Professor Michael Jones McKean’s ‘The Ground’ On View in Baltimore
Michael Jones McKean, associate professor of Sculpture, is bringing an abandoned Baltimore building to life. His work is on view at The Contemporary, a nomadic modern art museum. It is visually...
View ArticleFueling Inspiration at VCUarts
Dear Members of the VCUarts Community, As we approach midterm, I hope that your Spring semester endeavors are rewarding and challenging in all kinds of ways, and for all the reasons that we...
View ArticleVCUarts Announces Inclusion Infusion Initiative
The Virginia Commonwealth University School of the Arts is raising its students’ level of social-identity engagement through its Inclusion Infusion Initiative. Through the $100,000 initiative, faculty...
View ArticleScientific Illustrations on View at VCU Libraries
A new art show opened yesterday, February 27, featuring medical and scientific illustrations by 16 Communication Arts students and alumni. “Medical illustration is something I have always been...
View ArticleVCUarts Sculpture Alumna Is Design Researcher at IBM
Hannah Graffeo (B.F.A. ’13) is a design researcher at IBM in New York and was recently interviewed by the New York Times. Q. What is your role as a design researcher? A. My group supports IBM Watson...
View ArticleVCU Music Professor on the civil rights movement and jazz
http://arts.vcu.edu/wp-content/blogs.dir/65/files/2017/03/Antonio_Garcia-with-good-reason.mp4 VCU Music Professor Antonio Garcia talks with With Good Reason Radio about the work of jazz musicians and...
View ArticleTasmeem Doha 2017 – Analogue Living in a Digital World
A collaboration between Virginia Commonwealth School of the Arts in Qatar and VCU School of the Arts, Tasmeem Doha 2017: “Analogue Living in a Digital World,” will take place on March 15 and 16 in...
View ArticleTasmeem Doha: mOb majlis
As part of Tasmeem Doha 2017, mOb will create a majlis–a community sitting space–to experience and interact with participants at VCUarts and VCUQatar’s international art and design conference. Join...
View ArticleTasmeem Doha 2017
Andrew Keen, Carlo Ratti, Hasan Elahi, Tina Kukielski, Anouk Wipprecht, Sophia Al-Maria, The Foundland Collective, Tintype Photography, Pixel Art, The Constitute/Goethe Institute, Nick van der Kolk,...
View ArticleVCUarts Kinetic Imaging Professor’s VoicingElder Project
Semi Ryu, associate professor of Kinetic Imaging, developed interactive technology using virtual puppets to help older adults tell their stories through ageless bodies. “I was always curious about...
View ArticleVCUarts presents End-of-Year Student Exhibitions
Virginia Commonwealth University School of the Arts is presenting its annual spring student exhibitions beginning March 24 at The Anderson, 907 ½ W. Franklin St. The end-of-year exhibitions, taking...
View ArticleHow I got job: Abigail Heyd, Sculpture Senior
VCU News recently did a story on seniors and recent graduates who landed great jobs and internships. Representing VCUarts is Abby Heyd, a senior in the Sculpture + Extended Media department. “Universal...
View ArticleRunway 2017: LAUNCH
A student-organized showcase of 125 original garments designed by fashion juniors and seniors RICHMOND, Va. (April 11, 2017) – Virginia Commonwealth University School of the Arts Department of Fashion...
View ArticleExecutive Director of Research takes on new role with Richmond’s Public Arts...
Photo: Ned Oliver, Times-Dispatch In February, VCUarts Executive Director of Research, Sarah Cunningham took over as the chair of Richmond’s Public Art Commission. In addition to her role at the School...
View Article2017 Oscar-winning director Ezra Edelman (‘O.J.: Made in America’) to visit VCU
This Saturday, April 22, following the screening of the last two episodes of “O.J.: Made in America,” Oscar-winning director Ezra Edelman will field questions moderated by Nicolas Forster, visiting...
View ArticleFulbright scholar and VCUarts alum explores visual culture in São Paulo
Dylan Halpern (B.F.A. ’15) is currently in São Paulo, Brazil’s largest city, where a controversial law has started the debate between cleaning up the city and preserving its artistic character....
View ArticleSculpture Alumnus Explores Identity and Memory on a Fulbright Scholarship in...
Since November, Levester Williams (M.F.A. ’16) has been creating sculptures and installations that engage with the politics and poetics of space and place in Johannesburg during its ongoing...
View ArticleGiving Students a Voice: Angelique Scott
Angelique Scott knows the power of her own voice. As a double major in Art Education and Craft/Material Studies, she has used her leadership and skill to demonstrate the positive values of learning and...
View ArticleAssociate Professor Toni-Leslie James Nominated for Tony Award
“Jitney.” Photo by Joan Marcus. VCU Theatre associate professor and director of costume design, Toni-Leslie James, has been nominated for Best Costume Design in a Play for her work on “Jitney.” The...
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Woodworking Stokes Design: Esther Cho
In 2015, Esther Cho was an Interior Design major ready to graduate. But a passion for woodworking stoked two years prior—when she took a class with assistant professor Heath Matysek-Snyder, the head of...
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