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Corcoran College of Art + Design to host annual American Printing History Association Conference
8/9/2010
NPR taps Corcoran Photography Chair/Ansel Adams expert for segment on All Things Considered
8/3/2010
Corcoran student named finalist in NPR video contest
7/13/2010
Corcoran Alumnus Jessica Van Brakle receives Hamiltonian Fellowship
7/12/2010
Design students, faculty, and alumni honored with prestigious design awards
6/29/2010
Corcoran College of Art + Design Announces Sally Wolfe Memorial Scholarship
6/21/2010
2010 All-Senior Exhibition
May 8 – 23, 2010
5/6/2010
Corcoran Photography faculty and students featured in Photo District News
4/22/2010
Corcoran presents inaugural All-Senior Exhibition Gallery Talks
4/22/2010
Corcoran Director, College faculty to participate in panel at Renwick craft show
4/22/2010
Corcoran students exhibit at Smithsonian Craft Show
4/22/2010
Corcoran Celebrates Earth Day with Material World: Green is the New Black
4/15/2010
Corcoran Faculty Wins AIA Design Award, will be featured in Washingtonian Magazine
4/13/2010
April 26: Panel Discussion: Reframing the Gallery Model: Alternative Paths for Artistic Success
4/8/2010
Corcoran faculty and students to participate in poetry reading at Civilian
3/9/2010
Corcoran College presents 25th Annual Printmaking Portfolio 2010 at Civilian Art Projects
2/27/2010
Corcoran Faculty Exhibits Regionally
2/18/2010
Corcoran Faculty Exhibits at American University
2/17/2010
Corcoran Gallery of Art College of Art + Design Announces Randall School Redevelopment in SW
2/17/2010
Corcoran Launches Annual Photography Lecture Series
1/21/2010
The Corcoran’s Design Department Partners with AIGA, Worldstudio in Public Engagement Effort
1/11/2010
Corcoran Alumna Exhibits in New York
1/5/2010
Design Faculty and Alumni selected for the 2009-2010 AIGA DC 50 Design competition
1/4/2010
Corcoran Students and Faculty featured on CNN
12/15/2009
Corcoran Bachelor of Arts Students Showcased in Poetry Reading
12/11/2009
Corcoran Students Honored With Design Awards
11/16/2009
College launches second student installation at Renaissance Hotel
11/12/2009
Video: Backstage at the Corcoran with Project Runway winner Christian Siriano
11/6/2009
Corcoran College of Art + Design to Host National Portfolio Day on December 5, 2009
11/3/2009
Fine Arts Professor Janis Goodman to Exhibit Work in Los Angeles
11/2/2009
Coming to the Corcoran: Joshua Heller Lecture on Eric Gill
Corcoran Faculty Featured in Arbor
Coming to the Corcoran College of Art + Design: Elisabeth Sussman
As Project Runway’s sixth season kicks off, alumnus Tim Gunn takes us back to his roots
Corcoran 2009 Faculty Exhibition in Gallery31 through September 20
Corcoran Graduate Student and Alumnus Exhibit at Washington Project for the Arts
Art Book Swap: Coming to the Corcoran this Fall
Corcoran Faculty Honored as Professors Emeritus
Corcoran Alumna’s work on view at Civilian
Corcoran Alumnus Comes to Transformer this Summer
Corcoran Alumnus Hits the Director’s Chair in New York
Corcoran faculty member featured in New York Exhibition
Corcoran Alumna Exhibits at the Stadthaus Lichtenberg Museum
Corcoran student partners with Washington Hispanic Chamber of Commerce
Corcoran College of Art + Design alumna featured in local Art Gallery
Corcoran Alumna Showcases Photography
Corcoran Graduate Exhibits at Greater Reston Arts Center
Coming soon to the College Corridor: Neighborhood Watch
Company founded by Corcoran Alumna wins 2009 Fairfax Innovation Center Award
Corcoran faculty member featured in The Washington Post
Corcoran alumni, faculty honored with Art Directors Club design awards
Corcoran alumnus Tim Gunn interviews with The Washington Times
Corcoran Student Wins Best of Show in Design Competition
Corcoran alumnus/faculty member explores international affairs in Washington, D.C. exhibition
College in the news: student-organized demonstration picked up by NBC
Corcoran Continuing Education Student Published in The Washington Post Magazine
Corcoran Student Exhibits in Georgetown
Celebrate Summer, Art, and Fashion with Macy’s and the Corcoran
Corcoran Graduate Student Receives Decorative Arts Internship
Corcoran Faculty lectures at Library of Congress
College launches exhibition series at Renaissance Hotel
College work exhibited in Smithsonian Craft Show
Corcoran Chair receives major fellowship
Students Participate in Safety Awareness Campaign
Arts & Humanities Chair continues German Expressionist lectures
College Arts & Humanities Chair Delivers Presentation at Bryn Mawr
The Corcoran welcomes visiting artist Lorry Salcedo Mitrani
College Participating in Design Ignites Change
Corcoran Graduate Alum Wins HP Laptop Competition
Corcoran to host event for local artists
Corcoran Library Director to Speak at UCLA
Upcoming design lecture at the Corcoran
Corcoran Faculty Member to show in Contemporary Art Exhibitions
History of Decorative Arts Faculty Publishes Book
Corcoran Graduate Student Honored by Cosmos Club Foundation
Dean Pillow Publishes Article on Imagination
Corcoran College of Art + Design to host annual American Printing History Association Conference
The Corcoran College of Art + Design will host APHA’s annual conference on Oct 15–16, 2010. The annual event explores the ways people learn to design, print, illustrate, bind, and make books and other printed matter. Particular attention will be paid to the increasing and important role of letterpress and book arts programs at art schools, colleges, and universities. The College’s Master of Arts in Art and the Book program, a graduate degree program that combines book history and book arts, makes the Corcoran an ideal venue for a conference based on the theme of learning and teaching.
For more information and to register, please visit: www.printinghistory.org.
Program:
Friday, October 15
10 a.m.−12 p.m. or1−3 p.m.
Site visits: Library of Congress, Government Printing Office, National Museum of American History
3:30 p.m.
Session I: New Art/Old Technology: The Challenges of Teaching Innovation while Preserving Tradition
5 p.m.
Key Note Address featuring Kelly Bright: History as Fable, Helix, and Aperture
Betty Bright is an independent scholar and curator who helped to start the Minnesota Center for Book Arts. She is currently researching the rejuvenation of letter press printing in America from 1980 to 2000.
Saturday, October 16
9 a.m.
Plenary Address featuring Steve Miller: 21st Century Letterpress Printing and the Artisan Book
Steve Miller founded the RED Ozier Press in 1976—a fine press devoted to publishing handmade limited edition books of contemporary poetics and art. He is also currently a professor and coordinator or the M.F.A in the Book Arts Program.
10:15 a.m.
