Art and Art History’s Participation in the 2023 Symposium for Inclusive Excellence

Two of our faculty members and one of our grad students will be presenting at this year’s Symposium for Inclusive Excellence.   Roberto Munoreanu is giving the talk “Design to Transform” on Wednesday, October 25th as part of the Symposium for Inclusive Excellence’s CSU Inspire, a TED talk-style presentation by members of the CSU community. […]

Elnaz Javani’s Solo Exhibition, Chosen for The Center for Craft’s inaugural Teaching Artist Cohort

Elnaz Javani’s, assistant professor of Fibers, solo exhibition Dwelling Places was on display at Tiger Strikes Asteroid in Chicago, IL from June 24 to August 23. Dwelling Places is a new body of work which includes small and large-scale, hand-dyed and printed textiles that incorporate surface manipulation, appliqué, and hand-stitching. Exploring how the body is […]

Suzanne Faris was awarded “Grand Prize” in the Rocky Mountain Triennial

Suzanne Faris, professor of Sculpture, was awarded “Grand Prize” in the Rocky Mountain Triennial at the Museum of Fort Collins, by juror Merry Scully. The exhibition was juried from artists in seven states in the Rocky Mountain Region: Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, New Mexico, Utah, and Wyoming. Suzanne won a cash award and a solo exhibition […]

Rocky Mountain Pre-Columbian Association’s Annual Colloquium to be held at the Denver Museum of Nature and Science

Catherine DiCesare, associate professor of Art History, is one of three co-founders of the regional Rocky Mountain Pre-Columbian Association (RMPA), and a founding organizer of the RMPA annual colloquium. The Rocky Mountain Pre-Columbian Association is hosting its 8th annual colloquium at the Denver Museum of Nature & Science in Denver, Colorado on Friday, September 29. The […]

Sanam Emami and Nikoo Monem reflect on the women-led protest movement calling for freedom in Iran

Sanam Emami, associate professor of pottery, and Nikoo Monem, MFA student studying metalsmithing, were featured this year for CSU’s recognition of Women’s History Month. In the video, they reflect on the women-led protest movement calling for freedom in Iran.

Anna Bernhard and Johnny Plastini Chosen for the 2023 Best Teacher Award

Congratulations to Anna Bernhard, Director of the Wold Resource Center and Johnny Plastini, Associate Professor and Area Coordinator of Printmaking, for being chosen for the CSU’s 2023 Best Teacher Award! The will be an awards ceremony on  Tuesday, March 28 from 5:30-8 p.m. at the Lory Student Center Theater. Read more about the awards and […]

Johnny Plastini Artist Talk at FlexSpace Speaker Series: Building Community in Printmaking at CU Boulder

Johnny Plastini, associate professor, gave an artist lecture on Thursday, February 16 at the University of Colorado, Boulder Art Museum alongside 5 new post-digital intaglio and cyanotype hybrid prints on handmade paper. The talk covered ten years of research trajectory and will focus on human and non-human communities as well as human and non-human architectures […]