The Alpha Arts Institute at Sussex County Community College welcomes Artist-In-Residence, Professor Romeo Di Loreto of the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, School of Art and Design. Professor Di Loreto will hold a Master Class Three Day Workshop, deliver a Lecture/Discussion and open an exhibition, "Silence/Silenzio" as part of the two-week residency.
Romeo Di Loreto received his B.A.A. at Ryerson University in Toronto, Canada in photography and an M.F.A. from the Savannah College of Art and Design in Savannah, Georgia. Di Loreto was a faculty member of Fondazione Studio Marangoni (NYU - New York University) and served as Visual Media Department Area Head, founder, and Co-Director of the MFA in Photography Program at Studio Art College International (SACI), both located in Florence, Italy. Before teaching, Di Loreto worked for Kodak Canada, responsible for the technical division of the Kodachrome Processing Laboratories, film, and paper innovative technology research department. Di Loreto has exhibited artworks nationally and internationally, including the United States, Canada, Italy, France, Germany, and Columbia, among others.
A Master Class Three-Day Workshop will be held May 25 to 27 from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. (limited to 8 students). Special pricing is available to students with a valid ID, and select scholarships are available. Visit to reserve seating at https://sussex.simpletix.com/. On a first-come, first-served basis.
A lecture and discussion on "Silence/Silenzio" and the photographic works and artistic development of Di Loreto will take place at the Student Center Theater in the Student Center (D) on Friday, June 2 at 5:30 p.m. followed by the Exhibition in the Art Gallery at 7 p.m. The lecture/discussion and Exhibition are free and open to the public and will be catered by the SCCC Culinary Institute. In addition, Daniel Cosentino, Dean of Arts and Humanities and Director for the Alpha Arts Institute, will host a Q & A session after the lecture. To learn more about the lecture series and Master Class, email Arts Lecture Series Coordinator James Jeffreys at jjeffreys@sussex.edu.
"The Alpha Arts Institute's inaugural season is transforming and strengthening the arts in Sussex County and the greater northern New Jersey region. We are most pleased to host an artist of Professor Di Loreto's caliber as our inaugural Artist-in-residence," remarked Daniel Cosentino, Director of the Alpha Arts Institute.
"We are delighted to support Professor Di Loreto in his professional and artistic endeavors. We thank the Alpha Arts Institute at SCCC and look forward to his Exhibition and future exchanges", said Dr. Jeffrey Ward, Dean, College of Fine Arts, University of Texas Rio Grande Valley.
To learn more about upcoming events that Alpha Arts Institute at Sussex County Community College is holding, visit www.sussex.edu/arts.
Funding has been made available in part by the New Jersey State Council on the Arts/Department of State, a Partner Agency of the National Endowment for the Arts, through the State/County Partnership Block Grant Program, as administered by the Sussex County Arts and Heritage Council. Funding has also been made available by the Faculty Travel Support Program, Office of Faculty Success and Diversity, University of Texas Rio Grande Valley.
Pictured: Artist and Professor, Romeo Di Loreto
