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Lotus MacDowell planned gift funds scholarship

Lotus MacDowell has been a staple in the North Central West Virginia art community for nearly four decades. Her legacy is now growing with a planned gift commitment in the West Virginia University School of Art & Design. 

MacDowell’s gift will support a scholarship for painting students, with first preference given to students concentrating on realism.

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WVU launches MA in Game Design

A new Master of Arts degree in Game Design at West Virginia University will prepare graduates for careers in the growing global gamification industry.

“With more than $30 billion in annual revenue in the United States alone, the game market offers a great opportunity for artists, designers, coders and interactive media authors to target their creative talents toward a rewarding career,” said Douglas Barkey, EdD, coordinator of the Game Design program in WVU’s School of Art and Design.

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Art alumnus Derek Reese represents U.S. at Art Bienal in Chile

Derek Reese, a West Virginia University School of Art & Design alumnus and Morgantown native, is representing the United States in international contemporary art exposition Art Bienal in Antofagasta, Chile through Nov. 30.

As part of the international contemporary art exposition, his video-based exhibition titled “Masculine Artifacts” will be exhibited at the Esquina Retornable, a cinema house located in the Playa Blanca neighborhood of Antofagasta. 

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WVU Art History Department visits Winthrop University

Members of the West Virginia University Art History department traveled to Rock Hill, South Carolina to join faculty and students in the Department of Anthropology at Winthrop University on a collaborative exhibition of Pre-Columbian artifacts from the Salazar Collection in honor of the beginning of National Hispanic Heritage Month in the United States.

On display through October 1, 2021 at the Louise Pettus Archive in Rock Hill, South Carolina, the exhibition "Preserved in Clay and Stone: Celebrating the History of Ancient Latin America" features 20 objects from the Salazar Latin American Artifacts Collection. The works represent several periods of Latin American culture and history and were selected for their emphasis on gender roles and animal imagery. 

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Art Museum resumes Lunchtime Looks

The Art Museum of West Virginia University will resume its free, in-person Lunchtime Looks Lecture Series on Friday Sept. 10. WVU’s School of Art & Design Associate Director Kristina Olson will lead the discussion on the museum’s latest exhibition "Rauschenberg in China: The Lotus Series.”

Olson teaches modern and contemporary art history. She is co-editor of the book “Social Practice Art in Turbulent Times: The Revolution Will Be Live,” author of many exhibition catalogues and an exhibition reviewer for several art magazines and journals. 

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Eve Faulkes Justice Through Design Endowment

After more than 40 years at the West Virginia University School of Art & Design, Eve Faulkes is retiring. Her legacy will live on at the school with the creation of the Eve Faulkes Justice Through Design Endowment.

The endowment will provide scholarships for underrepresented students majoring in graphic design.

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Endowed Professorships awarded in Art and Theatre

The West Virginia University College of Creative Arts has made its selections for two endowed professorships within the college.

Shoji Satake received The J. Bernard Schultz Endowed Professorship in Art and Radhica Ganapathy was awarded The Mabel DeVries Tanner Endowed Professorship in Theatre.

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