News Archive
Gallery 102 Presents 'A Home Built From Memory'
Gallery 102 is pleased to present A Home Built from Memory, a selection of works by five artists that explore real and constructed memories of diaspora, migration, and movement through objects, documents, and artifacts. Using photography, painting, video, and installation, these artists re-imagine and re-construct the experience of place and displacement, while considering what we bring and what we leave behind in the process.
Corcoran to Host Exhibition Examining Alaskan Identity Through The Lens of Colonization
This February, the Corcoran School of the Arts and Design will welcome Decolonizing Alaska, a multimedia visual art exhibit featuring contemporary artists exploring and responding to Alaska’s history of colonization and its emerging influence on sustainability, both environmental and cultural.
Fine Art Professor's Work Will Help Raise Funds for Local Reuse Nonprofit
Fine Art Professor Justin Plakas is partnering with local nonprofit reuse center Community Forklift this holiday season to help raise funds for the group’s public outreach programs. During a yearlong artist residency as part of the collaborative PLAKOOKEE, Plakas created a series of graphics and photographs that will go on sale beginning this Friday, Nov. 25, with a portion of the proceeds benefitting Community Forklift's Home Essentials program. The program provides free home repair supplies and other household essentials to families and individuals who qualify for need-based assistance.
Students Celebrate Addition of 20th Century Art to White House Collection
Corcoran students were among those who honored the White House Historical Association last month for its achievements in turning the White House’s Old Family Dining Room into the first room in “The People’s House” devoted entirely to 20th century art.
A Post-Election Message from Corcoran School Director Sanjit Sethi
A week ago many of us were shocked by the outcome of the presidential election. Specifically the election of an individual who is seen by many to be a misogynist, a racist, a homophobe and a xenophobe. Since that time we have already witnessed an uptick in hateful speech in our country’s schools, streets and places of common gathering. Confronted by this reality we need to ask ourselves: What do we do? What does the Corcoran School of the Arts and Design stand for? And what is at the heart of our core DNA?
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.
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.
Artist Glenn Goldberg to Give Artist Talk at the Corcoran
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.
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.
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.
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.
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