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How Nell Blaine survived polio and reclaimed her painting career
At age 37, a social worker told Nell Blaine (BFA ’42) that she would never paint again. Blaine had spent the last five months in an iron lung, confident that she could overcome polio. She told the...
View ArticleCraft department launching veteran workshops program Craft+Works
Craft/Material Studies will launch a new program in March that enables, inspires and teaches technical skills to veterans through craft. The Craft+Works program aims to use craft as a means of...
View ArticleFebruary message from the dean
To the VCUarts community, Black History Month is a celebration of the great triumphs and moving personal stories of African Americans. Black students and faculty at Kent State University inaugurated...
View ArticleHarold E. North, former sculpture chair, dies at 89
Harold E. North (MFA ’67), who served as chair of the sculpture department for 30 years, has passed away at the age of 89. North became chair in 1968, overseeing the hire of beloved faculty members...
View ArticleWes Taylor and collective win $50,000 fellowship
Wes Taylor, professor of graphic design, is the recipient of the 2019 United States Artists fellowship in theatre and performance. The fellowship recognizes those who have influenced their creative...
View ArticleVCUarts Inclusion and Equity events and climate survey
Dear VCUarts students, faculty and staff, After a series of important conversations with you at the end of last semester regarding inclusion and equity, I want to follow up to let you know about a...
View ArticleFebruary message from the dean
To the VCUarts community, Academic spaces provide fertile ground for powerful ideas to take root and flourish. They serve as a forum for students, faculty and staff to initiate complex conversations,...
View ArticleAlum sculpts entire human nervous system
Sculpture grad SV Randall (MFA ’16) has created an epoxy sculpture of the human nervous system, which is now on display at the Hudson D. Walker Gallery, where he is a work center fellow, in...
View ArticleTara Donovan’s Denver show gives Hyperallergic ‘goosebumps’
Tara Donovan (MFA ’99) just wrapped up her latest solo exhibition Fieldwork at Denver’s Museum of Contemporary Art. Her massive “uncanny” artwork gave Hyperallergic writer Kealey Boyd the chills....
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Something Wonderful
The hills of Austria might have been alive in The Sound of Music, but on a Friday in February, it was the Singleton Center that filled with the sounds of Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II....
View ArticleThe gig that went to the Grammys
On a Sunday night in January 2018, Jason Arce (BM ’07) was in Los Angeles for the last night of the National Association of Music Merchants annual conference. Across the country in New York City, the...
View ArticleVCUarts Qatar team wins merit award from CIDA
The Council for Interior Design Accreditation has announced that Erik Johan Granberg, associate professor of interior design, Mohammad Nabil Suleiman and Haithem El Hammali are the winners of a $2,000...
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Richmond became an indie music hotspot with the help of VCUarts alumni
From packed house shows to beloved local clubs, the power of independent music has electrified VCUarts’ campus for decades. Richmond has long nurtured a thriving creative community for local musicians...
View ArticleNicole Killian on “Queering Design Education”
Nicole Killian, professor of graphic design, is using her classroom to reconsider what design education looks like. In an interview with Eye on Design, she offered some insight into her pedagogical...
View ArticleVCUarts Qatar professor redesigning the abaya to increase health benefits
VCUarts Qatar professor Khaled Saouda is a physics professor who meets many art students as they fulfill their general science requirements. His fashion students have inspired him to redesign the...
View ArticleVirginia Living praises the ICA’s presence and ambition
As the Institute of Contemporary Art enters its spring season, Virginia Living takes a look at the Markel Center’s creative leaders and benefactors. Writer Matthew Dewald reviews how the building came...
View ArticleVCUarts Qatar student wins Design For Life competition
Farzana Velliyattil, an interior design major at VCUarts Qatar, has won first-place for her design of a two-bedroom apartment. Her prize is a trip to the leading interior design exhibition Salone del...
View ArticleAlum’s botanical illustration career a highlight in VCU News
Alice Tangerini (BFA ’72) has been working as a botanical illustrator at the Smithsonian for nearly 50 years. Her work was featured in three different exhibitions last year, and she serves as curator...
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Strong roots
Hamed Barbarji may only be a junior in the music department at VCUarts—but his résumé reads like a professional musician in the making. The trumpet player has subbed with the Richmond and Williamsburg...
View ArticlePhoto alum selected for film fellowship in LA
Kunitaro Ohi (BFA ’07) is one of 30 fellows at Project Involve, the mentorship and diversity program of the non-profit Film Independent. Ohi, a cinematographer based in Washington, D.C., will serve a...
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