Richmond is the 9th best city for art lovers, per new study
Artnet has declared Richmond, Va., the 9th best city for art lovers in the U.S., based on metrics provided by the real estate website Apartmentguide. The cities were ranked according to each locale’s...
View ArticleElizabeth Turk is the May 2019 Commencement Speaker
Elizabeth Turk, a California-based artist known for her marble sculptures, will deliver the commencement address at the VCUarts May 2019 ceremony on May 11 at the Altria Theater. Turk received her MFA...
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Monument Avenue almost got a Salvador Dalí statue
There was a time when Salvador Dalí—yes, that Dalí—was set to design a new statue on Monument Avenue. Obviously, that didn’t work out. The fittingly bizarre monument would have depicted Confederate...
View ArticleTanvi Parulkar | myVCUarts
Communication Arts and Graphic Design student Tanvi Parulkar talks through her process of creating a four frame narrative about a fox waiting for his date in the park. myVCUarts is a series that...
View ArticleVMFA Fellowship awards $84,000 to 15 students, alumni and faculty
The Virginia Museum of Fine Arts has announced the 2019–20 recipients of its annual fellowship awards, as selected by a jury of professional curators and working artists. Out of the 28 students and...
View ArticleOscar winner’s influential lighting system made ‘Forrest Gump’ and ‘Pulp...
In 1994, Gary Swink was awarded a technical achievement award at the 67th Oscars for the development of a lighting system that improved special effects in hundreds of Hollywood films. Swink shared the...
View ArticleReviewing the red carpet
Why is Oscar night fashion so enchanting? VCU News asked the experts at the Fashion Design and Merchandising department for their takes on what makes the red carpet America’s most iconic runway. VCU...
View ArticleNew words, new definitions
Tasmeem Doha 2019 runs March 13 to 15, and this time the biennial art and design conference will host a bevy of student-created workshops. The program known as Next Jeel—translated to Next “Generation”...
View ArticleDance professor interviews contemporary Indian dance choreographer Ananya...
E. Gaynell Sherrod, associate professor of dance, got the chance to share an intimate discussion with Ananya Chatterjea, the artistic director of Ananya Dance Theatre. Sherrod had an opportunity to...
View ArticleAnyone can code
Tasmeem Doha 2019 runs March 13 to 15, and this time the biennial art and design conference will host a bevy of student-created workshops. The program known as Next Jeel—translated to Next “Generation”...
View ArticleA chat with Stephen Vitiello on his latest album
In addition to his role as professor and chair of Kinetic Imaging, Stephen Vitiello is an active recording artist who recently released Fridman Variations—his latest album with longtime collaborator...
View ArticleProtected: March message from the dean
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Two alumni take home the typewriter
Last fall, Tate Hanyok (BFA ’02) was at Austin Film Festival where her screenplay, Sex APPeal, had won in the comedy category. Hanyok was listening to a speech from one of her fellow winners, Sean...
View ArticleTelling layered stories
Tasmeem Doha 2019 runs March 13 to 15, and this time the biennial art and design conference will host a bevy of student-created workshops. The program known as Next Jeel—translated to Next “Generation”...
View ArticleSymbols that tell a story
Tasmeem Doha 2019 runs March 13 to 15, and this time the biennial art and design conference will host a bevy of student-created workshops. The program known as Next Jeel—translated to Next “Generation”...
View ArticleLighting up the dark
Tasmeem Doha 2019 runs March 13 to 15, and this time the biennial art and design conference will host a bevy of student-created workshops. The program known as Next Jeel—translated to Next “Generation”...
View ArticleArchitect of National Museum of African American History and Culture to speak...
Sir David Adjaye, designer of the National Museum of African American History and Culture at the Smithsonian Institution, will be the keynote speaker at Tasmeem Doha on March 13–15. The biennial art...
View ArticleJaylin Brown | myVCUarts
Jaylin Brown, Music student, talks about her VCUarts experience as a singer. myVCUarts is a series that captures the experiences of student at VCU School of the Arts in their own words. These short...
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Students become curators in a new art history class
They needed to paint the walls with crushed vegetables. They had to build a miniature luxury home out of mud and manure. They needed chickens to live in the gallery. And it had to be ready in a week....
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How suffragettes inspired the founder of VCUarts
In 1973, just four years into Theresa Pollak’s retirement, the founder and former head of VCUarts wrote, “When I was a child growing up in Richmond there was no art gallery or museum, no art in the...
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