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Announcing the Spring 2020 Visiting Artist Lecture Series!
Featuring Alisha Wormsley, Jaume Plensa, Hilton Als, Johannes DeYoung, Walid Raad, Renée Stout, and Stephanie Syjuco
5 Questions for Peter Burr BFA ’02
Peter Burr BFA ’02 creates immersive animated cinematic artworks that hover on the boundary between abstraction and figuration.
Professor Shimoyama Exhibits at the Het Nieuwe Instituut in Rotterdam
Professor Devan Shimoyama is included in the group show “The Hoodie,” an exhibition exploring the role of a fashion garment as a socio-political carrier.
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

Exhibition / December 10

Cartoon graphic of a red blob with windows

the etymology of window

24/7, The Frame Gallery

Lecture / January 28, 2020

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

Lecture Series: Alisha Wormsley

6:30pm, Kresge Theatre

Lecture / February 4, 2020

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

Lecture Series: Jaume Plensa

6:30pm, McConomy Auditorium

Lecture / February 18, 2020

Lecture Series: Hilton Als

6:30pm, McConomy Auditorium

Lecture / February 25, 2020

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

Lecture Series: Johannes DeYoung

6:30pm, Kresge Theatre

Lecture / March 3, 2020

Installation view of an exhibition showing an abstract wood sculpture and photographs of instruments of war (bullets, bombs, etc.)

Lecture Series: Walid Raad

6:30pm, Kresge Theatre

Four images: woman standing is a sphere surrounded by maps; pencil drawing of a living room; painting of a woman with her hand in front of her face; hard-edged geometric painting

Weekly Alumni News Update 12.10-12.16.19

Pixelated high contrast image of a man pointing with both hands and the word "Strange" written in large capital letters

Professor DeYoung Co-Curates “Strange Loops”

Four artworks: painting of a crane; abstract digital work; photograph of two gymnasts (the same person in two different costumes); abstract gridded work

Weekly Alumni News Update 12.03-12.09.19

Announcing the Spring 2020 Visiting Artist Lecture Series!

Four images: 1. Abstract painting; 2. Metal sculptures of butterflies; 3. Abstract digital image of nature; 4. Abstract ceramic work

Weekly Alumni News Update 11.26-12.02.19

Photograph of Peter Burr sitting at a table working with a pencil in his hand

5 Questions for Peter Burr BFA ’02

Sculpture of a hoodie covered in flowers and rhinestones

Professor Shimoyama Exhibits at the Het Nieuwe Instituut in Rotterdam

Two stills from video games, one showing digital terrain floating against a white background and the other a stylized image of a taxi

Professors Pedercini and Washko Exhibit in Essen, Germany

Painting of four figures in a domestic setting disengaged from one another

Professor Kim Publishes in the Journal Art History