In the Media
In Grim Times, Art Finds a Way
The Washington Post: Department of Art Chair Paul Ramírez Jonas's 2017 conceptual interactive performance piece, Alternative Facts, was featured in this article about how art helps the American public process electoral politics.
An Artist Reimagines the Spaces of Childhood, With Thorny Results
Bloomberg: Featuring Hugh Hayden's (B.Arch. '07) wooden sculptures inspired by his childhood, including his provocative replica of Kidsville, a suburban Dallas example of the wooden playgrounds that flourished in the 1980s.
Josh Owen: Renowned Industrial Designer, Educator, and Author
Designculture: Artist Josh Owen (B.F.A. '94) discusses his experience studying at Cornell in Rome and with Associate Professor of Art Roberto Bertoia.
Along US Route 441, Scenes of the Demoralizing American Grind
The New York Times: A review of Orange Blossom Trail by artist Joshua Lutz and author George Saunders, edited by AAP art faculty Catherine Taylor and Nicholas Muellner for their ITI Press.
Orange Blossom Trail (ITI Press) to Release This Fall
Publisher's Weekly: Orange Blossom Trail by artist Joshua Lutz and author George Saunders, edited by AAP art faculty Catherine Taylor and Nicholas Muellner for their ITI Press, will be released this fall and has been selected by Publisher's Weekly for their Fall 2024 Most Notable Titles List.
This New York City Basketball Court Just Became a Spectacular Work of Art
Fast Company: Renowned artist and AAP Alumn Na Chainkua Reindorf (M.F.A. '17), known for feminist art that often incorporates the motif of an eye, was commissioned to redesign a NYC basketball court.
What to See in N.Y.C. Galleries in June
The New York Times: Painting Deconstructed, an exhibition featuring 46 contemporary artists curated by Art Assistant Professor Leeza Meksin, is reviewed.
Michael Singer, Sculptor Who Used Nature as His Medium, Dies at 78
The New York Times: Michael Singer (B.F.A. '67) was a sculptor whose work eventually blurred the lines separating art, landscaping, architecture, and urban planning on an increasingly large scale.
Kay WalkingStick's Layered Landscapes Get Under the Genre's Surfaces
Art in America: WalkingStick discusses her approach to painting — and probing — landscapes, all the while looking past the land's surface to unearth its wounds.
Emilio Rojas on Gloria Anzaldúa's Borderlands: The New Mestiza
LENSCRATCH: In this interview, Art Visiting Critic Emilio Rojas discusses his enduring relationship with Anzaldúa's revolutionary ideas, her lasting legacy, and the profound influence she had in the performer's practice and pedagogy.
Hannah Levy (B.F.A. '13) — Adaptive Structures
Art21: In this "New York Close Up" digital short produced by Art21, Levy describes the ad hoc processes she's developed in her Bronx studio to make her unique sculptural forms, calling herself a "professional amateur."
In Their "Epic" Lofted Studio, Artist Baseera Khan Paints, Collages, Draws, and Dreams
Artnet: Khan (M.F.A. '12) shares insights into their studio practice, favorite tools, and current explorations.
Reframing the American Landscape
The New York Times: A profile of Art Professor Emerita Kay WalkingStick, whose exhibition of work in dialogue with paintings from the Hudson River School is currently on view at the New-York Historical Society.
Where the Artists Are Present — and In Charge
The New York Times Style Magazine: This feature story on the impact of artist-run galleries includes the work of Ortega y Gasset Projects in Gowanus, cofounded by Art Assistant Professor Leeza Meksin.
Art on the Mall: American Diversity on Display
CBS Sunday Morning: Highlights from Beyond Granite: Pulling Together, the first-ever curated exhibition on the National Mall, which presents works from a diverse range of artists including Art Chair and Professor Paul Ramírez Jonas (at 3:50).
The Seduction of Systems: A Conversation with Jill Magid
The Brooklyn Rail: Jill Magid (B.F.A. '95) shares insights into her art, process, and what she hopes people take away from her work.
On Our National Mall, New Monuments Tell New Stories
The New York Times: A review of Pulling Together, an exhibition on the National Mall that features "prototype monuments" by six artists, including Art Chair Paul Ramírez Jonas's Let Freedom Ring.
Move Over, Monuments: The Mall Gets First Curated Multi-Artist Exhibit
The Washington Post: Art Chair Paul Ramírez Jonas's contribution Let Freedom Ring is an automated carillon that plays 41 notes of "My Country 'Tis of Thee" but leaves the 42nd note to a 600-pound bell that can be struck by visitors.
Haudenosaunee Mark 100th Anniversary of Deskaheh's Attempt to Speak to League of Nations
CBC News: This CBC News report includes mention of Deskaheh in Geneva 1923–2023: Defending Haudenosaunee Sovereignty, a photo exhibition curated by Art Associate Professor Jolene Rickard featuring 30 large panels displayed along Lake Geneva.
Monuments to Overlooked Histories Are Coming to Washington, DC's National Mall
The Art Newspaper: The Art Newspaper previews the planned public art show, which will present alternative monuments by artists including Art Chair Paul Ramírez Jonas.
