Department of Art & Design announces Park McArthur as New Tepper Chair
On February 18, the Rutgers Board of Governors officially appointed Park McArthur to the Tepper Family Endowed Chair in Visual Arts in the Department of Art & Design.
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Episode 11: Windows of Understanding (Art & Design)
Rutgers art students and alumni are among those exhibiting work in window displays in New Brunswick and Highland Park, championing social justice issues, including food insecurity; immigration; LGBTQA+ issues; mass incarceration and human trafficking; mental health; and violence.
Art & Design students participate in Windows of Understanding social justice project
A total of 21 local artists were paired with a social justice organization to create artwork on display in downtown business windows in New Brunswick and Highland Park.
Episode 9: Olympia Martin and Francesca Stoppa (Art & Design)
Art & Design students and athletes Olympia Martin and Francesca Stoppa were named Big Ten Distinguished Scholars for the 2018-19 school year.
Conversation Piece: Public Sculpture Draws on Music, Architecture
Recent MFA graduate artist Will Robinson devoted approximately three months to planning, building, and installing his sculpture, The Conversation–Brutalist Song III, on view through October 1 as part of an outdoor public sculpture show.
Why I Made This: Amee Pollack
The work of mixed-media and book artist Amee Pollack, which she describes as “handmade social commentary,” takes significant political and cultural ideas and presents them on a scale sometimes measured as small as three inches square.
Kara Walker Presents: The Colossus of Rutgers exhibit set for May 11–25 at Brooklyn Army Terminal
As a culmination of her tenure as the Tepper Chair, Kara Walker presents an exhibition of works by MFA students and alums who have embarked on an investigative journey with her around themes of Memory, Memorials, and Monuments (MMM).
Episode 3: Young Sun Han (Art & Design)
Young Sun Han is a visual artist, lecturer, and curator who articulates human stories through intersecting media: photography, moving image, durational performance, rituals, installation, and found objects.
Why I Made This: Nora Sadek
BFA student Nora Sadek has created a series of 24″ circular paintings based on the 12 zodiac signs. The series begins with the first sign of the zodiac, Aries, and ends with the last sign, Pisces. Sadek—by the way, she’s a scorpio—says, “When I meet...
Mason Gross artists contribute to Robeson centennial exhibit at Zimmerli Art Museum
MFA candidate Valerie Suter (above) along with alumni Nell Irvin Painter and Layqa Nuna Yawar have contributed to the Zimmerli Art Museum’s centennial celebration exhibit on the many faces of Paul Robeson. Read more about the exhibition, which runs through April...