creative Arts, College of Staten Island, CUNY
Wednesday, September 28, 2 p.m.
Design Studio, Dowd Fine Arts Center, Room 005
In-person

Gallery Dialog: In Conversation
Beth Livensperger, Assistant Professor, Department of Performing and Creative Arts,
College of Staten Island, CUNY, and Leeza Meksin, Assistant Professor and
Director of the Graduate Program in Studio Art, Cornell
Wednesday, September 28, 4:30 p.m.
Dowd Gallery, Dowd Fine Arts Center, Room 106
In-person

Gallery Talk: Atmospheres of Surveillance and Contemporary Art
Karen Louise Grova Søilen, Ph.D., faculty member at DIS-Study Abroad in
Scandinavia, Denmark
Tuesday, October 4, 4:30 p.m.
Virtual, Web-Ex

Documentary Screening: TikTok Boom, 2022
Directed by Shalini Kantayya
Thursday, October 6, 5 p.m.
Dowd Gallery, Dowd Fine Arts Center, Room 106
In-person

Documentary Screening: Coded Bias, 2020
Directed by Shalini Kantayya
Monday, October 10, 5 p.m.
Brown Auditorium, Old Main
In-person

Gallery Talk: Coded Bias: How Human
Prejudice Creates Corrupt Technology

Shalini Kantayya, Filmmaker and Documentarist
Tuesday, October 11, 5 p.m.
Brown Auditorium, Old Main
In-person

Student Select '22

April 25 - May 14, 2022

In-person Opening Reception and Award Ceremony

with Jack Elliott, Guest Juror 
Tuesday, April 26, 4:30 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.

D.Dominick Lombardi:
High+Low: A Forty-five Year
Retrospective

Artist’s Talk: High + Low
Dominick Lombardi
Visual artist, writer and curator
Tuesday, Match 8, 5 p.m., in-person event
Dowd Gallery, Dowd Fine Arts Center

Opening Reception
Wednesday, March 9, 5 – 7:30 p.m., in-person event
Dowd Gallery, Dowd Fine Arts Center

Gallery Talk: The Crystallization of Lowbrow Art in
the Works of D. Dominick Lombardi
Errika Gerakiti
Writer and contributor to Daily Art Magazine
Friday, March 25, noon, virtual event
Teams

Gallery Talk: Toward the Contemporary:
Boom: Mad Money, Mega Dealers, and the
Rise of Contemporary Art
Michael Shnayerson
Author, journalist, and contributing editor for 
Vanity Fair magazine
Thursday, March 31, 5 p.m., virtual event
WebEx

First Friday
Organized by the Cortland Arts Connect
Friday, April 1, 5:30 - 8:00 p.m.
Virtual and in-person event
Dowd Gallery, Dowd Fine Arts Center, and 
Facebook, Dowd Gallery website

Documentary Screening: Crumb, 1994
Directed by Terry Zwigoff
Tuesday, April 5, 5 p.m., in-person event
Dowd Gallery, Dowd Fine Arts Center

Gallery Talk: Modern Mythologies: A History of
Comic Books and Popular Imagination
Dr. Abram Fox
Honors College Coordinator, curator for the Lieberman
Collection, and special topics instructor, Towson
University at Towson, Maryland
Thursday, April 7, 5 p.m., virtual event
WebEx

Film Screening: American Splendor, 2003
Directed by Shari Springer Berman, and Robert Pulcini
Co-organized with the Art and Art History Department and
Love Your Major event
Friday, April 8, noon, in-person event
Dowd Gallery, Dowd Fine Arts Center

Documentary Screening: Between High and Low
Compilation of shorts
Wednesday, April 13, 5:00 p.m., in-person event
Dowd Gallery, Dowd Fine Arts Center

Black Lives Matter
Submission Exhibition 

February 28 - April 1, 2022

Organized by the Institutional Equity and Inclusion Office,
in partnership with Dowd Gallery, Art and Art History Department,
and BLM Committee

Opening Reception 

Thursday, March 3, 3 – 6 p.m.
Winners Recognition Ceremony
Thursday, March 3, 4 p.m.
Colloquium, Room 220, Old Main

Faculty Biennial 2022

January 31 - February 25, 2022

Opening Reception - Change

Wednesday, February 9, 5 – 7:30 p.m.
Dowd Gallery, Dowd Fine Arts Center

First Friday
Organized by the Cortland Arts Connect
February 4, 5:30 - 8:00 p.m.
Virtual and In-person event
Dowd Gallery, Dowd Fine Arts Center, and 
Facebook, Dowd Gallery website

Documentary Screening
Why Art Education
Series of Shorts
Tuesday, February 8, 5 p.m., In-person event
Dowd Gallery, Dowd Fine Arts Center

Artist's Talk
Jenn McNamara, Scott Oldfield, Bryan Valentine Thomas and Szilvia Kadas
Art and Art History Department, SUNY Cortland
Thursday, February 10, 5:00 p.m., In-person event
Dowd Gallery, Dowd Fine Arts Center

Artist's Talk
Vaughn Randall, Wylie Schwartz, Charles Heasley, and Jaroslava Prihodova
Art and Art History Department, SUNY Cortland
Wednesday, February 16, 5:00 p.m., In-person event
Dowd Gallery, Dowd Fine Arts Center

Gallery Talk
Ask a Curator
Q&A with Jaroslava Prihodova, director, Scott Oldfield, Gallery Assistant, and
a special guest. 
Art and Art History Department, SUNY Cortland
Tuesday, February 22, 5:00 p.m., Virtual event
Virtual, WebEx

Artist's Talk
Martine Barnaby, Jeremiah Donovan, Stephen Clark, Hannah Hones, and Sarah Gotowka
Art and Art History Department, SUNY Cortland
Thursday, February 24, 5:00 p.m., In-person event
Dowd Gallery, Dowd Fine Arts Center

