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Alumni John Currin BFA ’84 and Jessica Vaughn BHA ’06 Open Solo Shows at Dallas Contemporary
John Currin: My Life as a Man and Jessica Vaughn: In Polite English One Disagrees by First Agreeing continue through December 22.
Welcome from Head of School Charlie White
We are excited to get to know our vibrant and dynamic new first year class—who come from all across the US and from five countries around the world—along with six phenomenal new MFA candidates.
Announcing the Fall 2019 Visiting Artist Lecture Series!
Featuring Anya Clarke & Mitsuko Verdery, Kalup Linzy, Jongwoo Jeremy Kim, Jaume Plensa, Amanda Ross-Ho, and Tschabalala Self
Lecture Series: Jongwoo Jeremy Kim
School of Art Professor Jongwoo Jeremy Kim, PhD, is a specialist of modern and contemporary art addressing issues concerning gender, race, and sexuality.
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: Amanda Ross-Ho
Amanda Ross-Ho appropriates and combines found images and ephemera to defamiliarize and transform everyday experience into sites of layered meaning.

Upcoming Events

Lecture / October 14

STUDIO Lecture: Benedikt Groß

5pm, Breed Hall, Margaret Morrison

Lecture / October 16

Robot applying plaster to a slatted wall

Public Engagement with AI & Robotics Through the Arts

5pm, Rangos 1, Cohon University Center

Lecture / October 22

Lecture Series: Jongwoo Jeremy Kim

6:30pm, Kresge Theatre

Lecture / October 29

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

Lecture Series: Jaume Plensa

6:30pm, Kresge Theatre

Lecture / November 5

Gallery installation view with four large pain-scale faces constructed from fabric

Lecture Series: Amanda Ross-Ho

6:30pm, Kresge Theatre

Exhibition / November 7

wats:ON Festival: NOW.

Though Nov 9, College of Fine Arts

Black-and-white print of a drawing of a mermaid

Professor Pell Exhibits at the Gregg Museum in Raleigh, NC

Professor Versari Lectures at the McDonough Museum of Art

Photo of chair under water with the word "Rock Bottom" superimposed on top

Professor Hansen and Tucker Marder MFA ’16 Present Live Aquatic Theater

Two headshots of Alisha Wormsley, one in black and white dressed as Warhol and the other in color without costume

Professor Wormsley Creates Participatory Art Installation at The Warhol

Still from artistic intervention in The Sims, showing several characters with speech balloons with burgers

Professor Angela Washko Exhibits at the Akron Museum of Art

Woman smoking in a dark room

Lena Chen MFA ’22 Exhibits, Performs, and Presents at THE ARTS+/B3 The Future Culture Festival in Frankfurt, Germany

Four images: 1) two business cards against a red background; 2) two figures performing on outdoor steps under rainbow fabric; 3) Man with a VR headset looking up; 4) image of an assortment of pink and purple prints

Weekly Alumni News Update 10.08-10.14.19

Still from video game showing simplified geometric city square of skyscrapers

Professor Pedercini Exhibits at the National Museum of Contemporary Art in Lisbon, Portugal

Solo Exhibition by Alisha Wormsley Opens at the Westmoreland Museum of American Art