Former Sculpture professor talks latest Reynolds Gallery show
Carlton Newton, former professor of sculpture, welcomed the Richmond Times-Dispatch to his Church Hill studio to chat about his career before the April 5 closing of his Reynolds Gallery exhibition...
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Using virtual reality to promote empathy
Can artists use virtual reality to train doctors to be more empathetic? That’s one of the questions being answered by Embodied Empathy, a new interdisciplinary project lab at VCUarts. The lab is led by...
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A look back at VCUarts’ student publications
For decades, VCU students have planned and printed original magazines that capture the voice and style of their generations. Today, students from the School of the Arts collaborate with writers and...
View ArticleGuggenheim Fellowship awarded to Guadalupe Maravilla, assistant professor of...
Guadalupe Maravilla, assistant professor of sculpture, is the recipient of a prestigious fellowship from the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation. Maravilla creates performances, drawings, videos...
View ArticleVCUarts Climate Survey – initial update
Dear students, faculty and staff, Thank you to everyone who participated in the recent VCUarts climate survey. This is the first step toward a comprehensive assessment of our campus climate. You can...
View ArticleNew music documentary includes professor’s long-shelved footage
After decades in production, Satan & Adam, a documentary about a pair of Harlem street musicians who achieved brief fame before falling apart, will finally premiere in theaters on April 12. Matt...
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40 years later, the histories of 1708 Gallery and VCUarts are closely...
In 1708 Gallery, the shattered plinth of Jefferson Davis’ Monument Avenue statue lies in chunks on the floor. Green kudzu vines crawl over the fluted column and slither up the walls, reclaiming the...
View ArticleIn 1989, VCU students memorialized the Tiananmen Square massacre with a...
30 years ago, the Tiananmen Square protests in Beijing were answered with a military assault that claimed the lives of thousands of Chinese students. During the six-week demonstration, protestors...
View ArticleKristin Caskey talks community-centered design at mOb
Kristin Caskey, fashion and middle Of broad professor, earned her BSS in fashion design from Cornell College in 1984. Since then, she’s earned a BFA from Parsons School of Design and an MFA from the...
View ArticleSculpture professor debuts two-part exhibition at ICA and home studio
Corin Hewitt, associate professor of sculpture, will debut a new exhibition on June 15 hosted concurrently at the Institute for Contemporary Art and at his personal studio in the Fan district. Titled...
View Article‘JT LeRoy,’ the story of alum Savannah Knoop, hits theaters April 26
In JT LeRoy, actress Kristen Stewart portrays VCUarts sculpture alum Savannah Knoop (MFA ’16), who assumed the public persona and pen name of author Laura Albert in the early 2000s. Knoop, under the...
View ArticleAntonio García, jazz director, selected for NEA grants panel
Antonio García, professor and director of jazz studies at VCUarts Music, has served as a music application review panelist for the National Endowment for the Arts. Though García was appointed by...
View ArticleTwo arts students featured in VCU Research Weeks
VCU News highlighted two VCUarts students during VCU Research Weeks (April 5-26), a celebration of student research that has been made possible by VCU’s Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program,...
View ArticleCommunication Arts junior examines how Batman’s sidekick is ‘coded queer’
As comic book characters continue to capture imaginations and sell out cinemas the world over, they’ve become a popular subject of research among arts and literary scholars. Thea Cheuk, communications...
View ArticleFashion designers and arts deans deliver remarks at VCUarts Qatar
Shawn Brixey, dean of VCUarts, was among the venerated speakers who visited the school’s Doha, Qatar, campus this month, which included fashion designer Diane von Furstenberg and fashion entrepreneur...
View ArticleMenuhin Competition announces 2020 jurors and opens applications
The Menuhin Competition, the leading international violin contest for young musicians, will be held in Richmond, Va., next year via a partnership between VCU, the Richmond Symphony, Commonwealth Public...
View ArticleCraft alum included in Smithsonian exhibition
The 37th annual Smithsonian Craft Show includes the work of 120 artists across every major discipline of contemporary craft and design. This year’s show will feature Craft/Material Studies alumnus Sean...
View ArticleRVA Mag profiles dance professor MK Abadoo
MK Abadoo, assistant professor in the department of dance and choreography, uses the art of interpretive dance to unravel racism in Richmond, a critical setting across the long history of the slave...
View ArticleMay message from the dean
To the VCUarts community, For universities and art schools, the month of May always marks a season of exuberant emotion and endless possibilities. This is often the message we hear from our...
View ArticleSenior spotlight: Len Foyle
The annual senior project concert is a chance to showcase four years of growth and experience in both dance and choreography. Len Foyle, a graduating dance major, used the capstone project as an...
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