Art History grad

Graduate finds her way in the ‘uncontrollable motion of life’

June 11, 2024

Ava Altenbern, who double-majored in biochemistry and art history, reflects on charting her path through a pandemic

Chris Sessions

Lassoing light and capturing the magic between horse and rider

March 19, 2024

Alumnus and professional photographer Chris Sessions explains how one of his first photo assignments 30 years ago in a ֱ Boulder class evolved into a cultural art exhibit.

Amy Hoagland

Sculpture and Post-Studio Practice Alumni Conversation

Alumna Amy Hoagland sits down with Professor Richard Saxton to talk about her recent projects after graduation

Abby Bennett

Abby Bennett (MFA 2015) brings public artwork into focus

Sept. 26, 2023

Master of Fine Arts alumna Abby Bennett has launched a successful career in the arts after graduation and now builds monumental public artworks around the world. Professor Yumi Janairo Roth sat down with Abby and talked with her about her time at ֱ Boulder and her career trajectory. What was...

Angela Schwab, "cups"

Angela Schwab (BFA, Ceramics '06) builds space for the arts to thrive

March 1, 2022

There are so many details and components in architecture, and the challenge is distilling everything down into just the essentials, while keeping it beautiful and expressive.

Andrea Jenkins Wallace

Andrea Jenkins Wallace (MFA '98) Celebrates Art in the West

Jan. 5, 2022

"Working in art adjacent professions and places can be very interesting and fulfilling. Not only a great opportunity for artists but it also enables organizations to start thinking more creatively too.”

David Ellsworth

David Ellsworth (MFA’73) Received the Smithsonian Institute’s 2021 Visionary Award

Nov. 5, 2021

“Recognitions can come in many forms, from a simple smile to a museum acquisition,” said Ellsworth. “It is an acknowledgment that the intrinsic value of an art object is not the price, but the process. Recognitions acknowledge a maker’s motivations. While the object supports the ego, the process supports the soul.”

Adam Milner

BFA Alumni Adam Milner Inserts Sculptures Into the Everyday of NYC

July 19, 2021

In lieu of a gallery, Adam Milner’s sculptures can be seen all around New York City — from a bodega to a dog’s collar. Paintings belong on the wall, and sculptures belong on pedestals, right? Maybe not, according to Adam Milner, whose current exhibition Public Sculptures is premised on spontaneous encounters with art — not in a museum or gallery, but in the spaces we least expect: those we frequent as part of our daily lives.

Sama Alshaibi

MFA Alumna Sama Alshaibi Wins Prestigious Guggenheim Fellowship

April 23, 2021

Sama Alshaibi talks about her experience in the MFA program at the University of ֱ Boulder and her upcoming 2021 Guggenheim Fellowship. Landing in ֱ just months before 9-11 Sama Alshaibi, an Iraqi immigrant, found her world forever changed. Looking for opportunities to make work about the complex history of the US Middle East relationship, ֱ Boulder’s Department of Art & Art History became a home for her creativity to thrive.

Barbara Takenaga

Guggenheim-winning alum reflects on her career and time at ֱ Boulder

Feb. 2, 2021

The focus on process and abstraction harnessed at ֱ Boulder became an essential component of Takenaga’s artistic career. Today, Takenaga, a current Guggenheim memorial fellow and professor emerita of Williams College, is celebrated for her large-scale paintings and the way in which they teeter between abstraction and something slightly representational.

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