Session II: Private Presses and the Life of the Letterpress
11:15 a.m.
Session III: Panel Discussions
Panel I − Reworking History: Rare Books in the Letter press Studio
Panel 2 − The Revival and Making of Wood Type
2 p.m.
Session IV: Panel Discussions
Panel 1 − Teaching Typecasting: The Monotype University Experience, Wood Type and Graphic Design
Panel 2 − Living with Legacy at the University of Iowa Center for the Book: Contemporary Problems, Traditional Methods, Innovative Practices
Panel 3 − Designer-as-Author: The Form of the Book as Lens for Shaping Research, Engraving: Letterpress’s Shy Sister
3:30 p.m.
Session V: Panel Discussions
Panel 1 − The Nuts and Bolts of Running a Letterpress Print Shop: Policies, Tips, Tricks, and Resources for Studio Management
Panel 2 − The Book Arts Program at the University of California, Riverside, 90 years of Teaching Dine Printing in Pittsburgh at Carnegie Mellon
Panel 3 − Desktop Publishing in the 19th Century
NPR taps Corcoran Photography Chair/Ansel Adams expert for segment on All Things Considered
Andy Grundberg, Photography Chair and Dean of Undergraduate Studies, was interviewed on NPR’s All Things Considered. Mr. Grundberg weighed in on the controversy surrounding 65 negatives that are claimed to be authenticated work by Ansel Adams. Listen to the interview and read the full transcript here.
Corcoran student named finalist in NPR video contest
The Corcoran congratulates student Veronica Melendez, who was named a top-three finalist in a Muybridge-inspired motion picture contest sponsored by National Public Radio. See the winning entries and listen to the piece on All Things Considered here.
alumnus Jessica Van Brakle receives HAMILTONIAN FELLOWS
The Corcoran College of Art + Design congratulates alumnus Jessica Van Brakle (BFA 2007for being selected to be one of the five recently chosen Hamiltonian Fellows! This exclusive selection was based on criteria regarding technical merit, originality and relevance to today's art world.
Hamiltonian Artists is a 501c (3) non-profit organization dedicated to providing professional development opportunities for creative artists in their early careers. They offer a competitive two-year fellowship program for new innovative visual artists in all media, which are awarded through an annual competition.
To learn more about Jessica and see Color Blocks, whichwas on the cover of the December issue of DC Modern Luxury Magazine: http://jessicavanbrakle.com/home.html
Design students, faculty, and alumni honored with prestigious design awards
The Corcoran College of Art + Design congratulates the following design students, alumni, and faculty members who received awards this summer:
Art Directors Club of Metropolitan Washington 61st Annual Awards Merit Winners:
Alex Fernando Diaz, Design alumni, The Vagina Monologues Brand/Identity (logo, t-shirts, posters, postcards)
Francheska Guerrero, 2009 Contemporary American Theater Festival Guide
2010 AIGA DC SHOW OFF Student Design Competition Merit Winners:
Jasmine Markes: VIA Brochure
Moon Young Wohn: Clock Typeface Design/Poster
Rebecca Dodelin: Object Poster
Shawn Moriarty and Georgia Cowley: OPEN Identity materials
Shawn Moriarty: Thesis Poster
Alexis Nera: Element Brand/Standards Manual
Heyjin Kang, Justin Bost, Ashleigh Meusel, Victor Ware: Corcoran Student Awards Identity materials
Heyjin Kang, Justin Bost, Ashleigh Meusel, Victor Ware: Corcoran All Senior Thesis Exhibition Identity materials
Corcoran Photography faculty and students featured in Photo District News
Read the full article here.
Corcoran presents inaugural All-Senior Exhibition Gallery Talks
All-Senior Gallery Talks
Thursday, May 13, 2010
6-8 p.m.
Free and open to the public. Pre-registration encouraged; please call (202) 639-1770.
Meet some of the students and faculty behind the 2010 All-Senior Exhibition with this series of gallery talks. Tours of the galleries will begin every 30 minutes, with each talk devoted to one of the four undergraduate areas of study offered at the Corcoran College of Art + Design: Fine Art, Digital Media and Graphic Design, Photography, and Photojournalism.
Participating students and faculty:
Antonio Alcala
Christopher Cunetto
Carrie Greenwood
Vivienne Foster
Chrisopher Krohn
Said Martinez
Shawn Moriarty
Chelsea Odum
Yayo Tavolara
Kelly Teeling
Jenny Yang
Corcoran Director, College faculty to participate in panel at Renwick craft show
How Craft Makes its Way into the World
McEvoy Auditorium
Smithsonian American Art Museum
April 23-25, 2010
10:30 a.m.– 1 p.m.
The symposium features the James Renwick Alliance 2010 Distinguished Craft Educators: Randy Johnston, ceramics, Mark Sfirri, turned wood, and Yoshiko Wada, fiber. They will discuss How Craft Makes its Way into the World. Paul Greenhalgh, Director of the Corcoran Gallery of Art and President of the Corcoran College of Art + Design, is the moderator. Other panelists include Corcoran faculty members Robert Devers and Tamara Laird, and David Yurman. JRA Distinguished Craft Educators’ Symposium.
Open to the public. Free.
Click here for more information.
Corcoran students exhibit at Smithsonian Craft Show
Corcoran Celebrates Earth Day with Material World: Green is the New Black
Saturday, April 24
1:00–3:30
Reception to follow
Corcoran Professor Bernard Welt to be featured on WAMU, participate in National Academy of Sciences panel
Bernard Welt, Professor of Arts and Humanities, will be featured in an interview on "Metro Connection" with Stephanie Kaye on WAMU 88.5, Friday, April 16, from 1–2 p.m. The interview previews an upcoming panel entitled "Persistent Voices: Poetry by Writers Lost to AIDS," which will be hosted by the National Academy of Sciences on April 22.
The NAS event will feature a poetry reading followed by a discussion on the social history of the epidemic and its impact on culture. The evening will begin with readings from Persistent Voices: Poetry by Writers Lost to AIDS, a book that encourages us to consider these writers’ contributions during their abbreviated careers and to contemplate their unrealized potential. Other participants include Philip Clark, co-editor of the book; Tina Darragh, a DC poet; E. Ethelbert Miller; a literary activist and director of the African American Resource Center at Howard University; Michael Sappol, historian at the National Library of Medicine; and Raymond Martins, chief medical officer of the Whitman-Walker Clinic.
National Academy of Sciences: Persistent Voices
Thursday, April 22, 2010, 7–8:30 p.m.
Keck Center, National Academy of Sciences, Room 100
500 5th Street NW
Washington, DC
This event is free, but reservations are required. Please contact cpnas@nas.edu (202) 334-2415. A reception precedes the event at 6 p.m.
Please click here for more information.
