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On The Ground: Shobun Baile MFA ’18 at the Cybernetics Conference
The conference was a single day to consider how “informatic systems shape social organization,” an especially timely topic given the growth of machine learning, big data, and the influence of social media on human thought.
On The Ground: Alex Lukas MFA ’18 at The Road Less Traveled Conference
Late last fall, artists, scholars, conservators, and aficionados gathered at for “The Road Less Traveled” Conference the John Michael Kohler Arts Center in Sheboygan, Wisconsin to discuss the preservation, promotion, and stewardship of artist-built environments.
Professor Jon Rubin with Lenka Clayton and Alumnus Mel Bochner Among Artists in Carnegie International
The tightly curated list of 32 includes artists and collectives from across the globe, focusing on what it means to be “international” in this moment in time.
Peter Burr BFA ’02 Wins Guggenheim Fellowship in Film & Video
The John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Fellowship, one of the most prestigious grants for contemporary art, is awarded to individuals who have demonstrated exceptional capacity for productive scholarship or exceptional creative ability in the arts.
Professor Susanne Slavick Co-Curates Marx@200 at SPACE in Pittsburgh
Among the artists included in the exhibition are School of Art Professors Andrew Ellis Johnson, Paolo Pedercini, and Imin Yeh and alumni Lauren Frances Adams MFA ’07, Michael Mallis BFA ’08, and Jina Valentine BFA ’01.

On The Ground: Katie Rose Pipkin at The 2017 Games Developers Conference

Professors Susanne Slavick and Andrew Johnson Screen Quench in “Home Sweet Home?”

Professor Slavick’s “Unloaded” Exhibition Featured in Portland Phoenix

Professor Ragona Presents “Flux Pour: Non-Language in the works of Paul Sharits” at Concrete Happenings

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Professor Prekop and Stephanie Armbruster BFA ’06 Exhibit in “Large Works” at Garage Gallery

Professor Silver and Hilary Harp Screen “Sausage” at 2017 PCAACA Conference

Katie Rose Pipkin MFA ’18 Exhibits in “Invisible Cities” at Columbia University

Closing Party for MFA Exhibition “The Very Best Deserts on Planet Earth” 4/21

Shohei Katayama MFA ’19 Selected for 2017 Tough Art Artist Residency at Children’s Museum of Pittsburgh

Professor Angela Washko Speaks at The Barnes’ Foundation “Flânerie and the Politics of Public Space” Symposium

Professor Ragona Participates in Santa Fe Artist Institute’s Water Rights Residency

School of Art MFA Program Ranked #1 in US by College Choice