This fall, Kameelah Janan Rasheed will begin an artist’s residency at Rutgers University–New Brunswick through a partnership between Mason Gross School of the Arts and Douglass College. Her residency will offer students from both institutions the chance to express...
Mason Gross Art & Design BFA alum Ariana Arancibia is the new director of Rutgers Gardens and Campus Stewardship, a role she took on to tackle issues of social justice and equity.
Art & Design MFA alum Aaron Turner was commissioned to create the March 2021 cover of The Atlantic. The photo illustration accompanied the cover story “We Mourn for All We Do Not Know”. His photography also accompanied an article in the issue by Clint...
In the spring, faculty from Mason Gross and the School of Public Health were brought together to share research ideas as part of a “speed networking” session. Through funding provided by both schools, $10,000 MGSA-SPH Collaborative Seed Grants were awarded...
Image courtesy of Caitlin Cherry The Department of Art & Design proudly presents the Visiting Artist Lecture Series and the Design Lecture Series for the spring 2021 semester. Both series are central to the department and feature visiting artists from varying...
Photo Credit: Nick Romanenko Windows of Understanding, a public art initiative that highlights social justice issues and raises awareness about central New Jersey-based community organizations, began planning its fourth year last spring while much of the state was...
Photo Credit: Haynes [right] Photography by Nick Romanenko, Howard [left] Photography by Bill Cardoni Art & Design alum Mary Howard and current Art & Design graduate student Grace Lynne Haynes are featured in the fall 2020 issue of Rutgers Magazine. Set...
Photo Credit: Jorge Bordello, Ministry of Health, 2020. Commissioned by Visual AIDS for Day With(out) Art 2020. Still courtesy of Visual AIDS Join us for live virtual programming during Art Before/After Hours on December 1 to mark Day With(out) Art/World AIDS Day and...
Sculpture professor Patrick Strzelec has been awarded the International Sculpture Center’s Outstanding Educator Award for 2020. Out of the 79 faculty nominations from 25 institutions of higher learning around the world, Strzelec was the unanimous selection for the...
Painter Grace Lynne Haynes has created two covers featuring Black women for “The New Yorker” in the span of one month.