Corcoran Faculty Wins AIA Design Award, will be featured in Washingtonian Magazine
Mark Lawrence, Corcoran Faculty in the Graduate MA Interior Design program, has won a 2010 Washingtonian Residential Design Award from the Washington, D.C. Chapter of the AIA for his firm’s Jenifer St. Residence project. Look for this project in the June issue of Washingtonian Magazine!
Corcoran Partners with WPA for Panel Discussion
Monday, april 26, 6:30 - 8 p.m.
The Corcoran College of Art + Design and Washington Project for the Arts will co-present a panel discussion on today’s contemporary art scene on Monday, April 26. The event will be held in the Corcoran’s Armand Hammer Auditorium from 6:30 to 8 p.m., and is free and open to the public.
Reframing the Gallery Model: Alternative Paths for Artistic Success, the second panel in a series of three organized by WPA, will discuss achieving success without following the traditional gallery representation path. The panel will be moderated by Andy Grundberg, Associate Dean of Undergraduate Studies and Chair, Photography Department (Corcoran College of Art + Design), and feature Whitney Frazier, Artist, Educator, Community Arts Organizer (Child First Authority), Janis Goodman, Artist, Professor(Corcoran College of Art + Design), Arts Reviewer(WETA’s “Around Town”), Judith HeartSong, Artist, andAllison Marvin, Art Advisor (Sightline). Click here for more information.
Corcoran faculty and students to participate in poetry reading at Civilian
Wednesday, March 10, 7:30 p.m.
The Corcoran College of Art + Design is proud to partner with The Al-Mutanabbi Street Coalition and Civilian Art Projects to present a letterpress poetry reading on Wednesday, March 10. Casey Smith will emcee the event, which features readings by journalist and Corcoran faculty member Frank Smyth, author Azar Nafisi, Corcoran students, and more.
Led by San Francisco poet and bookseller Beau Beausoleil, The Al-Mutanabbi Street Coalition will also hold readings in San Francisco, Los Angeles, Washington, London, and Paris. More than 130 letterpress printers and poets have contributed broadsides that speak to the necessity of intellectual freedom and the enduring power of art and poetry.
A silent auction of a selection of the broadsides (starting at $75) will benefit the work of Doctors Without Borders.
Corcoran Faculty Exhibits Regionally
Bill Suworoff, Associate Professor of Foundations, received an honorable mention for his work in The 24th Annual International Juried Show at the Visual Arts Center of New Jersey. The exhibition is on view through March 19, 2010.
Additionally, Bill also has work featured in Glow, an exhibition at the Annmarie Sculpture Garden in Dowell, MD. The show runs through February 14, 2010.
Click here to view Bill's faculty profile.
Corcoran faculty member Antonio AlcalÁ appointed to the Citizen's Stamp Advisory Committee by the U.S. Postmaster General
Design faculty member Antonio Alcalá was appointed to the Citizen's Stamp Advisory Committee by the U.S. Postmaster General John Potter following the retirement of two of its members. The committee annually reviews stamp suggestions from 50,000 Americans before recommending approximately 20 topics for the Postmaster General’s approval. Members of the Citizens' Stamp Advisory Committee are appointed by and serve at the pleasure of the Postmaster General. The committee, established in 1957, is composed of 15 members, whose backgrounds reflect a wide range of educational, artistic, historical and professional expertise. All share an interest in philately and fulfilling the needs of postal customers.
Ceramics faculty picked by Chicago’s RTKL to create signature tile wall for the Peeps® Company flagship retail store at the National Harbor
The Corcoran College of Art + Design is pleased to announce that Adriana Baler, Corcoran adjunct faculty and principal of Adriana Baler Studio, LLC, was selected by Chicago architects RTKL to create an exclusive signature wall inspired by Peeps iconic marshmallow candy. Her custom-designed “Peeps tile” project at the first Peeps & Company retail store at the National Harbor.
Baler’s tessellating, Escher-like, three dimensional rapid prototyped design, which was manufactured in a stone powder/petroleum resin mix (solid surface), can be seen along the register wall and cladding the cash-wrap surface in the Peeps outlet. The store is located at the very center of National Harbor's dynamic main plaza, which is a converging point for residents and thousands of visitors.
For images of this project, please click here.
For more information about Adriana Baler Studio, please click here.
Corcoran Faculty Exhibits at American University
Corcoran faculty member Robert Devers will have his work featured at American University’s Katzen Art Center from January 30 to March 14.
Cult of the Hand is an interdisciplinary exploration that retraces and re-imagines the influences of culture, craft, and place. Through the multicultural perspective provided by the history of maiolica glaze painting, the artist maps his own journey in the form of paintings, ceramics, and installations to offer a new translation of pattern, form, and space. The exhibition provides new perspectives of cultural influence as an American artist working in Mexico and Italy.
For more information, please click here.
Corcoran Launches Annual Photography Lecture Series
Corcoran Kicks off Annual Photography Lecture Series with Thomas Demand
Renowned German photographer Thomas Demand will give a free lecture at the Corcoran College of Art + Design on Tuesday, March 2 at 7 p.m.
One of the most innovative artists of his generation, Thomas Demand’s photographs strike a disquieting balance between the fabricated and the real. His life-sized paper and cardboard constructions depict images pulled from mass-media. In this program, Demand discusses contemporary photographic practice and his own enigmatic pictures.This event is free and open to the public, but pre-registration is encouraged. Click here for more information.
The Corcoran College of Art + Design is proud to announce the launch of the Arnold Newman Distinguished Visiting Lecture in Photography. The annual series is generously funded by the Arnold and Augusta Newman Foundation in memory of Arnold Newman, who had a long-standing relationship with the Corcoran and curator Philip Brookman.
The Corcoran’s Design Department Partners with AIGA, Worldstudio in Public Engagement Effort
The Corcoran College of Art + Design’s Graphic Design and Digital Media Design departments will partner with Worldstudio, AIGA DC, the District Department of Transportation (DDOT), and the DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities on a large-scale urban project aiming to engage the public in Washington, D.C.’s environmental efforts.
As part of this spring’s Urban Forest Project, local artists and Corcoran students will create and plant 100 street banners throughout downtown Washington, D.C. Each banner will draw inspiration from messages relevant to sustainability, climate change, reducing our carbon footprint, and other environmental issues. The end result will be a “forest” of images in the heart of the city.
The banners will hang on city light poles this spring through Arbor Day and Earth Day. Following their exhibition downtown, they will then be recycled into unique one-of-a-kind tote bags available for purchase. Proceeds from all sales will go to the city’s non-profit environmental organizations. A collection of the banners will also be on view in the Corcoran’s Gallery31 in May.
The Urban Forest project was first executed in Manhattan’s Time Square in 2006. For more information on the Urban Forest Project, please visit http://www.ufp-global.com.
Corcoran Alumna Exhibits in New York
Corcoran graduate Sam Moyer will exhibit her work in Manhattan’s Rachel Uffner Gallery through February 14, 2010. Shape Shifters will feature sculptures that explore the meeting point between the elevated language of abstract form, and familiar, universally accessible materials and processes. The series of wall-hung fabric sculptures combines the world of mass-produced goods with the sphere of able, home improvement craftsmanship.
