Department of Art Content

�ٺ��Ƶ Art Professor Tapped for International Venice Biennale Exhibition

Karen Michele Nikos — February 13, 2024 - 9:00am

�ٺ��Ƶ art professor Beatriz Cortez has been invited to participate in the prestigious Venice Biennale arts and culture showcase, marking the first time in 40 years a current faculty member has been tapped for the honor.

Weekender: Visual Artist Speaks on the Digital World; A Procession About Earth and Sky

Karen Michele Nikos — November 30, 2023 - 10:36am

A speaker on digital world and arts; a game and procession; upcoming holiday events section.

Weekender: Theatre Performance Debuts; Lectures Center on Black Experience In Art; Rhythm

Karen Michele Nikos — March 03, 2022 - 10:16am

If you like music, there's plenty of concerts in the next several days at �ٺ��Ƶ. Art lectures and a theatre performance too.

Gaugin Curator to Speak at �ٺ��Ƶ Art Lecture Series

Karen Michele Nikos — November 07, 2018 - 12:34pm

Line Clausen Pedersen, a scholar of the art of Paul Gauguin, will speak at the Manetti Shrem Museum on the �ٺ��Ƶ campus as part of its visiting artist lecture series.

�ٺ��Ƶ First-Generation Art Faculty, Jane Garritson, Dies

Karen Michele Nikos — November 02, 2018 - 4:06pm

Attended art exhibition of work of first art faculty in newly opened museum in 2016

Jane B. Garritson, who was in the first art master's degree class at �ٺ��Ƶ and was the first woman hired by the art department, died in October. One of only two women among the original 12 art faculty (the only other woman was Ruth Horsting), she made her name among the impressive roster hired by the late Richard Nelson, who started the university's art department in 1959. Garritson was one of the commonly known "first-generation" art faculty at �ٺ��Ƶ.

A Real Treasure, Inside and Out

Dave Jones — November 08, 2016 - 12:57pm

AT A GLANCE

WHAT: Grand opening, Jan Shrem and Maria Manetti Shrem Museum of Art

WHEN: Sunday, Nov. 13

International Colloquium Launches Global Tea Initiative

Lindsey Alexandra OTousa — May 02, 2016 - 1:12pm

�ٺ��Ƶ will launch its Global Tea Initiative with a symposium bringing together the cultural and scientific aspects of the world’s most popular prepared beverage. The colloquium, “The Basics of Tea: Tea and People,” is a first step in creating a center for the study of tea culture and science on campus.