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Exhibition Exploring American Diplomacy Opens at the Corcoran
Faces of Diplomacy, a collaborative project between the U.S. Department of State and students and faculty from the Corcoran School, opens Monday, Nov. 7 at the Corcoran's Flagg Building.
Fine Art Photography Alumna Wins FotoWeekDC 2016 Competition
Book Arts Alumni and Faculty Featured in New Exhibit Exploring Family Histories
Fine Arts Professor Receives D.C. Arts and Humanities Fellowship
Dean Kessmann, associate professor of photography and director of graduate and undergraduate studies, Fine Arts, received a 2017 Arts and Humanities Fellowship from D.C.’s Commission on the Arts and Humanities.
Artist Glenn Goldberg to Give Artist Talk at the Corcoran
The Corcoran Presents a Lecture by Visiting Professor and Artist Mel Chin
"And You Will Never Know," will focus on mutative art-making strategies and the history and content of several artworks. With more than 40 years of experience as an artist, Mr. Chin is known for the broad range of approaches in his art, including works that require multidisciplinary, collaborative teamwork and works that conjoin cross-cultural aesthetics with complex ideas.
Gallery 102 Accepting Exhibition Proposals for Spring 2017 Season
Gallery 102 in Smith Hall is accepting exhibition proposals for its spring 2017 season. Proposals may be submitted by both GW/Corcoran students and outside collaborators/curators.
Creative Time Summit Coming to D.C. and the Corcoran
The Creative Time Summit, the largest international conference on art and social change, is headed to D.C. Oct. 14-16, with a full day of events taking place at the Corcoran on Sunday, Oct. 16.
Photojournalism Student’s Work on American Muslim Identity Featured in BuzzFeed
New Media Photojournalism student Sana Ullah is looking at the way American Muslims pray in public in her photos series "Places You’ll Pray," which was recently featured in BuzzFeed.
Students Selected for Annual CONNERSMITH MFA/BFA Invitational
Recent graduates from the Corcoran School and GW fine arts program were among those selected for ACADEMY 16, the 16th annual invitational survey of outstanding work by BFA and MFA students in the Washington, D.C. and Baltimore area. Hosted by D.C. gallery CONNERSMITH, this year's exhibition is being held online though Sept. 30.
Professor of Printmaking Part of New Collaborative Exhibition Examining the Lower East Side
Corcoran printmaking professor Georgia Deal is one of several artists featured in Causey Contemporary's new exhibition Tally.
Corcoran Alumna's Passion for Conservation and Art Combine in New Award-Winning Film
Corcoran Professor Takes Sculpture to New Levels With 3D Technology
The technology behind 3D printing is going to change our lives, says Corcoran Fine Arts lecturer Davide Prete.
Corcoran School to Host Public Art Project That Reimagines Presidential Politics
What do you want in a president? What experiences should be reflected? What do you wish to see in government that seems impossible from where we stand now?
These are some of the questions being posed as part of the public art project I want a president … (a collective reading—DC) that will take place, in part, at the Corcoran School of the Arts and Design.
Theater Professor’s New Book Explores Presidential Libraries as Performance
As a scholar of cultural performance, Jodi Kanter, associate professor of theater, wanted to explain how presidential libraries generate narratives about individual presidents, historical events and who we are as Americans.
Her latest book, Presidential Libraries as Performance: Curating American Character from Herbert Hoover to George W. Bush, examines the funding, setting, architecture and exhibitions of presidential museums as performances and argues that these libraries not only shape our understanding of the president’s character, but create radically divergent roles for American citizens in public life.
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