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# Press:Pause, an Exhibition by SUNY New Paltz MFA Students and Alumni
- URL: https://hyperallergic.com/presspause-an-exhibition-by-suny-new-paltz-mfa-students-and-alumni/
- Published: 2017-04-03T15:04:30.000Z
- Updated: 2025-11-24T16:27:36.000Z
- Description: On view at the Williamsburg Art and Historical Center from Saturday, April 8 to Sunday, April 16.
- Author: SUNY New Paltz
- Tags: Announcement, MFA Exhibitions, SUNY New Paltz, #wp, #wp-post, #image-position-hidden, #Import 2025-11-24 07:23 (2016, 2017, part 2)

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Please join us to celebrate [**Press:Pause**](http://bit.ly/2nzLJeL?ref=hyperallergic.com), an exhibition of works by MFA and Alumni from the State University of New York New Paltz curated by Shannon Stratton, Chief Curator Museum of Arts and Design (NYC).

> \[…\] the empathy that much of the work communicates — for the environment, for animals, for ancestors, for neighbors and for strangers — is almost hopeful, even if the work itself is a harbinger for the social and political dangers that our current global condition portends. Rather than projecting messages — announcing or even yelling at their audience — this group has mined either the personal and poetic (even if it’s angry or hurt) or tuned into the tenor of the moment. \[…\] That the impact of all of this isn’t gloomy is somewhat surprising, but perhaps that is what makes this show such an interesting bellwether.  
> — Shannon Stratton

**Opening Reception**: Saturday, April 8, 5-7pm

**Regular Gallery Hours:**  
Friday — Sunday 12-6pm  
[www.wahcenter.net](http://bit.ly/2nk1cxH?ref=hyperallergic.com)  
[wahcenter@earthlink.net](mailto:wahcenter@earthlink.net)

For more information contact Matthew Friday, Graduate Coordinator Department of Art at [fridaym@newpaltz.edu](mailto:fridaym@newpaltz.edu).

[Press:Pause](http://bit.ly/2nzLJeL?ref=hyperallergic.com) *is on view at the Williamsburg Art and Historical Center (135 Broadway, Williamsburg, Brooklyn) from April 8 through April 16.*