Tyler Blog

October 4, 2019

Piotr Szyhalski brings his protest performance to Tyler

Author: Zachary Vickers

Multimedia artist Piotr Szyhalski, with the help of Tyler School of Art and Architecture faculty and students, performed his monumental, socially-driven THEM in North Philadelphia on Wednesday, October 2, 2019. Students and faculty carry Piotr Szyhalski's 450-foot long THEM banner around the block of the Tyler School of Art and Architecture.   Read More

October 3, 2019

Tyler alumnus creates mural with Philadelphia high school students to enhance community

Author: Zachary Vickers

In spring 2019, Tyler School of Art and Architecture Community Development alumnus Jon Fiamoncini (BSCD ‘19) helped create a mural and garden at Philadelphia’s George Washington Carver High School of Engineering and Science (GWC), with the help of students and generous donors.“Originally, I’d been assigned the task of assisting a group of GWC students with a community engagement project through my Placemaking: Revitalizing Urban Communities class at Tyler,” Fiamoncini said. After the class ended, he continued to volunteer at GWC. That’s when plans were discussed for the creation of a mural and garden. Read More

October 3, 2019

Tyler’s Inaugural “Case Project Space” Exhibits the Possibilities of Glass

Author: Zachary Vickers

Work by artists in the inaugural Case Project Space, from left to right: Leo Tecosky (photo by Jose Menendez), Yixuan Pan, Abbey Uffelman, Kate Clements. New at the Tyler School of Art and Architecture in 2019, the Case Project Space is an alternative exhibition space located outside of the Glass Studio.Jessica Jane Julius, assistant professor and program head of Tyler Glass, discusses this new program: Read More

September 27, 2019

Tyler students among “Top Talent” recognized by Adobe Design Achievement Awards

Author: Zachary Vickers

 Four Tyler School of Art and Architecture Graphic & Interactive Design BFA students and one Temple University Klein College of Media and Communication student were among the “Top Talent” recipients of the 2019 Adobe Design Achievement Awards—the world’s premier digital media competition for students and emerging creators.  Read More

September 13, 2019

Leah Modigliani's book reviewed by RACAR

Author: Jane DeRose Evans

Leah Modigliani, head of the Tyler School of Art and Architecture's Visual Studies Program, had her recent book, Engendering an Avant-Garde: The Unsettled Landscapes of Vancouver Photo-Conceptualism, reviewed in RACAR 2019. The reviewer called her book "an admirable work that brings dispassionate clarity to persistent hegemonic structures in the art world." Read more here. Read More