NOW ON VIEW
AT THE SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY ART GALLERIES

The eNth Degree: MFA 2013
 April 4– May 12, 2013
Opening Reception Thursday, April 4, 5:00 – 7:00 P.M.

MFA-Graphic
Daniel Aguilera
Siqiao Ao
Jennifer Chan
Ryan Crotty
Caitlin Foley


 Andrew Frost
Meyer Giordano
Su San Na Kim
Lori Klopp
Jee Eun Lee		 Joseph Lingeman
Misha Rabinovich
Samantha Raut
Becky Reiser
Tanya Schiller		 Tonja Torgerson
Joel Weissman
Sarah Camille Wilson
Matthew Williamson

The Syracuse University Art Galleries is pleased to announce the opening of The eNth Degree: MFA 2013 . The annual Syracuse University Masters of Fine Arts exhibition includes twenty-one artists working in a variety of media including painting, photography, printmaking, sculpture, ceramics, film, site-specific installation and performance.

The exhibition will run April 4 – May 12, 2013 in the Shaffer Art Building. Gallery hours are Tuesday-Sunday, 11 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.; and Thursdays 11 a.m. - 8 p.m. The SUArt Galleries will host a free opening night reception from 5:00 – 7:00pm on Thursday, April 4. Patrons are welcome to view the exhibition until the gallery closes at 8:00 p.m. The reception is open to the public. Select programming associated with the exhibition includes a Lunchtime Lecture with Assistant Director Andrew Saluti on Wednesday, April 10, at 12:15 p.m.

The eNth Degree: MFA 2013 unites a group of artists working exponentially beyond the confines of their studied fields, taking their work to a new level art making. The twenty-one included in this year’s exhibition create artwork using a contemporary methodology that transcends the pre-conceived definitions of artist’s roles– a painter makes paintings; a ceramicist makes cups and bowls. Instead, they incorporate the materials and processes from their chosen disciplines into a grander scheme of art making. Ceramicist Joel Weissman takes porcelain molds, once used as a therapeutic craft for patients in a psychiatric hospital, and cast them in iron, rather than clay. Printmaker Tonja Torgerson uses her knowledge of print processes to create site-specific installations: portraits of generalized female figures dealing with physical and mental sickness. Sculptor Becky Reiser incorporates traditional foundry casting with performance and video to create her intricate narrative- a reflection on domesticity.

Another important element that has pervaded contemporary process is the development of collaborations that these artists employ. Included in The eNth Degree will be the Mobile Sauna, a fully functional performance/experience created by the DS Institute: an artistic collaboration that includes Fulbright sculptor Maximilian Bauer (MFA ’12), steam expert ceramicist Zach Dunn (MFA ‘12), artist/social engineer Caitlin Foley, and interactive installation artist Misha Rabinovich. Also included in MFA 2013 is SUB PAR, the Syracuse Urban Beautification Public Art Resistance, a public arts initiative created by exhibiting artists Tonja Torgerson and Joel Weissman.