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: Macabre Music: The Sequel
Sunday, October 18, 3:00pm
Works for harp, flute, baritone, and string quartet of Debussy, Caplet, Saint-Saens, Schubert, and Mozart in association with the Hyde Collection's Degas & Music exhibition.
Tickets: (518-377-3623) $25 adults, $15 students, Free for Sage Students
DONA ANN McADAMS: Some Women
November 1 December 16, 2009
Reception Friday, November 6, 5-9pm
Artist talk: Art & Activism, Tuesday, December 1, 12:30pm
Artist guided walk-through of exhibit: Friday, December 4, 7pm
An exhibit surveying 35 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 gelatin silver prints dating from 1974 to the present and is accompanied by an illustrated catalogue with essays by Eleanor Heartney and Jim Richard Wilson. 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. selected images
David Brickman review in Get Visual
Tim Cahill review in Nippertown
The Quill: Award-Winning Photographer
Jim Richard Wilson catalogue essay
Eleanor Heartney catalogue essay
Fabienne Waring catalogue essay
GUEST of CINDY SHERMAN
Wednesday, December 9 at 7pm in the Opalka
Guest of Cindy Sherman takes an eye-opening look at what happens when a skeptical outsider finds himself romantically involved with the ultimate insider.
Present for this screening will be the director of the film, Paul H-O, and the photographer Dona Ann McAdams, who appears in the film. There will be a question and answer session after the showing.
Admission is $5. Free for Sage students with valid ID.
This event is presented by the Opalka Gallery and the Office of Student Life.
The Sage Colleges VISUAL ARTS FACULTY
January 19 February 21, 2010
Reception, Friday, 2/5, 5-9pm
Lynn Caprisello, Beau Comeaux, Jean Dahlgren, Melody Davis, Melanie Printup Hope, Sean Hovendick, Kelly Jones, Harold Lohner, Matthew McElligott, Timothy M. Martin, Kent Mikalsen, Linda Morrell, Sally Packard, Gina Porcelli, Gary Shankman, Janus Welton
Practice is the second time we have mounted an all art faculty show and this exhibition includes the work of all sixteen of our visual arts faculty. The artists include faculty whose service to Sage ranges from 33 years to three brand new faculty who joined us in Fall 2009.
The art faculty at Sage play many roles acting as artists in their own right, teachers, advisors and mentors to their students, curriculum designers, content experts, advisors to student clubs, and participants in the life of the community in numerous ways. Many of them free lance on the side and others run small businesses of their own where their expertise is in demand in the larger world of art, communications, and design.
They are engaged in a broad array of approaches, styles and techniques. Many are keenly interested in contemporary issues and media (Beau Comeaux, Melody Davis, Sean Hovendick, Kelly Jones, Harold Lohner, Sally Packard), others in more traditional media and concerns (Kent Mikalsen, Gary Shankman, Timothy Martin). Some are pursuing creating work that in various ways combines their traditions with new media (Lynn Caprisello, Jean Dahlgren, Melanie Hope, Matthew McElligott, Linda Morrell, Janus Welton,).
Their talents span a large swath of art making from beading to installation art, to illustration, interior design, graphic design, painting, photography, ceramics, electronic art, stone carving, drawing, and the teaching of art history which in and of itself is an art and has its own skills set and creative aspects.
All of them have impressive exhibition records ranging from local shows to national and international exhibitions. Many of them have work on display at various museums, in businesses, in electronic form, and in a variety of collections all over the country.
RANDY GARBER
March 5 April 18, 2010,
Reception, Friday, 3/5, 5-9pm
Curated by Ruth Hall Daly
Garber's art is intelligently and emotionally loaded. She produces works with a mastery of technique that adds resonance to the narratives we inevitably construct when we encounter her images. Garber's art draws on her particular experiences and situations to produce intensely personal yet broadly human images, ones that demand dialogue and reflection. She is an artist who understands the power and complexity of visual communication in a profound and nuanced manner.
Randy Garber's work investigates perception and how meaning is deciphered. Howwe navigate our perceptual terrain is complicated by the fact that what we excavate, discover and describe is always over-determined by the tools we use: language, memory, science, line, shape, color, etc.Puzzling this out is the subject of her work. Throughout her explorations in varied media in two and three dimensional work, her images evoke a sense of order as well as orderly growth gone awry. She believes that the aberrant, the rogue and the wayward signals are the ones that can guide us to expanded understanding of our worlds and ourselves. This exhibit is accompanied by an illustrated catalogue including an essay by Patricia C. Phillips, former Editor-in-Chief of the Art Journal and current Dean of Graduate Studies at Rhode Island School of Design.
How Interior Designers WORK for You
April 27-May 8, 2010
Reception: Tuesday April 27, 4:30-6:30
Panel Presentations: Thursday, April 29 & Tuesday, May 4 at 6
Capitol Region members of the American Society of Interior Designers present an exhibition and program in the Opalka Gallery in Spring 2010. The exhibition entitled How Interior Designers WORK for You opens with a reception on Tuesday April 27 and be open to the public through May 8. The exhibition features a broad variety of interior projects designed by area members. On Thursday April 29 and Tuesday May 4, a panel of designers will present a public forum in the Opalka discussing the vibrant interaction between client and designer in the real life process of designing functional, successful interiors which reflect the client's needs and desires.
