The School of Art Announces Presidential Postdoctoral Fellow and Visiting Faculty Member
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The School of Art is pleased to announce that Carnegie Mellon University has awarded Alisha B. Wormsley a Presidential Postdoctoral Fellowship. She will join the faculty for the 2019-20 and 2020-21 academic years. For the 2019-20 academic year, the School of Art will also welcome Everest Pipkin as a visiting assistant professor of art in the area of electronic and time-based media. read more
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Tonight! Lecture by Visiting Professor of Sculpture Sean Lynch
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Sean Lynch’s sculptures, installations, and multimedia work stems from an interest in the role that history, especially forgotten history, plays in our lives. Through extensive research, Lynch uncovers the objects, events, and stories from the past that continue to shape societal structures and cultural identity. He will speak at 6:30pm tonight in Kresge Theatre. read more
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MFA Thesis Exhibition: Above, Below, After, Until
Opening Mar 16, Miller ICA; Reception Mar 22
Featuring new work by 2019 MFA candidates, this show examines the dynamic relationships between land, labor, and cultural memory through experiential installation, sculpture, and video. read more
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Comics and Social Justice
Mar 18, 4:30pm, Porter Hall 100
This CAS talk by Lynn M. Kutch, professor of German at Kutztown University of Pennsylvania, will provide overviews and analyses of three German-language comics that approach issues of identity in contemporary Germany. read more
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IDeATe Event: Turning Jewels Into Water
Mar 18, 6:30pm, Hunt Library A10A
"Turning Jewels Into Water" is a live electronic duo led by Indian-born drummer/producer Ravish Momin along with Haitian electronic percussionist Val Jeant. read more
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Lecture Series: Beverly Semmes
Mar 19, 6:30pm, Kresge Theatre
Beverly Semmes works across sculpture, painting, drawing, film, photography, and performance to probe the complexities of the female body and its representation. read more
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Faculty & Staff Activities
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Danny Ferrell
Adjunct Professor of Art
Prof Ferrell has a solo exhibition titled "Honey" at Marinaro Gallery in New York City, through Apr 7. read more
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Andrew Ellis Johnson & Susanne Slavick
Associate Professor of Art & Andrew W. Mellon Professor of Art
Prof Slavick and Johnson present two of their collaborative videos in Center for Maine Contemporary Art’s screen series, opening Mar 16. read more
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Devan Shimoyama
Cooper-Siegel Assistant Professor of Art
Prof Shimoyama's solo show "Shh..." opens at De Buck Gallery in New York City on Mar 7. In the work, subjects read texts that offer alternatives to the plethora of predominantly white American authors who so often dominate the canon. read more
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Devan Shimoyama
Cooper-Siegel Assistant Professor of Art
Prof Shimoyama's work is part of a group exhibition at Kavi Gupta Gallery's booth at The Armory Show, one of the leading international contemporary art fairs, Mar 7-10. read more
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Angela Washko
Assistant Professor of Art
Prof Washko’s work “The Game: The Game” is featured in the book The Art Happens Here: Net Art Anthology published by Rhizome at the New Museum. read more
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Spencer Diaz BFA ‘12 was hired at Character Technical Director at DreamWorks Animation.
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Deborah Kass BFA ‘74 and Todd Pavlisko MFA ‘02 designed limited-edition t-shirts to benefit the Dignity for All anti-bullying campaign. read more
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More alumni news from Bianca Beck BFA ‘01, Spencer Diaz BFA ‘12, Magali Duzant BHA '09, Zhanna Cantor BFA '85, Merritt Johnson BFA ‘13 and Renée Stout BFA ‘80, Matt Keegan BFA ‘98, Dana Kleinman BFA ‘97, Christina Lee BFA ‘14, Donna Lee Nyzio BFA ‘87, Ryan McGinness BFA ‘94, Rigel Richardson BFA ‘13, Benjamin Rosenthal BFA ‘06, Susan Schwalb BFA ‘65, Stephanie Serpick BFA ‘93, Melissa Thorne BFA ‘93, Sherri Wolfgang BFA ‘83, and Cay Yoon BFA '04 in our Weekly Alumni News Update.
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