UAlbany Dept. of Art & Art History, SUNY

05/16/2026

REGISTRATION IS LIVE
for this UAlbany MFA led retreat at CREATE COMMUNITY STUDIOS in Troy, NY

This two‑day studio immersion is designed for painters ready to move beyond guided exercises and into sustained, independent work. Over two full days, participants will develop one or more paintings through a cycle of building, disrupting, and refining—staying with the work long enough for it to...

05/13/2026

We had an embarrassment of riches this year.
Congratulations to all our award recipients! (Scroll for awards + names)

Roanne Kulakoff Award:
Abigail Cook
Diego Herrera
Savannah Tenace
Faneeza Soloman

Art History Departmental Award:
Meagan Leung
Wilhemina Weidman

Digital Media Area Award:
Johnathan Bramhall

Film Studies Award:
Maurice Burbridge

MA Thesis Award:
Rachel Withney

MFA Special Commendation:
Binbin Shi

CAS Distinguished MFA Thesis Award:
Lily Morris

Painting Area Award:
Tiffany Salazar

Photography Area Award:
Diego Herrera

Printmaking Area Award:
Faneeza Soloman

Sculpture Area Award:
Savannah Tenace

The inaugural CollarWorks + UAlbany MFA Summer Residency and Solo Exhibition and Terri Cosma Boor Sculpture Prize:
Joel Olzak

The Dr. Gerald Benjamin Endowment Award:
Zamani Godette

The Robin Kanson Lewis ’70 Scholarship:
Catherine Pooler
The Nancy Marcopoulos Endowment for the Arts Award:
Lois Ann Kempney

05/06/2026

04/26/2026

Maxwell Goodnight deploys minimal architectural elements alongside abstract expressionism in a palette of moonlit surveillance. These works were displayed in the 2020 thesis exhibition.

04/24/2026

Come celebrate with us!

04/16/2026

Ribbons of texture play between mineral and digital in the fascinating works of Andrea (Drea) LaRose from the graduating class of 2019

04/12/2026

Like a modern warrior, alumni Nick Gate’s iridescent skins and hologram inlays infuse his work with both ancient and futuristic aesthetics. This piece was from his 2018 thesis exhibition.

04/06/2026

“Senior Studio 2026: Faeloria”
Opens Tues April 7, 12–1pm
Fine Arts 223

On view April 7–8, 11am–4pm

This exhibition presents work by nine artists in ART 491 Senior Studio, the capstone course for senior art majors in the Department of Art & Art History at the University at Albany, SUNY.

Working across photography, drawing, painting, sculpture, animation, collage, printmaking, and installation, these artists use fragmented figures, recurring objects, and symbolic imagery to examine and reframe personal and shared experiences. Their work turns private experience outward, giving form to material expressions shaped by memory, the body, and transformation.

Exhibiting Artists:

Jeauti (Jayann Evans-Sobers) 
Genevieve Anais 
Abigail Cook .abigail_cook
Diego Herrera 
Katelynn Quindara .quin_art
Tiffany Salazar .art
Fizzah Soloman 
Savannah Tenace 
Connor Zou .

04/06/2026

Vanessa Mastronardi’s installations from the 2018 MFA exhibition feel like stepping into a slick digital world. Her spaces are populated by playfully stark domestic clues to an uncanny life that halts as much as it beckons.

11/22/2024

We are hiring a full-time, tenure-track Assistant Professor of Digital Art and Animation in UAlbany's Department of Art and Art History! Application review begins January 7, 2025, and will continue until the position is filled.