Moyer is also currently exhibiting in Between Spaces at PS1 Contemporary Art Center, Queens, through April 5, 2010. Her work has been featured at the Contemporary Art Museum, St. Louis; Cleopatra’s, Brooklyn; and Max Hans Daniel, Berlin. After receiving her BFA from the Corcoran College of Art + Design, she graduated with an MFA from Yale. Moyer lives and works in Brooklyn. Please call (212) 274-0064 or e-mail info@racheluffnergallery.com for more information.
47 Orchard Street
New York, NY 10002
(212) 274 0064
info@racheluffnergallery.com
racheluffnergallery.com
Image: Sam Moyer, “Worry Rug,” 2009, Ikea rug, encaustic
Design Faculty and Alumni selected for the 2009-2010 AIGA DC 50 Design competition
The Corcoran College of Art + Design is pleased to announce that the design projects by several of the College’s faculty and alumni were selected for the prestigious 2009-2010 AIGA DC 50 competition and exhibition.
Sam Shelton, adjunct faculty and principal of KINETIK had the AIGA Salary Survey project selected. Graphic Design alumni David Serdena, working for Catalone Design Co., had two projects selected: the Wakefield School viewbook and the 2007-2008 AIGA DC 50 “call for entries” materials. He served as the lead designer on both projects.
Francheska Guerrero, assistant professor and Interim Chair of Undergraduate Design, had three projects selected: Agency Collective Poster, Matthew Carter poster, and the 2009 CATF Guide.
AIGA DC 50 winners are selected from over 450 submissions from the D.C., Maryland, and Virginia area.
Corcoran students and faculty featured on cnn
Click here to read the full article.
Corcoran Bachelor of Arts students showcased in poetry reading
Students in the Corcoran’s inaugural Bachelor of Arts degree program presented a night of poetry and performance on December 4 in the heart of Washington, D.C.'s Adams Morgan neighborhood. A standing-room-only crowd of more than 60 people filled the District of Columbia Art Center's Black Box Theater to hear seven of the Corcoran’s most talented and ambitious writers and poets. Readers included Renee Regan, Justine Tobiasz, Christopher Cunningham, Howard Solomon (aka Slyce-D), Julliet Martinez, Hannah Clager, and Brittany Law. The range and diversity of these seven writers span traditional lyric poetry to confessional performance poetry to hip-hop spoken word forms.
The Corcoran's new Bachelor of Arts degree program in Art Studies highlights the scholarly and literary intersections of art and culture in the 21st-century. Click here for more information.
Corcoran Students Honored With Design Awards
The Corcoran College of Art + Design is proud to acknowledge the following students whose work was selected out of more than 1,000 entries for the 2009 AIGA FLUX competition. Nathan Hill, Hannah Tak, Justin Bost, Alexis Nera, Shawn Moriarty, and Jasmine Markes received winning award certificates. Jasmine also received an Honorable Mention.
A reception honoring the students in the competition was held on October 24, 2009 at The Blue Elephant in Frederick, Maryland. To view all selected projects, please visit http://flux.aigablueridge.org/selectedentries.html
College launches second student installation at Renaissance Hotel
The Corcoran College of Art + Design is proud to present the second installation of its rotating series of student work at the Renaissance M Street Hotel. On view in the hotel’s stylish lobby lounge, M Bar, the exhibition features pieces by Jessica Freidt, Nadia J. Powell, Jasmine Daraie, Casey Goldman, Hernan Gigena, Arista Slater-Sandoval, Maribel O. Gray, and Paulette Palacios. The Corcoran is pleased to partner with the Renaissance to celebrate the next generation of American artists and a long-standing commitment to the local arts community. The exhibition will run through the winter.
An opening reception will be held at M Bar on Wednesday, November 18 from 6 to 8 p.m. Students, staff, faculty, and friends of the Corcoran are invited and encouraged to attend.
For more information on the artists and pieces available for purchase, please contact Allison Long at along@corcoran.org.
Read The Washington Post’s coverage of our spring 2009 exhibition here.
Fine Arts Professor Janis Goodman to Exhibit Work in Los Angeles
Janis Goodman, Moving Molecules, oil on panel, 24” x 24” 2009
Janis Goodman, professor and coordinator of third year Fine Art will show new paintings at the JK Gallery in Los Angeles, CA. The exhibition will run from November 7 to December 19. The paintings draw upon water, molecular structures and natural formations as a point of departure. The images record the constant changing and struggle ever present in the natural world. The work references observation as well as memory and experience. The JK Gallery is located at 2632 S. La Cienega Blvd in Culver City. The gallery is open Tuesday through Saturday, 11a.m.–5 p.m. For more information, visit www.jkgallery.net or call (310) 837-3330.
Coming to the Corcoran: Joshua Heller Lecture on Eric Gill
Corcoran Faculty Featured in Arbor
Copyright Muriel Hasbun
Corcoran faculty member Muriel Hasbun is a featured photographer in Arbor, the inaugural edition of the RSVP initiative, an interactive and inclusive curated photography exhibition program where artists respond to calls for images initiated on the gallery blog. For more information and to view the project, please visit www.michaelmazzeo.com.
Coming to the Corcoran College of Art + Design: Elisabeth Sussman
The Corcoran College of Art + Design’s Visiting Artists Program presents a lecture by Elisabeth Sussman, curator at the Whitney Museum of American Art and curator of the exhibition “William Eggleston: Democratic Camera, Photographs and Video, 1961–2008,” appearing at the Corcoran Gallery of Art through September 20, 2009.
Wednesday, September 16, 2009
1:30–3:00 pm
in the Armand Hammer Auditorium
Elisabeth Sussman is Curator and Sondra Gilman Curator of Photography at the Whitney Museum of American Art, where she has organized exhibitions of the work of William Eggleston, Gordon Matta-Clark, Mike Kelley, Nan Goldin, and Keith Haring, and well as the 1993 Whitney Biennial. In 2003 she co-organized a retrospective of the work of Diane Arbus for the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. In addition, she has written about Eva Hesse, Lisette Model, Robert Gober, and Lee Bontecou. Her next project will be an American retrospective of the work of Paul Thek.
At the Corcoran Ms. Sussman will discuss her curatorial practice and how it reflects her attitudes about contemporary art and photography’s place within it.
As Project Runway’s sixth season kicks off, alumnus Tim Gunn takes us back to his roots
USA Weekend profiles “Superman of Style” Tim Gunn’s (BFA 1976) success in the fashion industry, his time at the Corcoran, and growing up in Washington, D.C. Read the full article at here.