Natalija Mijatovic: Of Snow and Sorrow

October 25 - December 10, 2021

Opening Reception

Thursday, October 28, 5 – 7:30 p.m.
Dowd Gallery, Dowd Fine Arts Center

Documentary Screening: 
Over Your Cities Grass Will Grow, 2010

Directed by Sophie Fiennes
Thursday, November 4, 5 p.m.
Dowd Gallery, Dowd Fine Arts Center

First Friday

Organized by the Cultural Council of Cortland County
November 5, 5:30 - 8:00 p.m.
Virtual and In-person event
Dowd Gallery, Dowd Fine Arts Center, and
Facebook, Instagram, Dowd Gallery website

Artist Talk: Of Snow and Sorrow 

Natalija Mijatović, Professor, Department of Art and Design,
Binghamton University
Thursday, November 11, 5 p.m.
Dowd Gallery, Dowd Fine Arts Center

Musical Performance
in response to Of Snow and Sorrow exhibition
Three-Winged Wisdom: Sounds for Snow and Sorrow
Jacqueline Horner-Kwiatek, voice, Department of Music,
Princeton University, and Daniel Thomas Davis,
compositions and keyboards, Department of Music,
Binghamton University
Sunday, November 14, 5:30 – 6:15 p.m.
Dowd Gallery, Dowd Fine Arts Center

Poetry Reading: Imprints in Snow
Organized by Howard Lindh, Adjunct Lecturer,
English Department, SUNY Cortland
Wednesday, November 17, 5 p.m.
Dowd Gallery, Dowd Fine Arts Center

Documentary Screening:
In Company of Shadows
Compilation of Shorts
Monday, November 22, 5 p.m.
Dowd Gallery, Dowd Fine Arts Center

Gallery Talk: Brutalism and Sophistication
Vladimir Kulić, Associate Professor,
Department of Architecture, College of Design,
Iowa State University
Thursday, December 2, 5 p.m.
Virtual

First Friday

Organized by the Cultural Council of Cortland County
December 3, 5:30 - 8:00 p.m.
Virtual and In-person event
Dowd Gallery, Dowd Fine Arts Center, and
Facebook, Instagram, Dowd Gallery website

Gallery Talk:
Emotional Aesthetics of Place: Attachment, Loss, and a Quest for Hope
Leslie Eaton, Professor, Department of Psychology, SUNY Cortland
Wednesday, December 8, 5 p.m.
Dowd Gallery, Dowd Fine Arts Center

Public Screening of Virtual Artist's Talk

Public Art: Uncovering the Memory and the Cultural History of the Site
Yasha Rozov, Lecturer and Founder & Artistic Director of
the Night Light Festival and Artistic Director Southern Lights festival, Beer Sheba
Organized and sponsored by the Cultural and Intellectual Climate Committee
Thursday, September 16, 4 – 4:55 p.m.
Dowd Gallery, Dowd Fine Arts Center, and
Webex

All Majors Meeting

Student Welcome Event

Friday, September 3, 11:30 – 12:30 p.m.
Dowd Gallery, Dowd Fine Arts Center

Jack Elliott: Laying in the Cut

August 30 - October 16, 2021

In-person Guided Tour with Jack Elliott

Every Thursday, 6 – 7 p.m.
Dowd Gallery, Dowd Fine Arts Center

Opening Reception

Thursday, September 2, 5 – 7:30 p.m.
Dowd Gallery, Dowd Fine Arts Center

First Friday

Organized by the Cultural Council of Cortland County
September 3, 5:30 - 8:00 p.m.
Virtual and In-person event
Dowd Gallery, Dowd Fine Arts Center, and
Facebook, Instagram, Dowd Gallery website

Documentary Screening: Intelligent Trees, 2016

Directed by Julia Dordel and Guido Tolke
Wednesday, September 8, 5 p.m.
Dowd Gallery, Dowd Fine Arts Center

Artist's Talk: Nature Inside

Jack Elliott, Associate Professor, Design and Environmental
Analysis Department, College of Human Ecology,
Cornell University
Thursday, September 16, 5:00 p.m.
Dowd Gallery, Dowd Fine Arts Center

Documentary Screening: In Grain 

Compilation of shorts
Wednesday, September 22, 5:00 p.m.
Dowd Gallery, Dowd Fine Arts Center

First Friday

Organized by the Cultural Council of Cortland County
October 1, 5:30 - 8:00 p.m.
Virtual and In-person event
Dowd Gallery, Dowd Fine Arts Center, and
Facebook, Instagram, Dowd Gallery website

Panel Discussion: Natural Emergence

Johannes Lehmann, Professor at the School of Integrative Plant Science Soil and
Crop Sciences Section, College of Agriculture and Live Sciences at Cornell University;
Timothy Murray, Professor of Comparative Literature and English, College of Arts and
Sciences and Director of Cornell Council for the Arts, and Curator at the Cornell University;
and Patricia Watts, writer, curator, and founder of the EcoArtSpace art collective, New Mexico
Wednesday, October 6, 5:00 p.m.
Virtual, WebEx

Artist's Workshop: Tesselles

Jack Elliott, Associate Professor, Design and
Environmental Analysis Department, College of Human Ecology,
Cornell University
Tuesday, October 12, 12:40 p.m.
Old Main Sculpture Studio, G-35

Gallery Talk: A Walk Through Woods
Steven Broyles, Professor at the Department of Biological Sciences at SUNY Cortland
Thursday, October 14, 5:00 p.m.
Dowd Gallery, Dowd Fine Arts Center

Student Select '21

May 6 - May 21, 2021

Virtual Opening Reception and Award Ceremony

Thursday, May 6, 4:30 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.
Webex

BFA Thesis Exhibition
Virtual Opening and Thesis Defense

April 22 - April 30, 2021

Virtual Opening and Thesis Defence: Stephen Buscemi and Samantha Reali 

Thursday, April 22, 4:30 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.
Webex

Andrew Ellis Johnson: Founder

March 15 - April 16, 2021

Artist's Talk: Flaying Foundering Fathers: Antidotal Portrayals for Historical Abuse

