Gallery Schedule
2009-2010 Season
subject to change
Most exhibition receptions are scheduled as part of
Albany First Friday
June-July Hours: Monday-Friday 10-4, and by appointment
Gallery closed July 2-3
August 31- December 11 Hours: Monday-Friday 10-8, Sundays Noon-4
Gallery will be closed September 6-7
Gallery open by appointment only October 11-13 & November 25-29
January 19-May 10 Hours: Monday- Friday 10-8, Sundays Noon-4
Gallery open by appointment only March 7-14
The gallery is closed between exhibits and usually open by appointment when classes are not in session.
LINA PUERTA: Natura
August 31 October 23, 2009,
Reception Friday, October 2, 5-9pm 
Lina Puerta is a sculptor who was born in the United States and reared in Columbia. Her work draws on numerous sources of inspiration; from pre-Columbian cultures and traditions to her own observations of Nature, the female body and social references. She works three-dimensionally, utilizing a variety of materials such as clay, fabrics, and found objects; and incorporates techniques traditionally practiced by women, such as sewing, embroidering, and crocheting.
Puerta has been awarded several grants for the production of her Public Work including the Queens Council for the Arts Artists Grant 2004 and the Lower Manhattan Cultural Council grant 2006. She was also the recipient of the Gertrude H. Freiert Prize in Fine Arts in 1992.
This exhibit transforms the gallery into a rain forest of brilliant colors, flowing water, and evocative shapes. The exhibit is accompanied by an illustrated catalogue (in English and Spanish) with an essay by Taina Caragol.
Musicians of Ma'alwyck
Sunday, October 18, 3:00pm
Works for harp, flute, baritone, and string quartet of Caplet, Saint-Saens, Schubert, Mozart and others in association with the Hyde Collection's Degas& Music exhibition.
Tickets: (518-377-3623) $20 adults, $10 students, Free for Sage Students
DONA ANN McADAMS: Some Women 
November 1 December 11, 2009
Reception Friday, November 6, 5-9pm
Artist talk: AIDS & Art, Tuesday, December 1, 12:30pm
Artist guided walk-through of exhibit: Friday, December 4, 7pm
An exhibit surveying over 30 years of this significant photographer's work. The exhibit explores this artist's deep interest in women which threads through all of the portfolios of this keenly engaged observer. The show consists of 35-50 gelatin silver prints dating from 1975 to the present and is accompanied by an illustrated catalogue with an essay by Eleanor Heartney. This exhibit is the first full career survey evidencing the constancy and growth of this artist's vision.
Dona Ann McAdams work has been exhibited widely, nationally and internationally, at places such as the Museum of Modem Art, NYC; The Whitney Museum of American Art, NYC; The International Center for Photography; The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, Robert Miller Gallery and La Primavera Fotographica, Barcelona. Her photos are in the collections of, among other places, the Museum of Modern Art; The Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Print Club, and the Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris. Her monograph of performance work, Caught in the Act, was published by Aperture in 1996. Her other book, The Woodcutter's Christmas, was published in 2001 (Council Oak Books).
While principally known for her performance photography, for which she's received both Obie and Bessie Awards, the majority of her work lies in a number of personal portfolios which have rarely been seen in public. This exhibit includes selected works from nearly all of her portfolios.
The Sage Colleges VISUAL ARTS FACULTY
January 19 February 21, 2010
Reception, Friday, 2/5, 5-9pm
Lynn Caprisello, Jean Dahlgren, Melody Davis, Melanie Printup Hope, Sean Hovendick, Kelly Jones, Christopher Jordan, Harold Lohner, Matthew McElligott, Timothy M. Martin, Kent Mikalsen, Linda Morrell, Sally Packard, Gina Porcelli, Gary Shankman, Janus Welton
CECIL, PIPPA, and JOHN SKOTNES 
March 5 April 18, 2010,
Reception, Friday, 3/5, 5-9pm
in collaboration with the Russell Sage College Gallery and Union College
Works by three members of one of the most significant families of artists in South Africa. Cecil Skotnes explored Africa in his work, from the landscape to the art made by indigenous peoples. Cecil, who died recently at the age of 82, was one of the most important artists in South Africa in the second half of the 20th century. His sustained and monumental exploration of indigenous materials challenged and extended existing modernist conventions. His search for a particularly modern African identity was allied to his contribution to the development of a new generation of professional black urban artists, at a time when avenues for art education for black people were being blocked by apartheid legislation.
Pippa Skotnes, Cecil's daughter, is an artist and archeologist, printmaker and academic. Her disciplines possess rich histories and her creative and research activities reveal her own awareness of time as an agent of change and transformation. By one of those twists that characterize history and reveal the process of time, history is neatly reflected in Skotnes becoming the 1993 Young Artist Award Winner for Fine Art. John Skotnes is one of South Africa's leading goldsmiths and a noted sculptor. Like his father, Cecil, he was an active participant in the struggle that ended apartheid in 1994. He came to Cape Town in 1983 where he lectured both full and part time at the then Cape Technikon, now University of Technology. He has combined his teaching with the making of sculpture, jewelry and other related artifacts.
