Columbus community looks forward to IU M.Arch launch
Mayor Jim Lienhoop isn’t sure how anything could top what Columbus achieved in 2017. The city served as the centerpiece for the movie “Columbus,” released during the summer, which garnered international coverage and praise.
Elizabeth Claffey interviewed by curator Hamidah Glasgow, for Strange Fire Collective
Elizabeth M. Claffey is an Assistant Professor of Photography at Indiana University in Bloomington. She is an honors graduate of Earlham College and has an MFA in photography from Texas Woman's University, where she also earned a Graduate Certificate in Women's Studies.
Fashion Design Alumna Clarissa Rosania recognized by Elle Editor-in-Chief, Nina Garcia
This fall, Nineteenth Amendment emerging designers submitted looks for Editor-in-Chief of Elle, Nina Garcia. Nina’s favorite? Fellow Colombian-native, Clarissa Rosania – just launched on Nineteenth Amendment.
Merchandising Professor Sharron Lennon featured in The New York Times for Black Friday research
For the Black Friday faithful, the excitement begins on Thanksgiving, when eager shoppers line up outside big box and department stores for the chance to grab “doorbuster” sales and “prices slashed” merchandise when the doors open. Black Friday videos posted in recent years show shoppers shoving and shouting, with one temporary worker even trampled to death in 2008. What turns ordinary shoppers into dangerous mobs? Social scientists and psychologists are trying to find out.
Merchandising Alumna places in ITAA Poster Competition
Apparel Merchandising B.S. graduate, Lyndsey Korn, placed third in the Educators for Socially Responsible Apparel Practices Poster Competition at the annual ITAA Conference.
Arthur Liou's Kora and Saga Dawa in Sacred Spaces exhibition at Rubin Museum
What spaces are sacred to you? Some sacred spaces are public, like a religious holy site or your community’s house of worship. Others are private, like a personal sanctuary for finding peace and concentration. Regardless of where they are or what they look like, the relationships we build with these sacred spaces inform how we think about ourselves and relate to the rest of the world.
Architect's Newspaper speaks with director of IU’s new M.Arch program
AN spoke with T. Kelly Wilson, Director of Graduate Studies at the new M.Arch program at Indiana University (IU), about what it takes to start a new architecture program and his vision for the future of the school. Rather than being based in Bloomington, the school will be located in the Modernist mecca of Columbus, Indiana. As the new program opens admissions, Wilson discussed building a new faculty and how the school will approach architecture education.
IU faculty awarded Fulbright grants to conduct research abroad
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. -- Twelve Indiana University faculty members from campuses across the state have been awarded fellowships from the Fulbright Program, the flagship international educational exchange program sponsored by the U.S. government.
Synergia and Shadow of an Unknown Bird of Exhibit Columbus featured in Hyperallergic
“Exhibit Columbus” celebrates the legacies of the architects and designers who filled the town with private and civic works before going on to be some of Modernism’s biggest names.
Vanity Fair talks about actress Glenn Close's immaculate costume collection
The actress talks about her immaculate movie-costume collection, including all those jaw-dropping 101 Dalmatians looks.
Exhibit Columbus pushes forward city’s architectural heritage
Exhibit Columbus was described from the beginning as a project that would create new ways for residents and visitors to experience the city and its famed architectural heritage. And as the project approaches its final three weeks, organizers say it has far exceeded any expectations for the three-month exhibition of 18 outdoor, site-responsive installations placed near Columbus architectural landmarks.
Great Engineering and Design Meet to Create a 3D-printed Work of Art
Source: "The Block" by Cummins, Social News Powered by Cummins Employees from the Cummins Technical Center helped design and assemble “Shadow of an Unknown Bird,” one of the world’s largest 3D printed works of art. The sculpture is now on display in Columbus, Indiana. The sculpture is the result of a partnership designed to celebrate great design and world-class engineering, as well as 3D printing and the Indiana University Center of Art + Design in Columbus, where the work can be seen through the end of the year.
Glenn Close gives IU students, faculty a glimpse of the costumes that gave life to her characters
When Glenn Close visited the Indiana University Bloomington campus on Oct. 27, she gave students and faculty a glimpse into her personal costume collection.
