Read news stories from local and national publications featuring the IU Eskenazi School of Art, Architecture + Design and its faculty, staff, students, and alumni.
"Inspired by Inquiry," M.F.A.s offer fresh takes on IU archives
First-year M.F.A. students excavated some of IU's 250 collections for fresh inspiration this spring. From pictures of a Christmas piñata party to fragments of Sylvia Plath's hair, the museum objects sparked new narratives in fiber, animation, graphic design, digital media, and sculptural installation, on view through April 25 at McCalla.
Designers transform trash into fashion at 16th annual Trashion Refashion Runway Show
Unconventional materials like burlap bags, a hammock, pop tops and underwear were upcycled into runway looks for the Bloomington Trashion Refashion Runway Show April 13. The Indiana Daily Student reported on the springtime tradition, a collaboration between community artists and students and faculty at the Eskenazi School.
Baby blue sweater for a 6-10 win span: Pacers' Aaron Nesmith's outfit made by IU student
On his tunnel walk before the April 11 game, Pacers' forward Aaron Nesmith sported a baby blue sweater with orange accents, a look created for him by IU fashion design major Jenna Reed, who competed for the chance to style the Pacers' forward at IU, the Indy Star reports.
Aaron Nesmith to wear outfit designed by IU student before final Pacers home game
From the sewing lab to the NBA: Eskenazi fashion design student Jenna Reed suited up Pacers star Aaron Nesmith for the final regular season home game last Friday, after winning a design challenge facilitated by an IU merchandising alum who is Nesmith's stylist. “What you wear says who you are,” Reed told Fox59.
Spotlight on the lighting designer: Eskenazi faculty Justin Bailey
Eskenazi School Associate Professor Justin Bailey (Creative Core) is one of 14 lighting designers in the spotlight in Dezeen magazine's preview of the Look Book exhibition during this year's International Contemporary Furniture Fair in New York, to be held May 18-20.
