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April 14, 2000
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Roy Nicholson Wins Award for Scholarly Achievement
Jane Finalborgo
(631) 287 8313
Fax: (631) 283 4081Roy Nicholson, Associate Professor of Fine Arts at Southampton College, has won the Long Island University Trustees Award for Scholarly Achievement for 2000. He will be honored at a ceremony April 28 at 3 p.m. in the Gold Coast Reception room at the C.W. Post Campus of Long Island University.
Nicholson has had a distinguished career as a visual artist and arts administrator in England and the United States. For six years he was the Visual Arts Officer of North Arts, a regional arts council in England, for which he organized major exhibitions of paintings by Claude Lorrain and watercolors by Paul Cezanne.
His work has been shown more than in 20 one-person exhibitions, including four in New York City, and included in many group exhibitions around the world. A recent major work entitled "52 Weeks" is a tour-de-force of 52 pieces, one executed each week over a period of a year. It was shown at the both the Nabi Gallery in Sag Harbor and at the Heckscher Museum in Huntington. As an extension of his work as a visual artist, he has collaborated on three major dances with choreographer Karla Wolfangle to create costumes and stage settings.
He has taught at Southampton College since 1981, served as director of the Fine Arts Gallery for seven years, and originated the annual Master Workshop exhibitions. During his tenure as Director of the Art Galley he organized numerous exhibitions, notably "Betty Parsons: Constructions" (1992) and "Photo/Manifesto: The Photography of Peristroika" (1991). He raised over $60,000 in grants and donations for the gallery. He teaches Color and Design, Color Theory, Color and the Computer, Gallery and Museum Management, Painting, and Drawing.
He recently won a major commission through the MTA's Arts For Transit Program to create two 7 X 33-foot glass mosaics in the waiting room and entrance at the Hicksville Train Station. He was selected from 40 artists who competed for the commission. A resident of Sag Harbor, he is married to Helen Harrison, the New York Times art critic.