Andrew Ellis Johnson, Artist, Associate Professor of Art at Carnegie Mellon,
School of Art in Pittsburgh, PA
Wednesday, March 17, 4:30 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.
Webex

Documentary Screening: 
Series of Shorts: Kara Walker, William Kentridge, and Kerry James Marshall
Thursday, March 25, 5 – 7:00 p.m.
In-person, Dowd Gallery, Dowd Fine Arts Center
RSVP

Film Screening: The Loving Story, 2011
Directed by Nancy Buirski
Tuesday, March 30, 5 – 7:00 p.m.
In-person, Dowd Gallery, Dowd Fine Arts Center
RSVP

Panel Discussion: The Resistance of Memory: Portraiture and Foundational Myths
Claire Leggett '18, SUNY Cortland students Daniel Larkin and Francesca Strojan,
and Andrew Ellis Johnson, artist
Thursday, April 1, 4:30 – 6 p.m.
Webex

First Friday

Organized by the Cultural Council of Cortland County
Friday, April 2, 5:30 - 8:00 p.m.
Virtual and In-person event
Dowd Gallery, Dowd Fine Arts Center, and 
Facebook, Instagram, Dowd Gallery website

First Friday

Organized by the Cultural Council of Cortland County
Friday, Nov. 6, 5:30 - 8:00 p.m.
Virtual and In-person event
Dowd Gallery, Dowd Fine Arts Center, and 
Facebook, Instagram, Dowd Gallery website

Gallery Talk: From Washington to Biden: How Presidents Use the Law to Impede Racial Justice

Dr. Vernellia Randall, a founder, editor, and professor emerita of Law at The University of Dayton School of Law, Ohio
Tuesday, April 6, 4 – 5:30 p.m.
Webex

Gallery Conversation: How the Word is Passed

Dr. Clint Smith, writer and poet, moderated by Lorraine Lopez-Janove, Chief Diversity and Inclusion Officer, SUNY Cortland, and Andrew Ellis Johnson
Thursday, April 15, 4:30 - 6 p.m.
Webex

Gary Sczerbaniewicz: The Tower and The Shard

November 2020 - February 2021

Artist's Talk: Hybrid Practice

Gary Sczerbaniewicz, Artist, Buffalo
Friday, Nov. 6, 4:30 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.
Webex

First Friday

Organized by the Cultural Council of Cortland County
Friday, Nov. 6, 5:30 - 8:00 p.m.
Virtual and In-person event
Dowd Gallery, Dowd Fine Arts Center, and 
Facebook, Instagram, Dowd Gallery website

Exhibition Opening: Opening Remarks

Gary Sczerbaniewicz & Jaroslava Prihodova
Tuesday, Nov. 10, 4:30 - 7 p.m.
Dowd Gallery, Dowd Fine Arts Center

Documentary Screening: Sculpture and Space
Series of shorts
Thursday, Nov. 12, 4:30 – 6 p.m.
Webex

Documentary Screening: Sculpture as Stage
Series of shorts
Thursday, Nov. 19, 4:30 – 6 p.m.
Webex

Gallery Conversation: Sculpture in the Expanded Field
Reinhard Reitzenstein, Associate Professor and
Director of Sculpture Program from the Department of Art at University at Buffalo with
Gary Sczerbaniewicz, Artist, Buffalo
Thursday, Dec. 3, 4:30 – 6 p.m.
Webex

First Friday

Organized by the Cultural Council of Cortland County
Friday, Dec. 4, 5:30 - 8:00 p.m.
Virtual and In-person event
Dowd Gallery, Dowd Fine Arts Center, and 
Facebook, Instagram, Dowd Gallery website

Gallery Conversation: Enigma Loop: Unraveling the Aesthetics of Conspiracy
Beth Saunders, Ph.D., Curator, and Head of Special Collections and Gallery,
Albin O. Kuhn Library & Gallery at the University of Maryland, Baltimore
Tuesday, Dec. 8, 4:30 – 6 p.m.
Webex

Panel Discussion: Dark Houses and Eerie Cityscapes: Creative Responses to the Constructed Worlds of Gary Sczerbaniewicz
Gold: Never Before has a Window Seemed so much like an Ear
Minner: The City As-Built is an Emotional Sculpture
Darlene Gold, Ph.D., Professor, English Department, Tompkins Cortland Community College, 
Jennifer Minner, Ph.D., Associate Professor, City and Regional Planning
College of Architecture, Art, & Planning, Cornell University,
Gary Sczerbaniewicz, Artist, Buffalo, and Jaroslava Prihodova, Director,
Dowd Gallery Director, SUNY Cortland
Thursday, Dec. 10, 4:30 – 6 p.m.
Webex

First Friday

Organized by the Cultural Council of Cortland County
Friday, Feb. 5, 5:30 - 8:00 p.m.
Virtual and In-person event for the campus community
Dowd Gallery, Dowd Fine Arts Center, and 
Facebook, Instagram, Dowd Gallery website

Film Screening: Stalker, 1979
(Soviet; The Criterion Collection)
Directed by: Andrei Tarkovsky
Thursday, Feb. 18, 5:30 
Dowd Gallery, Dowd Fine Arts Center, Room 106 

Gallery Talk: Transcendent Machines
Diana Pasulka, Professor of Religious Studies,
Department of Philosophy and Religion
The University of North Carolina at Wilmington and 
Gary Sczerbaniewicz, Artist, Buffalo
Tuesday, Feb. 23, 4:00 – 5:30 p.m.
Webex

COVID-19 Campus Safety Campaign

October 16 - December 11, 2020

Virtual Exhibition Opening

Friday, Oct. 16, 2020, 4:30 - 6:00 p.m.
Webex

Artists as Collectors:
Works from Private Collections

August 31 - October 9, 2020

Exhibition Opening

Thursday, Sept. 3, 2020, 4:30 - 7:10 p.m.
Dowd Gallery, Dowd Fine Arts Center

Virtual Gallery Conversation Series:

All virtual conversations are hosted by WebEx.

