February 28, 2024
Author: Jordan Cameron
The Tyler School of Art and Architecture’s Graphic and Interactive Design program was widely represented at the 2023 Flux Student Design Competition, with a total of 24 selected projects—more than any other program represented in the competition."It's gratifying to see Tyler represented so well in the competition," said Abby Guido, Associate Professor of Graphic and Interactive Design. "It shows that our focus on creativity, technical skills, and critical thinking is practical. This is a great moment for all of us to appreciate."
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February 12, 2024
Author: Jane DeRose Evans
We have a bounty of researchers presenting at the CAA annual meetings this month:Nikki Marcel (PhD candidate) chairing three panels: Rebellious Creating: Opacity as Praxis in the Contemporary Caribbean; Writing for Each Other: Collaboration Across Art History and Art Practice; Office Hours: Open Discussion between Students and ProfessorsDr. Alpesh Patel chairing Peer Review Futures Publications CommitteeEmmy Schollenberger (PhD candidate) "Mountains and Memory: The Geography of Japanese Internment Camps in Emma Nishimura's Locating Memory"Noah Randolph (PhD candidate) chairing Uneasy Pieces: Pedagogical Approaches to Sensitive Topics and Controversial Works of Art and co-chairing with Dr. Leah Modigliani, Walls, Blockades, and Barricades: Art at the Margins of the New Enclosures"
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February 7, 2024
Author: Jordan Cameron
Fibers & Materials Studies graduate student Mika Obayashi received first prize in Excellence in Fibers IX, a juried exhibition by the publication Fiber Art Now. Over 1,200 artworks were submitted for consideration. The installation, titled “Gospel of Three Dimensions,” was originally on view in the Jewett Art Gallery at Wellesley College from September 6 through October 28, 2022. The piece is made of abaca paper, cotton cord, and indigo dye, and is created to be a partially immersive experience, giving viewers the opportunity to step into the sculpture. This is in line with Obayashi’s interest in examining conventional experiences of space in her work.
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January 19, 2024
Author: Jane DeRose Evans
Maria's chapter, “Decolonizing La Revolución: Cuban Artistic Practice in a Liminal Space” can be found in The Routledge Companion to Decolonizing Art History, edited by Tatiana Flores, Florencia San Martín, and Charlene Villaseñor Black (2024). Check it out here!
https://www.routledge.com/The-Routledge-Companion-to-Decolonizing-Art-Hi...
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January 15, 2024
Author: Jane DeRose Evans
The Carlsberg Foundation has granted Alice M. Rudy Price (PhD 2014, Adj, Asst. Prof.) funding for six months of research in Denmark from May to December 2025. This funding will support catalogue research for a 2026–2027 art exhibition, "Aging Bodies, Mature Careers," hosted by Ribe Kunstmuseum and Skovgaard Museet in Denmark.
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December 12, 2023
Author: Jane DeRose Evans
Luke's article, "The Spanish Imposition of the Grid-Pattern Town upon its Mesoamerican Colonies and How it Disrupted Native Space, Analyzed Through the Maps of the “Relaciones Geográficas”" was published in asterisk*: yale undergraduate journal of art & art history issue 7 fall 2023. Find it here: https://www.asteriskjournal.org/fall-2023
Congratulations to Luke for his original work!
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December 12, 2023
Author: Jane DeRose Evans
Students in the upper-level Art History class, the Global Middle Ages, taught by Dr. Joseph Kopta have produced an impressive story about the period between 1000 to 1400, across the globe. Check it out here: https://storymaps.com/stories/865221256e654f1798f03cb2fcdae5de
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