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See You in LA: School of Art Travels to 2012 CAA Los Angeles
Join us February 24 for our annual Alumni & Friends Reception during the 2012 College Art Association Conference (Feb 22-25) in Los Angeles. The preeminent international forum for the visual arts bring together over 5,000 artists, art historians, students, educators, critics, curators, collectors, librarians, gallerists, and more.
Out of Rubble: Susanne Slavick Mines the Wake of War
Whether responding personally or collectively, how can artists recognize what has been destroyed and speak to how (or whether) it can be restored? Can their creative efforts redeem or act as empathic restitution? Can their efforts enact or embody recovery from ruin? OUT OF RUBBLE is a project that reacts to the wake of war - its realities and its representations.
Rubin, Peña 2011 Artists of the Year
Art faculty Jon Rubin and alumnus John Pena take home the 2011 Artist of the Year and Emerging Artist of the Year award, respectively. On view through January 22 at the Pittsburgh Center for the Arts, there is still time to catch their exhibition.
Dealing: Agnes Bolt's Virtual & IRL Intimacies
"Dealing" is a two-part project, whereby a series of private moments Agnes Bolt (MFA '12) intervened into the lives of two Washington DC art collectors, Philippa Hughes and Philip Barlow, with the intention of exploring the consequences of the artists’ undeniable presence in their lives. This is how it played out...
Frostbite! POP Cabaret Returns With Winter Variety Show
POP Cabaret returns with a winter solstice celebration: "FROSTBITE", a rollicking variety show featuring Misfit Toys, Yule Logs and Holiday Calamity at the Warhol Museum, December 16, 2011.
IDK SRY ;) 2011 Open Studio Day
40+ studios filled with works in progress from Senior painters, sculptors, performers, animators, writers and creators of spectacle. Meet students, faculty, and join us for a school-wide, end-of-semester celebration.
2011 Art Awards Turns Royal Wedding
The 2011 Art Awards were not about to be shown up on April 29, 2011. No. We had pomp and circumstance to spare in this year's display of talent, tradition, innovation, fashion and...of course...love.
SLOW DOWN! Anti-Gravtity Downhill Derby Returns to CMU
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The Art of Commencement
"...we were determined to extend this tradition with a mock "Visiting Artist Lecture Series" performance in which A.C and I assumed the roles of two world famous French/American artists who dabbled in kinetic sculptures constructed entirely from roadkill..."
Art Faculty and Alumni Exhibit in 2011 Pittsburgh Biennial
We couldn't help but notice and feel proud that a number of CMU faculty and alumni were in the galleries. On view through October 23, we recommend you make the rounds if you haven't already.