Marion Art Gallery exhibition to function works by graduating seniors

Works by Visual Arts and New Media college students shall be on show within the Cathy and Jesse Marion Art Gallery.

The Fall 2025 senior present “Entirely Human” opens at SUNY Fredonia with a reception from 6 to 9 p.m. on Friday, Dec. 5 within the Marion Gallery. It is a chance to fulfill the artists and revel in free hors d’oeuvres and drinks.

On show by way of Dec. 11, the exhibition consists of artist’s books, ceramics, idea artwork for animations, graphic design (together with ebook covers, tarot playing cards, cat café branding marketing campaign), illustrations, installations, images, and blended media work by 16 graduating seniors from the Department of Visual Arts and New Media.

Participating artists are Zack Buckner, Chandler Cotter, Jakob Cullen, Gallagher, Brianna Gasper, Adam Giel, Julia Gorman, Jonah Grace, AJ Hanrahan, Madeleine Lasher, Vanessa Lotito, Samantha Mackey, Blake Neville, Piper Ridge, Ella Silivestro, and Mel Vazquez Correa.

The exhibition and reception are free and open to the general public. The Marion Art Gallery is situated on the primary degree of Rockefeller Arts Center.

The title “Entirely Human” refers back to the full and genuine expertise of being human, encompassing each strengths and weaknesses, feelings, limitations, and potential. The artists hope that the theme encourages guests to embrace their total self, together with imperfections, whereas striving for private progress and reference to others.

• In his sequence “Reimaging Potter,” Zack Buckner (Graphic Design, Portville, NY) has redesigned seven Harry Potter ebook covers to supply “a new and fresh perspective on iconic characters, locations and creatures.” Chandler Cotter (Photography, Buffalo, NY) spells her first title by way of product images: Coca-Cola, Hair care, Apple, Nail polish, Denim, Liquor, Essential oils, and Rosé.
• With his useful stoneware pottery Jakob Cullen (Ceramics and Animation & Illustration, Warwick, NY) “aims to make the viewer reconsider their utilitarian perception of pottery” by specializing in unconventional shapes. Gallagher (Graphic Design, Glens Falls, NY) has designed movement graphics and inventive résumés (cross sew, comedian prop gun, road signal) to emphasise that AI isn’t any match for the talents of gifted designers.
• Brianna Gasper’s (Graphic Design and Animation & Illustration, Cattaraugus, NY) “Hellenistic Tarot Deck” is a sequence of artwork playing cards that align with the usual Major and Minor Arcana elements of a tarot deck with the theme of Greek mythology — tales of the gods, heroes, and monsters of Ancient Greece. In their set up, titled “Don’t Die Wondering,” Adam Giel (Ceramics and Animation & Illustration, Ronkonkoma, NY) has created ceramic star folks and positioned them above a pile of males’s clothes and a pile of ladies’s clothes to deal with the struggles transgender folks endure internally and societally to discover a place on the earth.
• Julia Gorman’s (Animation and Illustration, Schenectady, NY) illustrations signify visible growth work, particularly 4 completely different online game ideas formatted in numerous methods, akin to “cutscene” or gameplay ideas. Jonah Grace (Graphic Design and Animation & Illustration, Jamestown, NY) makes use of his graphic design abilities to create the model id and promotional supplies for a welcoming cat café with a deal with the welfare, socialization, and adoption of lesser-adopted cats.
• AJ Hanrahan’s (Visual Arts, Buffalo, NY) blended media work discover human rights and political themes akin to immigration insurance policies, genocide, the rights of transgender people, and the western descent into fascism. Fashion meets schooling in a hypothetical line of dolls during which Madeleine Lasher (Animation and Illustration, Schenectady, NY) introduces another trend substyle.
• Warrior Cats “Into the Wild” consists of two books covers, one for a youthful viewers and the opposite for adults, designed by Vanessa Lotito (Graphic Design, Nesconset, NY) together with posters that illustrate her inventive course of. In the sequence “Chromatic selves,” Samantha Mackey (Animation and Illustration, Dansville, NY) highlights her ability set and the flexibility of make-up artistry in images of make-up appears to be like on herself and volunteers, from Japanese Gyaru to experimental ideas.
• Blake Neville (Animation & Illustration and Graphic Design, Poughkeepsie, NY) typeset a reference ebook containing analysis in regards to the bubonic plague and medieval occasions, designed the duvet, and created illustrations to accompany the ebook. In the undertaking titled “The Future of the Okavango Delta: Insight into a Fragile Ecosystem,” Piper Ridge’s (Graphic Design, San Diego, CA) ebook, posters and images about Botswana’s Okavango Delta deal with local weather change, invasive species, and wildlife inhabitants decline.
• Ella Silivestro’s (Graphic Design, Rochester, NY) poster, pamphlet, and web site showcase information from a survey of SUNY Fredonia college students that’s designed to help ladies and other people assigned feminine at delivery. With an animatic trailer and idea artwork titled “The Day the Sun Fell,” Mel Vazquez Correa (Animation and Illustration, Toms River, NJ) channels the affect of Mesoamerican civilizations and delves into human kindness, private id, and the challenges of embracing change.

“Entirely Human” is supported by the Fredonia College Foundation’s Cathy and Jesse Marion Endowment Fund, and the Friends of Rockefeller Arts Center.

Gallery hours are Tuesday by way of Thursday, midday to 4 p.m.; Friday and Saturday, midday to six p.m.; Sunday midday to 4 p.m.; and by appointment.

For extra data, contact gallery director Barbara Räcker at (716) 673-4897 or e mail [email protected].