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Lenka Clayton & Jon Rubin
Both Lenka Clayton and Jon Rubin are known for their extensive work in social practice and public engagement.
Lecture Series: Sean Lynch
Lynch’s sculptures, installations, and multimedia work stems from an interest in the role that history, especially forgotten history, plays in our lives.
MFA Thesis Exhibition: Above, Below, After Until
“Above, Below, After, Until” examines the dynamic relationships between land, labor, and cultural memory through experiential installation, sculpture, and video.
School of Art Celebrates Alumni in New York During CAA Conference
Thanks to all alumni and friends of the School of Art who joined us at PPOW Gallery in New York City on Friday!
MFA Candidates Unveil Pittsburgh International Airport Commission
“Flight,” was installed outside Door 3 late last month and marks the completion of the first phase of an outdoor baggage claim sculptural walk.
Faculty Chair and Present on Panels at 2019 College Art Association Conference
The conference presents the latest scholarship in art practice and history by leading artists, academics, curators, critics, and others.

Upcoming Events

Exhibition / February 22

A digital abstract image in tones of red and orange against a blue background.

Aman Tiwari & Gray Crawford: Xoromancy

Opening Feb 22, 6pm, The Frame Gallery

Lecture / February 26

Lenka Clayton and Jon Rubin

Lenka Clayton & Jon Rubin

6:30pm, Kresge Theatre

Exhibition / February 26

Text: "CFA 3rd Floor Underclass Art Show, Opening February 26 directly following Lenka Clayton and Jon Rubin lecture (~8)

Underclass Art Show

Opening: Feb 26, 8pm, 3rd Floor CFA

Lecture / February 27

Photo of two men in suits sanding in knee-deep water with three figures in large inflated white fabric surrounding them.

STUDIO Lecture: Igor Vamos

5pm, Studio for Creative Inquiry

Exhibition / March 1

A photograph of a piece of installation on a simple wood stand in the middle of a beaux-arts hallway in the College of Fine Arts

David Noel: Encounters with Tactical Aesthetic

Opening: Mar 1, 8-10pm, Powder Room

Lecture / March 2

Drawing of an indigenous man holding up a medicine bag.

Sharing Our Stories: A Gathering of Local Indigenous Voices

12pm, Alumni Concert Hall

Photograph of an open truck of a car filled with photographs, flowers, two large skeletons, and other objects arranged neatly

On The Ground: Yejin Lee MFA ’20 at the Día de Los Muertos Festival in San Jose

A red and black image of painted and screen printed hammer and sickle by Andy Warhol

Professor Ragona Speaks at Whitney Museum Symposium on Andy Warhol

Four image: first image is a brightly painted image of a female figure; image two is a photograph of a kneeling person drawing on a sheet of paper handing on a wall; image three is a drawing of several figures and a skull; image 4 is a model walking down the runway

Weekly Alumni News Update 02.19-02.25.19

An image of a hand reaching down into a small-scale model city

Professor Lynch Exhibits in “Winning by Losing” at CentroCentro in Madrid

A black and white collaged image with a photograph of a figure with drawn eyes and hands superimposed over

Professors DeYoung and Iglesias Exhibit at Essex Flowers

Alumni / School

Six images showing groups of people posing and talking at an art gallery

School of Art Celebrates Alumni in New York During CAA Conference

Image of two silhouettes sitting facing one another against a backlit gold cloth

Professor Shikeith Screens Film at BAM in Brooklyn

A photograph in yellow and brown tones showing a collapsed bridge. Above the bridge a pattern appears in a truncated upside down pyramid

Professor Slavick Exhibits at the University of Maryland

Four images of artworks: 1 - two people smiling and standing at a counter; 2 - several abstract, colorful oval shapes mounted to a wall; 3 - two people sitting in front of a wall covered in fabric banners; 4 - large banner with ocean printed on it.

Weekly Alumni News Update 02.12-02.18.19