Renowned actress Glenn Close donates costume collection to Indiana University
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. -- Indiana University has announced that six-time Academy Award-nominated and three-time Emmy- and Tony-winning actress Glenn Close has donated her costume collection to its School of Art, Architecture + Design. The collection, from 47 projects, spans Close’s celebrated career through film, television and theater and includes pieces from some of her most iconic performances, including items from "The Big Chill," "Fatal Attraction" and "101 Dalmatians."
Sharron Lennon discusses research on Halloween costumes with SpringerOpen
Women's Halloween costumes tend to be more revealing than men's, and this can lead to increased sexualization and objectification, according to research published in Fashion and Textiles. Here, author of the research, Sharron Lennon, tells us more.
Electric fish and maple syrup 'comets' attract thousands to IU Science Fest
Indiana University welcomed nearly 2,000 kids and adults of all ages to the fourth annual IU Science Fest on Oct. 21. The event included over 150 science-related activities, presentations and demonstrations across the IU Bloomington campus.
Osamu James Nakagawa discusses his project "Kai: Following the Cycle of Life" with Lens Culture
A project begun on the cusp of death (the passing of the artist’s father) and a new beginning (the birth of his daughter) that wanders with poetic grace through life’s ceaseless cycles.
Fashion entrepreneur and IU alumna returns to campus for retail forum
Indiana University Bloomington's annual Retail and Design Forum will bring top executives from the retail industry to campus on Oct. 24.
Fourth annual IU Science Fest opens doors to world-class labs, scientists
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. -- Indiana University's world-class science facilities, laboratories and classrooms will open their doors to kids and adults of all ages for the fourth annual IU Science Fest on Oct. 21.
Exhibit at Grunwald Gallery, IU Press book focus on family themes that transcend cultures
The Grunwald Gallery, in conjunction with the Sidney and Lois Eskenazi Museum of Art, at Indiana University Bloomington will present the exhibition and symposium "A Shared Elegy" on Oct. 13 to Nov. 16. A book of photography, "A Shared Elegy," will be published and distributed through Indiana University Press.
Training Tomorrow's Architects
Source: Pattern Magazine Vol 12 Fall 2017 Indiana University's School of Art, Architecture + Design hopes to revolutionize architecture and design education in Indiana. This spring it announced a new undergraduate degree in Comprehensive Design and a new Master’s of Architecture program. Kelly Wilson heads the program, as director of IU Center for Art + Design (IUCA+D) in downtown Columbus, Indiana.
First Thursdays returns to IU Bloomington with music, art, food and culture
Music, art, theater and culture are returning to Indiana University Bloomington's Fine Arts Plaza as First Thursdays begins its second fall series on Sept. 7.
New M.Arch Program Opens in the Modernist Mecca of Columbus, Indiana
For the first time in its history, Indiana University’s School of Art, Architecture + Design will offer an M.Arch degree out of its Columbus campus. Dean Peg Faimon’s Monday announcement felt like an inevitable step for the small Midwestern town, which, for decades has taken pride in its built environment and is recently gaining national attention.
New Grunwald Gallery exhibit and symposium explore intersection of photography and printmaking
The histories of art and technology are intimately interwoven, and a new exhibit at Indiana University Bloomington's Grunwald Gallery of Art tells the story about the marriage of technology and art and how it has been central to the pursuit of knowledge and evolution of creative expression.
Community and creative opportunity brought School of Art, Architecture and Design freshman to IU
Even though School of Art, Architecture and Design freshman Olivia Kalish has only called the state of Indiana home for two years, she said she feels like a member of the Hoosier family after spending a few short weeks at Indiana University Bloomington.
Art, Architecture and Design senior learns about her future career through internship with IU alumna
A one-week class trip to New York in 2016 turned into a 10-week internship the next summer for Mackenzie Kallach, who has started her senior year at Indiana University Bloomington.
IU Cinema President's Choice series celebrates new School of Art and Design, architecture program
A one-week class trip to New York in 2016 turned into a 10-week internship the next summer for Mackenzie Kallach, who has started her senior year at Indiana University Bloomington.
