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
- Please join us on Tuesday, February 7 from 11am-1pm for the opening reception of Creating Access Through Universal Design. Universal Design (UD) is a method for creating environments that are accessible to the largest number of individuals possible. This technique works to create a world that doesn’t exclude or single out those with disabilities, but instead aims to treat everyone equally. The aim of this interactive exhibition is to give visitors the opportunity to explore the principals of UD in everyday products, and in the physical and learning environments. Refreshments will be served, all are welcome.
- To view the collection of books available at IVS, please click here. If you are interested in a particular title, please contact Daniel Robinson at robinsdl@jmu.edu or call 540-568-5656.
- The IVS Studio Seminar Problems Solving in Virtual Worlds is now in session. Click here to view the informational poster.
- Madison Magazine provided an in depth look at the Insititute for Visual Studies in its Winter 2011 issue.
Click here to view the issue online.
Click here for a downloadable pdf.
- IVS has a new Facebook page! Please click here to like our page and receive regular updates on events and projects.
