Features
Monday, March 6, 2023
Following a Thread Toward Joy: Spring 2023 Teiger Mentor in the Arts Wells Chandler
In advance of his March 23 lecture at the College of Architecture, Art, and Planning (AAP), Art Department faculty member Wells Chandler shares insights into his studio practice and approach to pedagogy, both of which seek to offer liberating safety and intense delight.
Tuesday, February 21, 2023
Cornell Art Students Transform Gallery Into "Cave Painting"
Over the span of five days, artists Tim Green and Oliver Stern (both B.F.A. '24) spent "as much time drawing as humanly possible," transforming a Tjaden gallery into a performance space as well as creating an art installation.
Monday, February 6, 2023
The anticipated renovation of The Foundry is underway with changes meant to create an expanded new Jack Squier Sculpture Studio and comfortable, accessible, state-of-the-art spaces for M.F.A. students.
Monday, January 23, 2023
Spring 2023 at AAP: Collaboration in Action
While the fall semester showcased the inspiration and new ways of thinking to be found in dialogue among passionate collaborators across disciplines, with the turn toward spring AAP celebrates results: new departments, degrees, classes, and faculty.
Tuesday, January 10, 2023
AAP Department of Art Announces Unique New Image Text M.F.A.
A new interdisciplinary, low-residency graduate program welcomes new faculty integrating critical engagement and creative practices across image and text.
Friday, December 9, 2022
AAP Professor and Art Chair Paul Ramírez Jonas to Create Work for the National Mall
The new public art initiative Beyond Granite invites artists to explore what it means to imagine, build, live, and grow with monuments.
Wednesday, December 7, 2022
Fictional Civilization Leaves Behind Lasting Legacy
The Cornell Chronicle profiles longtime Art Professor Norman Daly and his fictive installation from 1972 detailing the "lost" civilization of Llhuros. Archival materials documenting its creation are now held by Cornell University Library's Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections.
Thursday, November 17, 2022
Yoon Reappointed Dean of Architecture, Art, and Planning
Dean J. Meejin Yoon has been appointed to a second five-year term as Gale and Ira Drukier Dean of the College of Architecture, Art, and Planning at Cornell University.
Thursday, November 17, 2022
Celebrating Pier Paolo Pasolini, Italy's Bard of the Periphery
A giant in postwar Italian literature and film, this semester's Cornell in Rome students dive deep into Pasolini's cross-disciplinary work as the city celebrates his centenary.
Wednesday, October 19, 2022
From Fabric Arts to Human Waste: Student Biennial Projects Transcend
The Cornell Chronicle's coverage highlights Matéa LeBeau (B.F.A. '22) and Isabella Culotta's exhibit Waste Not, which calls attention to the potential use of human waste as fertilizer.
Monday, October 3, 2022
The Future Inside and Out: Cornell Biennial Blankets Campus This Fall
Spilling out beyond gallery walls and across campus, the 2022 Cornell Biennial "Futurities, Uncertain" is well underway and features work by AAP faculty, students, alumni, and guests.
Monday, September 19, 2022
6 Videos/6 Questions: Meet Fall 2022 Teiger Mentor in the Arts Emilio Rojas
In advance of his October 3 lecture at the College of Architecture, Art, and Planning (AAP), preview examples of Rojas's performances and gain insight into the motivations that fuel his work.
Thursday, September 15, 2022
Sound, Light Artists to Lead Celebration of Cornell Biennial
The Cornell Chronicle previews exhibition tours, performances, and artist panels (September 15–17) celebrating the fifth edition of the interdisciplinary Biennial, which this year is exploring the theme of "Futurities, Uncertain."
Thursday, September 1, 2022
This September 27–28, "Critical Conversations for Urban Transformation" brings urban leaders and expert design practitioners, scholars, artists, and activists together around some of the most pressing challenges facing cities today.
Wednesday, August 31, 2022
Three Projects Awarded Belonging at Cornell Innovation Grants
The Cornell Chronicle reports that B@C (Belonging at Cornell) 360, a collaboration between the university library and multiple Cornell colleges including AAP, has been awarded support for 2022 programming.
Monday, August 22, 2022
Fall 2022 at AAP: Inclusion and Innovation through Collaboration
As the college welcomes students, faculty, and staff back this fall, the semester ahead includes new courses that invite interdisciplinary participation and innovative partnerships that draw new connections and build community.
Friday, August 19, 2022
Defiantly Optimistic: Centering Humanity in Our Institutions
Associate Professor of Art and AAP's Associate Dean for Diversity and Equity Jen Delos Reyes shares thoughts on art, agency, and making change by changing the way we work toward Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging (DEI).
Tuesday, August 16, 2022
Cornell AAP announces the appointment of eight new faculty members and two fellows who will bring social justice and radical collaboration to the forefront of the college's efforts to build a more sustainable, just, and thriving world for all.
Monday, June 6, 2022
Alumni Group Advocates to Advance Equity Work at AAP
Alumni group helps create channels of philanthropy intended to directly support the experience and growth of students of underrepresented backgrounds and strengthen the work of AAP's Office of Diversity + Inclusion.
Friday, June 3, 2022
'Measures and Meaning' Exhibition features AAP Alums, Faculty
The Cornell Chronicle previews an exhibition curated by Architecture Associate Professor Sean Anderson (B.Arch./B.S. '96) that showcases work by 20 artists and architects whose views of the built environment defy boundaries.