Month: April 2019

Weekly Alumni News Update 04.30-05.06.19

Welcome to the Weekly Alumni News Update!

Professor Shimoyama Exhibits at Frieze New York and at 1-54 Contemporary African Art Fair

Painting of a person rendered in pinks and purples with a yellow hand and jeweled eyes

Prof Shimoyama will exhibit some of his sculptural work with Kavi Gupta Gallery at Frieze New York, one of the leading international contemporary art fairs.

Professor Rubin with Collaborator Joseph del Pesco Exhibits in the St. Louis Triennial

Photograph of a store front with signage reading "National Museum of" and "Monuments"

Prof Rubin and Joseph del Pesco’s three-part installation “Monuments, Ruins, and Forgetting” is part of “Counterpublic,” a triennial public art exhibition.

Dana Bishop-Root and Ruthie Stringer to Teach Contextual Practice in MFA Program

Two photographic portraits; one of Ruthie Stringer and the other of Dana Bishop-Root

Through their longstanding collaborative practice, Bishop-Root and Stringer engage with the ways art exists within a local context.

Professor Wormsley Featured in Public Television Documentary

Image of an installation by Alisha Wormsley showing a projection of a woman, candles, and other domestic items

Professor Alisha Wormsley was among the five women featured in a documentary profiling western Pennsylvania artists that aired on WQED.

Professor Silver Co-Curates Film Screenings at the Scottsdale Museum of Art

Image of a person riding a cartoon horse against a psychedelic background

Fairy Fantastic!, the collaborative art practice of Professor Suzie Silver and Hilary Harp, presents two film screening on queer themes.

The School of Art Announces New Faculty Appointment in Photography

Katherine Hubbard uses photography, writing, and performance to examine photography’s continuing significance.

Katherine Hubbard

Katherine Hubbard uses photography, writing and performance to plumb photography’s continuing significance. Her photography and performances have appeared at the Brooklyn Museum; the Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston; the Whitney Museum of American Art; and The Chinati Foundation in Marfa, TX; among many others.

Congratulations to the 2019 Art Awards Winners!

An exhibition of work by award recipients will be held May 1 through 10 in the foyers, hallways, and Ellis gallery on the third floor of the College of Fine Arts.

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