In the News: Week of January 24

Jess T. Dugan, the 2020-21 Henry L. and Natalie E. Freund Teaching Fellow, shared their #BriefButSpectacular take on representation and the power of portraiture on the PBS NewsHour. The piece was filmed on site at Dugan’s Currents exhibition at the Saint Louis Art Museum last fall.

Artist Ian Weaver (MFA08) was interviewed by Brainard Carey for Yale University Radio. Weaver, an assistant professor at Saint Mary’s College in Indiana, is currently preparing for a solo exhibition at Fort Worth Contemporary Art this fall.

La Référence de Ganthier, a primary school in Haiti designed by Studio PHH Architecture—the firm of architecture alum Pierre-Henri Hoppenot (BA09/MArch12)—was recognized with a 2022 Architecture Honor Award from AIA New York. The site provides light-filled, naturally ventilated spaces for learning and play and is organized around a central courtyard to build community.

Artist Jill Downen (MFA01), a recipient of a 2022 Sam Fox School Award for Distinction, gave an artist talk about their solo show Speak Truth, which is on view now at St. Louis’ Bruno David Gallery. Downen is also a 2018 recipient of the School’s Stone & DeGuire Contemporary Art Award, which provides alumni with a $25,000 award to advance their studio practice.

Print and Process After Johns panel discussion presented by the Whitney Museum of American Art features Kahlil Robert Irving (MFA-VA17), Matt Saunders, and Tschabalala Self. Happening January 27 6p EST via link.

Decorative Art Museum, Moscow presents It’s About Time to Launch the Quick Brown Fox Again… Isn’t It? features American projects including Dark Skies by Patricia Olynyk (Florence and Frank Bush Professor of Art) and Before, After by Adam Hogan (MFA-VA14) and Laura Stayton.

Light a virtual group exhibition presented by Art Saint Louis features work by Sharlene Lee (MFA23) and Racheal Bruce (MFA-IVC21) |