For Immediate Release
October 23, 2020
Student Artists in Virtual Exhibit, RANSOM 2 on Instagram
Student art created for the Instagram exhibit Ransom 2
ĂŘÉ«´«Ă˝ Associate Professor of Visual Arts Meredith Starr always tries to take her students’ learning experience beyond the classroom’s walls. “Students appreciate real-world opportunities,” Starr said, and despite the COVID-19 pandemic, she was determined to find a real-world experience for her 2D Design and Art Appreciation students.
A Brooklyn exhibit provided the perfect medium.
Starr’s students contributed to a large-scale, recently-opened virtual exhibit through Wayfarers Gallery called -- an Instagram-specific collaborative. RANSOM 2 features the work of almost 400 artists working from a wide range of skill levels, and hailing from an equally wide range of geographical locations.
Each participating artist was assigned one word from a poem reflecting hope and transformation. According to the RANSOM 2 exhibit description, “…once the committed number of participants was established at 417, … a poem with 417 words was composed of three-word phrases so that it could be read fluidly as a series of scrollable passages on the Instagram feed. The captions that accompany the images offer a specific description of each artist’s process, and a general description of their lives during Covid––homeschooling, protesting, gardening, mourning. The captions function like pointillist dots culminating in yet another image—a collaborative portrait of this impossible and historical moment.”
Wayfarers hosted a virtual opening reception on October 9th that the artists were invited to attend and included a reading of the poem and a live stream of their work by writer A.W. Strouse.
“Many students and their families were excited to attend via Zoom and see their incredible designs alongside their peers and other artists,” Starr said and thanked gallery director George Ferrandi for providing her students with this experience.
“This is a great example of our students thriving and adapting to an online format, and more than that, bringing the community they created at Suffolk to the New York art world,” Starr said.
To view the exhibit follow on Instagram.
Student Artists:
2D Design (Fall 2020)
Miguel Almoar
Wilmer Alvarado
Luka Benidze
Hilary Brissee
Joseph Christine
Muhammed Colak
Kamala Covert
Deleena Dilan
Connor Edmonson
Gina Fernandez
D’Azia Giambalvo
Ethan Giroux
Ryan Hart
Joshua Kappers
Arianna Lysogorski
Christine Martinez-Gomez
Jamie Neumann
Maxine Pitaro
Nicholas Rowehl
Nicholas Schieble
Jacob Siegelbaum
Art Appreciation (Summer 2020)
Miriam Amartey
Michelle Ardizzone
Julia Belardo
Claudya Blanco
Angelina Campanelli
Gianna Canizio
Steven Carroll
Starr Courtney
Mary Espionza
Marisa Fay
Tiana Flores
Jasmine Georges
Abigail Guerrier
Adam Holland
Christopher Kelly
Steven Kelly
Misheley King
Emily McBrearty
Thomas Miller
Alyssa Mills
Denise Mistch
Carlos Montero
Kara Richholt
Oliverto Senobe
Robert Sperandeo
Daniela Ventura Cueva
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