ART AND PROCESS: A conversation with
Malcolm Gladwell and Charles Randolph
Monday, February 5 at 6:30PM
Presented by Graduate Studies in Photography
E.I.K., 32 Edgewood Avenue, New Haven
Yale School of Art welcomes Malcolm Gladwell in conversation with Charles Randolph, organized by Graduate Studies in Photography at Yale School of Art
Gladwell will lead a discussion with Randolph, which will explore Randolph’s craft as a screenwriter, collaboration with directors in the visual medium, and the relationship and engagement in creating art in the current social climate.
Malcolm Gladwell is a staff writer at The New Yorker, a distinguished public speaker and celebrated author of five New York Times bestselling books including The Tipping Point, Blink, and Outliers. Charles Randolph is a producer and screenwriter currently collaborating with Martin Scorsese and Steven Spielberg. He won the Academy Award for Best Screenplay in 2017 for “The Big Short.”
Seating is limited. Art students will be given priority to this event.
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Hito Steyerl: An Artist Talk
Wednesday, February 21 at 6PM
E.I.K., 32 Edgewood Avenue, New Haven, CT
Hito Steyerl, Installation View Hell Yeah We Fuck Die, Skulptur Projekte Munster, Germany. Image courtesy of the Artist and Andrew Kreps Gallery, New York.
Hito Steyerl is a Hayden Distinguished Fellow at the Yale School of Art. Her work explores the divisions between art, philosophy, and politics as addressed in her recently released book, Duty Free Art: Art in the Age of Planetary Civil War (Verso). Steyerl is a Professor for experimental film and video and the co-founder of the Research Center for Proxy Politics at the Berlin University of the Arts. She studied cinematography and documentary film in Tokyo and Munich and wrote her doctoral thesis at the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna. Her research focuses on media, technology and the distribution of images. In her texts, performances and essayist documentary films Hito Steyerl deals with postcolonial criticism and feminist criticism of representational logic. She works at the intersections of visual art and film as well as theory and practice.
Hito Steyerl has had solo exhibitions at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles (2016); Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, Madrid, Spain (2015); ICA, London, UK; Künstlerhaus Stuttgart, Germany (2014); Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago (2013); the ArtInstitute of Chicago (2012); Chisenhale Gallery, London, UK (2010); Neuer Berliner Kunstverein (2009); and Moderna Museet, Stockholm (2008). Group exhibitions include the German Pavilion, 56th Venice Biennal, Venice, Italy; CAC Vilnius, Vilnius, Lithuania (2015); Cut to Swipe, Museum of Modern Art, New York; The Darknet, Kunst Halle Sankt Gallen, Switzerland; Bienal de la Imagen en Movimento, Goethe- Institut Buenos Aires, Argentina (2014); The Way of the Shovel: Art as Archeology, MCA Chicago; Nine Artists, Walker Art Centre, Minneapolis; Bergen Triennial, Bergen, Norway; Venice Biennale (2013); Taipei Biennial; Gwangju Biennial (2010); documenta 12, Kassel (2007) and Manifesta 5, San Sebastian (2004).
This fellowship has been made possible by the Hayden Fund for Art and Ideas intended to bring internationally reknown artists and cultural producers to the Yale School of Art.
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Save the Date: M.F.A. Open Studios 2018
Saturday, April 7 and Sunday, April 8
1156 Chapel Street | 353 Crown Street | 32-36 Edgewood Avenue
The Yale School of Art will host its annual graduate open studios featuring work from the departments of Graphic Design, Painting and Printmaking, Photography, and Sculpture. Studios are open to the public and located across four buildings on Yale’s campus in downtown New Haven.
