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Virginia Commonwealth University (VCUarts)
Virginia Commonwealth University Is Accepting MFA Applications for 2022
All students are eligible for funding, teaching assistant opportunities, and research and travel grants. Apply by February 1.
The Institute for Contemporary Art in Richmond, VA Presents Great Force
This show addresses the force of whiteness, the counter-force of black resistance, and the persistence of the color line in the United States. On view through January 5, 2020.
The VCUarts Community’s Interdisciplinary Breakthroughs in the Arts and Research
Students and faculty lead creative projects and discoveries that connect the arts to health care, community justice, computer science, and more.
VCUarts Graduate Programs Offer International Creative Programs
Graduate students are charting a new landscape of global integration through arts and design.
VCUarts Offers Interdisciplinary Course on Dance, Design, and Community Justice
Design professor Wes Taylor and dance professor MK Abadoo launch interdisciplinary course that helps students facilitate dialogues on power dynamics through community-building.
VCUarts Professor Guadalupé Maravilla Awarded 2019 Guggenheim Fellowship
Multidisciplinary artist and assistant professor of sculpture, Guadalupé Maravilla, was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship to continue his exploration of border politics and his personal displacement.
Cauleen Smith, Irena Haiduk, and Martine Syms on View at the ICA in Richmond
Two new exhibitions open on February 16 at the Institute for Contemporary Art at Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond, Virginia.
VCU MFA Student Marie Fornaro in Conversation with Department Chair Susie Ganch
Marie Fornaro is a Craft and Material Studies MFA candidate at VCUarts. The program offers concentrations in Clay, Fiber, Metal, Glass, and Wood.
VCUarts Kinetic Imaging Seeks MFA Candidates for 2019
KI offers a hybrid, in-depth inquiry into emerging media, video, sound, and animated arts.
Emerging Artists Define Their Path at VCU School of the Arts Department of Photography and Film
VCUarts is one of the nation’s leading arts schools, dedicated to advancing creative expression, new scholarship and innovation.
Provocations: Rashid Johnson and Hedges, Edges, Dirt Explore Nativism, and Expressions of Power
Two new exhibitions now open at the Institute for Contemporary Art in Richmond, VA.