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The Fashion Department Loves Cotton
Cotton Incorporated has once again offered a generous grant to VCU Fashion for the 2013-2014 cycle. The $50,000 grant will support field trips, student scholarships, reduce/eliminate cost of fashion...
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Painting and Printmaking Faculty receives National Award
Image: Michelle Forsyth, Detail – February 4, 1999 2010 36″ x 54″ x 2″ Paper, watercolor, gouache, screenprint, felt, beads, pins Papercuts was recognized by SECAC Southeastern College Art Conference...
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Dean’s Grant Announced
The 2012-13 Faculty Research Grant Award and the 2012-13 Faculty Exploration Grant Award recipients have been announced. Congratulations to our grant recipients and good luck with your research!
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VCUarts Students On the Set of “Lincoln”
Remember last fall when “Lincoln” was the buzz around Richmond? Well, this November the film debuted nationwide and we’re reminded how many of our VCUarts family had a hand on set. More than 20 former...
View ArticleChannel 8 News examines the work of our Craft/Material Studies alumnus
Grant Garmezy speaks to Channel 8 News about his passion for glass. His work is currently exhibited at Michael Sparks Design, 205 Hull Street, in a group exhibition called Eco-Safari. A longer feature...
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Mona Al Ansari Collection earns VCUQ Fashion Award
VCUQatar student Mona Al Ansari recently debuted her collection “Edifice” at the premiere Qatari lifestyle hotel W Doha’s Living Room. Al-Ansari was awarded the second edition of the W Doha and the...
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Dr. Sharran Parkinson Admired Nationally
Our very own Sharran Parkinson, chair of Interior Design, has been named by DesignIntelligence as one of the 30 Most Admired Educators for 2013. The list was selected by thousands of professionals,...
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Richmond Magazine’s 15th Annual Theresa Pollak Prizes Announced
We are very pleased to see several of our VCUarts family being recognized by Richmond Magazine for their Excellence in the Arts. Congratulations to the following recipients of Theresa Pollak Prizes...
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Sculpture and Performance Brought Together by VCUarts Faculty
Assistant professor in Art Foundation and the Department of Sculpture + Extended Media, Matt King and Associate Professor and Choreographer in the Department of Dance, Scott Putman defy the...
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James River Shorts Winners Announced
VCUarts had a strong presence at the 2012 James River Film Society’s Shorts screening, with a number garnering awards! First Place: L. City, by fall 2011 Kinetic Imaging Visiting Artist, Sandro Del...
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Toni-Leslie James Chosen to Design Costumes for Broadway
Theatre faculty Toni-Leslie James has been chosen to design the costumes for Tom Hank’s Broadway debut, Lucky Guy, by Nora Ephron. It details the rise, fall, and rise again of the NYC tabloid...
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Communication Arts Chair Gives Richmond a Lesson on Creativity
Communication Arts Chair and rock & roll enthusiast Robert Meganck bestows his creative lessons upon Richmond, or as we like to call it, the Capital of Creativity. Meganck has been with the VCUarts...
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Associate Professor of Communication Arts chosen for State of the Art Exhibition
Sterling Hundley, Associate Professor of Communication Arts, has been chosen as one of eight illustrators selected to show at the Delaware Art Museum for the State of the Art Exhibition: Illustration...
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Award Winning VCU Opera
In the past year, VCU Opera has received three awards from the National Opera Association. In November 2011, their spring ’11 production of Hansel & Gretel won 2nd Place in the National Video...
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VMFA Visual Arts Fellowships 2013-2014 Announced
The prestigious 2013-2014 Virginia Museum of Fine Arts Visual Arts Fellowships have been announced and once again, the ties to VCUarts are numerous. The Virginia Museum of Fine Arts Fellowship Program...
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Our Sister Campus Celebrates 15 Years in Doha
VCUQatar, our sister campus in Doha, is celebrating an impressive milestone with its 15-year anniversary. In 1998, VCUQatar became the first campus established in Education City (now Hamad bin Khalifa...
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VCUQatar Project Awarded NPRP Grant
Congratulations to VCUQatar project ‘The Art Souq’, a plan for developing an artists’ studio complex in Qatar, which has been awarded a $350,000 National Priorities Research Program (NPRP) grant by...
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Year of Freedom Quilt Project
In 2013, the University is participating in the 150th anniversary of the Civil War by celebrating the “Year of Freedom,” which is 1863, the year of the Emancipation Proclamation. The committee is...
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Rob Tregenza’s First Feature Recognized in The New Yorker
Light Industry, a venue in Brooklyn, recently screened Talking to Strangers, written and directed by Rob Tregenza, Director of the Cinema Program. This 1988 film, shot in Baltimore, Maryland, shows...
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Kinetic Imaging Alumna quoted in Forbes Magazine
Amy White, an alumna from the Department of Kinetic Imaging, is senior editior at Gameskinny. She was quoted in in Forbes Magazine about the recent performance issues in Electronic Arts’ online...
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