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Past Exhibitions


"Black Sun": Willie Binnie
September 5 - October 20, 2023

A solo exhibition titled Black Sun features a visual artist, Willie Binnie. The artist, based in Williamstown, MA, presents large-scale canvases as well as small watercolor sketches and paintings primarily of monochromatic character.


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Faculty Biennial 2022
January 31 - February 25, 2022

The Faculty Biennial 2022 exhibition is comprised of works produced by the Art and Art History Department faculty and staff from 2019 to the present during the period commonly recognized as the global pandemic.

Extended Hours:

Friday, February 25, 6:30 – 9:30 p.m.
Saturday, February 26, 6:30 – 9:30 p.m.
Sunday, February 27, 1 – 4 p.m.


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Campus COVID-19 Safety Campaign
October 16 - December 11

The COVID-19 Campus Safety Campaign virtual exhibition showcases the work of 47 art and design students from four SUNY campuses: Alfred University, SUNY Brockport, SUNY Cortland, and SUNY Purchase. The slideshow is accessible on the Dowd Gallery website and will be archived in "Past Exhibitions" on December 11.  


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Vestiges: Billy Hassell
October 17-December 7, 2018

Vestiges is a solo exhibition featuring a vivid collection of 7 large-scale oil paintings and 27 prints by a Texas-based artist, Billy Hassell. This is the second one-man show by Billy Hassell in New York State since 1998.


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Artists as Innovators: Celebrating Three Decades of New York State Council on the Arts/New York Foundation for the Arts Fellowships
March 5 - April 13, 2018

Exhibition Presented in Partnership with the State University of New York and is Travelling to Seven SUNY Campuses Between Fall 2017 and Summer 2020.


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Loop: connecting to the beginning
January 22 – February 16, 2018

Loop: connecting to the beginning focuses on animation and the looping sequence through a variety of art forms. Featured artists include Eric Dyer, Juan Fontanive, Laura Heit, Ondrej Janek, and Anna Vasof.  Their works explore a wide range of media and technical approaches that demonstrate high- and low-tech versions of the moving image. These contemporary works are juxtaposed with photographs by Harold E. Edgerton and Eadweard J. Muybridge to provide historical context for this study of motion.


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