Visions is the juried honors showcase of the years best original student work in the Fitchburg State University's Communications Media Department.
2026 Visions Juried Exhibition
Exhibition Opening: Wednesday, April 22, 2026.
Schedule of Events
- 4:30 p.m. Alumni Panel, Ellis White Lecture Hall
- 5:30 p.m. Gallery Opening, Hammond Art Gallery (Alumni Social Hour in Hammond G-11)
- 5:30 p.m. Game Design Presentation and Reception, Hammond G-Lobby
- 7 p.m. Theater Showcase
- 7:45 p.m. Short Ceremony for Student Awards and Scholarships
- 8 p.m. Film and Video Screening, Weston Auditorium
Hammond Gallery installation will be up through June 2026.
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Check out the Burg Blog for a view of Visions 2025
Cassie Israelson
Erith De Brito Oliveira
Lily Hay
Desmond Hart
Oliver Eason
Accepted and Past Works
Graphic Design
- Savannah Caldbeck - Route 2 Literary Journal, What Now
- Samantha Campbell - American Typewriter
- Ryan Doyle - "Milo the Bear"
- Antonio Perez, Lisa Lech, Olly Durrett, Amanda Garny, Lisa Lech, Jaysa Rosa, Angela Risotti, Teaghan Varney, Omar Berhouet, Samantha Campbell - Our Campus as an Alphabet
- Stella Liebler - Pioneer Hill-Identity Design, Powers of Ten
- Ben Bacon, Felix Navarette, Gabe Toomey, Gemeine Osei-Kwakye, Lou Overstreet, Mackenzie Johnson, May Correa, Felix, Navarette, Nicholas Blatterman, Pauline Farinacci, Peyton McGrath, Trevor Seliverstov, Tristan Townsend - Student Group Cropped Letterforms
- Angela Risotti - Sera Font
- Jack Roscoe - Verdic
- Alexander Rowley - Symbiosis #1, Symbiosis #2, Symbiosis #3, Lead Heavy
- Emily Russo - Step into Yosemite
- Mea Walsh - In the 'Light', Symbiosis: Visions of Light
- Livv Welch - Symbiosis: Visions of Light, Bigelow Decaf Earl Grey, Powers of Ten, Untitled
Photography
- Cole Burke - 4x5 black and white film photograph of Thompson Hall , War Bunker
- Samantha Campbell - An orange and purple sunset over a manmade lake with buildings, A portrait of a fluffy sheep looking directing in the camera
- Aiden Cerullo - A photogram of a hand that is half faded holding a pen
- Peter Elliot - Pinhole camera image of a tree, and a desk
- Burke Erickson - A drag queen wearing a very colorful outfit and mask, It’s a side angle of piano keys while the piano is on fire
- Skye Goba - Man sitting on table three other people at the table behind
- Lily Hay - Protestor with a sign that says "Rise Up USA Now or Never", Two people holding a sign that says "only drag kings"
- Vincent Hussey-Cerqueira - A girl is trying to remove ropes wrapped around her body, A blue horizon lined with power lines covered in snow, A girl is segmented into fragments. She is sitting in the trunk
- James Isakson - A dark industrial-looking object with a light metal pipe
- Cassandra Israelson - Photo Book: Beyond the Athlete
- Zachary Lamb - Black and white photo of a man wearing a trench coat, Black and white photo of a man in a leather jacket face tilted, High key lighting of a man with hands blocking his face, Girl leaning on glass wall outside, backlighting of sun hitting her
- Milena Mahoney - A woman's face is contoured and clothed in shadows of lace, A seaside motel, Book that uses shutter drag, A stop motion slide show c of images of a woman’s back with lace
- Jesye Nortey - Angel is being hugged by a figure from the depths of darkness, A person sits on a bed holding a stuffed animal in their lap, A figure looms in the dark staring towards the camera, A model looking into the camera
- Angela Risotti - Photo of scanned black and white film strip, Vertical film strip of church steeple
- Erica Spurr - Basketball player standing on basketball court pointing, Fitchburg hockey player during a face-off with 2 blue jerseys, Fitchburg basketball player lined up on the free throw line
- Deanna Tarantino - Photo of a lamppost and shadow casted on building, set of curvy red stairs with 3 plants in the background of the photo, Sun shining through window onto the corner of the room
- Jacob Tawa - Train station tracks with the warning platform in the foreground
- Livv Welch - Joiners style composite of a woman with curly hair, Woman with flowers in her hair standing in front of a stone wall, Woman with curly hair in an updo doing her makeup with, Black and white photobooth strip with four photos
Game Design
- Board Dungeon Delving
- Raven Horse
- Learning Tea Ceremony
Film Video
- Flowercats (2 min) - Pencil and paper flipbook animation about two cats searching for company. Veronica Barton
- I Love You Today (6 min) - The morning after a party, two friends must reexamine the true nature of their relationship.