Corcoran 2009 Faculty Exhibition in Gallery31 through September 20
2009 Faculty Exhibition: Focus on Drawing
August 19–September 20
The Corcoran Gallery of Art and College of Art + Design is proud to present Focus on Drawing, an exhibition put on by faculty members at the Corcoran College of Art + Design. Students, staff, and friends of the Corcoran are invited to attend an opening reception on Thursday, September 3 from 6–8 p.m. at the Corcoran Gallery of Art.
Postcard for 2009 Faculty Exhibition: Focus on Drawing
Corcoran Graduate Student and Alumnus Exhibit at Washington Project for the Arts
Interior Design graduate student Goli Abedini is curating Unborn, an exhibition on view at the Washington Project for the Arts headquarters through September 18. The show features work from six artists, including Corcoran graduate Akemi Maegawa.
For more information, please visit www.wpadc.org.
Art Book Swap: Coming to the Corcoran this Fall
Art Book Swap
Gallery 31, Corcoran Gallery of Art
Saturday, September 26, 2009, 11 a.m.–4 p.m.
The Corcoran Gallery of Art and College of Art + Design is proud to partner with the New Art Dealers Alliance (NADA) and Regency Arts Press Limited for the inaugural Art Book Swap. The event will take place Saturday, September 26 from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. in the Corcoran’s Gallery 31. The theory behind the event is simple: bring your art-related books to swap with others, or simply donate your used books. The event is participatory, cooperative, and enterprising, and brings a social element to the inherently private pursuits of reading and book collecting. All remaining books at the end of the swap will be donated to Books to Prisons and the Junior League of Washington.
We are kindly seeking unwanted art books and exhibition catalogues. All contributions are 100 percent tax-deductible, and donors will be listed on a featured sign-board at the event. Delivery accommodations can be made for those with large donations within the D.C. metropolitan area. If you are interested in donating books, please contact NADA at info@newartdealers.org. If you have specific questions regarding the event, please contact Lacey Gentry at lgentry@corcoran.org.
Click here to download the Art Book Swap donation form.
Corcoran Faculty Honored as Professors Emeritus
On the recommendation of Provost and Dean Kirk Pillow, the Board of Trustees has unanimously granted the honorary rank of Professor Emeritus to two long-standing College faculty. Professor Tom Green, an accomplished painter, has taught at the Corcoran for 43 years. Widely admired painter and portraitist professor Annette Polan has taught at the Corcoran for 35 years. Their rich contributions to the College community over the years warrant the sincere admiration felt by their students and fellow faculty.
Corcoran Alumna’s work on view at Civilian
Corcoran alumna Anna Wonson is showcasing her work in Upgrade, a group exhibition presented by Civilian Art Projects. Upgrade features seven Washington, D.C.-based artists whose work focuses on the quality product, the newest version, and the constant need for enhanced functionality and efficiency. The artists explore everything from computer glitches to how one's personal growth and identity develop within today's technologically flooded society. The exhibition is showing in conjunction with the Ryan Hill: Everything Must Go exhibition at the Civilian Art Projects gallery through August 8.
Corcoran Alumnus Comes to Transformer this Summer
Corcoran alumnus Erik Loften will exhibit his work with the sixth installment of Transformer's Exercises for Emerging Artists. The program was created to support artists at critical points or crossroads in their professional growth and development and to advance their creative careers. Erik Loften's projected video work, viewable from both inside and out of Transformer's storefront space, explores the concept of "re-appropriating human nature." Through colorful, incessantly moving and mutating cell-like forms, he aims to address the modern day evolution of the "hunter/gatherer" method, which has taken the form of advertising and material obsession in modern society, filling the void of our basic human instinct for the hunt.
The exhibition is on view at the Transformer Gallery on 1404 P Street NW, Washington DC, from July 11–August 15, 2009. Visit http://transformergallery.org/pdfs/Transformer-E6.in.situ.pdf for more information.
Corcoran Alumnus Hits the Director’s Chair in New York
Corcoran alumnus Arash Mokhtar will direct several scenes from the play, Hurly Burly, written by David Rabe. An Academic Workshop Presentation, Hurly Burly will be shown on Mondays and Tuesdays at 7 p.m. from July 20 to 21 and July 27 to 28 at the 45th Street Theatre, 354 West Forty-fifth Street, New York, NY. For reservations, please call (917) 753-0191.
Corcoran faculty member featured in New York Exhibition
Broadcasting within the dimly lit space of 535 Friedrich Petzel Gallery comes a series of audio interventions, including a submission by Corcoran faculty member Ivan Witenstein.
The Audio Show. will exhibit in a near-empty space only compromised by audio selections from approximately 30 artists. Field recordings, music, interviews, artworks, and elements segregated from installations will comprise an array of audio story-telling. The gallery will play the segments in a once-a-day eight-hour schedule. Programming will be repeated each day of the exhibition. A list of the artists and time slots will be posted to the side of a small clock to mark the time.
The exhibition will run from July 14 to August 23, 2009 at the 535 Friedrich Petzel Gallery located at 535 West Twenty-second Street, New York, NY 10011. For more information, please visit http://www.petzel.com/exhibitions/2009-07-14_the-audio-show/1.
Corcoran Alumna Exhibits at the Stadthaus Lichtenberg Museum
Corcoran alumna Hannah Finlator will exhibit her new diptychs at the Stadthaus Lichtenberg Museum in Berlin, Germany on Saturday, July 4, 2009. Through her past access to archived works, Finlator has developed her own interpretation of classical painting. Her studio practice references historic techniques with paintings carried out on wood panels using layers of oil pigments over preliminary drawings and rough under-painting. Finlator received her BFA in Fine Art from the Corcoran College of Art + Design in 2000 and currently lives and works in Berlin.
July 4 at the Corcoran
Join the Corcoran Gallery of Art this Saturday, July 4, for an artist-led Gallery Talk on Neighborhood Watch, a photography exhibition by Corcoran College of Art + Design professor Claudia Smigrod. The Corcoran will be open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. with free admission to the Gallery and related programming all day.
Corcoran student partners with Washington Hispanic Chamber of Commerce
Corcoran College of Art + Design student Marianne Moreno was recently featured in Washington Hispanic newspaper for her participation in an exhibition at the Washington Hispanic Chamber of Commerce. Her artwork was also auctioned off at the Chamber’s 33rd Annual Gala in June. Moreno’s paintings utilize texture and pattern while incorporating a bold color palette, focusing on the subject of love as the basic theme of her works. Moreno began studying at the Corcoran College of Art + Design In 2008, where her technique continues to develop and evolve.
Corcoran College of Art + Design alumna featured in local Art Gallery
Reincorporation Jamboree, curated by Steven Frost, the Corcoran’s senior assistant director of admissions, is currently on exhibition at the Honfleur Gallery in Washington, D.C. Along with several other artists, the exhibition features the photography of Corcoran graduate, Hatnim Lee. Honfleur Gallery worked with Frost to facilitate the show, which explores contemporary coming-of-age experiences through the eyes of emerging artists. Frost selected artists whose work is anthropological, each of whom touches on contemporary popular culture, the artists own rites-of-passage, and the subsequent emergence of unique perspectives. The exhibition includes photography, mixed media installation, and interactive works.