  • Scott Oldfield, Instructor, Bryan Valentine Thomas, Instructor,
    with Jaroslava Prihodova, Gallery Director, Art and Art History, SUNY Cortland
    Thursday, Sept. 10, 4:30 – 5:30 p.m.

  • Charles Heasley, Professor, Art and Art History, SUNY Cortland
    Thursday, Sept. 17, 4:30 – 5:30 p.m.

  • Stephen Alexander Clark, Assistant Professor, Art and Art History, SUNY Cortland
    Thursday, Sept. 24, 5 – 6 p.m.

  • Carin Adams, Curator of Art, Oakland Museum of California
    Friday, Oct. 9, 4:30 - 5:30 p.m.  

First Friday: Virtual Opening

Friday, Sept. 10, 2020, 12 p.m.
Facebook, Instagram, Dowd Gallery website

Friday, Oct. 2, 2020
Facebook, Instagram, Dowd Gallery website

Art in Isolation

June - August 2020

First Friday: Virtual Opening

Friday, May 5, 2020, 4 p.m.
Facebook, Instagram, Dowd Gallery website

BFA Thesis Exhibition

May 2020

Virtual Thesis Defense: Maryam Adib, Darien Fernandez,
and Sarah Zielstorf

Thur., May 14, 2020, 4:30 - 7:30 p.m.
WebEx platform

SUNY Design Invitational

April - May 2020

First Friday: Virtual Opening

Friday, May 1, 2020, 4 p.m.
Facebook, Instagram, Dowd Gallery website

Red Dragons World Wide:
Photo Contest Winners 

February 20 - May 13, 2020

Opening Reception

Monday, Feb. 24, 2020, 3:30 - 5 p.m.
Old Main Colloquium, Room 220

Measured Confluence

January 27 - February 28, 2020

Artist's Workshop: Blacksmithing: Material Science

Robert Vlasak, Studio of Natural Materials, School of Art and Design,
Jan Evangelista Purkyne University, Usti nad Labem, Czechia 
Thursday, Dec. 30, 10:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
Foundry adjacent to the Professional Studies, West Campus

Opening Reception

Thursday, Dec. 30, 2020, 4:30 - 7:30 p.m.
Dowd Gallery, Dowd Fine Arts Center

Performance: Superpositional Intersectionalism

Selma Selma, performance and conceptual artist
Thursday, Oct. 30, 2020, 6 p.m.
Dowd Gallery, Dowd Fine Arts Center

Gallery Talk: The Art, Science, and Sound of Glass

Sally Prasch, artist and glass technician 
The University of Massachusetts and The University of Vermont, Glassblowing Lab
Sunday, Feb. 2, 4 p.m.
Dowd Gallery, Dowd Fine Arts Center

Panel Discussion

Eric Edlund, Assistant Professor, Physics, Jaroslava Prihodova, Director, Dowd Gallery
SUNY Cortland, and Robert Vlasak, Studio of Natural Materials, School of Art and Design,
Jan Evangelista Purkyne University, Usti nad Labem, Czechia  
Wednesday, Feb. 5, 5 p.m. 
Dowd Gallery, Dowd Fine Arts Center

Documentary Screening: Between Art and Science

Compilation of shorts
Thursday, Feb. 13, 5 p.m. 
Dowd Gallery, Dowd Fine Arts Center

Artist's Talk: Working with Time

Ariana Gerstein, Associate Professor of Cinema, Binghamton University 
Thursday, Feb. 20, 5 p.m.
Dowd Gallery, Dowd Fine Arts Center

Documentary Screening:

CERN & The Sence of Beauty, 2017
Directed by Valerio Jalongo
Wednesday, Feb. 26, 5 p.m. 
Dowd Gallery, Dowd Fine Arts Center

Artist's Talk: Between Mediums

Monteith McCollum, Associate Professor of Cinema, Binghamton University 
Thursday, February 27, 5:00 p.m.
Dowd Fine Arts Center Dowd Gallery

Documentary Screening:

Particle Fever, 2014
Directed by Mark Levinson
Thursday, March 5, 5 p.m. 
Dowd Gallery, Dowd Fine Arts Center

First Friday: Guided Tour

Friday, March 6, 5 - 8 p.m.
Dowd Gallery, Dowd Fine Arts Center

TeaYoun Kim-Kassor: Beyond Places in Time

October 14 - December 6, 2019

Opening Reception

Thursday, Oct. 14, 2019, 4:30 - 7 p.m.
Dowd Gallery, Dowd Fine Arts Center

Artist's Talk: TeaYoun Kim-Kasor

Thursday, Oct. 24, 2019, 5-6 p.m.
Dowd Gallery, Dowd Fine Arts Center

Artist's Workshop: TeaYoun Kim-Kassor

Sculpture in Clay
Thursday, Oct. 24, 6 p.m. 
Ceramics Studio, Room G40, Old Main

Documentary Screening

Identity in Fiber
Compilation of shorts
Wednesday, Oct. 30, 5 p.m. 
Dowd Gallery, Dowd Fine Arts Center

First Friday: Guided Tour

Friday, Nov. 1, 2019, 5:30 - 8 p.m.
Dowd Gallery, Dowd Fine Arts Center

Documentary Screening

Bernice, 2014
Directed by Krista Sorge
Thursday, Nov. 7, 5 p.m. 
Dowd Gallery, Dowd Fine Arts Center

Gallery Talk: Tying and Untying the Traditions of Korean Fiber Art

Ellen Avril, Chief Curator and Curator of Asian Art
Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University
Wednesday, November 13, 5:00 p.m.
Dowd Fine Arts Center Dowd Gallery

Gallery Talk: Who am I? Searching for Identity through Sport Studies and Art 

Yomee Lee, Ph.D., Professor
Kinesiology Department & Africana Studies Department, SUNY Cortland
Thursday, November 21, 5:00 p.m.
Dowd Fine Arts Center Dowd Gallery

