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Department of Visual Art

School of the Arts
College of Liberal Arts & Sciences

Professor Maria Velasco's, "All of Me: Artists+Mothers," has made the official selection of London based Screen Power Film Festival
July 3, 2020
Visual Art faculty member Christine Olejniczak will be presenting her drawing/sound work Final Friday, July 31st
June 18, 2020
Socially engaged artist and Visual Art Alumna Jody Wood launches the new project S.O.S. (System of Support) in response to our shared vulnerability.
April 16, 2020
Message from the Co-Directors of the School of the Arts (SOTA) at KU
March 24, 2020
Associate Professor Marshall Maude's Solo Exhibition "Retrace" opens March 6, 2020
March 5, 2020
Garden City Arts will be featuring Garden City native and First-Year Graduate Student Tristan Lindo and his stunning work in the gallery for the month of March!
February 28, 2020
Congratulations Darian, Lindsay, Elizabeth, and Claire!
February 28, 2020
Assistant Professor Sarah Gross wants viewers to look beneath the surface
February 17, 2020
Entanglement - MFA Thesis Show with Printmaking MFA Candidate Matthew Willie Garcia
February 10, 2020
softly, with intent: A Solo Exhibition by Jessica Belangee, 2019 MFA-Painting
February 10, 2020
Second year graduate students Sarah Pickett and Nicole Rene Woodard are both featured in the third annual "Paper and Clay" exhibition at Utah State University, juried by Jessica Brandl.
February 10, 2020
Nicole Rene Woodard, Second Year Grad Student in ceramics, is featured in "Small Favors XV: Expanding the Field" exhibition at The Clay Studio of Philadelphia, juried by Leila Cartier.
February 10, 2020
Bryce Heesacker to Show Work at CAA 2020 and The Hokin Gallery in Chicago
February 3, 2020
Bryce Heesacker to Show A New Word at the University of Illinois
February 3, 2020
Associate Professor Benjamin Rosenthal will be a presenter at Red Hot Research No. 60 Queer Research
January 28, 2020
Professor Michael Krueger is participating in Haw Contemporary's final exhibition of 2019.
December 4, 2019
Associate Professor Gina Westergard's Snared is currently in the CraftForms exhibition.
December 2, 2019
Students in SCUL/EVRN 330 build works of art from trash to be auctioned for environmental efforts.
December 2, 2019
Metalsmithing/Jewelry had a wonderful time representing the department as "Marvelous Metals" at the KU Carnival of Chemistry.
November 25, 2019
MFA Candidate Bryce Heesacker will be presenting his research, A New Word, as part of Red Hot Graduate Research
November 20, 2019
KU Clay Club and Painting Club are joining forces for a holiday fundraiser.
November 19, 2019
The Metalsmithing/Jewelry area will be participating in the KU Carnival of Chemistry
November 19, 2019
Associate Professor Gina Westergard presents her research, "A Somber Tail."
November 8, 2019
Associate Professor and Director of Graduate Studies Benjamin Rosenthal screens all three works from the "Human, Next" trilogy (2014-2016) .
November 6, 2019
Associate Professor David Brackett's national juried exhibition "Between the Threads."
November 1, 2019
Professor Michael Krueger Exhibition at Tamarind Institute
October 31, 2019
Graduate Student Matthew Willie Garcia Visiting Artist Presentation at Nerman Museum of Contemporary Art
October 31, 2019
Trailer for Professor Maria Velasco's documentary on family-friendly residencies.
October 17, 2019
The Volland Store Rural/Urban Invitational featuring Associate Professor Norman Akers and KU Alums Rena Detrixhe and Ryan Redcorn
October 15, 2019
Professor Yoonmi Nam's Exhibition, For Now, will be on display at Haw/Comtemporary 9/20/19-10/30/19
September 16, 2019
an art exhibition by Mary Anne Jordan & Gina Westergard
August 29, 2019
Visiting Assistant Professor Sunyoung Cheong extends Kansas-Korea Connection
August 23, 2019
Professor Maria Velasco's Residency/Documentary with her son Alex in Paonia, CO.
August 21, 2019
Visiting Assistant Professor Michael McCaffrey has been selected as Selections and Awards Juror for this year’s Arts Council Juried Exhibition in Wichita, KS.
