Read news stories from local and national publications featuring the IU Eskenazi School of Art, Architecture + Design and its faculty, staff, students, and alumni.
MFAs Atencah and Carney featured in Fourth St Garage show
Through May 13 at Bloomington's Fourth Street Garage, "Underground" features work by over 20 emerging BIPOC artists, including Eskenazi MFAs Beatrice Atencah (fibers) and Justin Carney (photography). The show is a partnership between the City of Bloomington and Indianapolis-based art collective One Drop.
Eskenazi Dean Is 2023 Evansville Museum Show Juror
Eskenazi School Founding Dean Peg Faimon served as this year's juror for the 60th Annual High School Art Show at the Evansville Museum of Arts, Science and History, on view through April 16. Faimon curated the selection of 125 artworks by students from 19 high schools.
Eskenazi's Ozsever shows River, Red at University of Southern Indiana
Eskenazi faculty Ahmed Ozsever uses photography and data visualization to reflect on ideas of permanence and transformation within the landscape. His exhibition River, Red is on view March 4 through April 15 at the University of Southern Indiana New Harmony Gallery of Contemporary Art, with an opening reception Saturday, March 11, from 4-6 p.m.
Comp design students help build dreams
"Toast Grabber," "Dog Feet Washer," "Sick Helper." Linton, Indiana second-graders dreamed up wild inventions and Jon Racek's Comp Design students helped bring them to life. The project picked up where the Eskenazi School's MyMachine collaboration with Bloomington elementary students left off in 2022.
Larissa Danielle (MFA '22) teaches inmates to "draw their story"
Through IU's Prison Arts Initiative, Eskenazi grad Larissa Danielle (MFA '22) has guided those incarcerated at the Putnamville Correctional Facility in "Drawing Your Story." "We make them feel like real art students, not just a number." Danielle said. "I can only imagine that does a lot for a person.”
IDS features Grunwald show 'Blanket Songs'
On view at the Eskenazi's Grunwald Gallery until March 4, the installation "Blanket Songs" is informed by artist John Hitchcock's Indigenous background. The IDS spotlighted this exhibition of sculpture, printmaking, textiles, and audio and video components.
