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A first-generation college student from South Bend, Post-Modern Scholar Shanita Hunt is leveraging fashion to foster inclusion. With her innovative case study, the Merchandising student won a $7500 scholarship and unlocked a position at Neiman Marcus.
Themes of Race and Representation in Smith’s Ceramics Inspire Ballet
“Evermore Nevermore,” Associate Professor Malcolm Mobutu Smith’s recent exhibition of ceramic sculpture at the Hunterdon Art Museum culminated with a collaborative dance experience by the Roxey Ballet April 23.
Eskenazi Alumna Petra Slinkard Activates Peabody Essex Museum's Fashion Collection
An Eskenazi graduate (B.S. Merchandising, '03; M.S. Apparel Studies, '08) and Dean's Advisory Council member, Slinkard tackles big questions about the role fashion plays as the Nancy B. Putnam Curator of Fashion and Textiles and Director of Curatorial Affairs at the Salem, Massachusetts museum.
Eskenazi School's Mies van der Rohe building featured in Metropolis
Based on a never-built 1952 design, the new building will house the Eskenazi School of Art, Architecture & Design, while graduate architecture programs occupy another modernist gem in nearby Columbus.
Eskenazi School Sculpture students create art with items from IU Surplus
Melanie Pennington, a lecturer in sculpture and area coordinator at the Eskenazi School of Art, Architecture + Design, has students gather items from IU Surplus to transform into a sculpture. The project is inspired by artists like Marcel Duchamp, who presented everyday objects as art.
The NRF Foundation Honors on April 13 in NYC awarded undergraduate scholarships and recognized retail professionals.
Women of IU Portrait Collection Dedicates Portrait of Metalsmithing and Jewelry Legend Alma Eikerman
A portrait of metalsmithing and jewelry design pioneer Alma Eikerman will be dedicated to the Women of Indiana University Portrait Collection during an unveiling ceremony Friday, April 22. Eikerman (1908-95) built IU Bloomington’s Metalsmithing and Jewelry Design area into one of the nation’s premier programs over her three decades at the university, while her own work was featured in over 200 exhibitions around the world during her lifetime.
Spring 2022 BFA Thesis Exhibition opens Tuesday at Grunwald Gallery
The spring 2022 BFA Thesis Exhibition, featuring work from graduating BFA students, will open on April 19 at the Grunwald Gallery. The exhibition will officially close April 30. All events at the Grunwald Gallery are free and open to the public.
Remembering Photographer Jerry Uelsmann, IU Distinguished Alumni Award Honoree
Renowned photographer Jerry Uelsmann, a 1960 Indiana University graduate and recipient of the 2014 Distinguished Alumni Award, died April 4, in Gainesville, Florida. Decades before the advent of digital photo-editing software, Uelsmann’s surrealistic photomontages secured his place in the history of photography and contemporary art. From their debut at the Museum of Modern Art in 1967, Uelsmann’s photographs were exhibited in over a hundred solo shows and collected by major museums around the world.
Jerry Uelsmann, Surreal Image-Maker, Dies at 87
He did not believe that a photographer’s creativity ended with the click of the shutter; in his darkroom, he combined elements of multiple pictures to create something new.
