BROOKLYN - October 2, 2007 - St. Joseph’s Council for the Arts is proud to announce that it will host an art exhibition featuring the works of Brooklyn artists Jane Huntington and David Melrose from October 18 to November 21st in the Alumni Room Gallery, Tuohy Hall, 245 Clinton Avenue. Both of these artists were the winners of the highly contested juried exhibits Brooklynature: In the Gallery, and Brooklynature: In the Garden, respectively, which were held last spring at the College. All events are free and open to the public.

The Council of the Arts will host receptions on Thursday, October 18th, from 5:30 p.m. to 8:00 pm and on Saturday, November 3rd from 12:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. In addition, the artists will discuss their work in a gallery talk on Tuesday, October 30 at 12:40 p.m. Regular gallery hours are Monday and Wednesday from 4:00 pm to 8:00 p.m. and Saturday from 12:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.. For additional information, please call (718) 399-6755 or visit our website at www.sjcny.edu.

Ms. Huntington’s work has appeared in Vibe, Rolling Stone, Details, Blaze Newsweek, Esquire, Fortune, Money, Entertainment Weekly, New York Magazine among others. Holding degrees from the Art Center College of Design, Pasadena, CA, the School of Visual Arts in NY, and the Philadelphia College of Art in PA, she has exhibited at the School of Visual Arts and in Serenas, NY. Her work is about desire and ambivalence; intimacy and isolation; observation and reaction; nostalgia and longing; light and space; the love of surface and palette.

Artistically, David Melrose works in a wide array materials and mediums. His most recent endeavors are in photography, and his other assorted works deal with light as an essential element physically and within the art lexicon. His work has been included in shows at the Islip Art Museum, East Islip New York, FCMOCA, Fort Collins Colorado and Yancey Richardson Gallery, Chelsea. His work will also be featured as part of an upcoming exhibition at The UBS Gallery, New York, NY and the Cambridge School of Weston, Weston, MA. David currently lives in Brooklyn and works in Long Island City.

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, Suffolk, Long Island, the College offers degrees in over 22 majors, special course offerings and certificates, affiliated and pre-professional programs through its School of Arts and Sciences and its School of Professional and Graduate Studies.