Department News & Events

News

Dr. Serdar Yalcin, Associate Professor of Art History, received the premier Getty Residential Scholar Grant to support research at the Getty Villa in Los Angeles, 2024-’25. 

Ruthann Godollei, Wallace Professor of Art, was an artist in residence at Kala Art Institute, Berkeley, CA , May 2024.

Lela Pierce, Assistant Professor of Art in Sculpture, received a prestigious Jerome Hill Artist Fellowship, which supports early-career Minnesota and New York City-based artists who generate new work that takes creative risks in expanding, questioning, experimenting with, or reimagining conventional artistic forms. See an interview with the artist. Prof. Pierce is represented by Bockley Gallery.

Dr. Joanna Inglot, Edith M. Kelso Associate Professor of Art History, has had her research on artist Magdelena Abakanowic heralded by the Tate Modern as the foundation of their exhibit Magdalena Abakanowicz: Every Tangle of Thread and Rope (November 17, 2022–May 21, 2023). See an interview with Prof. Inglot.

Events

Reunion 2024, June 7, faculty Office Hours and Live Print giveaway. Come see us in the Art Dep’t.

Fall 2023 Arts@Mac sampler, Wed. Oct. 11, 4:30-5:30pm, Arts Commons. Find out about courses, activities, majoring, exhibits, performances, etc. from faculty, staff and students in the Fine Arts. Studio tours, a walk-through choir practice plus cookies and cider. Open to all.