John Gravdahl chosen by Graphis to be featured for Master Portfolio

John Gravdahl was simultaneously named by the Graphis Institute for their Master Portfolios site and featured with a professional profile and interview in the Graphis Journal #379. The Graphis Masters Portfolios website will archive a feature on Gravdahl’s work. A synopsis of his interview, a professional profile, and examples of his accomplishments are available on […]

Congratulations to our Spring 2023 Graduates!

Congratulations to our Spring 2023 Graduates! The Department of Art and Art History commends you on your accomplishments and wishes you a bright future. Undergraduates Parker Albin Kale Andrews Aspen Arensdorf Kaitlyn Arnold Nicole Atiles Grace Baldwin Miguel Beltran Sasha Beran-Hughe (Cum Laude) Malia Berry (Cum Laude) Vivienne Blanco Grace Bockelmann Christian Borjas Brooke Bryan […]

Congratulations to our 2023 Scholarship Recipients!

Congratulations to our 2023 Scholarship Recipients! Our students received recommendations for scholarships based on their academic merit and studio achievement. Tracie Noah Memorial Scholarship: John DiPietro Kennedy Center Art Scholarship: Sumanma Wadhwa Founding Faculty Scholarship: Marisol Gutierrez, Joclyn Goss, Hannah Hurst, Amy Prine, Abbey Tscherter, Zoe Coats Melanie Richards Metz Memorial Scholarship: Emma Sherrets Katherine […]

Congratulations to our 2023 Student Recognition Award Winners!

Congratulations to our 2023 Student Recognition Award Winners! These 10 monetary awards recognize undergraduate students in the Department of Art and Art History who went above and beyond in their classes this past year. Winners receive $500. Most Resilient: Kendall Gallien Best Use of Materials: Cole Weaver Best Contributor to Departmental Good: Amy Fromme Best […]

Congratulations to the 2023 Art History Symposium Winner, Ella Rupp!

Congratulations to Ella Rupp for winning the 2023 Art History Symposium with a presentation about Julia Buffaloheadʼs Be Careful What You Wish For. Rupp’s presentation is about artist Julie Buffalohead and discusses her painting Be Careful What You Wish For (2006). Rupp explores conflicts of new motherhood and internal conflicts surrounding her dualling Indigenous and European […]

Two CSU Graphic Design Students Chosen to Show Work at National Student Show and Conference

Congratulation to Jiuchen Dong and Grace Bockelmann! Dong’s unisex children’s product line for Target and Bockelmann’s “Modular Front” and “We Are Back!” were chosen to be shown  at the the National Student Show and Conference from April 13-14, 2023 in Dallas, Texas. NSSC is a two days of studio tours, workshops, portfolio reviews, keynote speakers, […]

Fabiola Escobar and Hannah Hurst, Blake Leader Scholars in the Department of Art and Art History

One of the biggest challenges first year students face when coming to a school like Colorado State University is finding community and having a support system. Luckily, Fabiola Escobar, a first-year student in the Department of Art and Art History, had the opportunity to meet other students in the Blake Leadership Scholar peer mentorship program. […]

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 […]