First Friday

Friday, Dec. 6, 2019, 5:30 - 8 p.m.
Dowd Gallery, Dowd Fine Arts Center

Juan Gallego: Visiting Artists 
Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, Madrid, Spain

Artist's Talk

Friday, Set. 27, 2019, 9:30 - 10:30  a.m.
Dowd Gallery, Dowd Fine Arts Center

Selected Works: Pieces from the Permanent Collection  

August 26 - October 4, 2019

Opening Reception

Thursday, Aug. 29, 2019, 4:30 - 7 p.m.
Dowd Gallery, Dowd Fine Arts Center

Documentary Screening

Herb & Dorothy
Directed by Megumi Sasaki
Sunday, Sep. 1, 5 p.m. and Thursday, Sep. 5, 5 p.m. 
Dowd Gallery, Dowd Fine Arts Center

First Friday: Guided Tour

Friday, Sep. 6, 2019, 5:30 - 8 p.m.
Dowd Gallery, Dowd Fine Arts Center                                                                                                               

Gallery Talk: Engaging Students, Engaging Communities

Diane Butler, Ph.D., Director, Binghamton University Art Museum
Wednesday, Sep. 11, 5 p.m.
Dowd Gallery, Dowd Fine Arts Center

Gallery Talk: Learning about Museums: Collections and Careers 

Sara Pasti, Director, External Relations and Advancement, Samuel Dorsky Museum of Art, SUNY New Paltz
Thursday, Sept. 19, 5 p.m.
Dowd Gallery, Dowd Fine Arts Center 

Gallery Talk: A Place with no Fences: Fostering Curricular and Scholarly Connections
at the Academic Art Museum 

Leah Sweet, Lynch Curatorial Coordinator for Academic Programs
Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University
Thursday, Sep. 26, 5 p.m. 
Dowd Gallery, Dowd Fine Arts Center

Gallery Talk: From Closet to Classroom: The Syracuse University Art Collection 

David L. Prince, Curator, SU Art Galleries, Syracuse University
Wednesday, Oct. 2, 5 p.m.
Dowd Gallery, Dowd Fine Arts Center

First Friday

Friday, Oct. 4, 2019, 5:30 - 8 p.m.
Dowd Gallery, Dowd Fine Arts Center

Jeremy Tarr: Forsaken Ecologies

August 26 - October 11, 2019                                                                                                                                    

Critique Space and Daniels Foyer Gallery, Dowd Fine Arts Center

The Power of Faces: Looking at the Refugee Crisis
Theresa Menders & Daniel Farber Huang

September 16 - October 17, 2019

Opening Reception

Monday, Oct. 16, 2019, 4:30 - 5:30 p.m.
Old Main Colloquium, Room 220

Sandwich Seminar: Daniel Farber Huang: Looking at the Refugee Crisis

Thursday, Oct.17, 2019, 12:00 - 1:00 p.m.
Old Main Colloquium, Room 220

Half-Century Club Reception

July 12, 2019

Dinner Reception 

Friday, July 12, 2019, 5:00 - 6:30 p.m.
Dowd Gallery, Dowd Fine Arts Center

Zombie Field Guide 

May 6 - September 6, 2019

Opening Reception 

Thursday, May 9, 2019, 5:30 - 6:30 p.m.
Old Main Colloquium, Room 220

Student Select 2019

April 25 - May 18, 2019

Opening Reception & Awards Presentation

Thursday, April 25, 2019, 4:30 - 6:30 p.m.
Dowd Gallery, Dowd Fine Arts Center

BA & BFA Thesis Exhibition 2019

April 10 - April 17, 2019

Opening Reception & Artist's Talk

Thursday, April 11, 2019, 4:30 - 6;30 p.m.
Dowd Gallery, Dowd Fine Arts Center

Laura Heit: Visiting Artist

April 1 - April 2, 2019

Artist's Talk

Monday, April 1, 2019, 5-6 p.m.
Dowd Gallery, Dowd Fine Arts Center

Workshop: Animated Spaces

Tuesday, April 2, 2019, 10 a.m.-12 p.m.
Room 008, Graphics Lab, Dowd Fine Arts Center

Faculty Biennial 2019                                               

March 4 - April 6, 2019               

Opening Reception

Thursday, March 7, 2019, 4-6 p.m.

Artist's Talk

Thursday, March 14, 5-6:30 p.m.
Dowd Gallery, room 106, Dowd Fine Art's Center 

Martine Barnaby, Stephen Alexander Clark, Allison DeDominick, Szilvia Kadas, Jenn McNamara, Jaroslava Prihodova, Bryan Valentine Thomas

Ask a Curator Night 

Thursday, March 28, 5-6 p.m.
Dowd Gallery, room 106, Dowd Fine Art's Center 

Q&A with Jaroslava Prihodova and Bryan Thomas about curating exhibitions, organizing programs and projects 

Artist's Talk

Thursday, April 4, 5-6:45 p.m.
Dowd Gallery, room 106, Dowd Fine Art's Center 

Jeremiah Donovan, Charles Heasley, Hannah Hones, Scott Oldfield, Vaughn Randall, Wylie Schwartz 

Davana Robedee: In a Moment - Between Dreams 

January 28 - February 22, 2019

Artist's Talk

Art and the Brain: an artistic practice driven by psychology and science
Wednesday, Feb. 20, 5 - 6 p.m. 
Dowd Gallery, Dowd Fine Arts Center

Hidden Beauty: Exploring the Aesthetics of Medical Science/ Beyond Obvious 

January 28 - February 22, 2019

Opening Reception

Thursday, Jan. 31, 2019, 4-6 p.m.

