Bright hues and colors, unshapely forms and curves make up the abstract art of “Native Turf,” at the Lawrence Alloway Gallery, located on the first floor of the Frank Melville Jr. Memorial Library.
She said her work is not that profitable yet, because of the costs associated with shipping and maintaining an online storefront. But for Jafri, it is more about the art and connecting with other Muslim millennials.
Let studio art majors paint some walls or put up some sculptures in otherwise bland areas. It’d be cheap and easy to put up a few murals — definitely less costly to finance than a full-blown “Far Beyond” program.
As an interdisciplinary artist and a Stony Brook University MFA program alumna, Verónica Peña expresses through her art what is not right in her world as a way to empower herself.
“Double Portrait,” a collection of sculptures and unusual art, is currently being displayed in the Paul W. Zuccaire Gallery at the Staller Center for the Arts until Feb. 17.
The tagline of graduate student Dewayne Wrencher’s website reads “Native Born Black … Artist.” Ultimately, his work’s goal is to introduce questions of identity to the viewer.
