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.
Rutgers at the New Brunswick Performing Arts Center: Spring 2020
See the full list of Mason Gross events at the New Brunswick Performing Arts Center for the spring 2020 semester.
Documentary Film Lab collaborates with Dance & Parkinson’s program
The Dance & Parkinson’s program at Mason Gross, uses music and movement to empower them. And a new film from the school’s Documentary Film Lab captures just how moving, and joyful, that process can be.
Taking the leap: Art student Aaron Lewis transfers to dance
Art & design student Aaron Lewis had zero dance training— but he chose to transfer to the dance program anyway. On Lewis’s second try, he made it.
Episode 10: Vaughn Stavropoulos (Music)
Undergraduate sax player Vaughn Stavropoulos is an old soul who grew up in Somerset, New Jersey, playing classical piano. He hails from a family of musicians and is concentrating in jazz performance here at Mason Gross.
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.
Episode 8: Elizabeth Monkemeier (Music)
Clarinet Performance and Music Education undergrad Elizabeth Monkemeier began playing the clarinet at age 12. She is a member of the Kirkpatrick Choir, Marching Scarlet Knights, Pep Band, and Symphonic Winds.
Episode 7: Danielle Lessovitz (Filmmaking)
Filmmaking faculty member Danielle Lessovitz is a San Francisco-born writer/director in film and advertising. In 2019, Lessovitz premiered her film Port Authority at the Cannes Film Festival.