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January 8, 2025

9 Questions for Art Ed Professor David Herman Jr. About "An Opus of Love"

Author: Wanda Motley Odom

In An Opus of Love, a new exhibition at the TILT Institute for the Contemporary Image by Tyler Assistant Professor of Art Education David Herman Jr., collage plays a central role as an artistic technique and a tool for introspection and narrative construction. Through such creative practice, they capture the subtle ways in which the past is always present and creates non-linear, seemingly fragmented narratives in which past and future coexist in meaningful dialogue.In this Q&A, Herman, a lens-based artist and distinguished visual art education scholar, reflects on the exhibition as it opens and the ways in which An Opus of Love (January 9-February 22) uses his personal archival material to explore themes like fatherhood, Black visualities, Gullah Geechee culture, and perception. Read More

November 12, 2024

Meet Addie Peyronnin, Assistant Dean for Development and Alumni Relations

Author: Wanda Motley Odom

Addie Peyronnin, Tyler's new Assistant Dean for Development and Alumni Relations, brings diverse experiences in fundraising with a variety of arts and culture organizations in the Philadelphia area, including the Library Company of Philadelphia, the Free Library of Philadelphia, the Barnes Foundation, and Winterthur Museum, Garden and Library. Peyronnin shares some reflections on the impact that in philanthropy can have and her current focus for Tyler.  Read More

October 18, 2024

On the Block: 5 Questions for Byron Wolfe

Author: Wanda Motley Odom

Professor Byron Wolfe is an accomplished photographer whose work is widely published and exhibited, a Guggenheim Fellow, and the current chair of the Art Department at the Tyler School of Art and Architecture.He is passionate about collaborative research projects that investigate topics that span the visual arts, humanities and natural sciences, and uses photography and other visualization tools to tell stories that reflect upon broader notions of culture and the constructions of landscape, perception and time. Read More

October 3, 2024

Professor's Exhibition Critiques Health Care System Through Real Illness

Author: Wanda Motley Odom

Tyler Professor Pepón Osorio has been celebrated worldwide for his provocative and immersive large-scale, multimedia installations that explore complex, systemic problems in American life through the lived experience of others. But his current exhibition Convalescence, now on view in the heart of Thomas Jefferson University’s medical center, is the first time he has used his personal story – of cancer diagnosis and treatment – to shine a light on inherent health and health care inequities in the United States. 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

April 10, 2024

Tyler Faculty Take a Lead in Climate Action

Author: Wanda Motley Odom

For the last two years, Associate Professor of Landscape Architecture Rob Kuper has been diligently working with fellow faculty members to organize around the topic of climate change, particularly how institutions such as Temple University can reduce their use of fossil fuels.On April 18, Kuper will combine his efforts with other proponents of decarbonization at Temple for a community conversation, “Your Role in Decarbonizing Temple,” about innovative solutions to promote the use of renewable energy and make the university’s energy infrastructure less reliant upon fossil fuels. Read More

March 26, 2024

Temple Rome Expands Rich History with Campus Move

Author: Wanda Motley Odom

Temple's Rome Campus is relocating to Piazza di Spagna, a historic area in the Eternal City that offers students a more immersive cultural experience surrounded by landmarks, museums, cafés and shops. For almost 30 years, thousands of Tyler and Temple students have enjoyed the temporary homeliness and comfort of the campus, located in a 15th-century palazzo, the Villa Caproni, situated in the historic heart of the city near the Piazza del Popolo. The location, across the Tiber River from Rome’s Prati neighborhood, has provided students with a beautiful and culturally immersive setting for their studies. Read more Read More

March 21, 2024

Four Tyler Alums Selected for 2024 Wind Challenge Exhibitions

Author: Wanda Motley Odom

Amid Philadelphia’s vibrant art scene, the Wind Challenge at Fleisher Art Memorial has long stood as a harbinger of creative ingenuity and excellence. This prestigious annual juried competition, established in the late 1970s, has consistently celebrated emerging artist who push the boundaries of art making.This year’s Wind Challenge winners include four Tyler alums – Brynn Hurlstone (MFA ’23, Glass), Sean Starowitz (MFA ’23, Sculpture), Idalia Vásquez-Achury (MFA ’22, Photography), and Kim Altomare (BFA '13, Painting) – whose creative practices continue this tradition of innovation through distinctive ways of combining materials and methods to tell unique stories. Read More

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