Painting + Printmaking alumna reflects on business decisions
Ashley Hawkins (BFA ’07) talked to the Richmond Times-Dispatch about her best and worst business decisions since founding Studio Two Three in 2009. Best business decision: “Expanding and moving Studio...
View ArticleArt History doctoral candidate receives Fulbright
Art History doctoral candidate Sarah Kleinman has been awarded a Fulbright Scholarship for the 2018-19 academic year. She will be conducting research for her forthcoming dissertation, “The Curatorial...
View ArticleCraft/Material Studies alumna wins Living Art Award
Congratulations to Nancy McTague-Stock (BFA ’79) for winning the Artist/Educator Award, one of the Silvermine Arts Center’s Living Art Awards. The awards will be presented during a benefit at the...
View ArticlePainting + Printmaking alumna resists declaring truths in her work
Erin Koch Smith (BFA’05) exists in the “in-between” while she searches for mediums that make her excited. “The dangerous part that I worry about it is that there is that part of you where it feels good...
View ArticleVCUarts Qatar presents Heya Arabian Fashion Exhibition
VCUarts Qatar collaborated with Qatar Business Incubation Centre (QBIC) and Bedaya Centre to advise aspiring young Qatari entrepreneurs on their professional path and present the 2018 Heya Arabian...
View ArticleRemembering Thomas Keller, his scholarship and the people he inspired
To his classmates, he was a master welder. To his family, a humble genius. And to some theatre students today, he’s been the key to their dreams. Thomas Keller passed away 11 years ago in Florida, at...
View ArticleBobby C. Martin Jr. to deliver VCUarts spring 2018 commencement speech
On Saturday, May 12, Bobby C. Martin Jr. (BFA ’99) will be the latest alumnus to serve as the VCUarts commencement speaker at this year’s spring ceremony at the Altria Theater. Martin is a founding...
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Hi, We’re VCUarts
Hi, we’re VCUarts. It’s nice to meet you! Are you looking for an art school with a great reputation and diverse student body, where you’ll be challenged and exposed to new ideas and methods? Take a...
View ArticleVCUarts students talk about double majoring
Seamus McDaniel (Music/Biology), Catherine McGuigan (Communication Arts/Environmental Studies) and John Shutika (Cinema/Philosophy) have combined multiple interests throughout their college time by...
View ArticleGetting Out of Her Comfort Zone: Gretchen Mull
As a Craft/Material Studies major, senior Gretchen Mull was accustomed to a precise and systematic workflow. She understood the step-by-step processes of mixing glazes and clay, of loading and...
View ArticleKinetic Imaging professor featured in Kanal museum in Brussels
Kinetic Imaging professor Stephen Vitiello is featured in the inaugural exhibition at the Kanal in Brussels, a museum driven by the Paris-based Center Pompidou. Bernard Blistène, its director, unveiled...
View ArticleAlumna’s works acquired by San José Museum of Art
Two works by Sculpture + Extended Media alumna Diana Al-Hadid (MFA ’05) were added to the permanent collection at San José Museum of Art on April 27, 2018. “As SJMA looks forward to our 50th...
View ArticleTheatre professor featured in New York Times
Tony Award-nominated costume designer and VCUarts Theatre Professor Toni-Leslie James was recently featured in a New York Times feature about Jerome Robbins’s 100th birthday tribute. The article...
View ArticlePainting + Printmaking students develop mural along James River
The stairwell on Texas Beach along the James River was recently repainted as part of a collaborative mural project between VCUarts, the city of Richmond and the James River Hikers. Nine undergraduate...
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Part of the Chaos: Nima Jeizan
Nima Jeizan’s sculptures seem to take on lives of their own. In his studio and apartment, every wall is plastered with objects both found and handmade. During a gallery show, wigs and stage props might...
View ArticleVCUarts Fashion Show to be three times the size of last year’s show
The 2018 Fashion Show will be held at the Main Street Station Train Shed on May 10 at 8pm. Seating ends promptly at 7:40pm. The venue change means that the May 10 show will be bigger than ever with...
View ArticleKinetic Imaging Program Nationally Ranked
The Department of Kinetic Imaging was recently ranked in the top 20 animation programs on the East Coast and in the top 20% of animation programs nationally among public schools and colleges by...
View ArticleAfter eight years away, fashion student is back in style
Nearly a decade after Christi Owens left VCUarts, she decided it was time to finish her degree. “I knew I wanted something more for my life,” she says. “It was time to come back.” Owen left VCUarts in...
View ArticleVCUarts competition aims to re-think Monument Avenue
General Demotion/General Devotion, a program initiated by VCUarts’s Middle of Broad studio, is hosting an international ideas competitions aimed at re-imagining Monument Avenue. The competition seeks...
View ArticleVCUarts Fashion Show is Runway Ready
Virginia Living magazine offered a preview of the 2018 VCUarts fashion show. This year’s theme, “Momentum,” represents “taking the skills students have learned and applying them to their designs and...
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