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Editor's note: This story is part of a series of profiles of notable fall 2020 graduates . During her time at Arizona State University, Rachel Hebert walked 500 miles across Colorado, climbed a...
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It was seeing herself reflected that made the college decision for Maria Walker. The high school senior had been all set to go to Columbia University on a full scholarship, but then Tribal Nations...
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Liz Cohen wasn’t eager to teach online. The Guggenheim-winning associate photography professor, who considers herself a people person, didn’t think it was for her. When COVID-19 happened, Cohen threw...
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An esteemed promoter of the arts who has engaged with some of the most venerable museums and cultural institutions in Southern California has been appointed to lead the board of trustees of Zócalo...
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Most of us find ourselves fully immersed in the digital age. Books are replaced with tablets, newspapers articles are delivered via an app rather than your doorstep, the junk mail once found in your...
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Most Americans, today, might not recognize the name Agnes Smedley. That’s because the American journalist made a name for herself in China, where she lived and worked between 1929 and 1941, and rose...
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This semester a group of art students and a group of film students in Arizona State University's Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts will get the chance to learn from film and television...
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Arizona State University School of Art faculty members Daniel Mayer and John Risseeuw , professor emeritus, will both have work exhibited at Washington and Lee University in Lexington, Virginia, in...
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Adriene Jenik , professor of intermedia in the School of Art in the Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts at Arizona State University, was awarded a competitive artist residency through NES in...
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Angela Ellsworth , a professor in the School of Art in Arizona State University’s Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts, is one of several notable contemporary artists featured in a new...
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Arizona State University School of Art Assistant Professor Christine Lee has an installation at the Center for Art in Wood in Philadelphia for the group exhibition “ Making a Seat at the Table: Women...
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Julie Codell, an art history professor in the School of Art in Arizona State University’s Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts, is currently researching the art market through data science....
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Larry Madrigal, a graduate student in the School of Art in Arizona State University’s Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts, was shortlisted for the XL Catlin Art Prize traveling exhibition ....
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Phoenix-based fine jewelry brand Åma Sea Pearl was selected as one of 12 finalists to participate in the Emerging Designer Bootcamp 2018. Ariel Hodge, the designer behind this brand, is an MFA...
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Larry Madrigal and Tyler Griese, both graduate students in the School of Art, are recipients of a grant from the Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation. The Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation Grant is one...
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Editor’s note: This is part of a series of profiles for spring 2017 commencement. See more graduates here . During her undergraduate career, 22-year-old Angelica Fox worked with an array of arts...
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Randall DeCaussin , graduating in May with his MFA, was awarded a C$15,000 grant by the Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation. The Foundation is a private Canadian foundation that was created and endowed...
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The Arts Writers Grant Program recently announced its 2019 recipients, which include an alumnus from the School of Art in Arizona State University's Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts....
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Herberger Institute alumna K Brandt Knapp won the $10,000 grand prize for the #ZeroThreshold Design Competition, an architecture and urban design initiative that celebrates accessibility as a...
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The Arizona Commission on the Arts awarded grants to 31 artists throughout the state, including two faculty members and six alumni from Arizona State University's Herberger Institute for Design...
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Ingrid V. Wells, who received her Bachelor of Fine Arts in painting and art education from Arizona State University's School of Art in 2010, recently released an artist book and had a solo...
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Lisa Von Hoffner, who received an MFA in painting from the School of Art in 2016, will be showing in one of California’s top emerging artists showcases at the Torrance Art Museum. The showcase,...
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In the contemporary art world, exhibitions don’t get much more esteemed than the Whitney Biennial and documenta . Over the course of an artist’s career, it’s an honor to be included in one; in both,...
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