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Cut the Slack: Project Studio Senior Capstone Exhibition
This exhibition was on view April 29-May 11, 2023
Pace University Art Gallery is pleased to present “Cut the Slack: Project Studio Senior Capstone Exhibition,” featuring students enrolled in the Spring 2023 Project Studio B course, taught this year by Prof. Roger Sayre. The exhibit opens to the public with a reception on Friday, April 28 from 5:00 p.m.–7:00 p.m. and continues through Thursday, May 11.
Project Studio is the capstone course for the BFA in Art at Pace University. Enrolled students spend the full semester working on a single body of work in their chosen medium, whether it be a series of sculptures, suite of paintings, or a video short, which is then exhibited in the Pace University Art Gallery. Jenna Meyer, who is among the student artists whose work will be in view, says, “The class has given me a chance to explore my identity as an artist.” The exhibition also features art by Hasan Akinyele, Brianna Chiriboga, Xandria Anderson,Mariana Garcia Tinoco, Francisco Maldonado, Helen Markoglu, Brittany Patterson, Michael Segal, Caroline Schneider, Christian Solar, Kristina Vantasi, Yana Vulakh, and Naz Yilmaz. Prof. Sayre comments, “These students have been working really diligently all semester. I can’t wait to see everything completed and hanging in the gallery! It’s going to be great!”
Reflecting on the evolution from conceptualization to exhibition, student Francisco Maldonado says, “It is important for us to remember that this is study, so it’s not about making sure that the final piece is a 100% perfect. It is an introspective process in which we promise to deliver something of ourselves for ourselves.” As they prepare for their final student exhibition before graduation in the Pace University Art Gallery, Michael Segal adds, that he and his fellow Project Studio course students are “excited not only to see the work of other students, but to allow people in other circles to see the completed artwork.” Student Kristina Vantasi concludes, that although, designing an independent project for the capstone is “challenging at first, we are excited to see what everyone has made. It is a great way to end our time studying at Pace.”