Tyler Blog

Lip Sync Parade
January 28, 2019

Jesse Harrod and Amy Cousins in Lip-Sync Parade at Fjord

Author: tuj81552

Jesse Harrod, department head and Amy Cousins, department tech (and Tyler Printmaking MFA alum) are both in this group show at Fjord!Curated by FJORD member, Doah LeeOpening Reception: Thursday, December 13th | 6-9pmOn view: November 29th – January 12thClosing Reception: January 12th | 2-6pmLip-Sync Parade: Queer meditations on history and visibility Read More

Dr Emily Neumeier
January 28, 2019

Dr.Emily Neumeier awarded the 2018 Margaret B. Sevcenko Prize in Islamic Art and Culture

Author: Jane DeRose Evans

Dr. Emily Neumeier, currrently fulfilling a Getty post-doc in Athens, was awarded the Margaret B. Sevcenko Prize in Islamic Art and Culture for her paper, "The Church the Pasha Built: Towards a Multi-Confessional History of Islamic Architecture". This competitive award is  conferred annually by the Historians of Islamic Art Association for the best unpublished essay written by a junior scholar. The essay is part of Neumeier's larger project on the buildings of Ottoman Greece and Albania, and will be considered for publication in the journal Muqarnas. Read More

Buy Shaver gallery view
November 26, 2018

Buy Shaver site specific exhibition

Author: sfritch

“ Matter”, Hicks Art Center Gallery, Bucks County Community College, OCT 29 DEC 10, 2018.A site specific exhibition pairing the sculpture of Michael Grothusen and text mural by Buy Shaver.“Matter” brings together two new works by midcareer Philadelphia based artists, Michael Grothusen and Buy Shaver. This pairing of sculpture and wall text strives to explore the gaps between perception and belief in order to speculate how we might know and share anything with certainty. Read More

Kyle Taveira's design project titled "Dreamtime"
July 10, 2018

Students place in international Land Art Generator competition

Author: tuh41424

 Students in Eric Oskey's studio class submitted designs to the Land Art Generator Initiative's Melbourne design competition this past semester. "The goal of the Land Art Generator is to accelerate the transition to post-carbon economies by providing models of renewable energy infrastructure that add value to public space, inspire, and educate—while providing equitable power to thousands of homes around the world."Students were tasked to create a design that responds to the question "What does renewable energy infrastructure look like when it is woven into the fabric of the city?"  Read More

July 10, 2018

Natalia Angeles Vieyra (Art HIst PhD candidate) receives Terra Foundation Grant

Author: Jane DeRose Evans

Natalia will be conducting her research on her dissertation, "Beyond the City of Light: Impressionists in the Americas and the Caribbean". Terra Foundation International Research Travel Grants offer US-based scholars working on American art and visual culture prior to 1980 the opportunity to conduct research abroad.  Grant funding is available for projects that require study of materials outside the United States and that will enable scholars to: Discover new primary source material; Experience works of art first-hand in museums and private collections; Make contact with artists, critics, art dealers, archivists, curators, and university scholars; Consult archives and library collections outside the US; Establish professional networks for future research. Read More

July 5, 2018

Catching up with Tyler Glass alumna Yixuan Pan, MFA '17

Author: Olivia Menta

Last May, Yixuan Pan earned her MFA in glass at Tyler and received the Laurie Wagman Prize, a prestigious award given to just one graduating student in the school's Glass program each year. We sat down with Pan to hear about her experiences as a Tyler student and what the past year has been like since graduating.  Read More