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Fellowships Announced
SOMA Summer 2018 in Mexico City
July 2 – August 23, 2018
www.somamexico.org
The School of Art will offer one first-year M.F.A. student (from all areas of study) a fellowship for participation in SOMA Summer 2018, an acclaimed eight-week residency program for international artists, curators, critics, and art historians. The YSoA support will cover tuition, travel and accommodations. Participation is by application which must be completed and submitted by February 19, 2018. For more information, and to apply, please click here. SOMA Summer introduces participants to the dynamic art scene of Mexico City through visits to museums, openings, and artists’ studios. Designed to promote intense creative work and open dialogue, the program is built around a series of seminars and workshops led by renowned Mexican and international artists and curators.
XXIV CSAV - Artists Research Laboratory in Como, Italy
July 2 – July 25, 2018
www.fondazioneratti.org
Another fellowship has been created for one first-year or second-year M.F.A. student (from all areas of study) to participate at CSAV - Artists Research Laboratory in Como, Italy. In the case a student is selected the Yale School of Art will provide the costs of travel, accommodation, and incidentals. Tuition will be supported by the Ratti Foundation. Formerly the Advanced Course in Visual Arts, CSAV - Artists Research Laboratory is at the core of the didactic activity of Fondazione Antonio Ratti. This year’s summer seminar, How to Begin, will be led by the artist Christina Mackie whose investigations range from human and non human power structures, through biology, gene theory, formalism. The lab is an experimental platform designed to provoke formal and informal discussions and exchanges among artists of different generations and nationalities. It aims to explore different forms of art-making through un-institutional teaching methods. Approximately twenty young artist participants will attend daily workshops and seminars run by the invited artist and guests. Participation is by application which must be submitted by February 18, 2018. For more information, and to apply, click here.
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Administrative Staff Updates
The Office of Academic Administration
Patricia DeChiara, Director of Academic Affairs, and Linda Sandrey, Senior Administrative Assistant for Academic Affairs and Undergraduate Studies both retired in Summer 2017 after having served the School for nearly four decades and shepherding hundreds of students through our M.F.A program. The School is profoundly thankful for the dedication and commitment of the Academic Affairs office under Patricia, supported by Linda Sandrey and Janet Liscio.
In light of these retirements, Dean Kuzma initiated a plan for an evaluation for restructuring the academic administration as it would relate to the current and future needs of the School of Art. After a comprehensive evaluation that included conducting interviews with various members of staff and faculty, a plan was put in place for a future Academic Administration department set out in June 2017 and completed recently with the formulation of positions organized to help better provide guidance, resources, and services to attending undergraduate and graduate students from the time they enroll through to graduation and beyond.
The School is pleased to announce that the School of Art has now completed the plans for new plan for Academic Administration with the following positions in place: Taryn Wolf has been named Director of Academic Administration and will join the School in February. Taryn comes to Yale from The New School where she is currently Senior Director of Recruitment and Outreach, providing strategic planning and leadership for all six of The New School’s undergraduate and graduate colleges. Previously, Taryn has held positions at MICA, CalArts, and the School of Visual Arts. Taryn also holds a B.F.A. from MICA. In her new role as Director of Academic Administration, Taryn will provide strategic leadership for the office of Academic Administration—working with the Directors of the school’s graduate and undergraduate program areas, and the Director of Finance and Administration in order to coordinate the administrative activities relating to the academic policies, procedures, and programs of the School of Art, including alumni relations and student career services.
Janet Liscio has been with the School of Art since 2006 and will continue her dedicated work in Academic Administration, having been appointed Registrar for the School in Summer 2017. The Registrar’s duties have been expanded to include both graduate registration and undergraduate academic record keeping. Janet will ensure the School is operating within Yale’s academic policies, regulations, and program requirements for graduation and is responsible for degree verification and certifications.
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In Autumn 2017, Emily Cappa joined as Senior Administrative Assistant for Academic Administration. Emily is responsible for assisting with admissions, coordinating event planning for academic programs and ceremonies, supporting financial aid, registration, and undergraduate art major activities. Emily came to Yale from the Hartford Art School at the University of Hartford where she was the Coordinator of Admissions and an adjunct faculty member. Emily holds an M.F.A. in New Media from Transart Institue/Danube University Krems and a B.F.A. in Sculpture from the Hartford Art School/University of Hartford.
