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Professor Alisha Wormsley’s Collaborative Project Receives $150K Grant
The Just Arts grant from The Heinz Foundation will support “Sibyl’s Shrine,” a Hill District-based residency program for black mothers.
Professor Washko Receives Creative Capital Award
This major award, with a total value of $100,000, will help fund Washko’s experimental video game “The Uncasted Queen and Her Progeny.”
Conflict Kitchen Named to List of “100 Works of Art that Defined the Decade” by Artnet News
Conflict Kitchen, a project by Professor Jon Rubin and Dawn Weleski BFA ’10, served dishes from countries in conflict with the United States.
Lecture Series: Alisha Wormsley
Alisha Wormsley investigates collective memory and the synchronicity of time, specifically through the stories of women of color.
Lecture Series: Jaume Plensa
Jaume Plensa creates sculptures and installations that aim to unify individuals through connections of spirituality, the body, and collective memory.
Lecture Series: Hilton Als
Pulitzer Prize winning critic Hilton Als’ writing and curatorial work shifts cultural awareness around issues of race, class, sexuality, and identity.

Upcoming Events

Lecture / January 28

Screenprint of a woman standing in front of a fireplace with gold leaf

Lecture Series: Alisha Wormsley

6:30pm, Kresge Theatre

Exhibition / January 31

Image of a man hanging on an amp from the ceiling playing an electric guitar

In the Company of Men

7-9pm, Platform

Lecture / February 4

Seven large flat sculptures of serene faces installed in a shallow pool of water

Lecture Series: Jaume Plensa

6:30pm, McConomy Auditorium

Exhibition / February 13

Photograph of the interior of a bar and game room

CMU School of Art Alumni Party

6:30-8:30pm, Chicago Athletic Association

Lecture / February 18

Lecture Series: Hilton Als

6:30pm, McConomy Auditorium

Lecture / February 25

Black-and-white animation of people on a raft in a turbulent sea

Lecture Series: Johannes DeYoung

6:30pm, Kresge Theatre

Four abstract images of artworks

Weekly Alumni News Update 01.28-02.03.20

Still from animated film "Stinkhorn" showing several people in a western town with a hot sun

Professor Silver and Hilary Harp’s Video “Stinkhorn” Screens in Istanbul and Scottsdale

Three photographs of women with babies

Professor Alisha Wormsley’s Collaborative Project Receives $150K Grant

Pencil drawing of various abstract flower and plant forms

Professor Westbrook Exhibits at Wonzimer Gallery in Los Angeles

Four images of abstract art

Weekly Alumni News Update 01.21-01.27.20

Abstract painting of an image almost entirely covered in chalky bone meal

Professor Susanne Slavick Exhibits at the Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design

Drawing of a construction site from multiple simultaneous angles

Professor Kim Beck Exhibits at the University of Minnesota

Still from the documentary "Workhorse Queen" showing a drag queen with a city skyline in the background

Professor Washko Receives Creative Capital Award

Four images: painting of a sleeping boy, illustrated cover of a magazine, and two abstract works

Weekly Alumni News Update 01.14-01.20.20