From the Chair

Nov 13, 2017 | Essay, From the Chair

I’ve been thinking about the transition from drawing to cinema, how the practice of drawing from the live model informs ways of framing the body and establishes a kind of gaze that is recreated in cinema. Since the late 1970’s Sugimoto has been making...
‘OMG’ in Chinese?! by Adam Ryan Morris

‘OMG’ in Chinese?! by Adam Ryan Morris

Nov 9, 2017 | News

From the moment American Craft asked me to make portraits of Helen Lee, I was enthralled by her use of language. The bilingual daughter of Taiwanese immigrants, Lee’s work with glass often highlights the ambiguity of language. My favorite piece is a neon sign that...

From the Chair

Nov 6, 2017 | Essay, From the Chair

Language is now the medium of choice in art schools. Rob Colvin, Hyperallergic I read a lot of writing by artists; manifestos, statements, quotes, interviews, and I listen to or watch artists speaking lucidly about their process and ideas in documentaries,...
The Capitol at 100

The Capitol at 100

Oct 31, 2017 | Events

November 4 – January 14 Artists: Eric Baillies, Brenda Baker MFA ’90, Randall Berndt MFA ’69, Michael Duffy, Leah Evans, Patrick Flynn, Lisa Frank BS-Art ’79, Art Faculty Tom Jones, Helen Klebesadel MFA ’89, Lewis Koch, John Miller BS-Art...

From the Chair

Oct 30, 2017 | Essay, From the Chair

The Culture Wars again?? Really? There has been a lot of shaming, push-back, reframing, and appropriation lately in all areas of public discourse. In similar historical moments of the modern era, such uprisings have been framed as war-like; hence “Culture...