VCUarts Qatar graduate plans to expand business globally
Maryam Fahad Al-Majid, a 2018 VCUarts Qatar graduate, has used the skills she acquired during her time in school to expand her gift wrapping business globally. Al-Majid, whose main priority so far has...
View ArticleSearching for Sound: Chet Frierson
Chet Frierson describes jazz music as a conversation, musicians and instruments trading solos and the chance to speak out, then stepping back to blend their sounds into a single harmonious voice. “It’s...
View ArticleMusic senior talks about being first in family to graduate from college
As commencement weekend approaches, VCUarts seniors have plenty to celebrate. For Ricardo Rodriguez, a music education major, the milestone is also an important one for his family, as he becomes the...
View ArticleVCUarts Qatar fashion show ‘Pendelum’ a huge success
The VCUarts Qatar fashion show, ‘Pendulum,’ showcased 100 garments designed by the senior fashion students to an audience of 800 people. In attendance was H E Sheikha Hind bint Hamad Al Thani,...
View ArticleSculpture MFA graduate receives prestigious Dedalus Fellowship
Sculpture + Extended Media graduate Jordan Loeppky-Kolesnik (MFA ’18) has been awarded the 2018 Dedalus Foundation Master of Fine Arts Fellowship in Painting and Sculpture. The Fellowship carries a...
View ArticleMusic students participate in choir for people affected by homelessness
The Department of Music has collaborated with the School of Social Work to develop RVA Street Singers, a community choir for people affected by homelessness. Brian Donovan, a rising senior majoring in...
View Articleda Vinci Center works with community groups to break Guinness World Record...
After five months of gathering piñatas, the da Vinci Center (a collaboration of VCU’s schools of the arts, business, and engineering and the College of Humanities and Sciences), the Virginia Hispanic...
View ArticleBobby C. Martin Jr.’s May 2018 Commencement Address
Bobby C. Martin Jr. (BFA ’99), founding partner of The Original Champions of Design, delivered the 2018 VCUarts May Commencement address on May 12. Read what he had to say to the Class of 2018, or...
View ArticleVCUarts Qatar celebrates graduates and 20th anniversary at commencement
VCUarts Qatar celebrated the class of 2018 at their May commencement ceremony, with Dean Shawn Brixey visiting as the keynote speaker. Shawn Brixey, the dean of VCUarts in Richmond and the...
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Summer learning opportunities from Kinetic Imaging
The Department of Kinetic Imaging is offering a wide range of camps and workshops—for both kids and adults—this summer. Animation Camp WHAT: Campers will be led through the process of a variety of...
View ArticleThe passing of Assistant Professor Rebecca Tyree
Dear faculty, staff and students, It is with profound sadness that I share with you the tragic news of Rebecca Tyree’s death from a bicycle injury yesterday. She passed away at the hospital last...
View Article“Forget about Everything Else”: An interview with TyRuben Ellingson, chair of...
Chair of the Department of Communication Arts TyRuben Ellingson talked to Broad Street Magazine about how his life changes have affected his artistic practice throughout his nearly 40-year career....
View ArticleVCUarts Alumni utilize VisArts studios
VCUarts 2017 graduates Jonah Hacinas (Interior Design and Craft/Material Studies), Austin Miles (Communication Arts and Painting + Printmaking) and 2016 graduate Elson Bickford (Photography + Film)...
View ArticleVCUarts students help VCU’s SpaceX Hyperloop final team
VCUarts students are collaborating with Business, Engineering, and Humanities and Sciences students to represent VCU in the 2018 international Hyperloop competition. The SpaceX-sponsored event...
View ArticleAlumni featured in Blossom Art Lecture Series
Craft/Material Studies alumnus Grant Garmezy (BFA ’09) and Craft and Art Education alumna Erin Garmezy (BFA ’07) were featured in Kent State University’s Blossom Art Lecture Series. The pair of...
View ArticleCommunication Arts alumni design mural in Northern Virginia
Communication Arts alumni Eleanor Doughty (BFA ’13) and Emily Herr (BFA ’13) have designed a mural for the Vienna Shopping Center that depicts landmarks around Vienna, Va., and the Washington, D.C.,...
View ArticleVCUarts Fashion professor remembers Kate Spade
Deidra Arrington, associate professor in the Department of Fashion Design + Merchandising, remembers Kate Spade and how much joy her designs brought to the world. As her brand expanded, “the fun,...
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Painting alumnus debuts ‘52 Weeks’ of paintings in Tribeca
Paolo Arao (BFA ’99) came to New York in 2000 to be an independent artist. Eighteen years later, that goal is coming to fruition. After working for many different artists, including Sol LeWitt and...
View ArticleThe passing of Assistant Professor Rebecca Tyree
Dear faculty, staff and students, It is with profound sadness that I share with you the tragic news of Rebecca Tyree’s death from a bicycle injury yesterday. She passed away at the hospital last...
View Article“Forget about Everything Else”: An interview with TyRuben Ellingson, chair of...
Chair of the Department of Communication Arts TyRuben Ellingson talked to Broad Street Magazine about how his life changes have affected his artistic practice throughout his nearly 40-year career....
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