Yale School of Art Receives Generous Gift, Establishes New Art and Social Justice Initiative
The School of Art is pleased to announce that an anonymous gift of $750,000 from a Yale University alumnus will establish a new Art and Social Justice initiative at the School.
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The Art and Social Justice initiative has been created by Marta Kuzma, Stavros Niarchos Foundation Dean of the Yale School of Art, recognizing that graduate art education needs to explore the intersections of art through economic, social, and cultural perspectives. The school-wide initiative will contribute to scholarships, promote research, extend pedagogical offerings, and explore practical approaches and projects that foster critical and collective consciousness around social engagement and civic dialogue.
The initiative also focuses on helping graduate students to negotiate art production amid the given conditions of social and economic inequality and increased polarization. Dean Kuzma notes: “This gift represents a level of generosity that enables the Yale School of Art to address one of the most important issues in society today – equity in graduate level education within which personal or social circumstances, race, gender, ethnic origin, or economic background, might in no way serve as an obstacle to higher learning. Additionally, this gift enlarges the platform on which the Yale School of Art addresses the cross section of art with current debates and issues plaguing society, both nationally and internationally.”
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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.
More information to come in the spring.
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