Beyond Obvious Symposium

February 6, 2019

10 a.m. Lecture

Norman Barker, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine,
The Wonder of the Scientific Image
Dowd Gallery, Dowd Fine Arts Center 

11:30 a.m. Artist's Talk

Holland Houdek, Nazareth College,
Part of the Process
Dowd Gallery, Dowd Fine Arts Center 

1 p.m. Workshop

Holland Houdek, Nazareth College,
Fabrication Technique - Hydraulic Press 
Old Main Sculpture Studio, Room G-35

3 p.m. Artist's Talk

Boryana Rossa, Syracuse University, 
Dowd Gallery, Dowd Fine Arts Center

4:30 p.m. Panel Discussion 

Christa Chatfield, Jaroslava Prihodova, SUNY Cortland,
Art in Epidemics in Society Course
Dowd Gallery, Dowd Fine Arts Center

6 p.m. Symposium Closing Reception  

Dowd Gallery, Dowd Fine Arts Center

Film Screening

The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, 2017
Directed by George C Wolfe
Thursday, Feb. 21, 5 p.m. 
Dowd Gallery, Dowd Fine Arts Center

Hui Fang: Showcase 

December 6 - December 7, 2018

Artist's Talk

Thursday, Dec. 6, 2018, 4:40-5:30 p.m.
Dowd Gallery, Dowd Fine Arts Center

Szilvia Kadas: Fragile Existence 

November 5 - December 14, 2018

Opening Reception and Artist's Talk

Thursday, Nov. 8, 2018, 4-6 p.m.
Colloquium, room 220, Old Main

Billy Hassell: Vestiges 

October 17 - December 7, 2018

Opening Reception

Thursday, Oct. 18, 2018, 4-6 p.m.
Dowd Gallery, Dowd Fine Arts Center

Artist’s Talk: Billy Hassell

Tuesday, Oct. 23, 5 p.m.
Dowd Gallery, Dowd Fine Arts Center

Artist’s Proof

Billy Hassell in collaboration with Charles Heasley will print an original lithograph created by Hassell during his mini-residency at SUNY Cortland.
Thursday, Oct. 25, 11 a.m.
Graphic Arts Lab, room 202, Dowd Fine Arts Center 

Art of Conservation

Billy Hassell and Dr. Viviana Ruiz Gutierrez,
Research Associate/Quantitative Ecologist, Conservation Science Program at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology
Thursday, Oct. 25, 5 p.m.
Dowd Gallery, Dowd Fine Arts Center 

Documentary Screening

Winged Migration, 2001
Directed by Jacques Perrin
Tuesday, Nov. 6, 5 p.m.
Critique Space, Dowd Fine Arts Center

Contextualizing Ornithology

Dr. Erik Bitterbaum, President of SUNY Cortland/Ornithologist and
Matthew Young, Collections Management Leader, Macaulay Library at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology
Tuesday, Nov. 13, 5 p.m.
Dowd Gallery, Dowd Fine Arts Center

J.J. Audubon

Andrew Saluti, Assistant Professor,
Program Coordinator, Graduate Program in Museum Studies, School of Design, Syracuse University
Tuesday, Dec. 4, 5 p.m.
Dowd Gallery, Dowd Fine Arts Center

Heather Ramsdale: Form & Forever

August 27 - October 5, 2018

Opening Reception

August 30, 2018, 4:30-6:30 p.m.
Dowd Gallery, Dowd Fine Arts Center

Artist's Talk

September 12, 2018, 5 p.m.
Dowd Gallery, Dowd Fine Arts Center

Artist Workshop 

September 20, 2018, 12:30-3 p.m.
Critique Space, Dowd Fine Arts Center

Documentary Screening 

October 2, 2018, 5 p.m.
Louise Bourgeois: The Spider, the Mistress and the Tangerine
Critique Space, Dowd Fine Arts Center

Alumni Reception

July 14, 2018

Artists as Innovators: Celebrating Three Decades of NYSCA/NYFA Fellowships

March 8, 2018, 4-6 p.m.: Opening Reception
March 28, 2018, 11 a.m - 4 p.m.: Master Workshop: Generating an Idea by Peter R. Beasecker. The artist will demonstrate how an idea is developed and show how it moves through various forms and iterations.  He will discuss how to cultivate ownership of an idea and bring it to life in form.

April 3, 2018, 5 p.m.: Performance (Performance with Performance for Perfection) and Q&A with Ariana Gerstein and Monteith McCollum. An interactive performance exploring the tension between the still and moving, distance and intimacy, document and performance, all captured and processed through a variety of tools, including desktop scanners. contact microphones, sensors, and samplers. 

April 5, 2018, 5 p.m.: Artist Talk: Dusty Herbig
April 10, 2018, 5 p.m.: Artist Talk: Sharif Bey

Film Series: Screening at Sperry 104 

March 20, 2018, 6-7 p.m.: Peter Hutton - At Sea (Silent film)
March 29, 2018, 6-7:30 p.m.: Barbara Kopple - Harlan County
April 4, 2018, 6-7 p.m.: Alan Berliner - Nobodies Business
April 11, 2018, 6-7:30 p.m.: Ralph Arlyck - Following Sean

Tom Hall: Silent Discos

February 13, 2018, 5-6:30 p.m.: Closing reception and Artist talk

L O O P: connecting to the beginning

January 25, 2018, 4:30-5:30 p.m.: Artist's Talk, Ondřej Janek

February 1, 2018, 4:30-5:30 p.m.: Special Presentation, “History of animation and the moving image” by Leo Crandall

Allison Lewis:  I'm Grateful I'm Not a Mother, BFA Exhibition

December 8, 2017, 5-6:30 p.m.:   Opening Reception/Artist Talk

Blazo Kovacevic: Incited 

October 25, 2017, 4-5:30 p.m.:   Opening Reception

November 7, 2017, 5 p.m.:  Artist's Talk, Blazo Kovacevic

November 16, 2017, 4-6 p.m.: Workshop December 5, 2017, 4-6 p.m. Visual Reality: 360 Experience

Zeke Leonard: (rust) Echoes

October 5, 2017, 4-5 p.m.:  Noise Workshop

October 12, 2017, 4-5 p.m.:  Noise Workshop

October 19, 2017, 6-7 p.m.:  Performance Rehearsal

October 26, 2017, 7-8 p.m.: Special musical performance

Ben Altman and Robert Knight: Reverence

August 31, 2017, 5-6:30 p.m.:   Opening Reception

September 12, 2017, 5 p.m.:  Artist's Talk, Robert Knight 

September 18, 2017, 5 p.m.:  Artist's Talk, Ben Altman

Student Select 2017

April 27, 2017, 4-5:30 p.m.:  Opening Reception (awards announcement at approximately 4:30 p.m.)

