Welcome from the Chair

July 20, 2021

AFVS Chair David Joselit standing in the Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts

It is deeply gratifying to welcome students, staff and faculty back to campus, where the exciting work of making and...

Young Joo Lee and Sarah Jenkins awarded MacDowell Residencies

July 28, 2021

AFVS Visiting Lecturer Young Joo Lee and Teaching Assistant Sarah Jenkins have been awarded MacDowell Residencies for the summer of 2021. They are two of 47 artists from 13 states and three countries representing seven artistic disciplines. These highly competitive residencies were originally scheduled for 2020 and rescheduled due to the COVID pandemic. Read more on...

A still from Communication (video, 2021)

Lex Brown opens Defense Mechanisms at the Buffalo Institute for Contemporary Art

July 26, 2021

College Fellow in Media Practice Lex Brown opened Defense Mechanisms, a solo exhibition at the Buffalo Institute for Contemporary Art featuring new works in drawing, print, sculpture, and video. The show will run until October 9, 2021. Read more on...

An adult and child lay side by side in a still from The Year of the Everlasting Storm.

Dominga Sotomayor premieres The Year of the Everlasting Storm at the Cannes Film Festival

July 26, 2021

Visiting Faculty member Dominga Sotomayor traveled to France to premiere The Year of the Everlasting Storm, directed by Sotomayor along with Jafar Panahi, Anthony Chen, Malik Vitthal, Laura Poitras, David Lowery, and Apichatpong Weerasethakul, at the Cannes Film Festival. From the Festival website:

"A love letter to cinema, shot across the US,...

Elle Pérez opens shows in LA and Pittsburgh

July 13, 2021

AFVS Faculty member Elle Pérez opened Host, a solo exhibition at Commonwealth and Council in Los Angeles on July 10th. The show will run until August 7th, 2021.

This comes on the heels of Elle Pérez, which opened at the Carnegie Museum in Pittsburgh, PA in April, and will run until August 22nd,...

Book cover of Heritage and Debt: Art in Globalization

David Joselit's book Heritage and Debt: Art in Globalization wins the 2021 Robert Motherwell Book Award

June 16, 2021

AFVS Faculty member Prof. David Joselit’s book Heritage and Debt: Art in Globalization has won the 2021 Robert Motherwell Book Award from the Dedalus Foundation.

From the Dedalus Foundation website:

The winner of the 2021 Robert Motherwell Book Award is Heritage and Debt: Art in Globalization (Harvard University Press) by David Joselit.

In Heritage and Debt:...

AFVS Senior Prizes 2021

May 25, 2021

The Department of Art, Film, and Visual Studies congratulates the AFVS seniors recognized for their outstanding work with the following awards. See more of these students’ work in the 2021 Senior Thesis Exhibition: What is Created Through Struggle and on the AFVS Open Studios site.

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Announcing the 2021 Solomon Fellow in AFVS

March 1, 2021

The Solomon Fellowship Committee is thrilled to announce acclaimed artist ...

Lex Brown, recipient of the United States Artists 2021 USA Fellowship

Lex Brown named a United States Artists 2021 USA Fellow

February 3, 2021

Lex Brown, a College Fellow in Media Practice jointly appointed in AFVS and TDM, and teaching Enter the Mediaverse in AFVS this Spring term, was named a United States Artists 2021 USA Fellow. From the United States Artists press release:

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