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Alum Jeffrey Gibson Becomes One of the First Native American Artists to Represent the US at the Venice Biennale

In addition to his staple installations, Gibson intends to populate the American pavilion with Indigenous poets, performers, and musicians.

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Tizziana Baldenebro’s Vision of a Better Future to Guide the Venice Biennale

Alum Tizziana Baldenebro (MArch 2018) is helming the United States Pavilion at the 2023 Venice Biennale Architettura.

Assistant Professor Salvador Jiménez-Flores Completes Sculpture Project In Little Village

Assistant Professor Salvador Jiménez-Flores was recently featured in the Chicago Sun Times for completing his sculpture Caminantes, a nine-foot tall celebration of the immigrant experience in Little Village.

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Six Alums Named 2023 Guggenheim Fellows

Amber Bay Bemak (MFA 2006), Maura Brewer (BFA 2006), Maris Curran (MFA 2006), Jac Jemc (MFA 2008), Martine Syms (BFA 2007), and Sheri Wills (MFA 1992, MA 1996) are among this year's fellows.

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Jen Delos Reyes: Live from Garbage Hill
Thursday, September 23, 2021
Jen Delos Reyes is a 'farmer of sorts and an artist of sorts,' educator, writer, and radical community arts organizer. She is defiantly optimistic, a friend to all birds, and proponent that our institutions can become tender and vulnerable.

Visiting Critic & Curator Angelik Vizcarrondo-Laboy
Thursday, October 22, 2020
Angelik Vizcarrondo-Laboy (She/Her) is a New York and Los Angeles-based curator, writer, and arts administrator focusing on contemporary art and craft, with a special interest in increasing the visibility of artists of color. Her research interests include humor, leisure, and the aesthetic of cuteness.

You Are Here: 1st Year CER MFA Show
Thursday, October 15, 2020–Tuesday, October 27, 2020
The show features works by Chase Barney, Abby Kwon, Nanxi Jin, and Xingrui Xu.

Ceramics Critique with Visiting Artist Sharon Louden
Thursday, February 13, 2020
Sharon Louden is an artist, educator, advocate for artists, editor of the "Living and Sustaining a Creative Life" series of books and the Artistic Director of the Visual Arts at Chautauqua Institution. Louden's work is held in major public and private collections including the Whitney Museum of American Art, National Gallery of Art, Neuberger Museum of Art, Arkansas Arts Center, Yale University Art Gallery, Weatherspoon Art Museum, and the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, among others.