Justin Pribulick:  Oligarchy, BFA Exhibition

April 27, 2017, 4-5:30 p.m.:   Opening Reception
April 27, 2017, approximately 4:45 p.m.:  Artist's Talk

Faculty Biennial 2017

March 8, 2017, 4-5:30 p.m.:   Opening Reception

March 21, 2017, 5 p.m.:  Artists' Talk, Martine Barnaby, Allison DeDominick, Jeremiah Donovan, Scott Oldfield,  Vaughn Randall, and Bryan Valentine Thomas
April 5, 2017, 5 p.m.:  Artist's Talk, Lori Ellis, Charles Heasley, Kevin Mayer, Jenn McNamara, Brian Murphy, and Jaroslava Prihodova

Works Progress Administration: Art of the New Deal

This special exhibition features ten works on paper on loan from SUArt Galleries along with two paintings from the Dowd Gallery's permanent collection.  It will be on view in the Colloquium Room, Old Main, from February 27-March 6, 2017, in conjunction with "Re-Imagining Work, Prosperity, and Art: Reflections on the New Deal and Envisioning 21st Century Possibilities for Employment," a symposium organized in collaboration with the Economics Department.

March 3, 2017, 2-3 p.m.:  Lecture, "Art of the New Deal," Domenic Iacono, Director, SUArt Galleries

For a schedule of other symposium talks, please email erika.fowler-decatur@cortland.edu

Ian McMahon: Semblance

January 26, 2017, 4:30-6 p.m.:   Opening Reception

February 1, 2017, 5 p.m.:  Artist's Talk

February 2, 2017, 5-8 p.m.:  Inflatables Workshop, Dowd Fine Arts Center, Room 101 to start. The resulting collaborative, large-scale sculpture will be installed underneath the Dowd balcony through Feb 21. Email erika.fowler-decatur@cortland.edu or call 607-257-7954 to register.  

February 13, 2017, 5:15-6:15 p.m.:  Lecture, Leah Yerpe, whose photorealistic drawing, Syrinx, was recently donated by Peter F. Eisenhardt '67 and Susan Fish and installed in the Dowd lobby.

February 21, 2017, 5 p.m.:  A Momentary Event with a Sculpture
Please be prompt!  This destruction performance will only last an instant.

BFA and Interactive Media Class Exhibitions

December 9, 2016, 4:30-6 p.m.:  Opening Reception and brief artist's talks by Jerome Tiunayan, Josephine Cook and Interactive Media students

Future of the Past:  Revitalizing Ancient Maya Ceramic Traditions in a Modern Maya Community

October 19, 2016, 5 p.m.:  Lecture, "The Art and Science of Maya Ceramics,” Jeremiah Donovan, Art and Art History Department, and Robert Darling, Geology Department, Sperry 106
October 20, 2016, 5-6:30 p.m.:  Opening Reception, brief remarks by Professor Jeremiah Donovan; Barbara Thummalapally, wife of Vinai Thummalapally, former U.S. Ambassador to Belize; and Timotea Mesh, member of the San Antonio Women's Cooperative
November 9, 2016, 5 p.m.:  Panel Discussion, “Revitalizing Maya Traditions: Object, Place, Time,” Jeremiah Donovan, Art and Art History Department; John Henderson, Cornell University Anthropology Department; Sebastian Purcell, Philosophy Department, Brockway Hall, Jacobus Lounge

Jaime Brett Treadwell: Fade to Gray

September 1, 2016, 4:30-6 p.m.:   Opening Reception

September 6, 2016, 5 p.m.:  Artist's Talk

September 27, 2016, 5-7 p.m.:  Printmaking Demonstration, Charles Heasley and Jaime Brett Treadwell, Graphic Arts Lab, Dowd Fine Arts Center, Room 202

Student Select 2016; Travis Wheeler, BFA; Darlene Endy, BA

April 28, 2016, 4:30-6 p.m.:  Opening Reception
April 28, 2016, 5 p.m.:  Presentation of Student Select Awards
April 28, 2016, 5:15 p.m.:  Artist's Talks by Travis Wheeler and Darlene Endy

COORDINATES:  42.589° N x 76.198° W

March 3, 2016, 4:30-6 p.m.:   Opening Reception

March 22, 2016, 5 p.m.:  Artist's Talk, Jeff Williams

April 7, 2016, 4:15 p.m.:  Pre-Pour Artist's Talk, Kevin Dartt [Foundry, adjacent to Professional Studies Bldg]
April 7, 2016, 5-7 p.m.:  Iron Pour and Performance [Foundry, adjacent to Professional Studies Bldg]

Libby Kowalski:  A Retrospective in Fibers

January 28, 2016, 4:30-6 p.m.:   Opening Reception

February 3, 2016, 5 p.m.:  Artist's Talk

February 18, 2016, 5-7 p.m.:  Intro to Weaving Workshop:  Weave Your Own Bookmark, Jenn McNamara, Fibers Studio, Dowd 101.  Free and open to the public. Email erika.fowler-decatur@cortland.edu or call 607-257-7954 to register.