Following her graduation from Corcoran College of Art + Design, Hatnim Lee built an impressive resume of fashion and fine art photography. Preceding a 2006 internship with David LaChapelle, Lee’s art divided into three bodies of work: street photography, whimsical high art images, and fashion work. Hatnim has chronicled her travels on her blog and draws from the tradition of photographers like Nan Goldin, Ryan McGinley, and William Eggleston. Reincorporation Jamboree is open to the public at the Honfleur Gallery from June 22 to July 25. A closing reception will be held on Friday, July 24 at 7p.m.
Corcoran Alumna Showcases Photography
Corcoran alumna Natalie W. Cheung will showcase her cyanotype photograms along with the works of three other photographers at the Carroll Square Gallery later this month. The opening of the show, Landscape Biology, is scheduled for Friday, June 26 from 6 to 8 p.m. Cheung graduated from the Corcoran College of Art + Design with a BFA in photography and has been an active photographer in the Washington, D.C. area for the past eight years.
Corcoran Graduate Exhibits at Greater Reston Arts Center
Melanie Newlon, graduate of the Corcoran College of Art + Design, will have new work on display in Faraway Nearby Annual Juried Exhibition at Greater Reston Arts Center (GRACE). Juried by Dale Lanzone of Marlborough Gallery, Faraway Nearby opens June 18 and remains on view through July 31.
An opening reception will take place on Friday, June 19, from 6–8 p.m., and the Artists’ Roundtable will take place on Thursday, June 25, at 7:30 p.m. Newlon received her BFA from the Corcoran College of Art + Design in 1997.
Coming soon to the College Corridor: Neighborhood Watch
On July 1, the Corcoran Gallery of Art and Corcoran Gallery of Art College of Art + Design will open Neighborhood Watch, an exhibition of vintage and contemporary photographs by artist and Corcoran faculty member Claudia Smigrod. In Neighborhood Watch, Smigrod revisits the subjects she photographed for her 1989 exhibition, Portraits of Innocence, a documentation of the purity of childhood. Through a recent resurvey of the original Portraits of Innocence participants, Smigrod records the evolution of twenty 20 individuals as she captures them within their native environments in Alexandria, VA.
Within the exhibition Neighborhood Watch, Smigrod’s photographs focus on viewing and reviewing a selection of her twenty 20 original subjects, paying particular attention to their evolution as well as the importance and deliberate nature of photographing the subjects in their original environment. In addition to documenting the subjects’ individual evolution progression, Smigrod paid close attention to the common threads that link the group. Each subject was asked to express in writing his/her reflections on their “thoughts, hopes and dreams” of both twenty years ago and today. The exhibition Neighborhood Watch commemorates the iconic rites of childhood and concludes with vintage prints from Portraits of Innocence along with images that underscore the importance of place. The exhibition will run through August 9. For more information, please visit www.claudiasmigrod.com.
Company founded by Corcoran Alumna wins 2009 Fairfax Innovation Center Award
The Corcoran College of Art + Design congratulates alumna Mary Welch Higgins for her company’s reception of the 2009 Fairfax Innovation Center Award, presented by the City of Fairfax Economic Development Authority.
Higgins founded Distinct Studios, Inc. in 2005 as a multimedia development company specializing in non-commercial creative and educational applications. The Innovation Center award goes to a current entrepreneur of the Fairfax Innovation Center that exemplifies excellence and promise for the future.
Higgins graduated from the Corcoran College of Art + Design with her BFA in 1986.
Corcoran faculty member featured in The Washington Post
Digital Media Design and Graphic Design instructor John Carmody had his studio featured in The Washington Post Magazine’s Second Glance section. To see more from the shoot, please visit http://www.johnCarmody.net.
Corcoran alumni, faculty honored with Art Directors Club design awards
Corcoran alumni, staff, and faculty received Merit Awards at the Gala Reception of the Art Directors Club of Metro Washington’s 60th Annual Show on June 6, 2009. Head of Design at the Corcoran Gallery of Art John deWolf and Maria Habib (BFA 2002) were honored for their work on the exhibition collateral for Richard Avedon: Portraits of Power and the Annie Leibovitz Honorary Doctorate of Fine Arts degree certificate. Francheska Guerrero’s winning entries included environmental graphics for the Center for Contemporary Art and Theater in Shepherdstown, West Virginia, The Dream House Revisited Exhibition invitation, and the poster design for the OPEN Exhibition at the Georgetown campus of the Corcoran College of Art + Design. Pat Taylor won two awards, including one for the cover of a book called 7 Icons featuring hand-drawn figures. In addition to the merit awards, the ADC also awarded Francheska Guerrero with a silver medal for her work with OPEN, and the Corcoran College of Art + Design with a gold medal for the Honorary Doctorate degree design.
The ADCMW 60th Annual Show presents the best in art direction, design, photography, and illustration created over the past year by local organizations. Congratulations to John, Maria, Francheska, Pat, and the many other individuals who contributed to these projects, including Paul Roth, Amanda Maddox, Sara Beth Walsh, and Stephanie Moos."
Corcoran alumnus Tim Gunn interviews with The Washington Times
Tim Gunn sat down with The Washington Times’ Liz Glover before receiving an honorary degree at the Corcoran’s 2009 commencement ceremony on May 23. Watch the interview here and read the corresponding article. Additional coverage also appeared in The Washington Post and The Washington Examiner.
Corcoran Student Wins Best of Show in Design Competition
Congratulations to Nathan Hill for winning best of show in AIGA DC’s 2009 Show Off or Die Trying competition. Nathan won for his senior thesis project, “An Investigation: Strategy in Design.” Nathan also won three merit awards for his book on the Corcoran’s summer India trip; the poster “Feed Thyself;” and “Pakistan,” the 2008 Junior Core project completed with Miesha Dennis and Sarah Shufelt.
The Corcoran also congratulates Alexis Nera on her four Merit awards for typography books on Jan Tschichold and Paul Rand, a brochure “Ware,” and a T-shirt design.
The judges were author Ellen Lupton, Leon Lawrence from USA Today, and Jake Lefebure from Design Army. This is the second year in a row that a Corcoran student has won best of show in the Show Off competition.
Corcoran alumnus/faculty member explores international affairs in Washington, D.C. exhibition
Corcoran alumnus and adjunct faculty member Hedieh Ilchi worked with Roshanak Tehrani to exhibit their work in a 10-day exhibition in Washington, D.C. this month. Tension unites two Iranian women artists who in separate, but interconnected artistic paths explore issues of identity as a collective and personal phenomenon. The works strive to cause viewers to pause and reflect on a similitude that brings humans closer together: the need for freedom of expression.
