In the News: Week of January 3

Places journal has published a suite of essays by the 2021 cohort of its Summer Writing Fellows, who responded to the theme “Responsibilities.” In her essay “The Suburban Garage: Model for a Flexible Framework,” Emily Haller (MArch22) offers a thorough look at the typology of the American garage and what designers can learn from it.

COCA spotlights its collaboration with the firm Axi:Ome for the scenic design of its recent production wUNDERland. Axi:Ome’s design team was led by professor Sung Ho Kim and Heather Woofter, director of the College of Architecture and Graduate School of Architecture & Urban Design. Woofter and Carmon Colangelo, the Ralph J. Nagel Dean, are both quoted in the story.

Post-Colonial Paraphernalia, a recent solo exhibition by Greg Bailey (MFA-VA19) that comments on Jamaica’s sociopolitical climate, has been featured in several Jamaican media outlets. Learn more about Bailey’s work through the link.

This Was the First Sunset by Jorge Rios (MFA-VA23) was accepted into COHORTS—Alone : Together, the seventh annual international exhibition sponsored by the MFA in Art program at the University of Montana.