Art + Design

Associate Professor Jorge Lucero to Present at the Kennedy Center

Jorge Lucero Kennedy Center Workshop

Art Education Associate Professor Jorge Lucero will present a workshop at the Kennedy Center in Washington, DC, on December 2.

Teacher as Artist-in-Residence: The Most Radical Form of Expression to Ever Exist
What if we radically change the way we think of teaching so that it becomes an art practice? What if you became the artist-in-residence in your own classrooms? By dismantling long-held ideas about expertise, productivity, and art itself, this workshop proposes a pathway for teachers to permanently exist as creative practitioners in their own classrooms and schools. Other than thinking, there is no special art skill requirement for you to emerge as the premiere artist-in-residence in your classroom.

Download the brochure for more information.

Alumnus Kyle Bauer at PULSE Art Fair

Kyle Bauer Pulse Art Fair

Kyle Bauer (BFA 2007, Sculpture), along with artists Brian Dunn and Patrick Harkin, will exhibit at the PULSE Art Fair on December 3-8, 2019.

Material Tension is a presentation of three artists who explore material and medium utilizing humor and a high level of craft.

Kyle has an impressive breadth of work, command of craftsmanship, and refinement. The work he is including at the fair is new: a rich and clever arrival at his own defined aesthetic. In his own words: "I allude to themes and the metaphor of a journey, which coupled alongside my continual quest for self-discovery, has been manifested into sculptures that aid the viewer as they navigate the gallery space. Each sculpture exists as an honest form."

PULSE Art Fair, Indian Beach Park, 4601 Collins Avenue, Miami Beach, FL.

Professor Terri Weissman Presents Research in Seoul

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Associate Professor of Art History Terri Weissman answering questions about her Research Presentation, "When Water Becomes a Weapon: The Art and Politics of Toxicity and Violence in American Cities," at the National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Seoul, S. Korea. June, 2019.

Industrial Design Senior Xinyu Zhang Receives Award

Xinyu Zhang, senior in Industrial Design, received a Taiwan International Student Design Competition award for her work Bove, a wearable device to promote a shared pregnancy experience. The work was developed in the senior studio (spring 2019) with Professor Suresh Sethi. Learn more about the competition.

Professor Jennifer Bergmark Published in the Journal of the National Art Education Association

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The entire school gathered outside to view, contemplate, and celebrate Chromatopia, with Amanda Browder, 2018.

Show Organized by Alumna Phyllis Bramson at Elmhurst Art Museum

What Came After: Figurative Painting in Chicago 1978–1998
September 14, 2019–January 12, 2020
Elmhurst Art Museum, 150 Cottage Hill Ave., Elmhurst, Illinois

Phyllis Bramson (BFA 1963) received the 2010 A+D distinguished alumni award.

Get more information about the exhibition.

Professor Patrick Hammie Exhibits in Men of Change: Power. Triumph. Truth.

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“Men of Change: Power. Triumph. Truth.” presented by the Smithsonian Institution, is a three-year, 10-city national touring exhibition premiering at the National Underground Railroad Freedom Center in Cincinnati.

Professor Suresh Sethi Awarded Excellence in Ph.D Research

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Sethi is a Professor in Industrial Design.

Position Announcement: Associate Professor of Graphic Design

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The School of Art + Design at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign invites applications for an Associate Professor of Graphic Design. We encourage applications from the Graphic Design discipline, but applicants from all traditional as well as nontraditional and interdisciplinary areas of Design are also urged to apply. This is a full-time tenured appointment with an anticipated start date of August 16, 2020.