SADAH News

2021-22 Distinguished Alumni Award: Millicent Young

The School of Art, Design and Art History has chosen Millicent Young (M.F.A. '97) to receive the SADAH 2021-22 Distinguished Alumni Award for her work in sculpture, installation and inter-media collaborations

Architectural Design students unveil innovative bike racks using reclaimed ash wood

Assistant professor Nick Brinen and students will hold a ribbon cutting and press event for bike storage and repair station they built specifically for children in JMU's Occupational Therapy program.

SADAH alum turns pop-up art space into permanent gallery

New gallery is a brick-and-mortar version of a tented gallery and workshop that she and friends established eight years ago at the Mountain Music Festival.

Maureen Shanahan in first cohort of JMU Faculty Fellows

Fellowship will fill art history professor's educational leave year with collaborations, mentoring activities and writing a new book

CVPA faculty development grant helps artist archive 20+ years of work  

A $1,000 grant paid for a photographer's time, hardware and supplies to create a searchable database.

Installation remembers Rwandan genocide in every page

The installation is made of 800,000 pages in 2,500 books displayed in 100 crates: one page for each victim, one crate for each day of the war.

SADAH MFA program honored with three VMFA fellowship awards

Graduate faculty, alumni and current student all receive awards to support their research

2022 MFA Thesis Exhibition

Three graduating MFA students share their capstone work that confronts attitudes toward ecology, transformation and gender expectations

Annual Undergraduate Juried Show Opens March 30

This year’s guest juror is Richmond-based fiber artist Marie Fornaro. Co-located New Image Gallery opens solo exhibition "burnout"

New book uses 19th century motion studies as a lens for viewing race and social mobility

Book offers fresh interpretations of Muybridge’s famous motion studies through the lenses of mobility and race.

CVPA Scholarship Series: Kacey Riel

Junior Kacey Riel is studying the arts at JMU with the help of the late Dean George Sparks and multiple scholarships.

SADAH Professor Rich Hilliard named 2022 Madison Scholar

Professional graphic designer and SADAH professor specializes in science fiction and dark fantasy illustration.

CVPA Scholarship Series: Anna Stegmeier

Junior Anna Stegmeier is studying studio art at JMU with the help of three scholarships.

Two new JMU exhibitions explore individuality and identity in unique ways

"Home Goods" exhibition by Iranian-American interdisciplinary artist Rex Delafkaran co-located with "Dimensions of Self" exhibition of students works

Pablo Delano's Art Installation Explores the Legacies of Colonialism in Puerto Rico

Ongoing, site-specific, conceptual art installation studies how everyday objects, imagery and film have shaped stereotypes of Puerto Rico

Helping Middle Schoolers Understand Abstract Art and the Contributions of African American Painters

Hands-on art making, presentations and a custom-made workbook help students understand the importance of "Exuberance: Dialogues in African American Abstract Painting."

Student Exhibition Offers Insight into Industrial Design Process

Joint reception Nov. 3 with New Image Gallery

Industrial Design Conference Comes to James Madison University

Local community welcome to join professionals and students from South and mid-Atlantic region

Exhibition Celebrates the Dynamic Legacy of Abstraction in African American Painting

Featured works collected from several galleries span 70 years

"The Grand Illumination" Celebrates Installation of Sculptures on JMU Campus

JMU's CVPA celebrates the sculptures of Michio Ihara and Edwin Baruch in "The Grand Illumination" ceremony on Friday, Oct. 1 from 5-6 pm on the Duke Lawn. Free and open to the public. An art walk will follow.

Mark Rooker Receives 2021-22 CVPA Beck Faculty Fellowship

Mark Rooker figured out how to teach meticulous processes to remote students