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Festival of the Arts 2025 – Day 2

Binghamton University’s Festival of the Arts is a vibrant student showcase featuring performances, creative work, screenings, research, and hands-on experiences — all from the School of the Arts!

Free and open to the public.

It all kicks off on Wednesday, May 7, from 7:30–9:30 p.m. in the Grand Corridor and Memorial Courtyard of the Fine Arts Building. Enjoy live music, performances, food and refreshments, cinema in a truck, DIY screen-printed t-shirts, building projections, and more — both inside and out. It’s the perfect way to relax after classes and before finals.

The festivities continue on Friday, May 9, at 3 p.m., with performances, screenings, and exhibitions throughout the Arts Building – as well as Cinema’s offerings in Lecture Hall 6!

For detailed schedule and latest updates please visit: https://www.binghamton.edu/school-of-the-arts/news-events/showcase.html

The Binghamton University Department of Art and Design will host its Ninth Annual 24-Hour Draw-a-thon from 10a.m., February 21 to 10 a.m., Saturday, February 22, in the Fine Arts Building, room 358.  For the second year, the Department of Art and Design’s Student Advisory Committee will host this competitive marathon with the addition of a non-perishable food drive.  This event is free and open to the public.  10 student-artists will participate in creating large-scale drawings that capture an ornate still-life arrangement in the round.  The artists will be at work for the duration of the marathon (with short breaks) and visitors may observe the artists working throughout the 24-hour period.

Two cash prizes will be awarded to participating student-artists; the jury prize of $500, and the people’s prize of $250.00.  While the jury prize will be determined by a small handful of Binghamton University School of the Arts faculty, the people’s prize will be determined by votes casted by the public.

In addition to these prizes, a third prize, comprised of a basket of art supplies purchased from the Binghamton University Art Co-op by the Department of Art & Design, will also be awarded to a participating student.  All 10 participating students will receive goods donated by one of this year’s sponsors – Golden Artist Colors, the paint manufacturing company local to New Berlin, New York, known for specializing in their production of high-quality painting products.  Additional Sponsors include Binghamton University’s Harpur Edge, School of the Arts, and Art Co-Op.

Stop by to support the students, see the work being made, cast a vote for people’s prize and place a donation!

Join us and shop from dozens of local artisans set up at the Vestal Public Library!

Saturday, May 25th
9AM – 2PM
320 Vestal Pkwy E, Vestal, NY 13850

This is also the first day of the Vestal Farmers Market!!
Shop fresh fruits, veggies, baked goods, and handcrafted artisan items all in one spot!

See you Saturday!

Reserve Your Spot by April 18th!

Spend an afternoon crafting with friends in our historic mansion! Perfect for Spring!

During this guided craft by Autumn Blooms Forever Flowers, you will create your own 16″ beaded wreath complete with wood, silk flowers, greenery, and bows that will last you for years to come!

A refreshing update on a traditional wreath. This wooden beaded wreath is a perfect addition for any room or entry.

Lite refreshments included.

Everything I’ve Never Said

April 4 – April 18, 2024

Opening on Thursday, April 4, 4:30 – 6:30 pm

Artist talks on Monday, April 8, 4:30 – 6:30 pm

 

The fifteen graduating Binghamton University Art & Design BFA students will feature their works in the exhibition Everything I’ve Never Said. The exhibition opens to the public April 4th, with an opening reception at 4:30 pm, and will remain on view until April 18th. Artist talks will take place Monday, April 8th at 4:30 pm. All events are free and open to the public.

 

This exhibition represents the culmination of their BFA degree program and features artworks spanning multiple disciplines, including painting, drawing, graphic design, printmaking, sculpture, game design, video installation, and more. Everything I’ve Never Said is an ode to life’s unspoken moments and a celebration of art’s ability to materialize the experiences, emotions, and personal narratives of the participating artists. It is also an invitation to viewers to explore themes of introspection, reflection, and self-discovery, as each artist confronts the unspoken and finds solace in the act of creation.

 

Binghamton University’s Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA) is a pre-professional degree with an intensive focus in studio art and design for students who wish to pursue arts-related careers. Our students go on to work in a wide range of creative industries; as practicing artists after graduation; or go on to pursue graduate degrees. Students can choose to concentrate in Drawing, Painting, Sculpture, Photography, Printmaking, or Graphic Design.

