Blog Archive

L–R: Grace Lenart, Chandler Kennedie McLaurin, Frankie Napoli
May 24, 2024

Golden Owls: Three Grads Reflect on Ambler Campus

Author: Jordan Cameron

Students in the Landscape Architecture and Horticulture programs make their way to the Temple Ambler Campus to do some of the most important hands-on learning of their time at the Tyler School of Art and Architecture.  Read More

Left: A GAID student and Professor Kelly Holohan work on a tablet; Right: An MJCC student and Professor Mallory Weston work on a piece of metalwork
May 23, 2024

Two Tyler Programs Receive STEM Designation

Author: Jordan Cameron

Two programs at the Tyler School of Art and Architecture have recently received STEM designation from the Department of Education and the Department of Homeland Security, a classification that benefits students while studying at Tyler and when they are ready to enter the workforce. Read More

Nghi To
May 22, 2024

Tyler GAID Alum Selected for Chronicle Books Design Fellowship

Author: Alina Ladyzhensky

Nghi To, a 2024 graduate of Tyler’s MFA program in Graphic & Interactive Design (GAID), has been selected for a prestigious Chronicle Books Design Fellowship, awarded by the independent book publisher to talented, emerging designers.   Chronicle Books is a San Francisco-based publisher and distributor of illustrated books, gifts, toys, and games for children and adults. To is one of three early-career designers chosen among a high volume of applicants for this year’s cohort of the publisher’s competitive design fellowship program. The fellowship runs from July 9, 2024, through June 27, 2025.  Read More

May 22, 2024

CARAS Grant Winner Shines Light on His Heritage Through Art

Author: Wanda Motley Odom

In December 2022, Printmaking major Eliezer Lompo (BFA ’25) was fortunate enough to travel to his parents’ country of origin, Burkina Faso in West Africa, and explore various aspects of the culture and heritage of Gourmantche tribe that they are a part of.“As a second-generation immigrant, it has always been difficult to establish a strong connection with my culture” living in the United States as he found that very few artistic depictions of the Gourma people and their culture exist,” Lompo said recently.“One of my biggest ambitions is to visually document the Gourmantche culture. Depictions of historical, mythological events, portraits of important figures, and native landscapes are what I plan to incorporate over a series of prints and paintings.” Read More

Rachelle Anayansi Mozman Solano
May 21, 2024

Tyler Photography Alum Awarded 2024 Guggenheim Fellowship

Author: Alina Ladyzhensky

Visual artist Rachelle Anayansi Mozman Solano (MFA ’98), an alum of Tyler’s Photography program, has been selected to receive a 2024 Guggenheim Fellowship. The illustrious fellowships, administered annually since 1925 by the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, are awarded to individuals who have demonstrated exceptional capacity for productive scholarship or exceptional creative ability in the arts.  Mozman is among 188 highly accomplished scholars, artists, photographers, scientists, and writers who were chosen for this year’s award from nearly 3,000 initial candidates through a rigorous peer review process.   Read More

Russell Berg
May 20, 2024

Tyler Student Named 2023-2024 Livingstone Undergraduate Research Award Winner

Author: Alina Ladyzhensky

Tyler Architecture student Russell Berg (BS Historic Preservation ‘24) has been recognized as a 2023-2024 Livingstone Undergraduate Research Award winner by Temple University Libraries. Berg was one of six students selected for the annual award, which celebrates excellence in undergraduate research projects across various disciplines. Read More

Phoebe Bachman
May 15, 2024

Tyler Alum Phoebe Bachman (BFA '14) Featured in The Philadelphia Citizen

Author: Alina Ladyzhensky

As an an artist and project manager for The People's Budget, an evolving Mural Arts Philadelphia public artwork, Tyler Sculpture alum Phoebe Bachman (BFA '14) helps bring everyday Philadelphians into the City’s complex budgeting process by creating opportunities for collaboration and civic engagement. Read More

May 14, 2024

Curation, publication and more from our graduate students this academic year!

