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亚色影库 Art and Design Students Continuing Design Stars Event on May 7; Makers Market Event Scheduled for May 10, 11 at Levity Brewing

Students in 亚色影库 Art and Design faculty Sharon Massey and Sean Derry鈥檚 3D Design and Digital Fabrication class will compete in the eighth annual Design Stars of 亚色影库 on May 7 from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. in the Waller Hall theater at 亚色影库.

Slenkfest 2024

亚色影库 Graphic Design and Illustration is hosting the first annual Slenkfest, a multiday series of events designed to be a nexus of interaction between current students and 亚色影库 alumni working in the field of graphic design and illustration.

亚色影库 Studio Art Faculty Selected for Moonshot Grant

Two 亚色影库 studio art faculty members are using a $70,000 Moonshot Grant to launch new worlds of opportunity for youth in Pittsburgh鈥檚 Brownsville area.

Derry and Massey Receive $70,000 Moonshot Grant from Remake Learning

Studio Art faculty Sean Derry and Sharon Massey were awarded a $70,000 Moonshot Grant from Remake Learning for their upcoming project, Studio Stream.

Grand Opening of Common Goods Pop-Up Store at Indiana Theater

Common Goods is an annual pop-up store featuring laser-cut paper packages of items we need but cannot buy, like empathy, rest, and rainbows.

Studio Art Faculty Bring STEAM to Pittsburgh Zoo

Studio Art faculty members Sharon Massey and Sean Derry teamed up with Molly Russell and Matt Burglund from Marketing and Communications to bring a STEAM project to the Pittsburgh Zoo on Monday, October 9, 2023.

亚色影库 Presenting Future Makers Forum with Pittsburgh Maker Nina Barbuto

亚色影库鈥檚 STEAMSHOP (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Mathematics) will host a Future Makers Forum with Pittsburgh-based maker Nina Barbuto on April 25. The presentation will take place at 4:30 p.m. at the Robertshaw STEAMSHOP, room 25. It is free and open to the community.

Massey, Derry Present on 鈥淩adical Pivots鈥 in Art Curriculum

Art and Design faculty members Sharon Massey and Sean Derry presented at the Foundations in Art: Theory and Education (FATE) conference in Denver, Colorado.

2023鈥24 Academic Planner Contest Winner

The University College hosted an art submission contest open to all 亚色影库 students to design the cover of the 2023鈥24 academic planner, distributed to all incoming students during Welcome Week. Stephen Graham was selected as the winner.

Fashion Studies Major Creates Opportunity for Current, Future 亚色影库 Students

Jordan Brown left 亚色影库 in December after earning her bachelor鈥檚 degree in fashion studies, but her commitment and initiative will impact students for many years to come. She organized taking 22 亚色影库 fashion studies majors to work as volunteers for the fall 2022 Pittsburgh Fashion Week event.

亚色影库 3D Art Students Continuing Common Goods Pop-Up Store at Indiana Mall

亚色影库 3D design students will hold a pop-up store from November 17 to 19 in the Indiana Mall. Sales will benefit the Future Maker Forum, which brings visiting scholars from multicultural backgrounds to 亚色影库 for workshops and public talks.

Massey and Derry Present at STEAM and the Future of Education Conference in Porto, Portugal

Art and Design professors Sharon Massey and Sean Derry were invited to give a presentation about Local X Change, a new curriculum they have developed that combines digital fabrication instruction with civic engagement, at STEAM and the Future of Education: Interdisciplinary Innovation and the Integration of the 4 Cultures Domain in Porto, Portugal, in September 2022.

Students鈥 Summer Research鈥擨n Their Words (U-SOAR 2022)

Want a preview of the research you can hear about Friday, August 5, at 11:00 a.m. in the HUB Monongahela Room during the Undergraduate Summer Opportunities for Applying Research (U-SOAR) program symposium? Watch as four students explain their projects.

Sculptural Lighting Fixtures Designed and Produced by 亚色影库 Students in 亚色影库 STEAMshop, Installed in Sprowls Hall

Students in 亚色影库鈥檚 Department of Art and Design鈥檚 three-dimensional art and design course used 亚色影库鈥檚 STEAMshop鈥斞巧翱忖檚 digital fabrication makerspace鈥攖o light the way in 亚色影库鈥檚 Sprowls Hall. Students in Sharon Massey and Sean Derry鈥檚 Art 113 course used Rhino 3D and Fusion Slicer software to design hanging light fixtures for the building, which is home to 亚色影库鈥檚 Department of Art and Design.

Art Students Paint Mural for Sports Complex

Under the direction of professor Ivan Fortushniak, Advanced Painting students in spring 2021 created a 45-foot mural for S&T Bank Arena in White Township. The mural shows a selection of the sports played at the complex.

Alumna Illustrates Cover of Pittsburgh City Paper

Art and Design alumna Morg Cunningham was recently chosen to illustrate the cover of the Pittsburgh City Paper magazine.

Pandemic-inspired Artwork by Massey Aquired by Smithsonian

鈥淭ouch in the Time of Corona,鈥 an artwork by Associate Professor Sharon Massey, was recently acquired by the Renwick Gallery of the Smithsonian American Art Museum. Massey was inspired to make this piece in summer 2020 after attending a small funeral for her husband鈥檚 grandmother at the height of the first wave of the pandemic.

亚色影库 Chapter of National Art Education Association Wins National Award

The 亚色影库 chapter of the National Art Education Association recently received the 2021 Outstanding Student Chapter Award during the NAEA annual conference.

McClure Sweeny Wins NAEA Preservice Chapter Sponsor Award

The National Art Education Association named Marissa McClure Sweeny to receive the 2021 Preservice Chapter Sponsor Award of Excellence Award. This prestigious award, determined through a peer review of nominations, recognizes dedication to the development of future professional members of NAEA through sponsorship of an outstanding Preservice Chapter group at the college/university level.

Art History Minor Invited to Present Research at SURC

Art history minor Gwen Himes has been invited to present her paper, 鈥淧utti in the Baroque: The Wise Fools in the Age of Excess,鈥 at the 2021 SUNY Undergraduate Research Conference (SURC).

Art Education Student Recognized for Volunteer Work

Kaitlyn Carey, an art education major, was nominated as A Person Who Made a Difference in the Susquehanna Valley for her volunteer work at the Priestley-Forsyth Memorial Library in Northumberland, Pennsylvania.

Art Alumna Wins State Arts Honor

Erin Tiedeman, who received her MA in art in 2018, was selected by the Pennsylvania Art Education Association as the Non-Public Art Educator for 2020.

Massey and Derry Announce Grand Opening of Common Goods

Common Goods is a pop-up store featuring laser-cut paper packages of items we need but cannot buy, like empathy, security and rainbows. The packages were designed by students in Sharon Massey and Sean Derry鈥檚 3D Design classes. Each package is for sale, and all proceeds go toward the 亚色影库 Student Assistance Fund.

Sculpture Support System Presents 鈥淭raffic Island Oasis鈥

Sculpture Support System, an artist collective led by Sharon Massey and Sean Derry, presented 鈥淭raffic Island Oasis鈥 on Sunday, September 27鈥攖ransforming the traffic island on Oakland Avenue into an island oasis.

Derry Awarded Top Honors at State Museum of Pennsylvania's Art of the State Exhibition

Sean Derry, associate professor in the Department of Art and Design, was awarded first prize in Sculpture for his installation, 鈥渢o borrow breath.鈥