Dan Emerson: Agitation, BFA Exhibition (under the balcony)

December 3, 2015, 6-7:30 p.m.:   Opening Reception

December 3, 2015, 6:30 p.m.:  Artist's Talk

Natural States

October 29, 2015, 4:30-6 p.m.:   Opening Reception

November 4, 2015, 5 p.m.:  Curators' Talk, Nati Hyojin Kim and Santiago Garcia (Mixed Greens, NYC)

November 19, 2015, 5 p.m.:   Artist's Talk, Mark Mulroney

HALLWAY GALLERY:  Landmarks, October 8-December 18, 2015

October 13, 2015, 5 p.m.:   Artist's Talk, Robert Sherrill


HOMEFRONT and other works by Sarah McCoubrey

September 3, 2015, 4:30-6 p.m.:   Opening Reception

September 16, 2015, 5 p.m.:   Artist's Talk, Sarah McCoubrey

October 1, 5-7 p.m.:  Workshop:  Drawing Social Commentary, Yvonne Buchanan, Syracuse University; email erika.fowler-decatur@cortland.edu to register.  Location:  Dowd Fine Arts Center, Rm 005 (Design Classroom)


Graduation Reception, Art and Art History Department

May 16, 2015, 11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m.


Student Select 2015

April 30, 2015, 4-6 p.m.:   Opening Reception

May 6, 2015, 6:45-7:30 p.m.:   Artist's and Gallery Intern Talks, ACE Program


Capitalism Works for Me?

April 28, 2015, 5 p.m.:  Artist's Talk, Steve Lambert


BFA/BA Student Exhibitions

April 17, 2015, 4-6 p.m.:   Opening Reception

April 17, 2015, 4:30 p.m.:   Artist's Talks, Giotto Zampogna, Emilee Smith, Jisang Kim


Lindsey Glover and Claudia Sbrissa: Topographies

March 5, 2015, 4:30-6:30 p.m.:  Opening Reception

March 10, 2015, 5:30 p.m.:  Artist's Talk, Lindsey Glover

March 25, 2015, 5 p.m.:  Artist's Talk, Claudia Sbrissa


Faculty Biennial 2015

January 29, 2015, 4-6 p.m.:  Opening Reception

February 4, 2015, 5 p.m.:  Gallery Talk:  Jeremiah Donovan, Charles Heasley, Kevin Mayer, Jenn McNamara, and Bryan Valentine Thomas

February 10, 2015, 5 p.m.:  Gallery Talk:  Martine Barnaby, Lori Ellis, Paul Parks, Jaroslava Prihodova and Vaughn Randall

February 18, 2015, 5 p.m.:  Inquiry at the Intersection Between Art and Science, Mike Haaf, Professor of Chemistry, Ithaca College (sponsored by the Art Exhibition Association and the Chemistry Club)
Mike Haaf Talk/Demonstration Video


Diana Al-Hadid, Wang Gongxin and Lin Tianmiao:  Transcendences

October 23, 2014, 4:30-6:30 p.m.:  Opening Reception

October 27, 2014, 5:15 p.m.:  Artist's Talk, Diana Al-Hadid

November 11, 2014, 5 p.m.:  Lecture, Luo Xu, Professor, History Department, "Sweet Home Beijing:  Then and Now" 

Keeping Things Whole

September 4, 2014, 4-6 p.m.:  Opening Reception

September 10, 2014, 4:30 p.m.:  Lecture, Scott Moranda, Associate Professor, History Department, "Digging through Rubble for a Usable Past:  German Reconstructions after 1945"

September 16, 2014, 5 p.m.:  Artist's Talk, Fawn Krieger

September 23, 2014, 4:30 p.m.:  "Memories of a Berlin Boyood," A Conversation with Henry Steck, Professor, Political Science Department, Project for Central and Eastern Europe, Jacobus Lounge, Brockway Hall 

September 23, 2014, 7 p.m.:  Film Screening, The Murderers Among Us, Project for Central and Eastern Europe, Sperry Center, Room 104

September 30, 2014, 5 p.m.:  Curator's Talk, Susan Logan, Adjunct Instructor, Art and Art History Department


My Sun, Wang GongXin

May 13-17, 2014, 9-10 p.m.:  Video Projection


Student Select 2014

May 1, 2014, 4:30-6:30 p.m.:  Opening Reception

May 6, 2014, 6:45-7:30 p.m.:  Artist's and Gallery Intern Talks, ACE Program


Refocus:  Contemporary Photogravure

March 20, 2014, 4:30-6:30 p.m.:  Opening Reception

March 26, 2014, 5 p.m:  Curator's Talk, Charles Heasley

April 10, 2014, 4:30-6:30 p.m.:  Artist's Talk and Demonstration, Lothar Osterburg (Dowd Fine Arts Center, Room 008, Digital Photo Lab)

April 22, 2014, 5 p.m.:  Artist's Talk, Lynne Allen


Anomie:  Fractured Art Norms

January 30, 2014, 4:30-6:30 p.m.:  Opening Reception

February 18, 2014, 5 p.m.:  Curator's Talk, Bart Keijsers Koning 


Dave Hernandez: Nothing Lasts, but Nothing is Lost, BFA Thesis Exhibition

December 5, 2013, 5-6:30 p.m.:  Opening Reception

December 5, 2013, 5:15 p.m.:  Artist's Talk, Dave Hernandez 


Wilderness Bisect

October 30, 2013, 5 p.m.:  Raquette Lake Art Program Presentation by Rob Licht, 9 Main Street, 2nd Floor, Room 202


Ashley Lyon: Fleshing

October 17, 2013, 4:30-6:30 p.m.:  Opening Reception 

November 12, 2013, 1-5 p.m.:  Hands-On Ceramics Workshop led by Ashley Lyon, Old Main G40.  Free and open to the public. Email erika.fowler-decatur@cortland.edu or call 607-257-7954 to register.

November 12, 2013, 5:30 p.m.:  Artist's Talk, Ashley Lyon


Connective Existence:  Paintings by Lin Price and Projects by Simon Høgsberg

  • September 5, 2013, 4:30-6:30 p.m.:  Opening Reception
  • September 12, 2013, 5 p.m.:  Coloring Realities:  Artist's Talk by Lin Price
  • September 19-October 1, 2013:  Interactive Media Student Exhibition on view in Beard Gallery
  • September 24, 2013, 5:30 p.m.:  Artists' Talk:  Simon Høgsberg and Interactive Media Students
  • October 1, 2013, 4:30 p.m.:  Student Reading (creative writing and poetry students will read their response to selected Connective Existence works)