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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: Johannes DeYoung
Blending computer animation with experimental processes in painting and drawing, Johannes DeYoung’s work explores themes of animism and human psychology.
Lecture Series: Walid Raad
Walid Raad’s work examines the role of documentation in the representation of collective traumatic events and their use in the construction of memory and narrative.
Lecture Series: Renée Stout
Renée Stout’s work in painting, drawing, sculpture, photography, and installation encourage self-examination, self-empowerment, and self-healing.

Upcoming Events

Exhibition / February 19

Dance with Camera

Through Feb 25, Ellis Gallery

Exhibition / February 21

Three ram figurines on a stool with a drawing of a square taped on the wall behind

What Does a Pencil Know?

Opening Feb 21, 7-9pm, Platform

Lecture / February 24

Curator Lecture: Paulina Pobocha

4:30pm, Hall of the Arts 322

Lecture / February 24

Two large speech bubbles installed outside, one reading "How long have you lived in Larimer" and the other reading "All my life. I was born here on Mayflower Street in 1919."

Larimer Stories: Community Engaged Art Making

4:30pm, Porter 100

Lecture / February 25

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

Lecture Series: Johannes DeYoung

6:30pm, Kresge Theatre

Exhibition / February 27

52:17 Workstation

Reception Feb 28, 5pm, Ellis Gallery

Weekly Alumni News Update 02.18-02.24.20

Students Shori Sims and Steven Montinar Exhibit at Museum Lab

Faculty / MFA / Student

Professor Takahashi and Paper Buck (MFA ’20) Exhibit at the Carnegie Museum of Art

Professor Wormsley Exhibits at the Urban Institute for Contemporary Arts

Black-and-white image of two performers with sound making devices attached to themselves

Professor Ragona Presents on Carolee Schneemann at the College Art Association Conference

Four images of artworks

Weekly Alumni News Update 02.11-02.17.20

Painted portrait of a man with applied rhinestone eyes and tears with roses raining from the sky

Professor Shimoyama Exhibits at Kunsthal KAdE in the Netherlands

Installation in an art gallery with two large projections

Professor Wormsley Exhibits at Denison University

Portrait of four people standing: Dena Holland, Mary Weidner, Susanne Slavick, and Orville Winsand

Former Head of CMU Art Department Orville Winsand, 1922-2020