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Senior's adaptive design proposal earns awards from IU and retail industry
An Eskenazi School Fashion Design major has been recognized by the Runway of Dreams Foundation and IU for her proposed line of clothing creating ease in dressing for individuals with disabilities. Senior Kennedy Obermeier developed the case study for Abercrombie and Fitch, where she will take a full-time technical design position after graduation.
A senior lecturer in merchandising at the Eskenazi School, Mary Embry's focus is sustainability. It's a topic her latest students are conversant in, "because they know about the challenges of dwindling resources and feel the impact of climate change largely for the first time." Read more about Embry's teaching and research.
Expo Chicago 2023 features ceramics by Eskenazi's Malcolm Smith
Malcolm Mobutu Smith, associate professor of ceramics, is one of four artists featured in Seeing is Believing, on view at Expo Chicago April 13-16. Presented by the Wexler Gallery, the show features work by artists outside the dominant culture exploring representation of the self across mediums and genres.
M. Arch student sculptures installed at Salem's Lake Salinda
Salem Mayor Justin Green unveiled two site-specific sculptures on the Lake Salinda waterfront Tuesday, April 11. Designed by students in the Eskenazi School's Miller M. Arch program and drawing upon the area's cultural heritage, the sculptures were designed to activate the recreational area and foster economic development.
IDS features BFA Thesis Exhibition at Grunwald
Sixteen students graduating with B.F.A. degrees are exhibiting their thesis work in the Grunwald Gallery April 18-29, with an opening reception April 21 from 6-8 p.m. The IDS covered the show, which will feature work in painting, fibers, graphic design, printmaking, sculpture, and digital art.
Pacers' Haliburton sports Eskenazi student's look
A look by aspiring fashion designer Emma Taylor got some major exposure when donned by Pacers' guard Tyrese Haliburton at the April 5 game against the Knicks. Before she came to the Eskenazi School, the only garment the sophomore fashion design student had completed was her prom dress. Follow Taylor's journey from Rising Sun to the NBA.
Washington Post cites Eskenazi fashion historian Akou on political apparel
No mug-shot was taken when Trump was arraigned this week, but plenty of graphic Ts were manufactured bearing whimsical interpretations of one. The Washington Post interviewed Eskenazi fashion design faculty Heather Akou about the vagaries of political apparel.
Eskenazi's Claffey to pursue Fulbright project in Spain
Eskenazi School Associate Professor of Photography Elizabeth M. Claffey will further her inquiry into women's work in Murcia, Spain with a project funded by a Fulbright Scholar Award in the fall of 2023. Claffey will explore how women's craft-making traditions accomplish the essential yet invisible labor of articulating and strengthening social culture.
Nine MFAs exhibit thesis work at Grunwald Gallery
Graduating MFA students in eight different areas of studio art exhibit their thesis work at the Grunwald Gallery through April 15. On Friday, April 7, the artists offer a noon talk and the show opens with a reception in the gallery from 6 to 8 p.m. Learn more at the gallery site and in this highlight in the Indiana Daily Student.
McKinney series guest photographer Kei Ito on working in the wake of Hiroshima
Photographer Kei Ito spoke with WFIU's Inner States about his cameraless work dealing with the legacy of the nuclear bomb. Ito was in Bloomington as a guest of the school's McKinney Visiting Artist Series, and his work is on view through July 9 in the show "Direct Contact" at the Eskenazi Museum of Art.
