Blog Archive

May 31, 2023

Emily Schollenberger (PhD Candidate) awarded fellowships at the Huntington Library, New College, Oxford, and The Bancroft Library

Author: Jane DeRose Evans

Emily is the recipient of an Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Fellowship at the Huntington Library, a Huntington Travel Exchange Fellowship with New College, Oxford, and a Bancroft Library Summer Study Award (2023). The fellowships will support research for her dissertation "Shifting Sediments: Photography, Memory, and Imperial Landscapes in Contemporary Art." Read More

Peter Wang headshot
May 16, 2023

Peter Wang (Ph.D. 2017) now at the School of Art and Visual Studies at the University of Kentucky (UK SAVS)

Author: Jane DeRose Evans

Peter Wang (Ph.D. 2017) recently accepted a tenure-track position as Assistant Professor of Art History and Visual Studies at the School of Art and Visual Studies at the University of Kentucky. (UK SAVS) He is excited to be working with 30 some art history majors and a few MFA students in Curatorial Studies. After a one-year visiting assistant professorship at Saint Mary's College and a five-year period as a lecturer at Butler University, Peter has developed more than a dozen courses, and he looks forward to connecting his research with his teaching at Kentucky, including surveys and special topics on American art, modern/contemporary art, and history of photography. He will continue to work on his book manuscript on photography and the American road trip, while developing the next research project on Asian American art and visual culture. Read More

May 16, 2023

News about graduated BAs

Author: Jane DeRose Evans

Haley Brown (BA 2021) will be attending NYU to pursue an MA in Costume Studies Tamane Takehara (BA 2022) has been accepted into the Art History program at SAIC, where they will pursue their MA. Read More

May 15, 2023

John Dowell (BFA '63) Honored by TILT Institute

Author: Emily Herbein

Tyler alumnus John E. Dowell Jr. (BFA ‘63), Professor Emeritus of Printmaking, was honored at the TILT Institute for the Contemporary Image's annual fundraiser, InVISION, on May 4, the proceeds of which support TILT’s programming and events, educational programs, exhibitions, and artist residencies. Dowell was recognized for his six decades-long career in fine art, painting, photography, and printmaking — works that he has shown in more than 50 solo exhibitions and that reside in the permanent collections of 70 museums.  Read More

May 12, 2023

Alumna Finds an Intersection of Fine Art and High Fashion

Author: Emily Herbein

Tyler alumna Kaitlyn Riccardi (BFA ‘19) earned her degree in painting and drawing, and her combined passion for the fine arts and fashion landed her at one of the world’s most prestigious fashion houses: Louis Vuitton. Working as the first artisan with the brand’s King of Prussia location, Riccardi hand paints custom designs onto their iconic luggage.   Read More

May 11, 2023

Tyler 2023 Diploma Project Unveiled at Graduation

Author: Emily Herbein

Tyler's 2023 "Diploma Project," a special gift to the graduating class made by a distinguished alum, is a one-of-a-kind cast pin to celebrate their achievement. Since 2019, the Tyler School of Art and Architecture has presented its graduating students with a special class gift: a unique work of art made by one of Tyler’s renowned alumni — a tradition that connects two generations of creatives.  Read More

May 8, 2023

Michael J. Ernst awarded Title VIII grant

Author: Jane DeRose Evans

Michael was awarded a Title VIII Language Training Grant from the U.S. Department of State for his studies in the Azerbaijani language for the summer of 2023. Read More

Emma Holter in Venice
May 8, 2023

Emma Holter reviews Vittore Carpaccio exhibition at the National Gallery of Art in Washington DC

Author: Jane DeRose Evans

Emma Holter published, "Vittore Carpaccio: Master Storyteller of Renaissance Venice (National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, November 20, 2022–February 23, 2023)" in Renaissance Studies online: 17 April 2023; forthcoming in volume 37, issue 3, 2023. You can find the review here: https://onlinelibrary-wiley-com.libproxy.temple.edu/doi/10.1111/rest.128... Read More

May 7, 2023

A Closer Look at Tyler's Architecture Design Thesis Studio

Author: Emily Herbein

In Tyler’s Architecture Design Thesis Studio, graduate students easily image a new world order: vertical agriculture to reduce the carbon footprint in food production, applied prostheses to salvage decaying buildings, convertible storm shelters for hurricane displaced survivors, and nuclear power sites as a focal point for recreational public spaces. These ideas were some of the ideas in presented in the projects in the Architecture Design Thesis Studio course for students completing Tyler’s Master of Architecture, a first professional degree that prepares students to design structures and that engages them with urgent urban, architectural, environmental and sociocultural issues.  Read More

May 5, 2023

Summer 2023 undergraduate internships!

Author: Jane DeRose Evans

Seohyun (Sera) Park will be part of the 2023 Andrew W. Mellon Opportunity for Diversity in Conservation at UCLA/Getty Interdepartmental Program in the conservation of cultural heritage Zoe Cudney will be interning at InLiquid here in Philly Read More

Rachel Vorsanger speaking in front of a screen
May 4, 2023

Rachel Vorsanger presents talk at "Look at a Book" series

Author: Jane DeRose Evans

Rachel presented at the "Look at a Book" series, organized by Dr. Joe Kopta, with the Charles Library. She presented on “Alicia Bailey’s Cosmeceutical Collection” and told us: "In this unique artist book, the Cosmeceutical Collection, Alicia Bailey has created three miniature books that are each contained in a cosmetic case that recalls different forms of makeup: an eyeshadow palette entitled Belladonna; a press-powder compact entitled Compact Beauty; and a tube of mascara entitled Lashlure.  The text inside each recounts the history of beauty standards that women have been held to, and explains in a witty, wry, and solemn narrative the dangerous extremes women went to in hopes of achieving those standards." Read More

May 4, 2023

2023 inductees into Phi Beta Kappa!

Author: Jane DeRose Evans

We're proud of our majors, Hannah J. Mackey (BA 2023) and Seohyun (Sera) Park (BA 2023) for their induction into Phi Beta Kappa, due to their excellent academic records and leadership in the liberal arts. Read More