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Ayanah Moor

Associate Professor

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Education: BFA, 1995, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond; MFA, 1998, Tyler School of Art, Philadelphia. Exhibitions: Cleve Carney Museum of Art, Glen Ellyn, IL; Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, IL; The Studio Museum Harlem, NY; ONE Archives, University of Southern California Libraries, CA; Andy Warhol Museum, Pittsburgh; Te Tuhi Centre for the Arts, New Zealand; Proyecto ‘ace, Argentina. Publications: Mike Henderson: Before The Fire, 1965-1985; Incite: Journal of Experimental Media; Meridians: Feminism, Race, Transnationalism. Bibliography: LA Weekly; Chicago Reader; The Brooklyn Rail; Carnegie International; ArtsATL; Afterimage; ARTFORUM.com; Art Papers Magazine; Troubling Vision: Performance, Visuality and Blackness; What Is Contemporary Art?, University of Chicago Press. Collections: Capital Group, Irvine, CA; Marjorie Barrick Museum of Art, University of Nevada, Las Vegas; DePaul Art Museum, Chicago; Proyecto 'ace, Buenos Aires, Argentina; Agency of Unrealized Projects e-flux and Serpentine Gallery, London. Awards: Rogers Art Loft Residency, Las Vegas; Hyde Park Art Center Residency, Chicago; Advancing Black Arts in Pittsburgh Award; Welch Artist in Residence, Atlanta. Vermont Studio Center Residency.

 

Courses

Title Department Catalog Term

Description

In this course students are introduced to stone lithography. Through this planographic printing process it is possible to translate hand-drawn and hand-painted images into multiples and/or multi-color pieces. Emphasis is placed on gaining a thorough understanding of the techniques and principles of lithography through class demonstrations, instruction, individual projects, discussion and critiques.

Class Number

1741

Credits

3

Description

Designed for advanced-level printmedia students, this course centers the studio as a site for physical and conceptual production. A combination of independent work time, individual meetings, group critiques and assigned prompts form the bulk of course programming. Students are expected to set personal goals informed by dialogue with course faculty and studio peers. Attention will be paid to independent practices and/or professional strategies beyond school. The course supports student production of a focused body of creative work.
This course requires instructor consent. Please do not email the instructor directly. Instead, fill out the form found at this link, https://tinyurl.com/3mhcmx54, to submit your portfolio and list of Printmedia classes taken in the Printmedia department.

Class Number

1564

Credits

3

Description

This course facilitates students who have progressed beyond the advanced 3000 level classes offered by the Department of Printmedia. Students are expected to be self-motivated and capable of working in an interdisciplinary and mature fashion. This course requires instructor consent. Please do not email the instructor directly. Instead, fill out the form found at this link, https://tinyurl.com/3mhcmx54, to submit your portfolio and list of Printmedia classes taken in the Printmedia department.

Class Number

1155

Credits

3

Description

Taken every semester, the Graduate Projects courses allow students to focus in private sessions on the development of their work. Students register for 6 hours of Graduate Project credit in each semester of study.

Class Number

2325

Credits

3 - 6

Description

Taken every semester, the Graduate Projects courses allow students to focus in private sessions on the development of their work. Students register for 6 hours of Graduate Project credit in each semester of study.

Class Number

2233

Credits

0