The 2024 BFA artists are: Zoe Congdon, Anna Faulkner, Gabriella Harbord, Jade Kirdahy, Santa Barbara Maslar, Atlas Mason, Giovanna Mitchell, Em O’Brien, Santiago Parra, Addy Phoenix, Fahim Rahman, Caitlin Smith, Fiona Sullivan, Alexa Valadez, and Samantha Velasquez-Ballin. 

Donate food and watch art being made during the 24-hour Drawing Marathon hosted in Fine Arts 358 at Binghamton University!

Binghamton University’s Art & Design Student Advisory Committee is hosting a 24-hour drawing marathon where 20 students will complete 4ftx5ft charcoal drawings. Come by to see the amazing art and submit your vote for 2nd place “popular vote” in Fine Arts 358! Sponsored by Celsius, the Art Co-op, Harpur’s Edge, and the art department.

Join the Binghamton University Art Museum for Painted Exchanges: Artists and Paintmakers 1968-76 opening reception, 5:00 – 7:00 p.m. on Thursday, February 1, 2024. At 6:00 p.m. there will be remarks and a short musical performance inspired by artwork on view.

Between 1968 and 1976, paintmaker Leonard Bocour, with his wife and collaborator Ruth Bocour, made a series of gifts to the collection of the Binghamton University Art Museum, augmented by additional gifts from Sam Golden, Bocour’s nephew and partner in Bocour Artist Colors. The artists represented in this collection were beneficiaries of a network of exchanges, whereby the paintmakers gave paints to financially strapped artists to enable them to continue to make work, made connections for them with galleries, and gave lectures to their art school students, and, in exchange, they solicited feedback on the qualities that the painters sought in their materials, received assistance in placing their paints in local art stores, enjoyed being part of the creative milieu, and frequently received paintings in lieu of monetary payments.

Some of the artists in this exhibition have found a place in the narrative of art history, others have gained less recognition, yet together, their works offer insight into American artmaking during a period of reorientation in the waning days of the New York School’s abstraction. This exhibition invites visitors to closely examine the paintings’ surfaces, offering insight into a range of styles, materials and techniques, as some artists sought to expand the possibilities of abstraction, while others leaned toward the figurative.

Gifts from Leonard and Ruth Bocour and Sam Golden to the Binghamton University Art Museum are among the many contributions they made to university and civic museums in the Northeast, and beyond. In so doing, they supported artists in placing their work in public institutions, furthered art education, expanded the audience for contemporary art by affording regional access to it, and enabled museums to enrich the collections under their stewardship.

The exhibition was incubated in the Thinking Through Painting course, co-taught by the curators. Preliminary research on several of the paintings from the Bocour collection was conducted by students in the two-semester research intensive course sequence offered under Binghamton University’s Source Project initiative.

Co-curated by Andrea Kastner, Department of Art and Design, and Pamela Smart, Department of Art History. Support is provided by donors to the Kenneth C. Lindsay Study Room Fund and to the Binghamton Fund for the University Art Museum.

Also opening are David Hammons: Street Specific, curated by Tom McDonough, Adjunct Curator and Professor of Art History; The Intimate Photographic Style of Larry Fink, curated by Jason Anglum ’24, History and Physics majors; and Käthe Kollwitz: Timeless Desolation, curated by Toby Olson ’25, Art History and Sculpture majors, German and Russian Studies minor. All events are free and open to the public.

Enjoy a Glass of Wine & Wreath with Us!
-Make your own Evergreen wreath
-Guided by Farmstead Barnstead
-Fresh and foraged boughs, frame, wire, snips & a velvet bow provided
-Enjoy a glass of wine
-Keep your arrangement

Join us for a fall Saturday to mingle, snack and create! We’ll be designing a beautiful Thanksgiving floral pumpkin centerpiece, guided by Autumn Bloom’s Forever Flowers.

Best of all – the pumpkin will be created with wooden and silk flowers so that you can use the piece year after year!

Included:
-Lite Snack
-Guided Tutorial
-6.5″ white pumpkin or 6″ sage green pumpkin
-Flowers, greenery, fillers and accents
-Variety of flower colors to choose from