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University of New HampshireUniversity of New Hampshire Scholars' RepositoryMedia Relations Administrative Offices4-4-2002First UNH Fine Arts Graduate Students HoldExhibitionsLori GulaFollow this and additional works at: https://scholars.unh.edu/newsThis News Article is brought to you for free and open access by the Administrative Offices at University of New Hampshire Scholars' Repository. It hasbeen accepted for inclusion in Media Relations by an authorized administrator of University of New Hampshire Scholars' Repository. For moreinformation, please contact nicole.hentz@unh.edu.Recommended CitationGula, Lori, "First UNH Fine Arts Graduate Students Hold Exhibitions" (2002). UNH Today. 2197.https://scholars.unh.edu/news/219710/23/17, 10)58 AMFirst UNH Fine Arts Graduate Students Hold ExhibitionsPage 1 of 3http://www.unh.edu/delete/news/news_releases/2002/april/lg_20020404art_gallery.htmlUNHShowcasesWorks ofGraduatingStudio ArtMajorsThe ArtGallery atUNH First UNH Fine Arts GraduateStudents Hold ExhibitionEvents mark milestone for new master'sprogramBy Lori Gula UNH News BureauApril 4, 2002DURHAM, N.H. -- The first four graduate students toreceive a master of fine arts degree in painting at theUniversity of New Hampshire are presenting theirthesis work in two inaugural exhibitions at The ArtGallery, signifying the strong start of the new graduateprogram.Fall Sundown,2001 by Kim Massaro oil on canvas 45" x 45"Download PhotoHere"Our new graduate program in painting is the first of itskind in New Hampshire, and so we are very excitedabout the inaugural MFA Thesis Exhibitions. Ourstudents -- Linda Anason, Anne Dubois, PatriciaMahoney and Kimberly Massaro -- deserve great creditfor making the studios here a place where anatmosphere of serious effort and critical engagementhas prevailed and will soon become a tradition," saysCraig Hood, associate professor of art and master'sprogram co-coordinator.2002 MFA Thesis ExhibitionsThe first MFA Thesis Exhibition, April 20 to May 5,will feature the works of Linda Anason and Kimberly10/23/17, 10)58 AMFirst UNH Fine Arts Graduate Students Hold ExhibitionsPage 2 of 3http://www.unh.edu/delete/news/news_releases/2002/april/lg_20020404art_gallery.html Massaro. Anason, of Newfields, works in oil and mixedmedia. Her expansive canvases pulse with energy, thesurfaces rough and intricate. She combines paint in darkhues and vivid crimson with pieces of wire, sand andbullets to create surfaces with intricate texture anddepth. The end result is a complicated canvas thattempts the viewer to touch its rich surface.In contrast is the work of artist Kimberly Massaro,originally of Philadelphia, who now lives in Durham.Massaro's oil paintings depict the landscape. "Thepaintings are made through a culmination of responsesto nature, initially through beginning the painting onsight as an objective witness of nature, then by recallingthrough my memory the sensation of the place, andfinally through invention. In each painting, there is asearch for the right amount of each of these approaches.By working this way, I can avoid formulaic solutionsand I am always challenged by the endless amount ofvariables that nature has to offer," Massaro says.A preview reception will be held from 6 to 8 p.m.,Friday, April 19.The second MFA show, May 11 to May 25, will featurethe works of Anne Dubois and Patricia Mahoney.Originally from Kansas City, Mo., Dubois lives in Eliot,Maine. Her oil paintings are colorful studies of stilllifes. Explaining her thesis, Dubois says, "After severalyears of painting in a nonrepresentational way, I amdrawn again to the forms and subject matter of realspaces. I like to build a tactile surface with smallstrokes and areas of color. From a distance the still lifemay appear as a coherent arrangement, and from closeup the forms may dissolve into texture and pattern. Ilike to feel that the details of life are not really 'still' butsubject to the fluid restructuring that shapes ourperception and memory."Similarly, Mahoney, of Dover, paints the world aroundher, concentrating on the minute details instead of thebroad picture. "Whenever I am out in the woods, it isinvariably the least attention-getting aspects that end upcatching my eye. I've never been interested in the wholespectacle, the panoramic view, but instead focus on theodd angle of a branch or tree, or the way a shaft of lightpicks out the texture of bark or leaf. These ordinarynatural occurrences present both challenge and pleasure10/23/17, 10)58 AMFirst UNH Fine Arts Graduate Students Hold ExhibitionsPage 3 of 3http://www.unh.edu/delete/news/news_releases/2002/april/lg_20020404art_gallery.htmlin painting them as objects worthy of appreciation, justbecause they exist," she says.A preview reception will be held from 5 to 7 p.m.,Friday, May 10.ArtBreak SeriesThe following programs are part of the ArtBreak Series,which runs Wednesdays, noon to 1 p.m. in The ArtGallery, unless otherwise noted:April 24: Gallery Talk with MFA candidatesLinda Anason and Kimberly Massaro.May 1: Gallery Talk with exhibiting BFA seniorsNathan Crighton, Kim Ferreira, John Gayle,Sheila Gerrior, Matt Holbrook, Alexandra Mathisand Deborah Russell.May 15: Gallery Talk with MFA candidates AnneDubois and Patricia Mahoney.The Art Gallery is in the Paul Creative Arts Center, 30College Road. Admission is free. School tours andother groups are welcome with advance reservation.Call 862-3713 to schedule a tour. Hours are Mondaythrough Wednesday, 10 a.m.-4 p.m.; Thursday, 10a.m.-8 p.m.; Saturday and Sunday, 1-5 p.m. The galleryis closed Fridays, university holidays, and duringexhibition changes, including May 6-10. The ArtGallery will be open from 1-3 p.m. CommencementDay, Saturday, May 25.Editors, News Directors: Color slides are available bycontacting Amanda Tappan, education and publicitycoordinator for The Art Gallery, at 603-862-3713.Back to UNH News Bureau 

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