Herkimer College to host 2023 Phaethon release event and retrospective gallery show

Herkimer College will host the release of its 2023 arts and literary publication, Phaethon, at 5 p.m., Friday, April 28 in the Cogar Gallery, located in the Robert McLaughlin College Center. Complimentary copies of the new issue will be available, and refreshments will be served. The event is free and open to the public.

Phaethon, in its ninth year of publication, has received several awards from the Community College Humanities Association, Eastern Division - Small Colleges, including third place in 2021 for Best Magazine; second place, Best Magazine in 2020; and named 2019’s Best Magazine – denoting the issue was one of the top college publications in the nation, regardless of size.

The 2023 issue contributors include:

Isabella Aceto, Art Studio

Emma Alicajic, General Studies

Leeanna Bala, Art Studio

Charlotte Boncella, General Studies

Jacob Bross, Online Cybersecurity & Digital Forensics

Vicki Brown, Director of Student Activities

Bryan Colon, Online Cybersecurity & Digital Forensics

Justin Como, Assistant Professor of Studio Art

Olivia Cook, Communication & Media

Tyler Deluca, Art Studio

Luke Edick, Science

Jenna Faulkner, Art Studio

Emily Ferlo, General Studies

Melissa Fitzgerald, Psychology

Katherine Fogerty, General Studies

Pat Gressler, Contributor

Avion Harris, General Studies

Bailey Harrer, General Studies

Hannah Hoke, Art Studio

Aleks Ivanov, Contributor

Diana Ivanov, Social Science

Angel Johnson, Communication & Media

Nichlas Kamfjord, Business Administration

Logan Kaufman, Business Administration

Chase Kisker, Humanities

Caitlynn LaBreche, Science

Mark Loomis, General Studies

Trey Mariano, General Studies

Nora Molina, General Studies

Brady Murphy, Communication & Media

Jayden Norris, Computer Science

Joshua Palmeter, Psychology

Isaiah Ramsay, Communication & Media

Maiya Reinhart, General Studies

Daniel Sargent, Assistant to the President

Jack Seaman, General Studies

Jeremy Senko, Accounting

Kendra Walker, General Studies

Sara Warner, Communication & Media

Violet Whittaker, General Studies

Aaliyah Williams, Small Business Management

Sarah Wood, General Studies

Tomotake Yoshimura, General Studies

In addition, the release event will coincide with the inaugural retrospective gallery show featuring award-winning imagery and writing from the magazine of the last several years.

The Phaethon Retrospective Gallery Show features: 

Awarding-Winning Stories and Scripts

Carynn Bohley

Dillon Cowen

Raychel Alvarez

Skyeler Brodkorb

Aubrey Ketcham

Theodore J. Cook

Fallon Jeffers

Zachary Vercz

Award-Winning Photography and Artwork

Guihua Gan

David McKenzie

Shunyu Yao

Xavier Goins

Alyssa Patterson

Select Poetry

Daniel Sargent

Tom Stock

Amara Decker

Jack Hall

Shaun McGraw

David Montgomery

Wally Szarek

Select Photography and Artwork (small prints)

Vicki Brown

Alex Cooper

Akane Kusumoto

Tom Stock

Taylor Manley

Aleksandra Korol

Kassandra Garcia

Ethan Babowicz

Xueli Wang

Leeanna Bala

Karen Champion

Kaitlyn Jenks

Malerie Belles

Shunyu Yao

Joshua Parkinson

Jay Drobot

Anamaria Torres

Kendra McGovern

Angela Degrace

Jasmine Baylis

Alexandria Feliciano

Vintage Phaethon covers from the 1980s, 1990s, and 2000s

Phaethon is advised by faculty members Andrew Devitt, Blake Pitcher, and Matthew Powers. The magazine is named for the Greek mythological figure Phaethon, son of Apollo, whose story inspires themes of confidence, courage, and daring expression.