A gallery reception for the Inside Out: Guest Game Artists exhibition was held this afternoon at the Hammond Hall Art Gallery. The exhibit is  a unique look into the creative process of game design. Guest game artists presented their work and talked about their careers and artistic process. Guests Artists; Carlos Jambrina - a character A.I programmer at Rockstar for years, working on Red Dead Redemption II, Vicki Sarkissian - an art director and concept artist working full time remote for Starlight Games, Ali Swei - a senior concept artist for Intrepid Studios, and Jarien Skywall - a Senior 3D Character Artist working for Studio Drydock.

Students in Andrea Olmstead's Ceramics continue working on vessels  using the coil method of pottery. Coil pottery is a method of handbuilding pottery where a potter forms a base, walls, and style by combining clay coils (or cylinders). The potter rolls the clay into coils, stacks the coils together, and joins the coils through pressure creating a vessel. Learn more about our Fine Art Program here.

Students in Andrea Olmstead's Ceramics class work on their projects in Conlon Fine Arts. This course introduces students to the basic methods and techniques of designing and creating with clay as a medium. A variety of hand building and glazing techniques are introduced through the study of both sculptural and functional form. Learn more about our Fine Art Program here.

The Fitchburg State University Photography Club (@fsuphotoclub) held a Summer Photo Gallery Exhibition in Conlon Photo Studio Room 222 yesterday afternoon. The exhibit gave students the opportunity to show the work they completed over the summer. The exhibit will be up until October 9th.

Students in Hanna Melnyczuk's Drawing class learn about shapes and light as they work on their still life renderings. This is a studio course that introduces students to the practice of drawing with emphasis on the description of form through means of line, shade, and perspective. Learn more about our Fine Art Program here.

On Friday, Vice President for Institutional Advancement Jeffrey Wolfman introduced Communications Mediaalum Richard G. Kerris '83, Vice President of Developer Relations, Head of Media and Entertainment, NVIDIA at his first ever gallery exhibit opening in the Fiorentino Foyer adjacent to the Sanders Administration Building gallery space, an event made possible by The Clementi Family Lecture Fund. 

Students in Andrea Olmstead's Drawing class us the stippling technique to draw animals. The stippling drawing technique involves repeatedly pressing the tip of a pen against a surface to create a textured effect using tiny dots, building up and tone to achieve gradients, texture, and depth. 

Yesterday afternoon at the Hammond Hall Art Gallery, Artist Ricardo Barros discussed his artistic process at the opening of his show “An Entanglement of Space and Time.” The inspiring 360-degree panoramic work of Barros is the first art exhibition of the academic year. Read more about the exhibit here.

Fitchburg State University was honored to be part of the groundbreaking ceremony for the NewVue Communities' Fitchburg Arts Community Ribbon Cutting, a transformative downtown project that has converted long-vacant buildings into new artist live/work space. This project is the culmination of endeavors by local, state, and federal elected officials in addition to grass roots community effort. 

Fitchburg State University Center for Professional Studies' Advanced Placement Summer Institutes (APSI)  AP Studio Art Summer Institute for new and experienced teachers of AP explore the 3D Art and Design, 2D Art and Design and Drawing portfolios. Studio sessions facilitate the creation of valuable curricula through corresponding art making. Artist-Teachers discussed their projects and inspiration at the end of the week-long session.