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Professor Emeritus Lowry Burgess, 1940-2020
Professor Emeritus Lowry Burgess, former dean of the College of Fine Arts, passed away Tuesday, January 28, at his home in Melbourne, Florida.
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.
Facebook Commissions Artwork from Faculty and from Student-Alumnus Collaboration
Facebook commissioned work from Professors Kim Beck and Imin Yeh, and a collaborative work by MFA candidate Michael Neumann and MFA alumnus Shohei Katayama.

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

Weekly Alumni News Update 02.04-02.10.20

Two people running a projection with a mountain scene

Professor Hansen Premieres “Pastoral” in Los Angeles

Faculty / School

Portrait of Lowry Burgess

Professor Emeritus Lowry Burgess, 1940-2020