Interactive “Interplay” course focuses on collaboration
Introduced at the start of the fall 2022 semester, “Interplay” is designed to bring all five departments together to focus on the themes of play, experimentation, and exploration.
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Two Rutgers Professors Named 2023 Guggenheim Fellows
Two Rutgers professors were named 2023 Guggenheim Fellows by The John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, which recognizes individuals making their mark in the social sciences, the natural sciences, the humanities, and the creative arts. David Greenberg, a professor...
Research Spotlight: Heather Hart
“I feel like it’s an artist’s responsibility to interpret reality. History is not static, and archive is not static. They evolve as we evolve and gain new perspective. And they are always translated. Why not by an artist?” Heather Hart, assistant professor...
New Project Uses Public Art to Showcase School of Social Work’s Mission & Vision
Art & Design student Ria Monga has created a 10-panel vinyl installation in the first-floor windows of the Rutgers School of Social Work building in New Brunswick, which sits at the intersection of George and Albany Streets. Monga was chosen from a pool of...
Art & Design Student’s Artwork Selected for School Merchandise
Emma Broggi is leaving her mark on Rutgers, literally, after designing President Jonathan Holloway’s holiday card in 2022 and creating the artwork on a line of Mason Gross School of the Arts merchandise. The senior, who will graduate in May, hopes to use her degrees...
Faculty Turn Student Reviews Into Art & Design Spring Festival
For art students, evaluations of their work by faculty can be a nerve-wracking experience.
Steffani Jemison, an associate professor with the Department of Art and Design at the Mason Gross School of the Arts at Rutgers University–New Brunswick, also noticed how students had limited time to connect with each other and their teachers: Some art classes run six hours long and many students either commute or are transfers adjusting to a new setting.
Old Navy taps Art & Design grad to design Black History Month T-shirt
Less than a month after earning her MFA from Mason Gross School of the Arts, a T-shirt Grace Lynne Haynes designed for Black History Month hit the racks at Old Navy. Haynes is the latest artist of color to partner with Old Navy’s Project We graphic tee series...
Alum Layqa Nuna Yawar’s mural unveiled at Newark Airport
Photo: Zack DeZon, courtesy Public Art Fund; Artwork: Layqa Nuna Yawar, Between the Future Past, 2021-22 Acrylic paint and inkjet print on fabric mounted to aluminum panel 18’h x 350’ w Commissioned by the Port Authority of New York & New Jersey and Munich...
Art & Design alum helps communities in southwestern U.S. with conservation work
Johanna Cordasco enjoys working with her hands. It’s why the recent Rutgers University graduate was a visual arts major in the Department of Art and Design at the Mason Gross School of the Arts in New Brunswick, N.J., where she concentrated on sculpture. It’s also why...
Mason Gross artist honored for work sketching struggling populations in New Brunswick
Nick Romanenko/Rutgers University In September 2020, Mason Gross School of the Arts Art & Design student Tehyla McLeod grabbed her sketchbook and headed to the New Brunswick Train Station. Her goal: create portraits of the displaced and struggling community of...