December 5, 2012 THE VILLADOM TIMES IV • Page 19 Mahwah The Berrie Center Art Galleries and the Visual Arts Faculty of Ramapo College of New Jersey are pleased to announce the opening of the Fall 2012 Senior Thesis Exhibit, “Ephemera,” which is curated by Assistant Professor of Art Jackie Skrzynski. The five graduating seniors represent the photography, drawing, and painting concentrations. The exhibit will runs from Dec. 18 through 21. The opening reception will be held Dec. 18 from 5 to 7 p.m. Gallery hours will be Tuesday and Wednesday from 1 to 7 p.m. and Thursday and Friday from 1 to 5 p.m. The exhibit will include a variety of works that describe aspects of fleeting cultural, personal, and natural experiences. Each artist demonstrates an urge to translate a historically impermanent moment, whether they describe fashion, the self, family, or nature. Anna Ritcher ‘12 from Mahwah makes large-scale ink drawings that combine images from her family history with transferred obituary notices from local newspapers. Both haunting and tender, her drawings remind viewers of the unrelenting passage of time. Using a handmade book format, Ritcher alludes to family photo albums and the role family histories play in shaping our sense of identity and personal ethnography. Brittany Dillon ‘12 from West Orange uses the photographic composite to describe the complexity of emotional states she confronts each day. The duality of the two portraits superimposed on top of one another requires the viewer to literally see contradicting expressions at the same time. Experienced this way, her portraits both enhance and confound ideas of portrait as documentation. Ilinka Vangelovska ’12 from Paterson makes paintings that describe her experience of bridging two cultures: that of her parents and that of her peers. Her work explores identity through interpretations of family photographs and cultural iconography. Vangelovska’s beautifully rendered oil paintings collapse space in much the same way as she collapses cultural difference. Her narratives pay homage to memory, heritage, and pluralism. Fall 2012 Senior Thesis Exhibit opens at Ramapo Deshauna Dunn from Minehill makes photographs that mimic contemporary media, such as magazine covers and advertisements. Her work uses humor to question assumptions consumers make that perpetuate their own status within the marketplace. Using friends and family as models, Dunn alerts the viewer to her intent through patently absurd captions and graphics. Julieanne Collins from Ho-Ho-Kus discovers unacknowledged beauty through her large-scale photographs and projections of small fragments of surfaces. Collins finds inspiration in the effects of weather on her subjects. Her images can be read as aerial views of landscapes and weather systems before one realizes that they are, in fact the tiny cracks, crevices, and stains of concrete walls. Collins’ installation recalls the romantic idea of the sublime experience in nature. Ramapo College is located at 505 Ramapo Valley Road in Mahwah. U.S. News & World Report has ranked Ramapo College as sixth in the Best Regional Universities North category. Established in 1969, Ramapo offers bachelor’s degrees and courses leading to teacher certification. The college also offers six graduate programs and articulated programs with the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, New York Chiropractic College, New York University College of Dentistry, SUNY State College of Optometry and New York College of Podiatric Medicine. College board appointees (continued from page 5) Partnerships at New Jersey City University in Jersey City. She holds a doctorate degree in adult learning and leadership from Columbia University Teacher’s College and master’s degree in counseling from New Jersey City University. Donovan said Dr. Mecca “has outstanding academic credentials and will provide board leadership in the critical area of assisting education and continuing education opportunities for adults.” Corriston is an Englewood Cliffs resident and an attorney and senior principal/president of Breslin & Breslin of Hackensack. Corriston, who currently serves as the chairman of the college board, has been praised by Donovan for his role in steering the college through a leadership transition that led to the hiring of new college president Dr. B. Kaye Walter. Corriston was first appointed to the board in 1993 and served as its chairman from 1997 to 2004. He resumed the chairmanship in 2008, continuing in that role to the present. “The transition to new leadership was critical for the institution and I commend Mr. Corriston for the professionalism and integrity he brought to the process,” said Donovan. “He has worked closely with me and my administration to create transparency and accountability at Bergen Community College and restored the college to its mission.” Neglia, an engineer and president of Neglia Engineering Associates of Lyndhurst, is being re-nominated, said Donovan, for his “outstanding job as chairman of the College Construction Committee during a period when substantial investments were made in the college’s infrastructure.” Neglia is a certified municipal engineer and professional planner and has served on the college board since 2007. Donovan has also written to Governor Chris Christie strongly urging him to reappoint Phil Ciarco to the board. Ciarco, who serves as chairman of the Strategic Planning and Issues Committee, is a gubernatorial appointment.