Author: Jane DeRose Evans

Again, I grabbed these from your annual reports; these were not announced previously. It is so impressive how you are learning and sharing your learning with all different kinds of communities!Moe Marte finished out their internship at Philadelphia’s Office of Arts Culture and the creative economy and continued to work with the Public Art Department as a field documenter for "Percent for Art Monuments"; worked with the student exhibitions team here in Tyler; and had glass pieces accepted for inclusion in "Echo- Systems" in Tyler Contemporary.Rachel Vorsanger published, “Reflection and Refraction: Multivalent Social Realism in the Work of Joaquín Sorolla,” Arts Special Issue: Affective Art (February 2024). Read More

May 14, 2024

Papers delivered and to be delivered!

Author: Jane DeRose Evans

Thanks to all of your annual achievement statements, I was able to scoop up a lot of important information to share with the broader community: these were not shared previously.It is such a pleasure seeing our grad students share their scholarship in conferences within the region, the U.S., the hemisphere, and the world!Jessica Braum spoke at the Association for the Study of Arts of the Present ASAP/14, Arts of Fugitivity, Virtual, in the panel: Conceptualizing TRANS-Asia; with the paper: “Plurilocal Subjectivity: Kim Lim’s Transnational Praxis and Cosmopolitan Imagination” (September 2023), as well as  Read More

tile announcing exhibition
May 7, 2024

2024 Art History Capstone class presents "This is not an art exhibition"

Author: Jane DeRose Evans

In this virtual exhibition, Art History undergraduate students present their capstone projects -- ranging from manga comics to Baroque art, from Mexican artists to Korean artists, from art by AIDS activists to environmental activists in a fascinating look at the intersectionalities of famous and forgotten artists from around the world. View the exhibition on STELLAOnline Congratulations to Zoe C, Shayna, Wini, Seohyun (Sera), Zoe K, Y Huong, Emma, Luke, Shannon, Izzy, Elizabeth, Taylor, Camille, and Eliza Read More

Pablo Meninato
May 3, 2024

Associate Professor of Architecture Publishes Book on Urban Design Interventions in Latin America

Author: Alina Ladyzhensky

Tyler School of Art and Architecture Associate Professor Pablo Meninato has released a new book titled Urban Labyrinths. Informal Settlements, Architecture, and Social Change in Latin America. Published by Routledge and co-authored with Gregory Marinic, the book explores how contemporary architects, researchers, and other stakeholders have developed innovative urban design tactics that enhance the quality of life in informal settlements built by migrants across Latin America. Read More

Ashley West headshot
May 3, 2024

Dr Ashley West selected as Visiting Scholar at the Bard Center for fall 2024

Author: Jane DeRose Evans

The Bard Graduate Center hosts scholars from university, museum, and independent backgrounds for the Bard Graduate Center Visiting Fellowships, which are intended to provide scholars with workspace in the Bard Graduate Center Research Center and enable them to join the dynamic, intellectual, and scholarly community in New York City. Visiting Fellowships represent Bard's commitment to conversation and scholarly communication to pursue  work in the decorative arts, design history, and material culture. Dr. West will be a Bard Visiting Scholar while she is on leave. Read More

A mortar board with a rainbow made of gems and lettering that reads "It's kind of fun to do the impossible"
May 2, 2024

Life After Tyler: 2024 Graduates Share Their Plans

Author: Alina Ladyzhensky

Graduating senior Chloe Mordan (Ceramics BFA ’24) first had the opportunity to work at the Moravian Pottery and Tile Works in Doylestown, PA, as a summer intern last year. That experience has landed her a job with the working history museum, which still produces handmade ceramics tiles in the way its founder did in the late 19th century. “It’s a nice combination for my Ceramics concentration and Art History minor,” Mordan said of her position, which will involve demonstrating how the tiles are made using old equipment in the Arts and Crafts style of the time. She credits a class field trip to the museum with Associate Professor Lauren Sandler with helping her land the internship.  Read More