Thesis Exhibition

Class of 2026 Thesis Exhibition: Double Take

Exhibition Open July 12–July 20, 2025

Thesis Performances and Reception: Friday, July 11; Doors open at 6 PM
Olin Hall, 35 Henderson Cir Dr, Annandale-On-Hudson, NY 12504

Thesis Exhibition Opening Reception: Saturday, July 12, 1 - 4 PM
UBS Gallery, 29 O’Callaghan Lane, Red Hook, NY 12571
 

Saturday, July 12th Opening Reception Shuttle Schedule:

Shuttle to UBS Gallery from Rhinecliff Amtrak Station: 12 PM, 1 PM, 3 PM
Return to Rhinecliff Amtrak Station from UBS Gallery:  12:30 PM, 2 PM, 4 PM

The Milton Avery Graduate School of the Arts at Bard College (Bard MFA) is pleased to present Double Take, the thesis exhibition for the class of 2026. The exhibition convenes 22 MFA candidates in the disciplines of Moving Image, Music/Sound, Painting, Photography, Sculpture, and Writing. The majority hail from outside of New York, and many will be exhibiting in the region for the first time. For 25 years, Bard MFA has hosted the thesis exhibition at the Bard College Exhibition Center/UBS Gallery, a 16,000-square-foot facility dedicated to the presentation of student work. Double Take will be the final exhibition of Bard MFA at this location.

Double Take will be on view from July 12 through July 20 at the Bard College Exhibition Center/UBS Gallery in the village of Red Hook, New York, located at 29 O’Callaghan Lane. An opening reception will be held at the gallery on Saturday, July 12, from 1-4 PM; the exhibition will then be open daily July 13-20 from 11 AM-5 PM. Additionally, candidates in the Music/Sound and Writing disciplines will present an evening of performances on Friday, July 11, on Bard’s campus at Olin Hall, located at 35 Henderson Circle Drive, in Red Hook; doors open at 6 PM.

“The diverse practices of these 22 artists are unified by a careful deliberation of methods and materials, and an interest in slowing down the pace at which their work is consumed,” writes Mike R. Curran, the exhibition coordinator and a graduate student at the Center for Curatorial Studies, Bard College. “Double Take features objects and installations that reward a long look and a close listen. Spending time with meticulously composed canvases and photographs may conjure memories or evoke new visual worlds. Attuning to the silent stretches of a sound composition might open other sensory possibilities. Examining the materials at play may uncover conventional media—chalk, paper, twine—used in unexpected ways.”

“In a context where political, social, and ecological crises accelerate at a rapid speed, the demands placed on art to act as an antidote have become increasingly incoherent. Resisting these conditions, the works invite you to move through the exhibition with intention and invest in their provocations.”

Thesis Exhibition Coordinator Mike R. Curran is a curator and arts writer originally from Maine who lived in the Twin Cities for the past decade. He is now based in Kingston, New York, where he is a master’s candidate at the Center for Curatorial Studies, Bard College.


Thesis Performances on July 11th will include:
Shemona Goldman, Music/Sound
Adrien Howard, Writing
Cameron Sneddon, Writing
David Lindsay, Writing
Talia Fox, Writing
Juan Cisneros, Music/Sound
Antonio Darden, Sculpture
Alma Laprida and Bryce Hackford, Music/Sound

Bard MFA Class of 2026

Juan Cisneros Music/Sound
Antonio Darden Sculpture
Caroline David Sculpture
Quinha Faria Painting
Talia Fox Writing
Lizzy Gabay Painting
Shem Goldman Music/Sound
Bryce Hackford Music/Sound
Zoe Hamersly Music/Sound
Jeffrey Heiman Painting
Rosa Maria de los Heros Photography
Adrien Howard Writing
Estefanía Landesmann Photography
Alma Laprida Music/Sound
David Lindsay Writing
Jonas Monka Sculpture
Frances Grace Mortel Moving Image
Daisy Noyes Photography
Martha Schnee Painting
Cameron Sneddon Writing
Maia Taber Ayerza Painting
Maria VMier Painting

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