Please join us in hearing from artist Marco Breuer on Wednesday, March 5th, at 4:30 PM in the ART Building, Room 158. Marco Breuer’s one-person museum exhibitions include Line of Sight at the de Young Museum in San Francisco, New Pictures 2: Marco Breuer at the Minneapolis Institute of Arts, and Circa 1999 at the […]
Please join us in hearing from art historian Dr. Wen-shing Chou on Wednesday, March 19th, at 4:30 PM in the UMFA Dumke Auditorium. "Lecture: Reborn in Beijing: The Indo-Tibetan Genealogy of a Qing Emperor" Wen-shing Chou specializes in art of China and Inner Asia. Her award-winning book Mount Wutai: Visions of a Sacred Buddhist Mountain […]
Please join the Department of Art & Art History at the UMFA Dumke Auditorium on March 26th at 7:00 PM for visiting Writer and Art Critic Aruna D'Souza's talk, "Pictures for a New World." D'Souza, who writes for 4Columns and The New York Times, received the 2021 Rabkin Prize for art journalism and a 2019 […]
Please join the Department of Art & Art History and the Asia Center in welcoming Ann Shaftel as she gives a talk: "Thangkas in Museums, Private Collections, Monasteries, and their Communities" Wednesday, April 2, 2025 | 6 pm | Free in the Dumke Auditorium at the UMFA Thangkas lead different lives depending on where they […]
Please join us in hearing from artist Fawn Krieger on Wednesday, April 16th, at 4:30 PM in the ART Building, Room 158. Fawn Krieger is a NYC-based artist, teacher, and arts administrator. Her work explores social, economic, and somatic transmission as grounds for recovery, reimagination, and liberation. Krieger works both individually and collaboratively; having developed […]
"Painting Murals: The Process of Creating Public Art" Join us on Wednesday, May 7th at 3:00 PM in ART Room 162 for an in depth conversation with National Mural Awards executive director Jason Tetlak about the transition between being a student and professional artist, the process of creating murals, and the benefits public art. Parking information […]
Please join us in hearing from artist Jessica Oreck on Tuesday, September 30th, at 5:00 PM in the ART Building, Room 158. Multi-disciplinary artist Jessica Oreck collects the invisible — not the magical, sci-fi kind, but the everyday details so familiar they’ve slipped beneath our awareness. Working across film, animation, collage, photography, miniatures, and large-scale […]
Please join us in hearing from illustrator Scott McCloud on Tuesday, November 4th, at 4:30 PM in the Dumke Auditorium at the UMFA. Scott McCloud is the award-winning author of Understanding Comics, Making Comics, Zot!, and other fiction and nonfiction comics spanning thirty years. He’s a frequent lecturer on the power of visual communication, creator […]
Join the Department of Art & Art History on January 15th, from 3:30 to 5:00 PM in the Gittins Gallery (FMAB), for our StART Smart event, featuring a panel of seasoned art professionals (many of whom are our alumni) who will share their perspectives and offer career development advice. Reception: 3:30 - 4:00 PM Program: […]
Join us on January 28th at 4:30 PM in ART 158 to hear from documentary filmmaker Annie Eastman. SETTING THE TONE: HOW EMOTION GUIDES DOCUMENTARY Annie Eastman is a documentary filmmaker based in Denver, Colorado, whose work explores social justice and human resilience across continents. She began her career as a Portuguese Translator and Associate […]
Please join us in hearing from artists Martha Russo and Rebecca DiDomenico on Wednesday, February 4th, at 4:30 PM in ART 158. Martha Russo earned a BA in Developmental Biology & Psychology at Princeton, and an MFA from the University of Colorado, Boulder. She exhibits her sculptures and installations extensively in the US. Her work […]