Hobart and William Smith Colleges

Form and Function

Dedicated this spring, the Domenica “Mini” Provenzano Student Art Gallery puts student work front and center.

With support from Dominic Provenzano ’72, P’04, the student art gallery on the ground floor of Scandling Campus Center regularly showcases student art and offers aspiring curators a chance to manage exhibitions throughout the academic year.

Provenzano was inspired to support the student art gallery by his aunt, an art teacher in Florida, who encouraged him to “do it for the students,” as Provenzano shared at the dedication.

The gallery is staffed through six half-credit internship positions available each semester, with student interns coordinating, installing and promoting a series of exhibitions and events. Thus far, this work “has fostered new dynamic relationships, opened new avenues for skill building, innovation and leadership for students,” said the gallery’s faculty coordinator, Associate Professor of Art and Architecture Angelique Szymanek. “And for faculty, this gallery has meant witnessing many of the lessons taught in the classroom and in the studio put into action.”