With light streaming from windows overlooking the busy airfield, Concourse A boasts 130 linear feet of wall space that functions as an auxiliary exhibition area to the third floor Gallery. With the advent of this new space in 2005, the Program broadened its ability to showcase the work of regional artists in biannual one person and thematic group shows as well as exhibits from other regional art centers and galleries.
Current Exhibition
The Best of SUNY 2009 January - June 2010 Since 2002, The Best of SUNY Art Student Exhibition has showcased the most compelling works of art made by students attending State University of New York Campuses. Each piece was originally selected by the student's art department and then chosen for the Best of SUNY exhibition by a panel of arts professionals from throughout the SUNY community. New York State has, for decades, been a leader in both the nation and the world in its support and appreciation for the visual arts.
Its galleries, museums and educational institutions spur the visions of young artists and attract the patrons, dealers, tourists and curators that make up a thriving international arts community. The many campuses that make up the State University of New York system have become an integral part of this community by offering concentrated studies in the visual arts that prepare young people to pursue highly competitive careers in a wide range of pathways, including fine art, graphic design, digital media, fashion design, illustration and art education. The quality and variety of course offerings, coupled with strong faculty guidance also equip young artists to go on to earn their MFA degrees from institutions both within and outside the SUNY system. The Art & Culture Program is pleased to present this exhibition, which features the work of some of New York State's most promising young artists.
Tara Evans, SUNY Cortland, Untitled, wood, 2008	Aaron Bueg, SUNY Fredonia, Pyramid Song - An Interpretation, Acrylic on canvas, 2008
Left: Vernon Byron, SUNY New Paltz, Mother, Graphite, charcoal on wood, 2009 Right: Masaki Asanuma, SUNY Geneseo, Petals, sterling silver, 2009	Installation View
Past Exhibitions
Surface Tension June 2009 - January 2010 Artists: Jeanette Fintz David Miller Victoria Palermo Wendy Ide Williams
Joy Taylor: Drawings January - June 2009 As in nature, these drawings begin with a single element and proliferate with lush abandon. The germination of each shape yields a dizzying swarm of new growth, and the resulting layers teem with the energy of life unfolding. Taylor begins these pieces by dipping a finger tip in powdered graphite and applying it to frosted polyester film using stencils hand-cut from the same smooth, translucent material. By repeating a single shape and its slight variations, Taylor superimposes form upon form, and sometimes combines pages of the film itself. Areas of rich complexity recede while others are brought into sharp, impenetrable focus.
Scene/Reseen July 2008 - January 2009 Artists: Russell DeYoung Gail Kort Robert Moylan Harry Orlyk Leigh Palmer
In 2008, as Albany International Airport's Art & Culture Program marks its tenth year of presenting exhibitions, we honor the artists who have made our region a culturally vibrant one. And how better than through the works of painters whose subject is our local landscape? The geography of this area has been celebrated by painters for generations, beginning with the Hudson River School artists, who established the first uniquely American painting tradition in the mid 19th century. Much of what compelled these artists to depict the splendor of the Hudson River Valley, the Adirondacks, Catskills and other features of this region is also what motivates artists to do so today. The artists included here observe what is particular to this landscape - its rolling farmland, dense, rocky woodlands and wide river valley. While each offers us a different lens through which to view our world, each in turn shows the reverence, the wonder and the call to attention that has been the hallmark of our region's most significant artistic tradition.

Sharon Bates, Director
Art & Culture Program
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7:00 a.m. - 11:00 p.m. daily.
For additional information phone: 518.242.2241 or email arts@albanyairport.com