Local Artist Show Their Great Talent at the Independent Spirit

By Amir Smith-Oneonta, NY

By: Christine Heller

SUNY Oneonta campus is hosting the Independent Spirit in the fine arts building. The gallery consists local artist who contributed to this gallery with their great work. The are gallery had many different pieces from paintings, pictures, sculptures, masks, films, oil paintings and more. This is a picture of a mural of refugees and captures suffering and the pain they feel.

By: Allison Hill-Edgar

Some pieces were abstract and very creative while others were clear and very detailed to the point where some drawings looked like they were taken by a camera. This picture is great because it is abstract but we can still see what the artist tried to capture. The artist said "I just try to capture the beauty and essence of the body, and I explore the body through art" and we can see that here. The artist uses women and men body parts to show us that everyone is beautiful no matter the body parts.

By: Lisbeth Firmin

This was my favorite piece in the museum, it was something that I could relate to growing up in the city and having to take the train. The artist captured something one of many things that happens everyday in New York City. It was detailed to understand what was going on but vague enough to not be able to see faces and signs. I interviewed a visitor named Michael Howard observing this picture and asked his thoughts on the picture and he said, "This is an interesting picture because it is very clear but at the same time abstract in a way, we see how the city life is captured because of the train while it is in the station but we cannot actually see a clear sign or face" it was interesting to hear what someone from the outside had to say.

This gallery showed us a great amount of diversity of styles and to making art, and had artist that participated that have been painting for many years and others who have just begun. After asking a student that works in the museum about the success of the museum here is what he said,"The turnout has been great, opening night it was a full house and even during the day we get a lot of people stopping by to observe" The gallery will be open until March 18, 2016 and it is open for any one to come by and visit.