The Hunter Art Department is a union of three distinct areas—Art History, Studio Art and the Galleries—each with a strong faculty and staff. Students can practice many media, can study art history and theory, and can help curate shows and write catalog essays, gaining practical experience as well as knowledge. This holistic approach, seeing the department as a manifold of activities and study opportunities students can selectively engage and take advantage of, is a distinctive aspect of studying at Hunter.
The urban environment is inherently conducive to fostering the department’s triadic, holistic aspect of study: the global art world – an integration of production, curation, and historical analysis—is at our doorstep and is part of daily life at Hunter. The faculty actively uses our art-rich environment to meet our learning goals and shape our courses to incorporate an engagement with our environment.
How could interacting with artworks help viewers learn more about their world? How could it even help them improve it? These were the utopian questions curators Pablo Helguera and Paola Santoscoy strove to answer at the [...]
April 24, 2012
Artist Jorge Macchi and composer Edgardo Rudnitzky speak with critic and curator Inés Katzenstein about their collaborative practice, the impact of John Cage on their work, and Cage's legacy on experimental and inte[...]
March 29, 2012
How can a biennial offer artists a remarkably open and compelling field in which to produce? Is it possible for such a highly administered exhibition structure as a biennial to paradoxically present a framework for un[...]
March 20, 2012
The thesis work of 15 students receiving graduate degrees from Hunter College's MFA program will be presented as part of Hunter College's Fall 2011 Graduate Thesis Exhibition at the Time Square Gallery. This exhibitio[...]
November 29, 2011
May 18–June 18 Opening Reception: May 18 6–8PM Hunter College/Times Square Gallery 450 W 41 St New York, NY Hours Tues–Sat 1–6PM T 212.772.4991 huntermfathesis.org Hector Arce-Es[...]
April 30, 2011
The Hunter College Art Department is searching to fill 2 Open Rank and 1 Assistant/Associate tenure track positions, beginning August 2011. Candidates will have a strong exhibition record, college-level teaching experien[...]
October 18, 2010
Full Professor tenure track position beginning September 1, 2010. Artist with exceptional exhibition record, international reputation and teaching experience. The candidate should be highly conversant in contemporary cri[...]
March 22, 2010
Hunter College MFA Spring 2007 Thesis Exhibition May 16 - June 16 Opening Reception: Wednesday May 16, 6 - 8 PM Times Square Gallery Hunter College MFA Building 450 West 41st Street, between 9th & 10th Avenues Ho[...]
May 11, 2007
