This issue's header image by Severin Bunse GD MFA '19

A bi-weekly digest of news from alumni, students, and faculty of the Yale School of Art.

Send us your news and any opportunities you'd like to share for our next issue out Nov 2: SchoolofArtAlumni@yale.edu

JOHN EDMONDS ’16, Anonymous, Kathleen O. Ellis Gallery, LightWork, Syracuse NY. Open Nov 1 - Dec 14. Opening reception Thursday, Nov 30, 5-7pm.

That Way Madness Lies… directed by Undergraduate Faculty SANDRA LUCKOW ’87 will screen at the opening night of the Big Apple Film Festival, New York, NY on Nov 1, 2017 at 9pm.  

RONA PONDICK ’77, ROBERT FEINTUCH ’76, Heads, Hands, Feet; Sleeping, Holding, Dreaming, Dying, exhibition traveling from the Utah Museum of Contemporary Art to the Bates Museum, Lewiston, ME. Open Oct 27, 2017 - March 23, 2018.

EVAN SKLAR ’92, Trees I Never Walk Under, Powerhouse on 8th, Brooklyn, NY. Open Oct 21 - Jan 31. —> Opening reception Saturday, Oct 21, 4-6pm.

DAVID ROW ’74, Zen Road Signs, Locks Gallery, Philadelphia, PA. Open Oct 20 - Nov 25.

Accordion Space, Feigenbaum Center for Visual Arts, Crowell and West Galleries Union College, Schenectady, NY. Featuring DIDIER WILLIAM ’09. Open Sept 6 - Nov 14, 2017. —> Opening reception Friday, October 20, 5-7pm

DIDIER WILLIAM ’09, We Will Win, Tiger Strikes Asteroid, New York, NY. Open Oct 20 - Nov 19, 2017. —> Opening reception Friday, October 20, 6-9pm

Former Painting faculty JOSEPHINE HALVORSON, As I Went Walking, SIkkema Jenkins, New York NY. Open Oct 19 - Nov 22, 2017.

HEIDI HAHN ’14, The Future is Elsewhere (If it Breaks Your Heart), Jack Hanley Gallery, New York, NY. Open Oct 12 - Nov 12, 2017.

KEHINDE WILEY ’01 was commissioned by the Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery to paint the official portrait of former President Barack Obama.  

Why Are More American Teenagers Than Ever Suffering From Severe Anxiety? Article by Benoit Denizet-Lewis, featuring the photographs of SASHA RUDENSKY ’08. Published in the New York Times Oct 11, 2017.

ALEX DA CORTE ’10 was featured by the New York Times T Magazine in Make T Something published on Sept 29, 2017, and in an article by Charlie Fox, Why Frankenstein’s Monster Haunts Queer Art, published on Oct 13, 2017.

ALICE OH ’94, Adaptation/Equilibrium, Lawrence Gallery, Rosemont College, Rosemont, PA. Open Sept 7 - Oct 12, 2017.

The Moderns: American Midcentury Graphic Design by Stephan Heller and Greg D'Onofrio was published by Abrams Art Books on Sept 19, 2017, featuring the work of BURTON KRAMER ’57 and his former Yale instructors Joseph Albers, Paul Rand Alexey Brodovitch, and Herbert Matter.

ALTERONCE GUMBY ’16, published an essay, One Piece: There's a bright side somewhere, in BOMB Magazine on Oct 2, 2017.

Notions of Home, Photographic Center Northwest, Seattle, WA. Featuring Director of Undergraduate Studies in Art LISA KERESZI ’00. Open Sept 14 - Dec 10.

Human Nature, by LUCAS FOGLIA ’10, was published by Nazraeli Press on Sept 1, 2017.

Art of Rebellion: Black Art of the Civil Rights Movement, Detroit Institute of the Arts, Detroit, MI. Featuring TITUS KAPHAR ’06, and MARIO MOORE ’13. Open July 23 - Oct 22, 2017.

DAVID CUNDY ’82, published children’s picture book Animals Spell Love, David R. Godine, Publishers, Boston, 2017. Events throughout the Northeast in 2017 and 2018

Opportunities

The Obama Foundation invites applications for its inaugural Fellowship year. "Our two-year, non-residential Fellowship will offer hands-on training, resources, and leadership development." More info

Triangle Arts Association offers a residency in New York City, including "free, spacious studios and a dynamic artistic community to support the development of projects with emphasis on dialogue and experimentation." Applications due Nov 3. More info

From YaleWomen of the AYA:
YaleWomen Award for Excellence Call for Nominations!
Do you know of an individual (or individuals) who has been an exceptional advocate for justice, equality, and access for women? If so, we encourage you to submit your nomination(s) for the YaleWomen Award for Excellence. More info

And Don't Forget...

A Social Party for Alumni of the Yale School of Art in New York City

Image by Youngeun Sohn GD MFA '18

Joined by the Yale School of Art faculty, community, fellow graduates, and Dean Marta Kuzma

October 24, from 7:30 to 10PM
The Magician, 118 Rivington Street, NYC

Please RSVP using this form, and forward to any alums you know who might like to attend!

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