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Art in the Time of Coronavirus
Students of Mason Gross School of the Arts, we know this is a difficult and uncertain time for you. Many of you rely on an audience, a stage, or a gallery wall to complete your work, and we want to continue to give that to you–virtually, at least.
Senior co-founds Rutgers Rainbow Symphony, university’s first collective of all queer musicians and allies
Mal Malone knew she was a musician long before she knew she was a trans woman. Nearly a decade after picking up the recorder in elementary school, the Mason Gross School of the Arts bass trombone player embraced her full identity as a queer musician last year. After...
Alumna Creates Award-Winning Web Resource for Reproductive Rights
Website designer and Art & Design alum Heather Pinheiro won the 2022 365: AIGA Year in Design award for Power + Voice, a website that serves as a resource for those seeking reproductive rights access and provides...
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 Germany....
“He ceaselessly challenged us to think.” – Tributes to alum and artist Pope.L
Alum Pope.L (William Pope), a conceptual and performance artist who explored themes of race and class, passed away December 23, 2023, at age 68. He earned his MFA in visual arts at Mason Gross in 1981 and was renowned for work that directly connects to the criticality...
R. Michael Miller, former head of scenic design, taught the craft with a meticulous work ethic and legendary sense of humor
R. Michael Miller, former head of scenic design in the Theater Department who taught at Rutgers for nearly three decades until his retirement in 2019, died February 2, 2024, at age 70. Miller’s work was seen on Broadway (Souvenir, Eminent Domain, The Boys in Autumn),...