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Announcement: 2023 Hamblet Award and Merit Award Recipients
Apr. 21, 2023—The Department of Art at Vanderbilt University is proud to annouce the recipients of the 2022 the Margaret Stonewall Wooldridge Hamblet Award and Merit Award. Every spring, the senior art majors finish their senior year experience installing their thesis exhibitions in Space 204, the contemporary art gallery located in the E. Bronson Ingram Studio Arts...
Out Of Ideas: Senior Show 2023 and Department Open House set for April 14
Mar. 28, 2023—The Vanderbilt University Department of Art presents the 2023 Margaret Stonewall Wooldridge Hamblet Thesis Exhibitions. Featuring the work of Portia Jones, Avery Bradley, Ben Damir, Adam Alwan, Teal Caudle, and Won Jun Seok, Out of Ideas: The Senior Show 2023 will showcase installations that include a variety of media and conceptual ideas. This exhibition will...
Vanessa Mayoraz brings new exhibition to Space 204, March 6-23, 2023
Feb. 15, 2023—The Vanderbilt University Department of Art welcomes artist Vanessa Mayoraz and her new exhibition, Chronicle of Actions to Space 204. This exhibition will open on March 6 and close on March 23. A closing reception is scheduled for March 23 from 3pm to 5pm. Chronicle of Actions highlights the complex relationship between humans and the...
Studio VU Lecture Series closes 2022-2023 season with artist, Jiha Moon
Jan. 24, 2023—The Studio VU Lecture Series will welcomes Jiha Moon, a contemporary artist who focuses on painting, printmaking, and sculptural ceramic objects. Moon will present an artist lecture on Wednesday, February 8, 2023 at 4:10PM in Room 220 of the E. Bronson Ingram Studio Arts Center, home of the Deparment of Art at Vanderbilt University. Jiha Moon is from...
Studio VU Lecture Series welcomes Josephine Halvorson, one of the 2021 Guggenheim Fellowship recipient
Jan. 10, 2023—The Studio VU Lecture Series will welcomes Josephine Halvorson, a recipient of a 2021 Fellowship from the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation. Halvorson will present an artist lecture on Wednesday, January 18, 2023 at 4:10PM in Room 220 of the E. Bronson Ingram Studio Arts Center at Vanderbilt University. Josephine Halvorson (she/her) makes art that...
International OPEN CALL to Iranian Artists for Virtual Exhibition
Dec. 15, 2022—Announcing an International Open Call to Iranian artists for a virtual ceramic exhibition with the support of The National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts (NCECA), Artaxis and the Middle Eastern Program in the Department of Art at Vanderbilt University. Polyvocality: Solidarity in the Time of Political Rupture Spring 2023...
2021 Hamblet Award Recipient, Emily Kopec returns with new exibintion January 12, 2023
Dec. 13, 2022—January 2023 will open the spring semester with a new exhibition, Where You Find Rest, I Keep Watch by artist, Emily Kopec. The exhibition opens on January 12, 2023 with a reception at 3PM in Space 204, the gallery space on the 2nd floor of the E. Bronson Ingram Studio Arts Center. Kopec’s work and...
ARTS Digital Animation students collaborate with Vanderbilt Percussion Group
Nov. 30, 2022—Vanderbilt Art Lecturer Jose Luis Benavides and his digital animation class (a new course for our department) have been collaborating with the Blair School of Music, Professor Hye Jung and the Vanderbilt Percussion Group (VPG) all semester preparing for joint performance event. Benavides and his students worked as a group to conceive an animation work...
Branding Conflict ties in closing events to Space 204 exhibition
Nov. 30, 2022—The Branding Conflict exhibition (currently on view in Space 204 thru December 8) will finish it’s exhibition run with a program of tie-in events. Events Schedule: December 1, 2022 9:30 AM – BREAKUP: Comics on Conflict Workshop with illustrator Tracy Chahwan 12:00 PM – Artist talk December 8, 2022 12:15 PM – Visions of Diversity: Middle Eastern Arts...
Space 204 exhibition addresses “branding conflict”
Oct. 26, 2022—Space 204 has taken on a year long curated program focusing on themes of the Middle East throughout the 2022 calendar year. Curated by current exhibitions committee members Raheleh Filsoofi (committee chair), Jonathan Rattner, and Qais Assali, Space 204 has exhibited work and collaborated with other programs, organizations and artists (both local and international) addressing...