Tyler Blog

Alysha Meloche, Nicole Restaino, Will Schwaller, Brian Seymour, Jessica Cooley, Monica Hahn
April 4, 2018

Tyler Art History students and alumni (re)connect at CAA meetings in Los Angeles

Author: Jane DeRose Evans

Several Art History alumni met for a DIY happy hour to connect, reconnect, and socialize during the Feb 2018 College Art Association Meeting.  Pictured are Alysha Meloche (BA 2008, MA 2012), Nicole Restaino (MA 2016), Will Schwaller (PhD candidate), Brian Seymour (PhD 2018), Jessica Cooley MA 2011), Kaelin Jewell (PhD candidate), and Monica Hahn (PhD 2018). Read More

Elizabeth Dunteman, Tracy Cooper, Jasmine Cloud, and Bethany Farrell at the RSA meeting
April 3, 2018

Temple University stands out at the 2018 Annual Meeting of the Renaissance Society of America

Author: Jane DeRose Evans

Renaissance rocks! Temple University stood out at the 2018 Annual Meeting of the Renaissance Society of America recently held in New Orleans. At least ten current faculty, graduate students and alumni were in the juried program or attended the conference: Tracy Cooper, Bethany Farrell, Elizabeth Duntemann, and Jasmine Cloud are seen here at the Italian Art Society reception; also participating as session organizers and/or speakers were Erin Downey, Margaret Morse, Art DiFuria, Sophia McCabe, Aliza Benjamin, and Cate Wallace.   Read More

April 2, 2018

Art History alumnae star at Nineteenth-Century Studies Association Meeting

Author: Jane DeRose Evans

Dr. Christa DiMarco (MA 2007; PhD 2015) and Dr. Sarah Iepsen (PhD 2013) cop-organized the conference and presented papers.  Also presenting at the conference were Art HIstory Alumna Dr. Suzanne Singletary (PhD 2006), Dr. Alice Price (PhD 2014), Dr. Whitney Kruckenberg (PhD 2014), and Dr. Erin Lehman (PhD 2014), Lily Scott (PhD program), Rebecca McEwen (MA anticipated 2018), and Constance Booth (PhD program). Read More

March 27, 2018

Ximena Valle helps launch "The Women Led City"

Author: tuh41424

Ximena Valle an architecture faculty member was in the news for her part in an initiative called "The Women Led City".  "A group of 24 women from urban fields came together to talk about best practices and actions to promote and achieve equity in our industries and cities," Ximena said.   Ximena was interviewed by WHYY's PlanPhilly about the initiative, check out the article here!   (Photo credit: Matt Stanley for Center City District) Read More

March 26, 2018

Remembering John Christopher Knowles (1938-2018)

Author: hjh

Earlier this month, the Tyler School of Art and Architecture and Temple University families lost a cherished friend and colleague, John Christopher Knowles. His wife, Brigitte Knowles, senior associate dean and professor emerita at Tyler, wrote this obituary. John Christopher Knowles, the founding chairperson of Architecture at Temple University, died March 18, 2018, of heart failure due to flu complications.John was born in England on December 20, 1938. He came to Philadelphia from Nottingham to study at the University of Pennsylvania with the architect, Louis I. Kahn, who became both a friend and mentor. Read More

students and community residents discuss site design
March 21, 2018

Placemaking class facilitates community design workshop

Author: lmandara

Students in the Placemaking course engaged in a service-learning opportunity this semester.  They obtained hands-on community engagement placemaking experience by facilitating a Community Design Workshop for an EPA funded Brownfield Wide Area Planning grant.  Dr. Mandarano is co-teaching the Placemaking course this semester with Terence Milstead, Adjunct. This course provided the perfect opportunity to embed an experiential learning experience directly tied to the EPA project.  After receiving training on how to facilitate community-led placemaking discussions, students worked in teams to facilitate and document dialogues with local residents and private property owners aim at developing win-win redevelopment concepts for five vacant parcels in Philadelphia's North of Lehigh neighborhood. Read More