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GOLDFARB HISTORY
In the late 1980s, the Alexander A. Goldfarb Memorial Trust was created at the University of Hartford to honor the late Alexander Goldfarb and his dedication to the arts. This trust would fund the Juried Student Art Exhibition—as it was then called—to be held annually at the Joseloff Gallery.
All current students of the University of Hartford are invited to submit up to two works of art to be considered for the exhibition. Of the works chosen for the show, two undergraduate students will be chosen to receive purchase prizes of $1,000 each. The winning students’ artwork will become a part of the Goldfarb Memorial Collection, owned by the Hartford Art School and proudly displayed throughout public spaces at the University. Part-time, post-baccalaureate, and graduate students may enter work for the exhibition, but only full-time, undergraduate students are eligible to win the two purchase prizes.
Andre Rochester is a fine artist from the Greater Hartford region of Connecticut. He studied Illustration at the University of Connecticut School of Fine Arts and completed his BA in Studio Art at Charter Oak State College. He also earned an MS in Organizational Leadership from Quinnipiac University. Andre is the recipient of numerous awards and fellowships, including the inaugural Artist of Color Accelerate Fellowship for which he partnered with The Armistad Center at the Wadsworth Athenaeum, the Leadership Greater Hartford 2021 Quest Program, the Greater Hartford Arts Council 2022 New Voices Fellowship, and the 2022-23 National Leaders of Color Fellowship representing Connecticut for the New England Foundation for the Arts.
Currently, Andre is a board member at Windsor Art Center and the Connecticut Arts Alliance and a Board Elector at Wadsworth Athenaeum. He is the Program Manager at The 224 EcoSpace, where he curates exhibitions and oversees arts events and programs, including the Artists of Color Accelerate Fellowship. He is also the Art Curator at UConn Health Center where he stewards a collection of over 2,500 artworks across multiple facilities. Andre coaches emerging artists, encouraging them to develop their craft with a focus on professionalism and business acumen. He believes that with every step forward, we must make room for others to join us.
Submissions will be accepted online only.
Only currently enrolled students of the University of Hartford are eligible to enter.
Part-time, post-baccalaureate, and graduate students may enter work for the exhibition, but only full-time, undergraduate students are eligible to win the two purchase prizes.
Submissions should be recent and a fair representation of your current work. First-year students who completed work over the summer before entering the University may submit those works. Please do not enter work completed as assignments during courses at other schools or universities.
Artwork made from organic materials that may rot during the exhibition (pieces made of food/vegetables/trash/etc.) may alter the environment in the gallery and needs to be maintained by the artist. The Joseloff Gallery will disqualify any work deemed hazardous to the gallery, the artwork installed around it, or to staff and visitors.
All accepted artwork must remain on display in the gallery through the end of the Goldfarb Exhibition on February 10, 2024, and will not be allowed to be removed for any reason while the exhibition is on view.
GENERAL GUIDELINES
Sculpture/3-D Work
Video
2-D Work
