Spring Into Art 2023

On Tuesday, May 5th, 2023, a cross-disciplinary showcase of creativity and expression took place in the  Center for the Arts. "Spring Into Art" was organized by The Center, and the Department of Art featured a group exhibition of sculpture students in the Project Space (CFA Room 155); Guided tours of the Senior Thesis group exhibition "Reflections of Impermanence" in Lower Gallery (CFA Room B45); a printmaking station led in the CFA Atrium by Department Staff, for guests to try their hand at screenprinting and stamping; and a showcase of the 1st Year MFA Candidates' artwork displayed on walls and pedestals throughout the CFA Atrium.

Zoom image: Guests amongst the displayed work: "The Daltonverse", 2023, paper mache, oil paint, acrylic boards, cardboard, and paper, by MFA Candidate Dalton Carlson (MFA '24). Photo credit: Doug Levere. A crowd of people in the white-walled, skylit Atrium of the Center for the Arts, with a paper mache sculptural head, representing and made by artist Dalton Carlton, sits on a pedestal in the middle of the room.

Guests amongst the displayed work: "The Daltonverse", 2023, paper mache, oil paint, acrylic boards, cardboard, and paper, by MFA Candidate Dalton Carlson (MFA '24). Photo credit: Doug Levere.

Zoom image: A visitor to Spring Into Art makes a screenprint with guidance from UB Department of Art Staff, in the Atrium of the Center for the Arts. Photo Credit: Doug Levere People leaning over a table, lifting screenprint frames (covered in pink and turquoise ink), and using squeegees to pull the ink through the screens, while onlookers chat. Embroidered cloth works of art created by Lydia Kegler, in shades of pink, hang on the white wall in the background.

A visitor to Spring Into Art makes a screenprint with guidance from UB Department of Art Staff, in the Atrium of the Center for the Arts. Photo Credit: Doug Levere

Zoom image: Posters hand screenprinted of the Center for the Arts Atrium, in the Atrium. Filigree layer designed by student Kylie Naylor. two posters hand screenprinted of the Center for the Arts Atrium, gray on white paper, and orange and purple on red paper.

Posters hand screenprinted of the Center for the Arts Atrium, in the Atrium. Filigree layer designed by student Kylie Naylor.

Zoom image: MFA Candidate Cristiano Pereira (MFA '24) and CFA House Manager Moriah Hegmann, posing by Pereira's works: "Encruza", 2023, Oil on canvas with beads, 63" diameter, and "Goiaba", 2023, Archival Inkjet print on paper, variable dimensions. x.

MFA Candidate Cristiano Pereira (MFA '24) and CFA House Manager Moriah Hegmann, posing by Pereira's works: "Encruza", 2023, Oil on canvas with beads, 63" diameter, and "Goiaba", 2023, Archival Inkjet print on paper, variable dimensions.

Zoom image: Print experiments with stencil coverage and partial printing, at the Spring Into Art screenpritning station. Print experiments with stencil coverage and partial printing, at Spring Into Art screenpritning station.

Print experiments with stencil coverage and partial printing, at the Spring Into Art screenpritning station.

Zoom image: Visitors viewing MFA student artwork hung on the walls of the Atrium. Photo credit: Doug Levere Profile view of a woman in a tan jacket gesturing towards a framed work of art, with a man in a gray sweatshirt standing beside and watching. Sculptural work and other people visible in background.

Visitors viewing MFA student artwork hung on the walls of the Atrium. Photo credit: Doug Levere

Zoom image: From left to right, work by MFA Candidates Ali Lazik, Chloe Koegel, Jonathan Bolt, and Lydia Kegler.  (MFAs for 2024). White walls with artwork hung from wire cables, and sitting on a pedestal. Gray and white checkered floor, in the UB Center for the Arts Atrium, with wall sconce lights visible above the art.

From left to right, work by MFA Candidates Ali Lazik, Chloe Koegel, Jonathan Bolt, and Lydia Kegler.  (MFAs for 2024).

White walls with artwork hung from wire cables, and sitting on a pedestal. Gray and white checkered floor, in the UB Center for the Arts Atrium.

From left to right, work by MFA Candidates Salem Browning, Joey Goergen, and Dalton Carlson, (MFAs for 2024).