- Allison Thompson, Seth Rigby, Derek Tirrell, Ania MacIndewar, James McGarry, Ryan A. Barker, Colby Hairston, Lily Hallahan, Mackenzie Harris, Dillon O’Brien, Oliver Eason, Molly McNulty, Claire Aslakson, Jay Sanville, Henry Christiansen, Christina Veth, Nick Castillo, Griffin Brown, Kevin Veguilla
- Antlers (9 min) - A tentative deer wanting to shed its antlers must travel through a strange world in order to do so. When there is one way to enter, then what way is the exit? Claire Aslakson
- Hot Potato (5 min) - A cursed wedding ring wreaks havoc on three couples trying to enjoy a night out. Ryan Doyle, Auron Flint, Zach Sweet, Sam Campbell, James Hofmann, Will Bennett, Vlad Maruska, Javy Portillo
- Chasing Dragonflies (15 min) - An investigation into our relationships with time, family, consumption, and our own mortality through the lens of Estate Sales and how objects can assume a life of their own, even becoming an intergenerational thread. Milena Mahoney, Zach Vigil, Casey-Lee Gauthier, Luke Pearson, Megan Patnaude, Cole Burke, Skye Goba
- High Flying Man (14 min) - A new hero has arrived in Sunsett City ready to fight crime, but first he must survive a rigorous job interview. Nico Nuzzolilli, Kyle Srebnick, Jake Silva, Tia Nuzzolilli, Kayden Barros, Dylan Walsh, Nick D'Amato, Lynn Jang, Sean Colfer, Davis "Noiseman" Bryant, Flynn Reardon, Michael Francis Dailey, Kade Blackack, Annie Hart, Felix Navarrete, Grace Frasier, Liam Dewar, Jordan Nuzzolilli, Ben Nuzzolilli,
- Portrait Film (10 min) - Through a series of portraits depicting one person, Portrait Film explores the vulnerability of an artist and their subject. Nico Solimine, Aidan King, Vincent Hussey Cerqueira, Blayn Sweaney, Lily Hay
- An Eye for an AI (4 min) - After an incident in an art class regarding generative AI, a student turns to the occult to take his revenge.Flynn Reardon, Niko Nuzzolilli, Jameson Dillion, Kyle Srebnick, Nick Damato, Zach Lamb, Jake Silva, Dylan Walsh, Grace Farrell
- The Black Gig (19 min) - Three African American high school students try to understand their own blackness within a white suburban school. Jaden Blake, Phineas R. Potter, Emily R. Puccia, Dillon O’Brien
Theater Showcase
- Ryan Barker - Ryan A. Barker's Acting and Directing Showcase
- Jaden Blake - 1 Minute
- Christian Dedier - Sammy Monologue from “The Dark at The Top of The Stairs” by William Inge, “The Chaos” By Gerard Nolst Trenité
- Kyra Galbreath - “The Chaos” Sundry
- Campbell Greeley - 2 Poems
- Thomas Meehan - Stop-Kiss SCENE 6
- Drew Micciantuono - It's Raining Somewhere Else
- Adam Post - How moving lights work and how to use them
- Hunter Whitehead - My Dad's Not Around