IU Eskenazi School of Art, Architecture + Design on LinkedIn: Join us this evening in Columbus for a cookout on the lawn of the Republic… (2024)

The Tangent Gallery’s first show of the semester opens Thursday, September 5. "The Golden State Glows" is a display of the neon sign photography of Eskenazi M.F.A. student Alex Quintanilla (Studio Art, graphic design). Special open hours occur during First Thursday, September 5 from 5–7pm. The opening reception is Friday, September 6 from 6–8 pm. The Tangent Gallery is in The Fine Arts Building, 1201 E Seventh Street, room 104.IU College of Arts and Sciences

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The J. Irwin Miller Architecture Program Lecture and Exhibition Series presents the talk “Storytelling by Design” by designer Marquise Stillwell on Thursday, September 5 at 6:30pm.Stillwell discusses how the process of storytelling is an opportunity to bring together communities of knowledge from different disciplines to create new intersections, and therefore create new possibilities for how systems are designed. The Republic Building Auditorium, 333 Second Street, Columbus, IN.https://lnkd.in/gEDP46uzIU College of Arts and Sciences

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Rock and roll for your ears and your eyes this Thursday at the Eskenazi Museum of Art at Indiana University. At 5 pm come for the talk by Associate Professor of Painting caleb weintraub whose students organized the exhibition "Crossroads: The Paintings of John Mellencamp" on view September 5-December 15. Together with former EMA Director David Brenneman, in the spring of 2024 Weintraub taught "Public Art and Collaboration: Curating the Heartland: Developing an Exhibition of John Mellencamp's Painting." "European Expressionism and American Regionalism serve as inspirations for Mellencamp's artistic practice," according to the museum, "providing a means of articulating social criticism in visual terms."

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Our congratulations to Eskenazi alumna Beatrice Opokua Atencah (M.F.A. '24, Studio Art-Fibers) for joining the faculty at Penn State University!

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The McKinney Visiting Artist Series presents a talk by multidisciplinary artist and designer Aboubakar Fofana whose working mediums include calligraphy, textiles, and natural dyes. Fofana is known for his work in reinvigorating and redefining West African indigo dyeing techniques, and much of his focus is devoted to the preservation and reinterpretation of traditional West African textile and natural dyeing techniques and materials. This Friday, September 6 at 5pm in the Fine Arts Building, 1201 E Seventh Street, room 015.https://lnkd.in/g3YWzdXEIU College of Arts and Sciences

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Come join us! We have a full-time tenure-track Assistant or Associate Professor position in Interior Design at the Eskenazi School for next fall. Preferred submission deadline: October 18, 2024.

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Congratulations to Eskenazi grad Gabby Couch (B.S. '24, Interior Design) on her new position as a designer at Furniture Solutions in Cincinnati!

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It's September, and the Grunwald Gallery of Art is ready to dazzle you with our fall shows. Two extraordinary shows open Tuesday at the Grunwald, with an opening reception Friday, September 6 from 6-8 pm. Pictured: it's Jake Elwes' "The Zizi Show -- A Deepfake Drag Cabaret," on view in "Blurring the Lines: Art at the Intersection of Human and Artificial Creativity." Also opening, "Intimate Alchemy" showcases a different kind of deepfake--David Levinthal's XXX Polaroids. Plan your visit at https://lnkd.in/gRZX6GuD

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One week away! The Eskenazi School is gearing up for the monthly campus arts extravaganza that is theIU Arts and Humanities Council's First Thursdays festival. Join us Thursday, September 5 around the Showalter Fountain from 4-7 pm for:*T-shirt upcycling with the Fashion Design program*previews of fall shows at the Grunwald Gallery of Art*previews of a student photo show at the Tangent Gallery*talk at 5 by painting prof Caleb Weintraub, co-curator of Crossroads: The Paintings of John Mellencamp at the Eskenazi Museum of Art at Indiana University, followed by a reception. Can't wait to see you there!

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