Student with disabilities works to expand access in arts spaces
Art & Design student Gabrielle Carmella says seeing the work of “artists who are like me” on view at the university’s Zimmerli Art Museum has been a revelation.
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Alum’s Paul Robeson mural to be unveiled at SHI Stadium
Art & Design alum Alonzo Adams (BFA’84) is set to unveil a massive mural depicting 1919 Rutgers alum Paul Robeson October 19 at the Rutgers’ homecoming football game against UCLA.
Artist Chat Travieso wants students to collaborate with the broader community
“The work is successful when people are engaging with it, whether that’s someone sitting on a bench that I designed, or someone liking the way it looks, or a child finding joy and playing with one of my projects,” Travieso says.
Zimmerli installs sculpture by alum and professor emeritus Patrick Strzelec
Strzelec, an award-winning artist and educator on faculty from 2010 to 2021, says the sculpture, created to honor the university’s class of 1965, “seeks to reflect their magic, their trajectory, their innocence, the fervor to do right.”
Faculty work featured in Zimmerli exhibit on abstraction
Julie Langsam and Stephen Westfall have work on view from September 11 through July 31, 2025, as part of “Crossing Borders: Geometric Abstraction 1960 to Now.”
Art & Design alum’s billboard on view in NYC
Look for alum Raque Ford’s billboard near the Highline in New York City, a project organized by the Whitney Museum of American Art.
Art & Design alum’s immersive installation featured in Olympics coverage
Peacock TV commissioned Dave Cicirelli’s kaleidoscopic artwork to serve as the splashy centerpiece of the streaming service’s promotional campaign for the 2024 Paris Olympics and Paralympics.
Zimmerli Art Museum hosts virtual talk with Park McArthur
The Zimmerli Art Museum at Rutgers–New Brunswick and the Department of Art & Design at Mason Gross present a special lecture on June 11 with Park McArthur to mark the culmination of her term as Tepper Family Endowed Chair at Rutgers University.McArthur, a...
Park McArthur Named a 2024 Guggenheim Fellow
Park McArthur, a conceptual artist and the Tepper Family Endowed Chair in Visual Arts, has been named a 2024 Guggenheim Fellow in the field of fine arts.McArthur will use her Guggenheim fellowship to complete projects opening in spring 2025 in Austria and...