From the Chair

The rhizome is altogether different, a map and not a tracing. Make a map, not a tracing. The orchid does not reproduce the tracing of the wasp; it forms a map with the wasp, in a rhizome. Deleuze and Guattari, A Thousand Plateaus Art is rhizomatic. That is a statement...

From the Chair

Since I have been writing these notes to you, a couple things have happened that I want to share here. One unexpected pleasure is that you have been writing back. I have received a number of notes from people who are reading these posts that include words of...

From the Chair

This week we welcome the Art Department Board of Visitors to campus. I look forward to spending time with them and sharing much about our students, faculty and the creative vitality of our department. Please say hello if you see us in the halls. I was driving home...