International Group of Young Artists Showcase Art
At Long Island University’s Brooklyn Campus in October

Brooklyn, N.Y. – Long Island University’s Brooklyn Campus shows off the creative talents of five graduate students, soon to complete the Media Arts master’s program, with an exhibit beginning in October.

The young artists, with internationally diverse backgrounds, will exhibit their art for their thesis projects in the Campus’s Salena Gallery from October 1 to October 31. An opening reception for them will be held on Wednesday, October 1, from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m.

Imari DuSauzay from Jamaica will depict her vision of beauty through photography. "The progression of photography into a digital medium has introduced a new level of creative freedom for artists to express their ideas," she says. Her work has been shown in the Brooklyn Museum’s "Committed to the Image" show.

A native of Japan, Motoshiro Kaneko has developed a theory of comedy that she will present through her video, "Time Elevator." She will also present still images.

Aradhana Nair, born and raised in New York and of Indian descent, will read from her screenplay, "The Nair." She works for the BAM Local Development Corporation.

Erika Lakatos will display photographic images that drew on her Hungarian heritage. Born in Budapest, she comes from a century long tradition of the Romungros, the Hungarian Roma/Gypsy musicians, and says that music, dance and singing is the most essential part of Roma life and tradition.

Enrika Samulionyte, a Lithuanian, will exhibit her view of "The Cross" through photography and 3-D computer graphics. "I express my interpretation of ancient religious ideas through the forms of contemporary media," she says.

Gallery hours are from Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. to 6 p.m., and Saturday/Sunday from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. For more information on the exhibit, call (718) 488-1198.

Long Island University opened its Brooklyn Campus in 1926, welcoming a diverse population at a time when other major universities enforced quota systems against racial and ethnic minorities. Some 30,000 students currently are enrolled at the university’s three residential and three regional campuses, including more than 11,000 at the Brooklyn Campus. Located at the corner of Flatbush Avenue Extension and DeKalb Avenue in Downtown Brooklyn, the Campus is accessible to all major bus and subway routes and the Long Island Rail Road.