UAlbany Dept. of Art & Art History, SUNY

10/03/2026

The University Art Museum reopens this weekend! Visit the Museum today, Saturday, Oct 3rd during Homecoming weekend to view Howard Schwartzberg: Volume, Surface, Core; mosie romney: ash, whistle & redress; and Invitation to the Light Factory | Suzan Frecon & Marcella Durand on view in the University Art Museum.⁠
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Attend our exhibition tour Sat. Oct 3 at 12pm led by Associate Curator Robert R. Shane. Visit the Collections Study Space to browse our Collections.⁠

Images: 1. mosie romney; 2. Howard Schwartzberg; 3. Suzan Frecon.

09/22/2026

Thank you to visiting artist sarah faux (🦊) for a great day of studio visits for our MFA candidates and an inspiring artist’s talk this evening!

09/08/2026

We're hiring a full-time Instructional Support Technician at the Boor Sculpture Studio in the Department of Art & Art History! Come work with us!

05/16/2026

REGISTRATION IS LIVE
for this UAlbany MFA led retreat at CREATE COMMUNITY STUDIOS in Troy, NY

This two‑day studio immersion is designed for painters ready to move beyond guided exercises and into sustained, independent work. Over two full days, participants will develop one or more paintings through a cycle of building, disrupting, and refining—staying with the work long enough for it to...

05/13/2026

We had an embarrassment of riches this year.
Congratulations to all our award recipients! (Scroll for awards + names)

Roanne Kulakoff Award:
Abigail Cook
Diego Herrera
Savannah Tenace
Faneeza Soloman

Art History Departmental Award:
Meagan Leung
Wilhemina Weidman

Digital Media Area Award:
Johnathan Bramhall

Film Studies Award:
Maurice Burbridge

MA Thesis Award:
Rachel Withney

MFA Special Commendation:
Binbin Shi

CAS Distinguished MFA Thesis Award:
Lily Morris

Painting Area Award:
Tiffany Salazar

Photography Area Award:
Diego Herrera

Printmaking Area Award:
Faneeza Soloman

Sculpture Area Award:
Savannah Tenace

The inaugural CollarWorks + UAlbany MFA Summer Residency and Solo Exhibition and Terri Cosma Boor Sculpture Prize:
Joel Olzak

The Dr. Gerald Benjamin Endowment Award:
Zamani Godette

The Robin Kanson Lewis ’70 Scholarship:
Catherine Pooler
The Nancy Marcopoulos Endowment for the Arts Award:
Lois Ann Kempney

05/06/2026

04/26/2026

Maxwell Goodnight deploys minimal architectural elements alongside abstract expressionism in a palette of moonlit surveillance. These works were displayed in the 2020 thesis exhibition.

04/24/2026

Come celebrate with us!

04/16/2026

Ribbons of texture play between mineral and digital in the fascinating works of Andrea (Drea) LaRose from the graduating class of 2019

04/12/2026

Like a modern warrior, alumni Nick Gate’s iridescent skins and hologram inlays infuse his work with both ancient and futuristic aesthetics. This piece was from his 2018 thesis exhibition.