B.F.A. Alumna in New Zealand to Tackle Climate Change
Sara Dean (B.F.A. ’01) and her colleague Beth Ferguson are traveling to New Zealand’s Otago Museum where they are taking a community approach to tackling issues resulting from climate change. Dean is...
View ArticleMusic Professor Releases Long-Overdue Album
Doug Richards joined our faculty in 1979, founding the Jazz Studies program in 1980. He is also the founder and musical director of the Great American Music Ensemble, one of the leading professional...
View ArticleVocal Arts Project Prepared VCUarts Freshman for College
The Vocal Arts Project is a performing arts camp for students entering grades 6-12. There are daily classes in theater arts and movement, world drumming and improvisation, music theory and aural...
View ArticleQuiz: How Should You Spend Your Day in RVA?
Whether you’re a local or an out-of-town visitor, there is something for everyone in Richmond. Take our quiz to find out what you should explore while you’re here. We hope you enjoy taking the time...
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Coffee Bike Helps Rams in Recovery
Assistant Professor in Photography + Film John Freyer’s latest project is being fueled by caffeine. Freyer during his time in 1708 Gallery’s 5×5 Summer Series, created a coffee bike cart that would be...
View ArticleTwo M.F.A. Alumnae Receive Prestigious International Glass Award
Craft/Material Studies alumnae Emily McBride (M.F.A. ’16) and Victoria Ahmadizadeh (M.F.A. ’16) have been selected for the prestigious 2016 Stanislav Libenský Award, the world’s only international...
View ArticleVCUarts Artists Wading in the Bay of Fundy
Jessica Carey (B.F.A. ’16) had never envisioned herself in Canada’s Bay of Fundy, nor did she know about its legendary 50-foot tide rises—but last fall that’s exactly where she found herself, dressed...
View ArticleVCUarts Alumna Shaking Up Fashion’s Ivory Tower
Sophia Li (B.A. ’13) can thank Instagram – and a bit of gutsiness – for helping earn her a spot on the rapidly growing team at Vogue.com. From Conde Nast’s 35th-floor café, Li recounts the chain of...
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Full STEAM Ahead! Alumna Creating Opportunities for Girls
Della Sigrest (B.F.A. ‘15) knows first hand how important it is to be empowered to succeed; she completed a four-year program in three. In her last year at VCUarts, Sigrest attended a conference in...
View ArticleSeven Things you Should be Doing Your Senior Year
Summer is almost over and the school year is right around the corner. To the high school seniors out there, you’ve gone through 12 years of school to make it to the best one of them all: senior year....
View ArticleKI Artists Attend SIGGRAPH 2016 Conference
Eleven Kinetic Imaging current students and alumni attended this year’s Siggraph conference in Anaheim, Calif. earlier this summer. Emma Gauthier (B.F.A. ’14), Olivia LeClair (B.F.A. ’15), Emma Hadley...
View ArticleVCUarts Student Creates A Coloring Book That’s Sparks a Conversation
VCUarts current student Ryan Rich (B.F.A. 19) was featured in his local newspaper for a coloring book that has also become quite the conversation piece in St. Louis. Here is an excerpt of the article...
View ArticleComm Arts Chair and his Hollywood Career
TyRuben Ellingson developed a rich career in Hollywood as a concept designer on groundbreaking films such as “Jurassic Park” and “Avatar” before joining VCUarts Department of Communication Arts in...
View ArticlePrecision in Design: Remembering Professor Ben Day
“For undergraduate and graduate students alike, Ben was a consummate professor and educator, a master of form,” says Erik Brandt (M.F.A. ’00). Benjamin “Ben” Randolph Day II, a professor in the former...
View ArticleVCUarts Alumna is Curating a Community
Five years ago George Ferrandi reached a turning point. Like many life-changing moments in New York, this one was real estate induced. She was about to be kicked out of the Williamsburg, Brooklyn...
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VCUarts Draws its Way Through Italy
Italy is the place to be in the summer if you’re a student at VCUarts. There are a few departments who have students who spend their summers abroad in Italia, and for students in Communications Arts’...
View ArticleSurvival Guide: Beginning a New Year at VCUarts
You’ve had a few months to recover from a year of projects, crits and countless hours in the studio, but now – it’s back to the grind. Ease back into the semester with our guide for kicking off the new...
View Article“Funky Turns 40” Comes to Campus
Funky Turns 40 is a traveling exhibition that was featured at the launch of the Black History Museum earlier this summer. The exhibition commemorates the 40th anniversaries of 1970’s Saturday morning...
View ArticleCraft/Material Studies Chair Earns University Distinguished Scholarship Award
Virginia Commonwealth University School of the Arts is pleased to announce that Sonya Clark is the 2016 recipient of Virginia Commonwealth University’s Distinguished Scholarship Award, which recognizes...
View ArticlePAPR Professor Juror of “The Art of Paper” Exhibition
The A.D. Gallery at the University of North Carolina at Pembroke is hosting the seventh annual international juried exhibition “The Art of Paper.” The exhibition is curated by Nancy Palm and is juried...
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