Senior Artwork to be Displayed at Holy Cross’ Cantor Art Gallery

WORCESTER, Mass. – The Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Art Gallery at the College of the Holy Cross will present Artifex: Works from the Senior Concentration Seminar, from May 2 through May 25. The gallery will be closed May 19. A roundtable discussion with the artists will be held May 2 from 4 to 5 p.m., followed by an opening reception from 5 to 6:30 p.m. at the Cantor Art Gallery.

Each spring semester the Cantor Art Gallery mounts an exhibition of work by graduating seniors enrolled in the Senior Concentration Seminar offered by the visual arts department/studio art faculty. The two-semester course is designed to provide students the unique opportunity to work for extended periods of time, producing artwork that reflects their own vision and technical abilities. Instructors for the 2006-2007 Concentration Seminar are Cristi Rinklin, assistant professor of visual arts, and Robert ParkeHarrison, associate professor of visual arts.

Artifex includes works by graduating seniors Teresa Maria Buscemi, Megan Driscoll, Christopher Fannon, Melissa Fritsch, Aislinn Kelly, Jennifer Knapp, James Maliszewski, and Susanne Whelan. Senior Concentration Seminar provides each student with a private studio space, opportunities to travel to exhibitions in the New England region, to meet with professional curators and artists and to have their work regularly reviewed by Holy Cross faculty and guest artists. The Senior Concentration Seminar culminates with the planning and execution of a group exhibition mounted in the Cantor Art Gallery under the guidance of the gallery staff and the visual arts faculty.

The hours for the Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Art Gallery are Monday–Friday, 10 a.m. - 5 p.m.; Saturday, 2 p.m.-5 p.m. Located in O’Kane Hall, 1st Floor, College of the Holy Cross, 1 College Street, Worcester, Mass., 01610. Admission to the Gallery is free and open to the public.

For additional information please contact the Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Art Gallery at 508-793-3356 or visit the Gallery’s Web site.