Due to the COVID-19 situation, the Herron School of Art and Design’s annual year-end student art showcase, “Look/See,” is moving online for 2020. The event page will launch May 4, with content updated as it is received. Inside IUPUI is working on a story about the exhibits and will share the page in a future […]
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Beatriz Vasquez, a 2019 recipient of the IUPUI Arts & Humanities Institute Artist Residency, will share her experience on the U.S.-Mexico border and her work based on the indigenous craft of papel picado. Vasquez’s experience will serve as an introduction to a discussion focusing on the immigration crisis and how it has impacted Indianapolis communities […]
Opening March 11, IUPUI Herron School of Art and Design presents “Metamorphosis: Recent Painting and Sculpture by Tsherin Sherpa,” the first of a new annual exhibition series dedicated to contemporary international art and artists. Tsherin Sherpa, a Nepalese artist of Tibetan descent, has studied traditional thangka painting since the age of 12. He achieved international […]
Employing the Mexican folk-art technique of papel picado, where intricate designs are cut into colorful sheets of tissue paper, Herron alumna Beatriz Vasquez pushes the boundaries of this widely used art form to address the humanitarian crisis at the U.S.-Mexico border. Vasquez will moderate a panel discussion, “Migration: A Force of Nature—A Basic Human Need,” […]
The IUPUI Herron School of Art and Design’s first exhibitions of 2020 open Jan. 15 with a reception from 5:30 to 8 p.m., kicking off another chapter of visual art encounters on the IUPUI campus. The school’s galleries will present two posthumous displays of works by Ronald Bladen(1918-1988), a pivotal figure of postwar American art, and […]
Every three months, we share a roundup of the latest updates from the Herron community. Here, we’ve captured the highlights, including exhibitions, publications, career moves, accomplishments, and accolades from our students, alumni, and faculty that took place between October and December 2019. Associate Professor Anila Agha‘s latest solo exhibition, “Between Light and Shadow,” opened Oct. 19, 2019, […]