PATCHOGUE, NY – MARCH 6, 2006 – The St. Joseph’s College Council for the Arts is proud to display the artwork of the College’s accomplished alumni from March 4, 2006 to March 24, 2006 in the Board Room on the Patchogue, Suffolk campus. The exhibit was assembled to showcase the talents of past students who have added St. Joseph’s College to their resume. The alumni that will be featured in this exhibit come from diverse backgrounds and their artwork ranges in media from impressionist oil paintings to classical drawings.

Michele Gentile ’84, one of the artists featured in the exhibit, focuses on impressionistic paintings of charming locales. She has been commissioned to paint pieces to decorate homes and has created a picture book entitled, “The Secret” scheduled to publish in the coming months. Gentile is the owner of Achievement Therapies, a placement agency for therapists and special educators. Another artist, Karin Padden ‘84, works as a massage therapist in Montauk, Long Island and teaches children’s art classes at the Montauk Art Depot. Padden accepts commissions for portraits of people and pets, and also manages HolyCowPaintings.com, where individuals can order a painting or just check out her artwork. The other artists featured in the exhibit range from a Librarian’s Assistant, Jo-Ann Aichelmann Merkel ’81, who creates oil paintings of her own daughter, to an Instructional Designer, Diane Krieger ‘02, who paints unique images of nature on canvases and rocks.

An Artists Reception will take place on March 12, 2006 at 1:00 p.m. Please RSVP to the Alumni Office for the Artists Reception by March 10, 2006 at (631) 447-3215. The viewing hours for the Board Room are from 9:00 am to 5:00 pm. Monday through Friday.

For more information, please visit www.sjcny.edu/alumni.

St. Joseph’s College is located at 155 W. Roe Blvd. in Patchogue, and is accessible via the South Service Road of Sunrise Highway, just east of Exit 52 (Waverly Ave.).

About St. Joseph's College

St. Joseph’s College has been dedicated to providing a diverse population of students in the New York metropolitan area with an affordable education rooted in the liberal arts tradition since 1916. Independent and coeducational, the College provides a strong academic and value-oriented education at the undergraduate and graduate levels, aiming to prepare each student for a life characterized by integrity, intellectual and spiritual values, social responsibility, and service. With campuses located in the Clinton Hill area of Brooklyn and in Patchogue, Long Island, the College offers degrees in over 21 majors, special course offerings and certificates, affiliated and pre-professional programs through its School of Arts and Sciences and its School of Adult and Professional Education. Graduate degrees are also offered including an Executive MBA, a Master of Science in Management, a Master of Science Degree with a Major in Nursing, a Master of Arts in Literacy/Cognition and a Master of Arts in Infant/Toddler Early Childhood Special Education.