Thesis Exhibition
The Master’s Project culminates during the student’s last summer in residence with a presentation for the greater community. Students may either present their work as part of the annual Thesis Exhibition, or they may perform or screen pieces in a separate evening presentation.
Class of 2027 Thesis Exhibition: Reassembly
Exhibition Open July 11–July 19, 2026
Thesis Performances and Reception: Friday, July 10; Doors open at 6 PM
Olin Hall, 35 Henderson Cir Dr, Annandale-On-Hudson, NY 12504
Thesis Exhibition Opening Reception: Saturday, July 11, 1 - 4 PM
The Massena Campus of Bard College, 30 Seminary Drive, Barrytown, NY 12507
Saturday, July 11th Opening Reception Shuttle Schedule:
Shuttle to Massena Campus from Rhinecliff Amtrak Station: 12:05 pm, 1:05 pm, 3:05 pm
Return to Rhinecliff Amtrak Station from Massena Campus: 2:00 pm, 4:30 pm
Return to Rhinecliff Amtrak Station from Massena Campus: 2:00 pm, 4:30 pm
The Milton Avery Graduate School of the Arts at Bard College (Bard MFA) is pleased to present Reassembly, the thesis exhibition for the class of 2027. The exhibition convenes 28 MFA candidates in the disciplines of Moving Image, Music/Sound, Painting, Photography, Sculpture, and Writing. The storied Bard MFA program is entering a new era for its 45th anniversary, presenting for the first time at Bard College’s recently-acquired 260-acre Massena Campus in nearby Barrytown, New York. Opening as St. Joseph’s Normal Institute in 1906, the present facilities first housed a school for those entering the priesthood. It later served as a training center for the Unification Church, an international religious movement founded in 1954 by Reverend Sun Myung Moon.
Reassembly will be on view from July 11 through July 19 at the Bard College Massena Exhibition Center in the hamlet of Barrytown, New York, located at 30 Seminary Drive. An opening reception will be held on Saturday, July 11, from 1-4 PM; the exhibition will then be open daily July 11-19 from 11 AM-5 PM. Additionally, candidates in various disciplines will present an evening of performances on Friday, July 10, on Bard’s main campus at Olin Hall, located at 35 Henderson Circle Drive, in Red Hook; doors open at 6 PM.
“The exhibition demonstrates a wide breadth of contemporary approaches to art-making,” writes Mike Curran, the exhibition coordinator. “But among their common interests are a remaking of seemingly stable artistic conventions, a reimagining of social structures, and a remixing of inherited grammars. Within this framework, the Massena Campus itself has become a site of reassembly.”
Thesis Exhibition Coordinator Mike Curran is a recent graduate of the Center for Curatorial Studies, Bard College. He serves as Curatorial Fellow at the American Academy of Arts and Letters.
Thesis Performances on Friday, July 10th by:
Dominic Coles
ruby aiyo gerber
Brooke Holm
Joselia Rebekah Hughes
Shea Lynch
marlow magdalene
Leila Mesdaghi
Saiya Miller
Ankita Mishra
Dainesha Nugent-Palache
Marina Papazyan
Bard MFA Class of 2027
Ihab S. Balla Moving ImageNico Cadena Moving Image
Madeline Casteel Painting
Cydne Jasmin Coleby Painting
Dominic Coles Music/Sound
Michael Dikta Sculpture
ruby aiyo gerber Writing
Alexis Gideon Moving Image
Brooke Holm Photography
Joselia Rebekah Hughes Writing
Maite Iribarren Vázquez Sculpture
Maren Jensen Painting
Kehan Lai Photography
Audrey Landgren Painting
Weihui Lu Sculpture
Shea Lynch Writing
marlow magdalene Moving Image
Leila Mesdaghi Moving Image
Saiya Miller Music/Sound
Ankita Mishra Music/Sound
Sean Morel Sculpture
Dainesha Nugent-Palache Photography
Marina Papazyan Writing
Río Sofia Painting
Helena Tan Sculpture
Robbie Wing Music/Sound
JinJin Xu Moving Image
Syd Yocom Sculpture