VCUarts collaborates with School of Medicine and College of Engineering to...
VCUarts collaborated with VCU’s School of Medicine and College of Engineering to develop an Advanced Microsurgery Trainer—or chest cavity model—which will change the way future doctors are trained. The...
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VCUarts 90th | A memory from Art Education alumnus Bryan Hill
Image of Bryan that he used for a project in Art Foundation. As VCUarts celebrates its nine-decade history, our alumni share their recollections. Here, Art Education alumnus Bryan Hill (BFA ’94)...
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How Lupé helped us claim a space as performers
Image of Lupé, Nima and Max performing in “OG of the Undocumented Children” at the Whitney Museum. Photo by Filip Wolak, courtesy of the Whitney Museum. By Lindsay Parnell (BFA ’17) I’ll never forget...
View ArticleThe New Yorker reviews documentary directed by VCUarts professor Sasha Waters...
Richard Brody from The New Yorker reviewed the new documentary about legendary street photographer Garry Winogrand, “All Things Are Photographable,” directed by Sasha Waters Freyer, chair of...
View ArticleVCUarts Fashion alum featured in New York Fashion Week
VCUarts Fashion alumna Elizabeth Bruce (BFA ’17) contributed multiple designs to Gypsy Sport’s New York Fashion Week runway collection. The gender-free clothing company, which devotes itself to...
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Musicircus Echoes John Cage’s Visit to Richmond
On September 12, the Singleton Center roared with the chaotic sounds of Musicircus. Scattered around the building’s ground floor were students and faculty from Music, Dance and Theatre, all performing...
View ArticleThe New York Times reviews chair of Photography + Film’s documentary
A.O. Scott, chief film critic for The New York Times, recently reviewed Garry Winogrand: All Things Are Photographable, directed by Sasha Waters Freyer, chair of VCUarts Photography + Film. The film...
View ArticleVCUarts Music student releases album
VCUarts Music student Shy Lennox recently released his album “Audition,” which featured his deep voice over smooth synthesizers and slow, clicky percussion, experimenting with the traditional R&B...
View ArticleThen-and-Now: The Pollak Building
The Pollak Building on 325 N Harrison St opened in 1971 and is named for the founder of VCUarts, Theresa Pollak. She was just 29 years old when she founded our school, and at the age of 72, she was...
View ArticleInterior Design placed in top ten most admired schools by DesignIntelligence
We are pleased to announce that DesignIntelligence has placed VCUarts Interior Design into the top ten most admired schools for graduate programs and the top twenty-five most admired schools for...
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Julia Folkart’s Study Grant Experience in Europe
This summer, VCUarts Theatre student Julia Folkart was awarded a Dean’s International Study Grant to travel to London, Paris, and Amsterdam to sketch, paint and photograph, as well as eat, breathe and...
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GWAR: VCUarts’ most outrageous alumni
“Declaration of GWAR” at the Institute for Contemporary Art at VCU, 2018. GWAR has been nominated for two Grammy awards, and had their costumes acquired by the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, the Grammy...
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VCUarts Announces 2018-2019 Fountainhead Arts Fellowships
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Suzanne A. Silitch, APR VCU School of the Arts Phone: 804-828-6819 Email: sasilitch@vcu.edu VCU Schools of the Arts Announces 2018-2019 Fountainhead Arts Fellowships...
View ArticleCatalysts for creative collaboration: Paul Rucker and MK Abadoo
When artist and musician Paul Rucker was 18, he joined the South Carolina Philharmonic as a double bassist. He was one of two black musicians, but the other moved away the following year. That’s when...
View ArticleMusic alumni pay it forward
Since graduating from the VCUarts music education program in 1965, Emerson and Kathy Hughes have devoted much of their lives supporting the students in their classrooms. Now, they’re turning their...
View ArticleKristen Stewart plays VCUarts alum in ‘Jeremiah Terminator LeRoy’
VCUarts Sculpture alum Savannah Knoop (MFA ’16) is the artist who helped author Laura Albert trick the public into believing the myth of JT LeRoy, a pseudonym that Albert wrote three of her books...
View ArticleOctober message from the dean
To the VCUarts community, Moving to Richmond just over a year ago was a huge step for me and my family. But seeing the diverse, engaged and supportive community at VCUarts affirmed that this leap was...
View ArticleVCUarts Fashion student gets a glimpse into New York Fashion Week
Fashion Design + Merchandising student Mercedes Miller was chosen by a committee from VCUarts to attend New York Fashion Week as a part of the Collegiate Experience at NYFW: The Shows, a one-of-a-kind...
View ArticleGeneral Demotion/General Devotion design contest will reimagine Monument...
General Demotion/General Devotion is a design ideas competition which asks participants to reconsider Monument Avenue. Designers are asked to contemplate the road’s role as an historic urban boulevard,...
View ArticleHeather Ogden | myVCUarts
VCUarts Theatre student, Heather Ogden, talks about her experience double minoring in Sociology and Gender, Sexuality and Women’s Studies. The minors help her think about how she’s communicating to...
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