Andrew Kane - offers galore

MA student Andrew Kane was recently awarded a summer Foreign Language and Area Studies Program (FLAS) for intensive advanced Japanese studies at the Inter-university Center in Yokohama. He also was offered a 6-month Japan Foundation grant AND a Center for Japanese Studies fellowship, both of which he turned down in order to accept a Graduate Assistantship to teach ART 175/176 in academic year 12/13.

Give Andrew a pat on the back when you see him!

Weston Teruya writes about Gaye Chan

San Francisco artist and writer Weston Teruya writes about Gaye Chan's work in a Hyphen article entitled The Language of Seeds and Tents. Also for the same journal, Weston interviews Chan about art, politics and community.

Yumiko Glover in Creative Quarterly: The Journal of Art & Design

Recently graduated Yumiko Glover's BFA project is featured in the article New Talents in Creative Quarterly: The Journal of Art & Design.

Weston Lambert wins Joan Mitchell Grant

Weston Lambert (BFA alum) just completed his MFA from Tulane University. For his thesis exhibition he was awarded a Joan Mitchell Grant which includes an exhibition in New York and $15,000 grant to help transition into life as a professional artist. To see more of Lambert' work. 

Mo Sato featured in Australia art magazine - Craft Arts International

Faculty member Mamoru Sato was recently featured in a 3-page article by Australian art magazine "Craft Arts International" 26 No.84, 2012. See entire article here.

OMG!!! Wendy Kawabata receives a Pollock-Krasner Foundation Award

Faculty member Wendy Kawabata has been awarded the highly competitive Pollock-Krasner Foundation grant in 2012. Congratulations!

FAX and FAXtory

Check out Jeremy Pang's blog post and Scott Groeniger's photo documentation on FAXtory. A department collaboration to coincide with FAX, a traveling exhibition curated by João Ribas at the Drawing.