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Gaining Ground, Looking Forward: Fall 2023 Semester Highlights at AAP
The College of Architecture, Art, and Planning (AAP) kicks off the semester energized by the addition of new leadership and faculty, advances across the departments, and exciting opportunities presented by innovative courses, cross-disciplinary initiatives, and special events.
National Mall Installation Invites Public to "Let Freedom Ring"
Featured in the Cornell Chronicle, the exhibition includes an interactive bell tower by Art Chair and Professor Paul Ramírez Jonas, one of six featured projects which aim to create a more inclusive commemorative landscape on the mall.
Beyond Granite: Pulling Together Artist Preview — Paul Ramírez Jonas
In a video for the Beyond Granite exhibition on the National Mall, Art Chair Paul Ramírez Jonas discusses his installation Let Freedom Ring ahead of the opening on August 18.
New Leadership and Faculty Join AAP
The College of Architecture, Art, and Planning announces new leadership and faculty ahead of the fall 2023 semester.
Multi-College Scholars Think Deeply About Cities
The College of Arts & Sciences reports on two cross-disciplinary graduate courses taught this year as part of Cornell's Mellon Collaborative Studies in Architecture, Urbanism, and the Humanities program.
In Practice with Ava Leeser (B.F.A. '23)
Undergraduate art student Ava Leeser (B.F.A. '23) shares thoughts on her time at Cornell AAP and making work for her recent exhibition titled blue, a series of oil paintings focused on the interplay between the feminine experience, perception, memory, distortion, and realism in figurative representation.
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.
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.
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.
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.
The AAP Alumni Archive features video artist and filmmaker Shelly Silver (B.F.A. '80) reflecting on her time at Cornell.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Championing Women's Contributions
The AAP Alumni Archive features Jennifer Cecere (B.F.A. '73), whose work challenges traditional perspectives on "women's work."
Explore the career and artwork of painter Leslie (Kirpich) Brill (B.F.A. '71) in the AAP Alumni Archive.