Ilchi received her BFA with honors from the Corcoran College of Art + Design in 2006. She has received many awards, including the 2006 Sons of the Revolution in the District of Columbia Essay Prize and the Corcoran Faculty Award for Drawing and Painting. Born in Tehran, Iran, Ilchi’s paintings reflect deeply personal explorations of the current cultural clash between East and West, and she juxtaposes past memories and experiences against concerns and questions about today’s chaotic world. Ilchi is an adjunct faculty member at the Corcoran College of Art + Design and joined the Arlington Arts Center during the 2006 Fall Session. She recently exhibited work at the CentroNia Art Gala 2008 in Washington, D.C. Visit www.hediehart.com for more information.
College in the news: student-organized demonstration picked up by NBC
The Corcoran College of Art + Design’s student-run GIVE WAY DC campaign was covered by NBC Washington on May 14, 2009. The outdoor demonstration was part of an effort to raise awareness of pedestrian fatalities within the district. Watch the full segment here.
Corcoran Continuing Education Student Published in The Washington Post Magazine
Adele Chapin, former interior design student at the Corcoran College of Art + Design’s Continuing Education department published an essay on her experience in the May 10, 2009 issue of The Washington Post magazine. Read the full article here.
Corcoran Student Exhibits in Georgetown
Fine Art student Marianne Moreno will exhibit her series Les Silhouettes with at L’Eclat de Verre, Cady’s Alley in Georgetown through May 25, 2009. Students, staff and friends are invited to attend the opening reception Saturday, May 9 from 6–9 p.m. For more information on the artist and her work, please visit www.mariannemoreno.com.
Celebrate Summer, Art, and Fashion with Macy’s and the Corcoran
The Corcoran Gallery of Art and College of Art + Design and Macy's invite you to our Summer of Love Peace Party at Macy’s Metro Center on Thursday, May 14 at 5:30 p.m. View artwork by Corcoran students and summer fashion modeled by the Corcoran’s 1869 Society Members.
Corcoran Graduate Student Receives Decorative Arts Internship
The University of North Carolina’s Center for Craft, Creativity and Design awarded a 2009 Windgate Museum Internship to the Corcoran’s Jennifer Diane Shaifer, who will receive her Master of Arts degree in the History of Decorative Arts this fall. She will assist with research in preparation for a retrospective exhibition and publication on the work of Modernist jeweler Margaret De Patta produced in conjunction with the Museum of Arts and Design in New York. Her thesis will focus on the Metal Arts Guild in San Francisco.
Over the past four years, 17 undergraduate and graduate students have received Windgate Museum Internships, assisting curators in the area of craft collections and exhibitions. Participating museums include The Museum of Fine Arts Houston, the Fuller Craft Museum, the San Francisco Museum of Craft and Design, the Leigh Yawkey Woodson Museum, the Bellevue Art Museum, the Museum of Fine Arts Boston, and the Victoria & Albert Museum, London.
Corcoran Faculty lectures at Library of Congress
Oscar P. Fitzgerald, Corcoran faculty member and author of the newly-released “Studio Furniture of the Renwick Gallery,” will discuss the diverse studio furniture movement, hand-crafted, one-of-a-kind pieces, and individual artisans at 12 noon on Friday, May 15, in the Mary Pickford Theater on the third floor of the James Madison Building, 101 Independence Avenue SE, in Washington, D.C.
In addition to examining the collecting policies of the Renwick Gallery, Fitzgerald will cast new light on workshop practices, marketing concerns, and other aspects of the contemporary studio furniture movement. Fitzgerald teaches core classes on classic and modern furniture in The Smithsonian Associates/Corcoran College of Art + Design’s Master of Arts in the History of Decorative Arts program. His 1995 book “Four Centuries of American Furniture” is a recognized standard reference volume in the field of furniture. In 2004, he was awarded a prestigious James Renwick Research Fellowship.
College launches exhibition series at Renaissance Hotel
Read The Washington Post’s coverage of the exhibition here.
The Corcoran College of Art + Design debuted the first exhibition in a rotating series of Corcoran student work at the Renaissance M Street Hotel’s stylish lobby lounge, M Bar. The partnership celebrates the next generation of American artists and the Renaissance’s long-standing commitment to the local arts community. Participating students are Sarah Robbins, Marianne Moreno, Caitlyn Bierman, Susan Hostetler, Chul Beom Park, Gongsan Park, Hernan Gigena, and Jasmine Daraie. The exhibition will run through the summer.
For more information on the artists and their artwork, please contact Allison Long at along@corcoran.org.
College work exhibited in Smithsonian Craft Show
Emerging Artists from the Corcoran College of Art + Design
Auditorium, National Building Museum
April 22–26, 2009
Corcoran College of Art + Design students will show their work in an innovative, inter-disciplinary juried exhibition of fine craft objects. The exhibition is organized by Robert Devers, coordinator of Ceramics and Study Away, who collaborated with the Smithsonian Women’s Committee. The following students will be on hand during the show to discuss the College and their craft.
Shahdeh Ammadi
Claudia Arbelaez
Elizabeth Artz
Stephanie Barton
Stephanie Basralian
Richard Boswell
Joe Bradley
Trang Burkett
Leslie Chepin
Amanda Delgado
Laura Harris
Jeff Herrity
Beate Hoessler
Lisa Jordan
Brittany Lan
Ryan McDonnel
Chul Park
Sarah Porter
Lindsey Raymond
Nahanni Rous
Victoria Shaheen
Laura Willis
The Craft Show is produced by the Smithsonian Women's Committee to benefit education, outreach and research programs within the Smithsonian Institution. For more information, visit http://www.smithsoniancraftshow.org/indexmain.asp?content=emergingartists.
Read more about the Corcoran’s involvement in CraftWeek DC here.
Corcoran Chair receives major fellowship
Dorothea Dietrich, Chair of Arts & Humanities, wins one of two Senior Research Fellowships at the Henry Moore Institute in Leeds, England. During her one-month residency, Dietrich, a scholar of German 20th-century art, will work on the late sculptural/architectural work of Kurt Schwitters (1887–1948). The focus of her study is Schwitters’ last Merz-Building in the Lake District and its surviving wall work, now at the Hatton Gallery in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, to begin a critical assessment of its hybrid form as assemblage and architecture at the intersection of the organic and conceptual, and to explore its sculptural legacy in England.
Students Participate in Safety Awareness Campaign
In an effort to raise awareness of pedestrian fatalities, students from the Corcoran College of Art + Design will perform a series of sidewalk reenactments this month. Sponsored in part by Adobe’s Design Ignites Change program and developed by GIVE WAY—a group of juniors studying graphic design at the College—the project gives students a unique opportunity to establish awareness campaigns that address issues they feel negatively affect the D.C. community.
