Tonight! Lenka Clayton & Prof Jon Rubin Lecture on their Carnegie International Project
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Both Lenka Clayton and Jon Rubin are known for their extensive work in social practice and public engagement. Rubin’s interventions into public life reimagine individual, group, and institutional behavior, while Clayton’s work considers, exaggerates, and alters the accepted rules of everyday life. They will speak about their collaborative project "Fruit and Other Things" for the Carnegie International tonight at 6:30pm in Kresge Theatre. read more
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On The Ground: Yejin Lee MFA '20 at the Día de Los Muertos Festival in San Jose
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In her desire to make art that accepts death — evidence of impermanence — as part of our lives, Yejin Lee investigated the Día de los Muertos festival in San Jose, CA. This is part of our series on grad research called "On The Ground." read more
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Underclass Art Show
Opening: Feb 26, 8:00pm, CFA 3rd Floor
First- and second-year art students take over the third floor of the College of Fine Arts to show their work. Join them for an opening reception following Lenka Clayton & Jon Rubin's lecture. read more
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STUDIO Lecture: Igor Vamos
Feb 27, 5pm, STUDIO for Creative Inquiry
Igor Vamos is an artist whose media spectacles get attention for social and environmental causes. He is a founding member of The Yes Men, a comic duo who infiltrate the world of big business through jaw-dropping pranks. read more
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Library Talk: Craig Baldwin
Feb 28, 7pm, Hunt Library, Studio A
In his Orphan Morphin' presentation, filmmaker and curator Craig Baldwin “surfs the wave of obsolescence” using spoken word, graphics and motion picture clips to advocate for the re-working of marginalized film material. read more
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Encounters with Tactical Aesthetic
Opening Mar 1, 8-10pm, Powder Room
In a new installation, David Noel MFA ’21 presents a speculative future as a medium for understanding the present, using tacit knowledge to bring military tactics to the public. read more
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CAS Event: Sharing Our Stories
Opening Mar 1, 8-10pm, Powder Room
This event is an opportunity to hear from some of the indigenous people who call Pittsburgh and the broader Allegheny County home today. read more
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STUDIO Lecture: Kamal Sinclair
Mar 4, 5pm, STUDIO for Creative Inquiry
Kamal Sinclair serves as the Director of the Sundance Institute’s New Frontier Labs Program, which supports artists working at the convergence of film, art, media and technology. read more
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Lecture Series: Sean Lynch
Mar 5, 6:30pm, Kresge Theatre
Sean Lynch’s sculptures, installations, and multimedia work stems from an interest in the role that history, especially forgotten history, plays in our lives. Lynch is a visiting professor in the area of sculpture for the spring term. read more
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Melissa Ragona
Associate Professor of Art History & Theory
As part of symposium organized by the Whitney Museum, Prof Ragona will speak on Andy Warhol's vast recording projects at the New School on Mar 1. read more
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Jon Rubin
MFA Program Director
Associate Professor of Art
Prof Jon Rubin and Lenka Clayton's project was featured in Art in America's review of the Carnegie International. read more
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Christina Lee BFA '14 created an illustration for NPR about the recent teacher strikes across the nation. read more
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The Phillips Collection in Washington D.C. acquired three works by Renée Stout BFA '80. read more
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More alumni news from Andrea Beizer BFA ‘78, Harvey Breverman BFA '56, Jacob Ciocci MFA '05, Max Gonzales BFA '16, Samantha Mack BFA '18, and Ann T. Rosenthal MFA '99, J Houston BHA ‘18, Christina Lee BFA '14, Grace Wong BHA ‘18, Anni Matsick (Ann Louise Delsandro) BFA ’70, Brett Reichman BFA ‘81, Rob Rogers MFA '84, Randall Rosenthal BFA ‘69, Jessica Vaughn BHA '06, and Paul Zelevansky BFA '67 in our Weekly Alumni News Update.
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