Jason Bernagozzi and Mark Dineen, co-chair panel 18th biennial Foundations in Art: Theory and Education national conference

Jason Bernagozzi and Mark Dineen, Associate Professor of Electronic Arts, co-chaired a panel titled “How to Implement Comprehensive Changes to Traditional Foundations Programs” at the 18th biennial FATE (Foundations in Art: Theory and Education) national conference hosted by the University of North Carolina Charlotte. The theme for this year’s conference was “infrastructure” and their panel included presentations […]

Johnny Plastini to exhibit at the BOLT Gallery in Old Town, Fort Collins

Congrats to Johnny Plastini, Associate Professor of Printmaking, whose solo exhibition at BOLT Gallery in Old Town, Fort Collins opens next week. The show features a collection of eight Eco-UV prints on handmade paper and seven solar cyanotypes at BOLT gallery for the month of May with a reception on May 7th. BOLT gallery is a relatively new volunteer-based project located in an […]

Congratulations to Tiffany Garcia for winning the 2021 Art History Symposium

Congratulations to Tiffany Garcia for winning this year’s Art History Symposium with her presentation “Signs and Symbols in the Index of American Design”! She is majoring in Art History with a minor in Japanese language and hopes to pursue graduate school in the field of museum studies. Of the research, she says “In my essay, […]

Erika Osbourne, Associate Professor, shares experience of studying forests and fire management on the Baja California peninsula

Erika Osborne, an associate professor in CSU’s Department of Art and Art History, spent the Fall 2019 semester in Mexico on a Fulbright Scholarship, studying forests and fire management on the Baja California peninsula. What she found is a much different situation than what we have in the United States.

Art is an Essential Part of the Human Experience: How Art Education Shapes Community Health

Visual art reaches beyond written and spoken language to access the emotional and psychological inner world of both the maker and the viewer. By creating this dialogue, there is a place to experience the richness and nuance of one’s inner life, foster emotional intelligence, and support mental health.