GIVE WAY’s sidewalk performances will be held Thursday, April 23 at Dupont Circle, Monday, April 27 at the intersection of Wisconsin Avenue and M Street NW, and May 1 at the intersection of Seventeenth and L Streets NW. All reenactments will occur between 3–7 p.m.
For more information, please contact Ashleigh Meusel at (443) 506-1584 or givewaydc@gmail.com
Arts & Humanities Chair continues German Expressionist lectures
Dorothea Dietrich, Chair of Arts & Humanities at the Corcoran College of Art + Design, presented a paper at Princeton University at a symposium on the German Expressionist sculptor, printmaker and writer Ernst Barlach, on March 28, 2009. The symposium, “Ernst Barlach: Image, Form, Text,” took place in conjunction with the exhibition, Myth and Modernity: Ernst Barlach’s Images of the Nibelungen and Faust, at the Princeton University Art Museum. Dietrich’s paper, “Under the Cloak: Expression and Abstraction in Barlach’s Sculpture,” addressed Barlach’s fascination with visionary experience and explored how the sculptor developed the theme of interiority in light of Expressionist theories into innovative composite, and then free-floating, sculptural form.
College Arts & Humanities Chair Delivers Presentation at Bryn Mawr
Dorothea Dietrich, Chair of Arts & Humanities, presented a paper at Bryn Mawr College on March 25, 2009, on her ongoing research on postwar German art, "I am 1; You are 0. Cybernetics, Systems Theory, and the Repression of History in German Art of the 1960s."
Dietrich discussed how the analytical tools of cybernetics enabled A. R. Penck in East Germany to develop a critical abstract art within a Marxist state, while the embrace of numerical systems allowed Hanne Darboven in West Germany to undermine Western traditions of visual and verbal representation. As both developments were grounded in distinct historical circumstance, they counter recent analyses of systems-based art of the period as ahistorical.
The Corcoran welcomes visiting artist Lorry Salcedo Mitrani
On Wednesday, April 1 from 2:30-4:30 p.m., filmmaker, photographer, author, and art historian Lorry Salcedo Mitrani will show his latest documentary, “The Fire Within, Jews in the Amazonian Rainforest.” The film documents the unique story of both Amazonian and Jewish history during the Diaspora. These two subjects come together to create a historical account of great cultural value, regarding relevant issues to Latin America, Israel, and the world today. Lorry’s visit will reveal his wide-ranging talents as a professional artist that spans over twenty years and experiences. His ability to capture images and tell stories with the camera is rare and certain to inspire a sense of emotion in those who view his works.
Students, faculty, staff, and friends are invited to attend. The presentation will occur in the Armand Hammer Auditorium at the New York Avenue entrance, with a reception following in Gallery31.
College Participating in Design Ignites Change
The Corcoran College of Art + Design is proud to be a founding member of Design Ignites Change, an exciting new program that connects schools and colleges interested in challenging students to think creatively about social problems.
Corcoran student work is featured on http://designigniteschange.org./projects. The website includes works from Graphic Design senior Rosanna Dixon and Paulina Maldonado (Graphic Design 2008).
Design Ignites Change is sponsored by Adobe Youth voices and Worldstudio. For more information, please visit http://designigniteschange.org.
Corcoran Graduate Alum Wins HP Laptop Competition
Jessica Caldwell, a graduate of the Master of Arts in Interior Design program, was chosen by Hewlett-Packard from a talented nation-wide pool of bloggers to win a limited-edition Vivienne Tam HP mini-book. Her winning post took the form of a love letter to the HP mini-book detailing the failings of her ex-laptop. Jessica’s design blog, designwonderland.net, chronicles the design world from an ultra-hip, urban perspective and provides a daily feed of design products, news, and inspiration.
Corcoran to host event for local artists
The Corcoran College of Art + Design will host Capitol Pecha Kucha Night Volume 7 on Wednesday, March 18 at 7:30 p.m. Since its launch in March 2007, Capitol Pecha Kucha’s presentations have promoted local artists working in all media, including visual arts, architecture, design, music, fashion, film, and literature.
Featured presenters include Dissident Display, Antje Kharchi, Marc Ross, Anya Pinchuk, Harry Chun, Ali Herischi, Marielle Mariano, Chirstiana Aretta, John Athayde, and Guarav Mishra. For more information, please visit http://www.pecha-kucha.org.
Corcoran Library Director to Speak at UCLA
Mario Ascencio, the Corcoran library director, will be the featured speaker at the 2009 Library and Information Studies Alumni Association Spring Brunch on Saturday, March 21, 2009. Ascencio (UCLA 1999) will address alumni, faculty, and the class of 2009. He will discuss his national and international leadership role within the library and information science field. For more information, please visit http://is.gseis.ucla.edu/alumni/events.html.
Upcoming design lecture at the Corcoran
The Corcoran College of Art + Design presents educator and graphic designer Lucille Tenazas on Monday, March 9, at 7 p.m. in the Corcoran auditorium. Based in New York, Ms. Tenazas is the first Henry Wolf Professor at Parsons The New School for Design, where she develops graduate studies in Communication Design with an emphasis on design, craft and technology.
This lecture is co-sponsored by the Corcoran Visiting Artist program and the AIGA.
Corcoran Faculty Member to show in Contemporary Art Exhibitions
Judy Southerland, Corcoran faculty member, will show her work in Crossing Lines at the Delaware Center for the Contemporary Arts. The exhibition was juried by Darcie Alexander, chief curator at the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis. The exhibition will run through May 24, 2009. For more information, please visit www.thedcca.org. Ms. Sutherland’s work will also be included in the 20th National Drawing and Print Exhibition at the Gormley Gallery at the College of Notre Dame of Maryland from March 23–April 24. An artist's reception and juror’s talk is scheduled for March 28 from 6–8 p.m.
History of Decorative Arts Faculty Publishes Book
The Corcoran College of Art + Design is please to congratulations to Dr. Oscar Fitzgerald for the publication of his most recent book, Studio Furniture of the Renwick Gallery, Smithsonian American Art Museum, which features a forward by Paul Greenhalgh, director of the Corcoran Gallery of Art and president of the Corcoran College of Art + Design.
Corcoran Graduate Student Honored by Cosmos Club Foundation
The Corcoran College of Art + Design is proud to announce that Mary Ronan received a 2009 Young Scholar Award from Cosmos Club Foundation for her research topic, “Not Your Mother’s Embroidery.” Ms. Ronan is pursuing a Master of Arts degree in the History of Decorative Arts.
Dean Pillow Publishes Article on Imagination
Kirk Pillow, dean of the Corcoran College of Art + Design, will have an essay on the power of the imagination featured in the newly published Oxford Handbook of Philosophy and Literature, edited by Richard Eldridge (Oxford University Press, 2009). The essay characterizes the exercise of imagination in works of art as challenging us to see the world from a critical distance, or “to see to the world’s evolution toward something else.” Pillow’s essay is one of 23 newly-commissioned pieces in the volume.
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