Professor Emeritus Barry Gealt exhibition on display at gWatson Gallery
Throughout his working life, Indiana artist and teacher Barry Gealt has created a visual language of his own. His dramatic, dazzling oil paintings landscapes in which the sea, sky and land collide are on view through August at gWatson Gallery in Stonington.
IU Cinema's fall schedule brings Danny Glover, Bruce Joel Rubin, Dee Rees and others to campus
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. -- Actor and producer Danny Glover is one of several nationally acclaimed cinematic names to speak this fall at Indiana University Cinema through its Jorgensen Guest Filmmaker Series.
T. Kelly Wilson talks to CityLab about "The Columbus Way"
The new movie Columbus, set against the backdrop of largely unknown Columbus, Indiana, tells the story of the budding friendship between Casey (Haley Lu Richardson), a local high school grad, and Jin (John Cho), a professional visiting from Korea.
WSW Alumnae Spotlight features our own Carissa Carman
WSW alumnae Carissa Carman and Natalie Campbell have spent over a year submerged in the world of contemporary weaving. At times, this means thinking about the physical warp and weft—the vertical and horizontal threads stretched across a loom. Other times, it means looking at weaving without fiber or regularity, or existing in the digital sphere.
RPS interior designer creates spaces with student diversity in mind
During her freshman year as an interior design student, Ryan Clark spent hours in the Teter Quadrangle group study area, fondly referred to by residents as the NST, sketching design plans with her T-square ruler, navigating computer-aided design software used for modeling and collaborating with fellow interior design students.
Fashion Design Alumna Bryn Taubensee of Vaquera, among this year's CFDA/Vogue Fashion Fund Finalists
Today, the ten finalists for the annual design prize which helps emerging American designers find success in the early stages of their brands. This year's nominated designers are Ahlem Manai-Platt of Ahlem, Becca McCharen-Tran of Chromat, Christopher Bevans of DYNE, Victor Glemaud, Jordan Askill, Matthew Harris of Mateo New York, Eli Azran of RTA, Sandy Liang, Telfar Clemans of Telfar LLC, and Patric DiCaprio, Bryn Taubensee, David Moses, and Claire Sully of Vaquera.
Hello, Columbus: A Small Indiana Town Gives Chicago A Run For Its Architectural Legacy
Chicago is a city smug about the significance of its built environment and its elevated place in the architectural universe, which is why you have to wonder why it took the city elders so long to devise a concept like the Chicago Architecture Biennial. While the extravaganza promises another exciting edition this fall, it’s worthwhile broadening the architectural lens of the Midwest to investigate what’s going on in Columbus, Indiana, for a compelling counterpoint to the grand festivities here.
Alumna Danielle Orchard (Painting B.F.A., 2009), praised in the NYT
The relationship between humans and machines — and particularly humans mimicking machines and vice versa — was a popular motif in European modernism, and the Mexican artist Erick Meyenberg has channeled some of that for his installation at the Americas Society.
‘Lineage as Legacy’ exhibit connects fine arts students to program’s past
“Lineage as Legacy,” an exhibit of jewelry and metalwork curated and created by BFA and MFA students in the Indiana University School of Art and Design, was aptly named. Under the direction of associate professor Nicole Jacquard, students turned a research course on the work of Alma Eikerman, founder of the jewelry-making program at IU, into an exhibit to showcase the importance of Eikerman’s dedication to those she taught through their artwork.
Professor Emeritus Jeffrey A. Wolin interviewed by Yield
I started photographing in the Crestmont public housing projects on Pigeon Hill. Pigeon Hill is a larger area on a bluff overlooking the Indiana University campus, maybe a mile or so to the west, and it’s always been the area where poor people have lived—filled with shacks and bungalows. My car repair shop was on the hill.
Elizabeth Claffey receives Center's Director's Choice award
Elizabeth Claffeyreceived 3rd Place in CENTER’s Director‘s Choice Award. Her project, Matrilinear , “is a series that addresses embodied memory and its relationship to personal, familial, and cultural identity”.Kim Sajet, Director, National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian selected Elizabeth’s work for this award and her statement is below.