Working in coordination with the new Office of Academic Administration are three additional positions created in 2017: Director of Student Financial Resources and Financial Aid, Assistant Dean for Student Relations, and Assistant Dean for Communications and Digital Media.
David Blackmon has been promoted from a part-time role at the School of Art to a full-time appointment as Director of Student Financial Resources and Financial Aid. In his expanded role David is responsible for all financial resources related to enrolled or incoming students. This begins with involvement in the admissions process at the point a student has been accepted to better strategize how to make the best financial aid package to a given student, together with developing work study opportunities and overseeing various awards given out by the School.
Mark Gibson, a member of School of Art’s painting/printmaking faculty, has been appointed Assistant Dean of Student Relations, serving as a liaison between students and the Dean, and between students and faculty members and administrators with the intent to foster a school community that operates with awareness, respect, fairness and candor set out in the codes of conduct. The Assistant Dean addresses student complaints with respect to diversity, provides support with personal emergencies, and creates spaces for candid exchange in extracurricular venues, such as town hall meetings, departmental meetings, orientations, lectures and diversity workshops.
The Assistant Dean for Communications and Digital Media, Sarah Stevens-Morling, who also serves as a critic in Film/Video/Interdisciplinary Undergraduate Studies, has forged the School of Art’s directive in external and internal communications, formulating and implementing all of the school’s media and communications including oversight and organization of internal and external communications, management of the public events calendar and advertising, and administering the School of Art website. In her new role, Sarah continues to oversee digital technology at the School.
Academic Administration also works closely with Facilities Supervisor Alex Adams who joined the School in 2016. In this role, Alex assists in organizing academic events. He is also responsible for the School’s physical space, which includes electronic access, issuing keys and facilitating room reservations. Alex oversees security and safety and plays a visible role orienting new students and faculty to various rules and regulations. He also works with students and faculty on gallery management, rules and installation schedules.
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Jill Westgard named Director of Development for the School of Art and the School of Architecture
We are pleased to share that Jill Westgard, previously a pivotal figure at the Yale University Art Gallery, started a new role January 29th as a dedicated Director of Development for both the Yale School of Art and the Yale School of Architecture. Jill has more than 25 years of experience in development for arts and education and came to Yale in 2004. As Deputy Director for Advancement at the Yale University Art Gallery, she was responsible for major gifts and donor stewardship, visitor services, membership, and special events. During her tenure, the Gallery opened its renovated Louis Kahn building in 2006 and its expanded facility in 2012, a project made possible by more than $140 million in gifts. Prior to Yale, Jill’s work experience includes development and marketing roles at Neuberger Museum of Art at Purchase College, SUNY, the Elvehjem (now Chazen) Museum of Art at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and the Whitney Museum of American Art. Jill is a graduate of the University of Virginia and earned a Master's degree in art history from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Jill will work closely with Dean Kuzma in continuing to grow the Yale School of Art Council, in fostering further alumni relations, and in helping to endow the important initiatives and priorities set for the Yale School of Art.
Susan Sheehan Daniells, who has been working closely with the School of Art on a part-time basis as Director of Development since September 2016, will shift her focus to that of a full-time major gift officer with Yale’s Office of Development.
Please join us in welcoming Jill into the School of Art community and in wishing Susan all the best in her new role and sincerely thanking her for her hard work for the School.
Ayham Ghraowi named Lecturer and Director of Programming and Publishing for the Office of the Dean
A graduate of the Yale MFA program in Graphic Design, Ayham Ghraowi, in his new role will work closely with Dean Marta Kuzma in program development and new initiatives for the School of Art as they relate to all-school, university collaborative and broader programming.
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Alumni!
Let's be in touch.
Send updates and news, and say hello:
SchoolofArtAlumni@yale.edu
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