August 7, 2019
Graduate student Nicole Woodard and Lecturer Antonio Martinez have been invited to participate in The New Cool: Emerging Artists Exhibition .
July 2, 2019
The Missing Link, a six-person exhibition curated by Visiting Assistant Professor Sunyoung Cheong and featuring Associate Professor Gina Westergard and Professor Emeritus Lin Stanionis opened June 26, 2019
June 27, 2019
Looking for an exciting course to take this summer? Check out T-Shirt Screen Printing with Professor Shawn Bitters.
May 15, 2019
Here is another great course offering for this summer. Life Drawing & Painting with Mike McCaffrey.
May 15, 2019
Want to learn to coil build, slab build, and throw pottery? Check out Sara Muhlhausen's Summer course Ceramics 208.
May 15, 2019
VAP Liz Langdon pictured with students at a TASK Party at the Spencer Museum of Art. The article is also by Liz.
May 14, 2019
Yoonmi Nam has been selected as The Print Club of Rochester's 2019 Presentation Print Artist
April 23, 2019
Grafische Werken x 5, Michael Krueger, Solo Exhibition in Graphic Art, Vrije Grafiek Galerij, Academie Beeldende Kunsten, Gent, Belgium
April 18, 2019
Professor Mary Anne Jordan - Collaborative Project to Test Natural Dyes and Processes
April 18, 2019
Liz Langdon has been elected President-Elect of Lifelong Learning Interest Group of the NAEA
April 18, 2019
Congratulations to Professor Benjamin Rosenthal for being one of the five University of Kansas professors that have been selected to pursue special projects with the Keeler Professorship!
April 9, 2019
UG Student Connor Remboldt has artwork in the upcoming Albrecht-Kemper Show
April 3, 2019
Fantastic Fibers featuring Associate Professor David Bracket, April 20-June 8, 2019
April 2, 2019
Associate Professor Gina Westergard will participate in Missing Link, June 2019
April 2, 2019
Associate Professor Gina Westergard and Professor Mary Anne Jordan, two-person exhibition invitational, September 2019
April 2, 2019
Twisting Fibers: An Art for All Reasons featuring Associate Professor David Brackett, March 8 - May 8, 2019
April 2, 2019
Visual Art Department Summer Course Offerings
April 2, 2019
Mike McCaffrey's painting "Pathway" has been included in Manifest International Painting Annual Vol. 8
April 2, 2019
BFA Candidate Charity Pool Presents at the Society of North American Goldsmiths: Exhibition in Motion, in conjunction with the annual conference and 50th anniversary of SNAG
April 1, 2019
Liz Langdon presented at the National Art Education Conference (NAEA) in Boston, MA
April 1, 2019
Three KU Visual Art Professors win School of the Art General Research Funds
April 1, 2019
"Quantum States & Queer Realities", Solo Exhibition by Matthew Willie Garcia
April 1, 2019
Bryce Heesacker has been selected for an Applied Humanities Summer Fellowship with the Institute for Digital Research in Humanities (IDRH)
March 25, 2019
Roger Shimomura aims to Provoke with his exhibit "American Muse," which opens April 5 at SL Contemporary
March 21, 2019
Michael Krueger’s new edition with the Tamarind Institute premiered this week at the Art on Paper fair in New York, NY
March 11, 2019
Darin White has an article in the latest edition of Lawrence Magazine.
March 6, 2019
Monarchs: Brown and Native Contemporary Artists in the Path of the Butterfly featuring Visual Art Graduate Gina Adams and Professor Norman Akers
March 4, 2019
Hadley Clark is featured in this month's edition of KC Studio Magazine
March 1, 2019
Faculty member Darin White is featured in Lawrence Magazine - Winter 2019 - LM Gallery The Professors
February 26, 2019
Michael McCaffrey's work to be included with two First Friday openings at Leedy-Voulkos Art Center
February 21, 2019
Gina Westergard is the recipient of the 2019 Octagonal Metal Media Award
February 19, 2019
Michael Krueger's "Needles" and "Rapids" acquired by the RISD Museum of Art, Providence, RI
February 14, 2019
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February 6, 2019
Spencer Museum of Art, KU Art Alumni Exhibition, The Power of Place
January 30, 2019
Tanya Hartman, Humanities Research Fellow, to Present at the Resident Fellows Seminar
January 28, 2019
Sunyoung Cheong - The Future of Jewelry Programs in Higher Education
January 28, 2019
Michael McCaffrey is participating in a group show at Manifest Gallery, "Similitude."
