This edition of CFA Magazine is filled to bursting. It’s an embarrassment of riches, running over with stories and testimonials of faculty, staff, students and alumni driven to use their gifts to shift the dominant narrative.
Like the Kraus Campo — source of this issue’s design theme — it’s an agora, a supercolliding marketplace of ideas. It’s also a string of small meditations on the impact CFA people have on this world when they allow themselves to wander off the beaten path.
I invite you to wander, see where it takes you. Step out of the school box and explore a story from outside your discipline. Follow an intriguing visual cue.
Finally, a note to alumni: We haven’t always been the greatest about staying in touch. Tell us how you’ve been making an impact or send us a story idea we may have overlooked. We are all the College.
What is architecture's role in revolutionizing or repairing broken systems? Join us in conversations that call for both incremental and radical shifts within our discipline, profession and society.
Art takes many forms. Sobia Ahmad, Steve Alexis, Anisha Baid, Inbar Hagai, Georgia Saxelby and London Williams present ambitious work spanning many media by the School of Art 2024 MFA cohort.
Unique voices in the world of design. The power of design addresses some of today's most pressing challenges. Explore experimentation, conceptual narrative, generative design, creative coding, hardware affordances and creative practice with us this spring.
Love, Power, Ambition, Truth. Explore concepts of morality, the space of mourning and the experience of human struggle on stage this spring at the School of Drama!
Explore and expand your musical palate. With over 100 performances an academic year, you can experience your old favorites — or find new genres to love.
Multifaceted, many-sided, altogether. The BXA Intercollege Degree Programs students and alumni will showcase a variety of creative, interdisciplinary work at the annual Kaleidoscope exhibition.
Publisher: Mary Ellen Poole, Dean, CFA Executive Editor: Pam Wigley Editor: Cally Jamis Vennare Editor / Digital Content Designer: Alexis Morrell Design Director: Mark Werle Designers: Rob Azarcon, Kelsey Stark Production Artist: Deborah Allen Project Manager: Kara Kessler
Writers
Harrison Apple Dan Fernandez Dan Green Elyse Howell Joe Lyons Meredith Marsh Caroline McKinley Jennifer Monahan Alexis Morrell Angelica Perez-Johnston Andy Ptaschinski Juliet Sorce Lauren Stash Gretchen Suárez-Peña Pam Wigley
Design & Production
University Communications and Marketing
Images
Mark Baskinger Matt Eich Melinda Johnson Jocelyn Mackay Graham Murtha Su min Park Louis Stein Emily Syes Cally Jamis Vennare Dylan Vitone ZGF Architects
CFA Leadership
CFA Dean: Mary Ellen Poole School of Architecture Head: Omar Khan School of Art Head: Charlie White School of Design Interim Head: Eric Anderson School of Drama Head: Robert Ramirez School of Music Interim Head: Joanna Bosse BXA Senior Associate Dean of Interdisciplinary Initiatives: M. Stephanie Murray Miller ICA Director: Elizabeth Chodos Frank-Ratchye STUDIO for Creative Inquiry Director: Nica Ross MAM Program Director: Jessica Bowser Acrie MEIM Program Director: Daniel Green