Bright Lights: Students’ Stories Across the Corcoran

Professor Benjamin Tankersley and his studio lighting class have worked diligently on a comprehensive video project, exploring the experiences of several Corcoran students and sharing the ways in which the school has impacted their lives. The final products from the effort provide unique, personable perspectives to the Corcoran’s degree programs, and demonstrate numerous opportunities for students, all available at the Corcoran.

In Photos: Veteran Documents Armed Forces Retirement Home

"Fifty Cents a Paycheck" by Corcoran School of the Arts and Design student Eric Dietrich is an intimate look at the late lives of those who serve. Originally published on GWToday, May 24, 2018.

NEXT Celebrates Work of Corcoran Students

Tyree Brown’s tiny portraits are intensely detailed, highly individual, as sharp and high-contrast as woodcuts. Up close they are almost pointillist, the figures composed of short, precise lines of graphite. And their arresting detail requires perseverance to create. Ms. Brown, now a senior at the George Washington University’s Corcoran School of the Arts and Design, had to retrain herself to draw with her non-dominant left hand after a 2015 accident left her in a wheelchair without the use of her right.

The Winning Banana Peel

A graduating senior, Julie Hansen (B.F.A., Graphic Design, 2018), competed in last month’s Creative Jam competition, winning the graphic design judge’s first place and people’s choice second place awards. The competition was hosted in the Flagg Building by Adobe.

Great Things Are Always On Display At The Corcoran School

In reimagining creative expression and addressing critical social issues, the George Washington University’s Corcoran School of The Arts and Design is shaping culture and creating its next ge

Corcoran Launches New Interaction Design Program

Develop new interfaces and innovative applications while using design thinking to create social impact. Study how to shape the interactions between people, systems and their environments.

Artists Explore Cross-Cultural Collaborations During Corcoran Symposium

GW Corcoran School of the Arts and Design Hosts a Day of Panel Discussions Examining Collective Arts Projects