January 22, 2019
Artist-in-Residence Kevin Brophy has been selected as a 2019 Elsewhere Resident
January 22, 2019
Kevin Brophy, Mineral House Media Digital Resident
January 22, 2019
Michael McCaffrey and the KU Painting Club Exhibition
January 18, 2019
Wherewithal, An Exhibition of Paintings by Michael Krueger
January 18, 2019
Sarah Gross has three group exhibitions for the annual NCECA Conference - Exhibition 1
January 18, 2019
Sarah Gross has three group exhibitions for the annual NCECA Conference - Exhibit 2
January 18, 2019
Sarah Gross has three group exhibitions for the annual NCECA Conference - Exhibit 3
January 18, 2019
Sarah Picket, Jessica Belangee, and Nicole Woodard are participating in the student juried exhibition "Paper and Clay" at Utah State University
January 17, 2019
Gina Westergard's Mater et filia has been accepted into Octagonal
January 16, 2019
Yoonmi Nam's solo exhibition "Arranged Flowers"
January 16, 2019
Shawn Bitters featured in KC Studio Magazine
December 31, 2018
Lesson From Elizabeth "Grandma" Layton by Liz Langdon
December 31, 2018
SunYoung Cheong discusses integrating and testing new technologies as they apply to jewelry making and design in the Fall 2018 edition of Metalsmith Tech.
December 13, 2018
Local artist designs cleats for Kansas City Chiefs players, highlighting special causes | News, Sports, Jobs - Lawrence Journal-World: news, information, headlines and events in Lawrence, Kansas
December 12, 2018
KU student artist challenges herself by creating art with sustainable resources
November 12, 2018
Ruben Castillo: Images of Intimacy
November 7, 2018
Benjamin Rosenthal and the ‘Crisis of Masculinity’
November 7, 2018
Spencer Museum of Art Brosseau Creativity Award for UG students
November 1, 2018
KU textile students use 'upcycling' project to reimagine clothing
October 31, 2018
Michael Krueger's New Edition with Tamarind Institute
October 24, 2018
Emily Momohara, Professor at the Art Academy of Cincinnati and KU Expanded Media MFA almuna, is one of 300 Artists Making Billboards for Every US State.
October 11, 2018
Emeritus Award/Professor Swindell
October 11, 2018
Artists turn to film to express empathy
August 15, 2018
Interactive art hike to feature colorful, artificial stones
August 13, 2018
Artist's body of work reflects queer technology experience
July 16, 2018
KU recognizes 12 students with prestigious 2018 University Awards
April 17, 2018
Local ceramics sculptor Jacob Burmood draws from his childhood to create art
February 2, 2017
Senior artists gain recognition through gala
January 25, 2017
Art In Focus: María Velasco's childhood in Spain impacts her art
January 25, 2017
Art In Focus: María Velasco's childhood in Spain impacts her art
January 25, 2017
Poetry Unites Kansas, Arts And Politics, Story Of A Song: Revolution
January 24, 2017
After election, Lawrence artists resist apathy, hate with art
January 22, 2017
Day in the Life: Monica Restrepo
December 1, 2016
Visual Art professor has work in the real-fake.org 2.0 show in NY
November 18, 2016
Installation art class creates 'HOT SPOT' at Chalmers Hall
November 18, 2016
Ceramics professor Marshall Maude has solo show at Leedy-Voulkos Art Center
November 17, 2016
Art in Focus: Annika Wooton, speed painter and Miss Kansas contestant
November 16, 2016
Topographies exhibited at UW-Stevens Point
November 14, 2016
Art in Focus: Morgan Barton, ceramist
September 27, 2016
Yoonmi Nam keeps popping up
September 27, 2016
INSIGHT Art Talk with Luke Jordan
September 16, 2016
Visiting artist teaching workshops to save Kansas trees
September 11, 2016
Art in Focus: Fuko Ito, printmaker
September 7, 2016
Senior visual art student wins award at international film festival
August 29, 2016
Water Works: A Tulsa Artist Fellow explores a global phenomenon
August 24, 2016
Art In Focus: Associate professor tells stories of strife through art
August 13, 2016
Visual art student wins international film festival award
August 9, 2016
7 Eerie Art Cars to Drive on the Highway to Hell
August 4, 2016
