SBU Seniors' Show Highlights Celebration

The St. Bonaventure Visual and Performing Arts Department will present the 2010 Senior Visual Art Exhibit “5 & 12” on May 7 and 8, opening two days of arts-centered festivities in the San Damiano Room.

The exhibit will feature a selection from four years of work from Katherine Danahy of Buffalo, and Byron Morgan of Sandusky, near Arcade.

The exhibit is free and open to the public. A gallery talk will be held at 4 p.m. on May 7, with a reception to follow. The exhibit is open from 4 to 6:30 p.m. each day. The San Damiano Room is in Francis Hall, located on the east side of campus.

The exhibit can also be viewed in the Front Gallery of the Regina A. Quick Center for the Arts from May 9-15. Gallery hours are Monday-Friday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Saturday and Sunday from noon to 4 p.m.

Danahy, an art major, grew up in Buffalo and attended Mount Mercy Academy. After graduating, she continued her art studies at St. Bonaventure University. Her main focus is painting florals and objects found in nature.

“The art displayed in my show represents my progression through the past four years as an artist. I am thankful for the guidance given to me by my professors at SBU and believe that they have helped me to succeed as an artist,” Danahy said.

Morgan attended Pioneer Central High School where he majored in visual arts. Morgan majors in journalism and mass communication at St. Bonaventure. He works in mixed media, collage, acrylic paintings and found object art.

“I really enjoy working with Moleskins brand notebooks,” Morgan said. “Each notebook is basically a story that shows how I have grown as an artist. Every notebook is filled with pieces that all work together to show intense movement and rhythm that I have not been able to accomplish in any other medium.”

“5 & 12” is the first senior art exhibit to allow a non-visual arts major to take part in the exhibition.

On May 8, the Department of Visual and Performing Arts will present a multidisciplinary celebration of its work from 4 to 6:30 p.m. in the San Damiano Room.

Senior visual artists will present their works of art and offer gallery talks at 4:30 p.m. The visual art program will display undergraduate works created in one of the many studio art classes, under the tutelage of Prof. Constance Pierce, offered in Francis Hall.

The event will be enhanced by performances of various university music ensembles, under the direction of Dr. Leslie Sabina, and selections from the theater program, under the direction of Dr. Ed. Simone.

Danahy and Morgan designed the spaces in the San Damiano Room with the assistance of theater students who built the portable display walls, making the celebration of sister arts possible. A reception follows immediately after the program.

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