Tyler Blog

April 3, 2020

Tyler Alumna Patricia Renee Thomas’s Solo Show

Author: tuf83247

Tyler School of Art and Architecture alumna Patricia Renee Thomas (BFA ‘17) is featured in her solo show, “Grapejuice,” at Kapp Kapp gallery in Philadelphia, which is currently closed due to the COVID-19 (novel coronavirus) pandemic. The exhibition, inspired by Thomas’s experience getting her hair done as a child and focuses more widely on “the self in the form of preparation, and the form of preservation, and the form of performance, especially as a black woman,” will be extended once the gallery reopens.  Read More

February 17, 2020

Tyler Alumnua Featured in Solo Museum Exhibition

Author: tuf83247

Tyler School of Art and Architecture alumna Lisa Yuskavage (BFA ’84) is featured in Lisa Yuskavage: Wilderness, currently on view at the Aspen Art Museum. The exhibition looks beyond the eroticism of the figure to the fantastical nature of Yuskavage’s landscapes. Read More

February 11, 2020

Art History graduate students to participate in "Living Histories of Art from Latin America" workshop

Author: Jane DeRose Evans

The Department of Art History and Archaeology at the University of Maryland is pleased to announce Living Histories of Art from Latin America: A Workshop with Gerardo Mosquera, to be held on March 5-6, 2020.  Co-organized with the History of Art & Architecture Department at the University of Pittsburgh and the Department of Art History at Temple University, this workshop brings together advanced graduate students in the Middle Atlantic region who are studying modern and contemporary Latin American and Latinx art.   Read More

February 7, 2020

Tyler Alumnus Wins Major Glass Award

Author: tuf83247

Tyler School of Art and Architecture alumnus in Glass, Nate Ricciuto (MFA ’15) has recently received the 2020 Saxe Emerging Artist Award from the Glass Art Society along with two other artists, Gracia Nash and Joshua Kerley. According to Dorthy Saxe, the philanthropist for whom the award is named, this distinguished award “gives young artists the opportunity to present their work at a conference…[and] gives [them] exposure… [P]eople would be well to attend and hear the revolutionary ideas of these young artists.”  Read More

January 31, 2020

Vivien Wise: Exploring Relationships and Trees Through Art

Author: Zachary Vickers

This article originally appeared on Temple Ambler Campus's website here and was written by Jim Duffy, MSEd, Content Manager, Temple University Ambler and University College. It’s difficult for Vivien Wise to recall a time when she wasn’t using her skills with fibers to turn ideas into reality. Read More