IDES Adjunct Participates in NEH Summer Institute
Adjunct Professor in the Department of Interior Design Sara Reed went back to school this summer through the National Endowment for the Humanities Summer Institute: Teaching the History of Modern...
View ArticleKI Professor Exhibits Center for the Arts at Virginia Tech
Department of Kinetic Imaging Professor Stephen Vitiello will be showing his exhibition, “A Scuttering Across the Leaves,” at the Center for the Arts and Virginia Tech, September 3–13, 2015. Vitiello’s...
View ArticleComm Arts Professor Immortalizes Rock ‘n Roll Legends
Department of Communication Arts Assistant Professor Stephen Alcorn is featured in the London-based Classic Rock magazine. In the publication’s 34th edition, Alcorn is highlighted in a six-page...
View ArticlePainting + Printmaking presents “Happy Hour”
Painting + Printmaking has collaborated with two Brooklyn galleries, ArtHelix and Jackie Klempay, to provide its recent MFA graduates the opportunity to be artists in residence and to show in a...
View ArticleVCU School of the Arts Hires Patricia Brown As Fashion Department Chair
The Virginia Commonwealth University School of the Arts has hired Patricia Brown as chair of the Department of Fashion Design and Merchandising. “After conducting a national search, we could not be...
View ArticleVCU School of the Arts welcomes Class of 2015
Six hundred and fifty one students have joined the incoming freshman Class of 2015 at VCU School of the Arts (VCUarts). As a group, the class represents a cross-section of talent, creativity,...
View ArticleMusic Associate Professor Featured in Industry Publication
Patrick G. Smith, associate professor in the Music department, was prominently featured in Buffet Group USA’s September edition of Rhapsody in News. Smith, a Hans Hoyer Artist, attended the...
View ArticleYour Comprehensive Guide to The Big Bike Race
It seems like every day we’re getting a new email with a new link or page to follow for bike racing information. Well, we’ve pooled those resources together in one location. Bookmark this one post to...
View ArticleArt Ed Associate Professor Receives NEH Grant for Civil War Project
Melanie Buffington, Ph.D., associate professor in the Department of Art Education, was awarded a $179,946 grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities for her project leading workshops with...
View ArticleMama Mia! Theatre Graduate Hits The Road on Broadway Tour
As the production of Mama Mia! ends its run on Broadway, casting has been announced for the show’s North American tour – which features Theatre’s Max Ehlich (BFA ’14). Ehlich will be playing Eddie,...
View ArticleHow to get into art school (from the students who’ve done it)
We chatted with a few of our students to get their best advice for the future class of 2020. “Get your portfolio reviewed before submitting it. VCUarts offers many portfolio reviews, where you can...
View ArticleLand Dive Team: UCI Road World Championships
In partnership with 1708 Gallery for the Richmond 2015 UCI Road World Championships, Associate Professor Hope Ginsburg’s newest deployment of the Land Dive Team proposes a counterpoint to exertion with...
View ArticleVMFA Fellowship Applications Are Open
Our students, faculty, staff and alumni have long represented VCUarts as awardees through the VMFA Fellowship program. There is no application fee, but the deadline is November 6, 2015. Opportunity The...
View ArticleStyle Weekly Features a VCUarts Power Couple
Thanks to Style Weekly for highlighting two of our chairs, Sonya Clark and husband Darryl Harper, as one of Richmond’d premier art couples. The post Style Weekly Features a VCUarts Power Couple...
View ArticleVCUarts Alumnus Art Directs New Peanuts Movie
If you have kids, or if you’re just a huge Charles Schulz fan, you’ve probably heard that Peanuts is coming to the big screen. But did you know a VCUarts alumnus has something to do with it? Nash...
View ArticlePhotography Assistant Professor Gets Noticed For Recovery Ride
Assistant Professor John Freyer’s Free Ice Water project made the rounds, literally, during the UCI World Road Cycling Championship. The Richmond Times-Dispatch highlighted his project, which...
View ArticleAlumnus Shines A Light on Incarcerated Youth In Virginia
This summer, as part of the Performing Statistics project, directed by Photography/Film alumnus Mark Strandquist, a group of incarcerated youth were able to leave their prison 3 days a week, for 8...
View ArticleAFO Director Scores NCAA Position
Congratulations to our fearless leader of the VCUarts Art Foundation Program, Elissa Armstrong, who is the newly elected president of the National Council of Arts Administrators (NCAA). Armstrong will...
View ArticleVCUarts Is Plugging Into Advanced Media Technologies
VCUarts has added another entrepreneurial program to its line-up of courses that prepare students for their professional careers. Launching spring 2016, the advanced media production (AMPT) program is...
View ArticleFaculty Member Writes For Dance Teacher Magazine
Dance’s Interim Associate Chair Lea Marshall wrote an interview series for Dance Teacher, a subsidiary publication of DanceMedia, which ran in part as this month’s featured cover story. In addition to...
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