KU Faculty Exhibition artist draws inspiration from family history, plight of refugees
July 24, 2016
Ceramics Club opens doors for students at KU
April 13, 2016
Art in Focus: Mark Raymer, a printmaker
November 18, 2015
New KU art class studies where creativity meets sustainability
November 8, 2015
Art in Focus: KU student Samuel Balbuena
November 4, 2015
Art in focus: Michael Krueger
November 2, 2015
A look back at the opening reception for Darrin Martin's"Iterations"
October 29, 2015
"Iterations" exhibit explores different world perceptions through media forms from the 19th century to today
October 22, 2015
Art in focus: Artist and student Haley Hapgood on developing her own style as a printmaker
October 19, 2015
Behind LFK: The acronym created by local printmaker and KU alumna
October 15, 2015
KU art professor creates Japanese-inspired art exhibit for Wonder Fair
October 6, 2015
Visiting professors talk about art process and inspiration during lecture
October 6, 2015
University introduces visual art minor
October 2, 2015
Visual art professor has solo exhibition with works inspired by the Kansas prairie
September 29, 2015
Garden Of Eden In Lucas, Kansas, Turns Offbeat Art Into Economic Salvation
September 28, 2015
Alumnus and founder of the Land Institute to speak at The Commons
September 24, 2015
Theme of lost identities within boundaries ingrained in art professor Norman Akers's exhibit 'Contested Territories'
September 23, 2015
Visual art expanded media alumna begins artist-in-residency at Banfill-Locke Center for the Arts
September 20, 2015
Timber framer Jim Rogers serves as visiting lecturer as part of the Visual Art curriculum
September 4, 2015
Visual art professor Norman Akers opens solo show at Percolator Art Space
September 3, 2015
Sculpture course focuses on sustainable, social art projects
September 1, 2015
Artist draws on experiences with Hurricane Katrina, forces of water for Chalmers Hall art gallery
August 28, 2015
Expanded Media alumna is washing out the stigma of homeless
August 25, 2015
Transformation a theme for regional artist's exhibition
August 20, 2015
Textile designers return to visual art for in-class workshop
March 3, 2015
Visual Art alumna receives Kansas Horizon Award
January 22, 2015
Visual art students wrap up commissioned public sculpture project
November 18, 2014
Visual art faculty to exhibit work
November 7, 2014
Alumnus to discuss international art career
October 31, 2014
Visual Art lab specialist selected as August employee of the month
September 18, 2014
Visual Art graduate students open semester with exhibition
September 16, 2014
Career-spanning solo exhibition for visual art professor
August 29, 2014
Submitted to KU News - Visual Art alumnus creates art from Kansans' unwanted clutter
August 26, 2014
Visual Art alumnus (MFA 2012) John Sebelius' paintings inspired by Facebook photos
August 23, 2014
Submitted to KU News - Visual Art Student's Film Chosen as an Official Selection at Autumn Shorts Film Festival
August 14, 2014
Associate Professor Matthew Burke awarded 2014 Faculty Sustainability Leadership Award
April 21, 2014
Visual Art announces 2014 Visual Art Scholarship Exhibition and Open Studios
April 18, 2014
Collaboration between Expanded Media professor Benjamin Rosenthal and Dance professor James Moreno shows in New York and beyond
February 28, 2014
Sculpture professor Matt Burke and Mark Jakubauskas, a research professor with the Kansas Biological Survey lead community pocket library project
February 28, 2014
Printmaking professor Michael Krueger awarded 2014-15 Hall Center Creative Work Fellowship
January 21, 2014
Visual art professor named Woodyard award winner
December 10, 2013
Fire Spectacular features ceramic program with community events
October 14, 2013
Campus-community partnership honored for outstanding work
October 1, 2013
KU team to create sculpture for Fed Bank’s 100th anniversary
September 18, 2013
Two visual art students win national award for jewelry design
July 18, 2013
Visual Art student achievement displayed in annual Scholarship Show
April 19, 2018