Welcome to The Institute for Visual Studies
The Institute for Visual Studies (IVS) at James Madison University is a center for scholarly, scientific and
creative inquiry into the nature and workings of images. An incubator of new ideas, the institute fosters discovery,
and the generation of artworks, products, and applications by multidisciplinary teams of students and faculty.
Goals
- promote interdisciplinary research in the visual realm, enabling members of the university community from across all disciplines to collaborate on innovative projects
- function as both a laboratory and a studio, creating a unique teaching and learning environment
- develop and offer a series of multidisciplinary team-taught courses for highly motivated students
- provide a center for the investigation into the ways images work and for the exhibition of visual culture
NEWs
- BECAUSE OUR VISITING ARTIST, GRAPHIC NOVELIST JULIA WERTZ HAS BEEN UNABLE TO LEAVE NEW YORK DUE TO THE RECENT SNOWSTORM, WE ARE POSTPONING THE OPENING FOR THE IVS EXHIBITION "WORDS AND PICTURES" AS WELL AS THE COLLOQUIUM FOR TWO WEEKS. THE OPENING WILL NOW TAKE PLACE IN ROOP 208 ON TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 23RD FROM 11-1, AND THE COLLOQUIUM ON WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 24TH FROM 12-1. WE APOLOGIZE FOR THE INCONVENIENCE AND LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU THEN. SHOULD YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, PLEASE CONTACT DANIEL ROBINSON AT 568-5656, OR AT ROBINSDL@JMU.EDU.
- The IVS spring 2010 course, Writing and Illustrating Literature, is now in session. Student writers and graphic designers are collaborating to create graphic novels, children's books, and other visual narratives in this studio seminar course. Click here to view the informational poster.
- The IVS Facebook Group is up! Log in and click the link to join now and receive regular updates on events and projects.
