Peppas Welcomes New Assistant Director
With a roster that has doubled in less than two years, it seems everyone wants to be a part of what CBS Sports calls “the best pep band in college sports.” Peppas, VCU’s resident Athletic and Pep Band,...
View ArticleCommunication Arts Professor Interviewed on WCVE’s Virginia Currents
On Sunday, February 23, 2014 WCVE’s Virginia Currents Radio Program (National Public Radio • 88.9) aired an interview with Communication Arts Assistant Professor, Stephen Alcorn, celebrating the...
View ArticleAnnouncing the Arts + Health Fellows Program
VCU School of the Arts and the Health Science Campus have teamed up to provide a new fellowship open to faculty and students aimed at exploring the intersection of arts and health. Two awards of $3,500...
View ArticleDr. Sarah Cunningham Appointed to National Guild for Community Arts Education
Dr. Sarah B. Cunningham, Executive Director of Research at VCUarts, was appointed to the National Guild for Community Arts Education’s board of trustees in February 2014. As a Guild trustee, Cunningham...
View ArticleCommunication Arts Faculty Duo Wins Innovation Grant
Congratulations to Chair of Communication Arts Robert Meganck and Communication Arts Associate Professor Matt Wallin! The duo received a $40,000 grant from the Virginia Innovation Partnership i6...
View ArticleTheatreVCU Brings Home Many Awards in SETC Competition
Several students from the Department of Theatre were recognized at Southeastern Theatre Conference (SETC) 2014. The competition was among over 100 other entrants.1st Place Graduate Costume Design...
View ArticleRome Prize goes to Sculpture Professor
The American Academy in Rome is pleased to present the winners of the 118th annual Rome Prize Competition. The names were announced at the Arthur & Janet C. Ross Rome Prize Ceremony held at the...
View ArticleVMFA Fellowships Awarded to Several VCUarts Affiliates
The prestigious 2014-2015 Virginia Museum of Fine Arts Visual Arts Fellowships have been announced and once again, the ties to VCUarts are numerous.The Virginia Museum of Fine Arts Fellowship Program...
View ArticleComm Arts Professor Illustrates for Rock Star Book
The publisher StarWalk Kids Media is poised to publish multi-media editions of THE BOOK OF ROCK STARS, a book for young adults. The book features a collection of 24 portraits of modern music icons by...
View ArticleCommunication Arts Professors Share Thoughts on VFX Podcast
On April 15, 2014, Professors from the Department of Communication Arts, Matt Wallin & TyRuben Ellingson shared their thoughts on Industrial Light & Magic’s visual effects work in filmmaker...
View ArticleGame Design Program Wins Big
Dr. Ryan Patton, VCUarts Assistant Professor of Art Education, has recently been awarded a National Endowment for the Arts Federal Grant for his game design research.Patton is developing a program to...
View ArticleJess Norris Recognized for Food Landscapes Project
Congratulations to Jess Norris, a VCUarts Art Education graduate student, for winning the Virginia Commonwealth University’s Currents of Change student award for her work on the Food Landscapes...
View Article2013/2014 Toby Devan Lewis Fellowship Awarded to MFA Painting & Printmaking...
Congratulations to the 2013/2014 awardee of the Toby Devan Lewis Fellowship Award, Adriane Connerton, MFA student in the Department of Painting & Printmaking. Her fellowship provides a generous...
View ArticleArt History Faculty Wins International Awards for Research on British Art
Dr. Catherine Roach, Assistant Professor of Art History, is the recipient of a Paul Mellon Centre for the Study of British Art Research Grant and a Caird Short Term Research Fellowship from the...
View ArticleAssistant Fashion Chair Selected for VCU Service-Learning Faculty Fellowship
Congratulations to Assistant Chair of the Department of Fashion Design & Merchandising, Kristin Caskey! She has been selected as one of the 2014-2015 VCU Service-Learning Faculty Fellows from a...
View ArticleDavid Holland Accepts Fellowship in Austria
Congratulations to Assistant Director of Research & Entrepreneurship David Holland, who has received a fellowship to participate in a competitive global forum for young cultural innovators in...
View ArticleResearch Grant Awarded to PhD Art History Student
Owen Duffy, PhD student in the Department of Art History was awarded a Small Research Grant from the Henry Moore Foundation to travel to London this July and August to conduct dissertation research....
View ArticleSculpture Professor Receives $25,000 Grant
Elizabeth King, professor in the Department of Sculpture + Extended Media, is one of 10 recipients of this year’s Anonymous Was A Woman award, a $25,000 grant for women artists over 40 who are at a...
View ArticleVMFA Fellowships for 2015 – 2016
The Pitts, by Remy-Katherine Ciuba, 2014-2015 VMFA Undergraduate Fellowship Opportunity Receive funding for your work through the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts Fellowship program. Information The...
View ArticleMusic Director Appointed Artistic Director of Wintergreen Performing Arts
Erin Freeman, who holds a joint directorial position with the Department of Music and the Richmond Symphony Chorus, has recently been named Artistic Director of Wintergreen Performing Arts. Her role...
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