Digital Art’s Jawshing Arthur Liou named Herman B Wells Endowed Professor
Three Indiana University Bloomington faculty members, including our own Jawshing Arthur Liou, have been appointed to professorships that were endowed by alumni to honor longtime IU President and Chancellor Herman B Wells.
At Exhibit Columbus, Students Get a Chance to Test Their Ideas in the Real World
On August 26, the inaugural exhibition of Exhibit Columbus, an annual exploration of architecture, art, design, and community, will open to the public. The exhibition will include six built structures, designed by teams from six different Midwestern universities, that investigate the built environment of Columbus and involved working closely with members of the community.
Metalsmithing and Jewelry’s Nicole Jacquard Receives Fulbright to UK
Nicole Jacquard, Associate Professor and Area Head of Metalsmithing and Jewelry Design, in the School of Art, Architecture and Design at Indiana University, has received a Fulbright Scholar Award to enable her to research at University of Dundee, Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art & Design in Scotland, one of the most well-regarded and impactful scholarship programmes in the world.
Minjeong Kim and Sharron Lennon published in Journal of Global Fashion Marketing
Addressing the growing adoption of Black Friday (BF) promotions and related BF misbehavior in the US and elsewhere, we examined the mechanism by which emotions, self-control, and public self-consciousness impact BF consumer misbehavior.
Rick Bomberger talks Ikea's parallel to fashion with IndyStar
Ikea profiles customers worldwide to decide what it will manufacture and sell. It wasn’t just some designer’s fleeting fancy that produced Ikea’s most iconic furniture pieces such as the “Lack” coffee table and the “Billy” bookshelf.
Jon Racek's 3-D arm creation featured on Fox 59
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. - A 9-year-old Bloomington girl has a new arm thanks to an Indiana University lecturer who stepped up to help. Jon Racek put his 3-D printing skills to use after Violet Hall's mom posted a plea for help on Facebook.
School of Art and Design senior wins Provost’s award for undergraduate research
As a graduating senior, learning she had won an award from IU’s Office of the Provost for her undergraduate research was the perfect way for fashion design student Marley Isaacson to end her collegiate career. On May 6, she will be awarded her undergraduate degree from the School of Art and Design knowing that she made the most of her four years at Indiana University.
Custom made: IU lecturer uses his design skills to build 3-D arm for local girl
IU School of Art and Design senior lecturer Jon Racek created a customized, 3-D arm that will enable Violet Hall to pursue her goals of playing a musical instrument, easily riding a bike and pursuing typical activities of a 9-year old.
I.M. Pei, world-renowned architect of the IU Eskenazi Museum of Art, turns 100
On April 26, world-renowned architect I.M. Pei celebrated his 100th birthday. I.M. Pei’s centennial comes at a significant moment in IU’s history as its top-rated art museum, designed by Pei, begins a $30 million renovation and IU’s School of Art and Design prepares to welcome the inaugural class to its newly approved Master of Architecture.
Studio Art Alumna Kelly Franke talks creating art for TV and film industry
Art has been a part of Kelly Franké’s life for as long as she can remember. Her father was an illustrator who worked from their Babylon home and Franké, now a Greenport resident, recalled building a makeshift fort under his desk where she would sketch while he worked.
IU School of Art and Design students to display large-scale sculptures at upcoming exhibit
When people walk or drive past McCalla School on Ninth Street in Bloomington, they are greeted with an obvious former elementary school building with beautiful, green landscaping on the building’s east side. But for about two weeks starting April 7, that grassy field will be covered with large-scale sculptures that students from Indiana University's School of Art and Design have been working on all semester.
IU Bloomington to celebrate School of Art and Design, rededicate Kirkwood Hall
Indiana University Bloomington will celebrate the launch of the new School of Art and Design and rededicate the school’s new office, classroom and studio space in Kirkwood Hall next week. The ceremony will take place at 1:30 p.m. April 7 in Alumni Hall at the Indiana Memorial Union. A reception will follow at Kirkwood Hall.
