In the News: Week of March 28

The New York Times named Kahlil Robert Irving’s (MFA17) solo show at MoMA a critic’s pick. “With the exception of Simone Leigh, there isn’t another artist making more relevant and compelling clay-based work at the moment,” says critic John Vincler. Irving’s work has also been included in recent exhibitions at the Whitney Museum and at the New Museum’s 2021 Triennial.

In this story for St. Louis Magazine, artist Nicole Miller discusses her new immersive installation A Sound, a Signal, the Circus, currently on view at the Kemper Art Museum. “It contains all the components of art-making that I’m passionate about,” Miller says. “For me and my practice, it’s an opportunity to be in relationship with people that I admire, and that’s really what keeps me moving forward.”

McToad Mows Tiny Island, a book illustrated by professor and MFA-IVC chair John Hendrix, got a special shout-out on NBC’s Today show last week. Comedian (and picture book author) Seth Meyers named it as one of his favorite children’s books.

Environmental Roundtable: The Future of Sustainability featuring Marcus Foston (McKelvey School of Engineering), Linda Samuels (Sam Fox School), and Phil Valko (Assistant Vice Chancellor of Sustainability, WashU) happening 6p CDT via link below.

Israel Institute Visiting Artist and Sam Fox School’s Wallace Herndon Smith Distinguished Visiting Lecturer Maya Muchawsky Parnas will present a craft talk Reflections of a Place as part of the two-day Israeli Women’s Art Festival 1 April 11a-12p CDT at the Women’s Building (Formal Lounge).

Associate professor Patty Heyda and professor Tim Portlock, chair of undergraduate art are among featured presenters of Laboratory for Suburbia: Sprawl Session 3, House as Crisis co-organized by Gavin Kroeber & Mimi Zeiger, in partnership with SCI-Arc happening March 31st 2-4p CDT via link