It was my honor to take part in this year’s commencement ceremony, where I was able to speak to the accomplishments of our 2017 graduate and undergraduate classes as they leave us and enter a world of obstacles and opportunities.
The School of Art at Carnegie Mellon University is proud to announce that internationally recognized artist and academic Allison Smith will join its faculty as Associate Professor of Art in sculpture.
Mary Tremonte BFA ‘00 will be working with the Greater Pittsburgh Literacy Council over the next two years as an Artist in Residence in the Public Realm, through the Office of Public Art, connecting with Pittsburgh’s immigrant communities through creative work. Artist, educator, DJ and member of Justseeds Artists’ Cooperative Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet,… Read more »
Associate Professor Kim Beck exhibits new animations and works on paper in a solo show at Montalvo Art Center. As a Fellow at the Lucas Artist Program (LAP) at Montalvo Arts Center, the works on view in this exhibition were created by the artist during a three month residency at the LAP this spring. Beck’s worksare based on experiences of external and internal landscapes, the limits of representation and language, and the process of drawing as a metaphor for change.
Associate Professor Andrew Johnson and MFA alumni Rob Southard and Jesse England participate in “PERSONALS” and “Mayday! Mayday! Mayday!” May 4 – June 8 at Skowhegan Art Space, NYC.
Alex Lukas MFA ’18 and Leah Mackin are pleased to share a new DBQ pamphlet highlighting Alexander Calder’s Immobile Mobile for Eight Hanging Banners, 1975 – Present released at the Philadelphia Art Book Fair.
After 36 years in the School of Art, Professor Elaine A. King will be retiring. King began teaching with CMU in 1981, and as a Professor of Art History & Theory has helped shape and carry the School of Art’s critical studies courses through three decades of modern and contemporary art. Her students have gone on to graduate… Read more »
Congratulations to our undergraduate and graduate student awardees! The School of Art Awards recognize excellence across all disciplines, and seed the creation of new work. 2017 marks the addition of The Birnbaum Award to our family, in honor of CMU alumna and renowned feminist artist Dara Birnbaum. Presented annually to a graduating senior whose work… Read more »
Sherri Wolfgang BFA ’83 presents her first solo exhibition Jun 1 – Jul 31 at the Housatonic Art Museum, Bridgeport, MA, with an opening reception Jun 15 from 5:30-8pm. After graduating from CMU Wolfgang lived as a commercial artist in NYC. She formed a reknowned illustration studio, called Dynamic Duo, creating covers for Time, Barron’s, Sports Illustrated… Read more »
Associate Professor of Art Paolo Pedercini speaks at Game Happens! June 23-24 in Genova, Italy, which investigates the relationship between performance and experience, theatre and virtual reality, narrative and environmental design.
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