Art & Art History
Art Students Complete Mail Art Project with Canadian Students
Students in the Department of Art & Art History’s Mixed-Media: Painting/Print Media class collaborated this semester with students from the University of Alberta’s Department of Art & Design in a mail art exchange project. The final product, Correct Postage #2, is a limited edition printed book, designed by alumnus Hamilton Ward, that documents a postcard […]
Interdisciplinary Faculty Group Publishes Journal Article on COVID-Era Design Leadership
An interdisciplinary team from the College of Arts + Architecture has published an article in the journal Technology|Architecture + Design (TAD), Volume 4, Issue 2. Co-written by Fabrication Labs Director Alex Cabral, art professors Heather Freeman and Thomas Schmidt, Fabrication Lab Manager Robby Sachs, and José Gámez, professor of architecture and urban design, “DIY in […]
Department Chair Exhibits in Group Show in NY State
Lydia Thompson, chair of the Department of Art & Art History, is one of 11 artists whose work is in a virtual exhibition presented by the Clay Art Center in Port Chester, New York. The exhibition, Concepts in Clay: Artists of Color, is on view through December 31. “Featuring works by celebrated Black ceramic artists, […]
Students Rethink How and What We Memorialize, Locally and Abroad
“Not many events inspire our historical imagination and force us to critically think about our past the way a falling monument does.” Associate Professor of Sculpture Marek Ranis, who grew up behind the Iron Curtain in communist Poland, has seen monuments go up and come down in countries like his homeland. But the intense evaluation […]
Professor Finds Parallels Between Social Media Disinformation and 17th-century Witch Hunts
Professor of Digital Media Heather Freeman has produced a podcast series that explores the use of information technology to spread false information today and 400 years ago. Based on four years of research and interviews with more than 30 international scholars in fields from history to computer science to religious studies, Familiar Shapes digs into […]
Professor’s Painting Chosen for UK Exhibition
A painting by Assistant Professor of Art Andrew Leventis is one of 128 works selected from more than 3,500 entries for the 2020 Wells Art Contemporary exhibition and award show in the United Kingdom. Established in 2012, Wells Art Contemporary is an international competition for visual art based in Wells, Somerset. Competition entries this year […]
Local Artist Transforms Rowe Gallery with “Not Another Word.”
It may be called Not Another Word., but the installation that has transformed the upper gallery in Rowe Arts is full of words. They are painted on walls, inscribed on mirrors, affixed to windows, engraved in plywood. “Language is my medium and the semiotics embodied by written words fascinates me,” says local artist Renee Cloud, […]
Faculty Art Exhibition Showcases Quarantine Creativity
The Department of Art & Art History and Rowe Galleries present Working Title: 2020, an exhibition of work by art faculty and staff now on view in Rowe Arts by appointment and online in our virtual gallery. Working Title: 2020 features a diverse array of recent work – paintings, drawings, sculpture, textile art, digital design, […]
Dari Calamari
Professional Artist
Alumnus Designs Posters for ESPN’s Undefeated
Alumnus Adé Hogue (BFA ’12) was commissioned by The Undefeated, a subsidiary of ESPN, to illustrate the words of Black athletes and leaders “using their platform to speak up for what’s right.” Adé has frequently provided design work for civic and activist causes and was excited to provide posters “to support those out there fighting […]