On View: April 18 – May 8, 2018
The Borough of Manhattan Community College (BMCC) will present an exhibition of student artwork and will feature paintings, photography, drawings, sculpture, graphic design and other types of work.
“Much of the students’ work came out of new, higher-level art classes that have been developed since BMCC’s two Associate of Arts degree programs—Art Foundations: Art History and Art Foundations: Studio Art—came into existence in 2015,” says Peter Greenwald, Professor of Art. “Specifically, visitors will see some thesis-level artworks in this show. The students propose and then execute a body of work within their concentration.”
Through these capstone classes, he explains, students create a portfolio of work to support their transfer to top art and design schools, including Queens College, CUNY, with which BMCC has an articulation agreement allowing Art Foundation graduates to enter as juniors.
“The students are looking at their work in an increasingly critical way,” Greenwald says. “They’re cataloguing it, building their websites; all with the intention of presenting themselves as artists with a unique vision and relationship to their medium.”