If you are looking for Tyler School of Art and Architecture Landscape Architecture junior Lindsay Slusser, you’re as likely to find her in the Ambler Arboretum gardens as you are to find her in the design studio. “I currently work in the Ambler Arboretum as a student gardener, and I love it! My […]

In just 52 days, Tyler School of Art and Architecture alum Chelsey Luster (BFA ’19) transformed an empty space on the first floor of Crane Arts into a vibrant new gallery — one centered on supporting artists of color, women, and queer artists through exhibitions and collaborative programming.  […]

Upon entering Temple Contemporary’s Pyramid Club: 1937–2035 exhibition, visitors encounter a large multicolored prism painted on the wall. Curator and Director of Exhibitions and Public Programming Matthew Jordan-Miller Kenyatta calls it the show’s Afroprismatic entry. “Afroprismatic is an […]

The Tyler School of Art and Architecture is pleased to announce the return of 2025 Jack Wolgin Visiting Artist Sam Van Aken, internationally recognized for his Tree of 40 Fruit sculptures, which merge art, science and agriculture. Van Aken will be on campus Sept. 22–25 for a public lecture and a […]

  Through Sept. 13, the Tyler Atrium at Temple University will present Sonic Drawings, an interdisciplinary installation that transforms sound into something visitors can see, feel and explore. The project creates a shfting landscape of light patterns, geometric sand forms and resonant sculptural […]

On view in the Edgar Heap of Birds Family Gallery  Sept. 5–Dec. 19, 2025 Artist Talk: Sept. 12, 2025, 3–4:30 p.m. with reception to follow, 5–7:30 p.m.    Temple Contemporary announces “Navigating New Places: Norman Akers,” the culminating exhibition of works created by Osage artist Norman Akers as […]

Temple Contemporary, in collaboration with the Charles L. Blockson Afro-American Collection and Paradigm Gallery + Studio, will present “PYRAMID CLUB: 1937-2035,” a pioneering exhibition that asks: What if Philadelphia’s historic Pyramid Club—where civil rights leaders, scientists and jazz legends […]

  The Tyler School of Art and Architecture at Temple University has appointed two new faculty members for the 2025–26 academic year: Associate Professor of Art History Richard Hylton and Assistant Professor of Art Therapy Kathryn Snyder.  “The expansion of our faculty in art history and art therapy […]

A historic letterpress with a long educational legacy has found a new home in Tyler School of Art and Architecture’s printmaking studio. Through donations from dozens of Tyler alumni and supportive community members, the printmaking program met its goal to purchase an impeccably maintained […]

Applications are now open for the spring 2026 Edgar Heap of Birds Family Artist Residency at the Tyler School of Art and Architecture.    The Tyler School of Art and Architecture invites applications for a spring 2026 residency in the Art Department, which encompasses undergraduate and graduate […]